Monday, April 24, 2017

Sam Phillips's eyes

In I'm Just Dead I'm Not Gone, Jim Dickinson describes a mid-1960s recording session at Sam Phillips's Sun Studio in Memphis:
When I got to the studio, Sam was busy notating microphones on a clipboard. He was in a suit and tie, and all business. We were going to record! Sam was fantastic. His eyes were wild. When he got worked up, the black of the iris nearly filled his whole eyeball.
Quite the image. Gives me new way to see this epic conversation in my imagination:


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