SURPRISING CARL PERKINS STORY IN JOHN EDWARD'S NEW BOOK "CROSSING OVER" AND CARLS WORK FOR ABUSED CHILDREN

Christine here: Recently I picked up a copy of JOHN EDWARD'S new book CROSSING OVER.

I wasn't expecting to run into a story about Carl Perkins, his daughter Debbie, and Paul McCartney!

So very many of the people Wes worked with or was inspired by or made friends with have passed on. A couple years ago we were lighting a candle every time we heard the news. Since then we usually write an acknowledgement, a little obit, and the list gets longer.

Both Wes and I believe we have experienced a ghost or two in our lifetimes and are intrigued by the mystical.

Carl Perkins was a heavy smoker who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1991. According to the book (page 148) he made a deal with God that, if he came out of surgery with a voice, he would do good. He started THE CARL PERKINS CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE, which became the largest center in the country for abused children.

Carl grew up in Tennessee and was sold by his family to a farmer. He was beaten and abused. When he was facing cancer he finally started to deal with this part of his past.

We're linking here to the EXCHANGE CLUB : CARL PERKINS CENTER which has expanded to 13 Counties in West Tennessee!

SONNY BURGESS WITH THE BLASTERS

Sonny Burgess is one of the original SUN RECORDS artists and first recorded "Red Headed Woman" on Sun. He's going to be playing at the Rockabilly Festival in Vegas coming up in April.

VIVA LAS VEGAS ROCKABILLY FESTIVAL IN VEGAS : APRIL 2011

We're linking to the ROCKABILLY FESTIVAL coming up in APRIL 2011, in Las Vegas, which promises to be a rolicking good time, with RECORD HOPS, CAR SHOW and FASHION SHOW included.

JERRY LEE LEWIS is the headliner... THE BLASTERS, THE DYNOTONES, and the LUSTRE KINGS will be playing. And from the 1950's. JOE BENNETT and the SPARKLETONES, SONNY BURGESS and the PACERS, and the Original MEDALLIONS. Besides Jerry there will be a few from the old days and lots of bands that are playing Rockabilly today! DJ's from Japan, Texas, Spain, Michigan, California, and Switzerland.