Wanda Jackson

That's a great one.

Wanda Jackson along with the Party Timers.

There they are.

From 1961 on the Capitol record label with Tongue Tied.

He is a Grammy-nominated writer.

For his liner notes, he's written books about the Byrds, Johnny Cash, co-authored memoirs from Wanda Jackson, Lamont Dozier, members of the Zombies, and more.

His podcast Songcraft features interviews with some of the great songwriters of all time, including many, many Hall of Famers.

This is his fourth... consecutive uh essay that he is writing for the hall of fame induction ceremony program this year welcome to the show scott b bomar

Like, they seem kind of way more accessible.

With Steely Dan, I got to say, like, my appreciation of them is... like a lot of layers of irony between me and any given steely dan song but no they didn't know that you know occasionally like there's um i found some wanda jackson songs like she apparently did a whole record in german after she came to uh to realize that uh She was huge out there.

So she did a bunch of her songs and then some traditional German songs.

But she did a whole record in German.

Just your presence.

That's when you pull out the German song.

The German Wanda Jackson tune.

Yeah.

Martin Taylor was born in 1956, British jazz guitarist who was known for his finger style techniques.

Wanda Jackson was born in 1937.

She is known as the Queen of Rockabilly.

She was a pioneering American singer-songwriter and guitarist who also helped to break gender barriers in the male-dominated early rock and roll music at that point.

This was the kind of moment it was easy to forget, when you were wishing the espresso machine wouldn't hiss so loud in the middle of your most heartfelt song, when you wondered why you traveled the 2,000 miles for a wristband and a few hugs from fellow warriors.

On a panel called Life After Birth, can you be a mom and a musician too? I sat next to Wanda Jackson, the rockabilly queen who'd been making records and touring since the 50s.

Now she was in her mid-60s.

with jet black hair, gleaming smile, and a hint of mischief in those siren eyes that made even Elvis say uncle.

I'm like, okay.

I went and learned some Janice Martin and some Wanda Jackson and got back to him.

And then he was like, all right, now write seven songs.

And I'm like, okay.

Yeah.

Well, I think that's from Wanda.

I love Wanda Jackson so much.

Yeah.

wow.

Yeah, just early rockabilly, you know, doing the Wanda Jackson kind of type vocals, like the screaming vocals with her Jag.

Oh, wow,

yeah.

Carl loved country music and frequented area dance halls like Moonlight Gardens and Melody Mills.

His love of music introduced him to such greats as Jimmy Day, Wanda Jackson, Little Jimmy Dickens, and Charley Pride.

Carl met his future bride, Diane Dish, at Melody Mill on an evening when Johnny Cash was performing.

They married on August 6th, 1960 and raised three sons, Steve, Dan, and Dave.