Autographed Jerry McGill Lovestruck Sun Records 326 45 Rockabilly VG Signed
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Description
Extremely rare autographed Jerry McGill and The Topcoats "Lovestruck" / "I Wanna Make Sweet Love" Sun Records 326 45. Record is signed "To My ?????" by Jerry McGill probably around the time of this 1959 release. This record comes from the collection of an original Sun/Phillips artist. Jerry McGill, a Memphis legend, recorded these two rockabilly sides for Sun before turning to a life of crime. He is the subject of the 2009 film "Very Extremely Dangerous". Vinyl is VG: plays closer to VG+, plays very solid, light surface noise. Label is VG: two large check marks (Visible in pictures). This is truly a one of a kind piece of Memphis and rock 'n' roll history.
"McGill spent a short period of time at Sun Records, recording a pair of songs, "Lovestruck" and "I Wanna Make Sweet Love," with his band the Topcoats in 1959. He also began to rack up a long list of criminal offenses during this period and claimed that he was arrested 97 times in Memphis on charges ranging from public drunkenness to armed robbery.
During the late 1960s and 1970s, McGill went out on the road with Waylon Jennings, often working under the pseudonym Curtis Buck as the country star's rhythm guitarist and road manager, and co-writing songs including "Waymore's Blues."
For a long period beginning in the late 1970s, McGill had largely disappeared under a string of criminal charges including illegal weapons possession and attempted murder. He changed his name several times, but reappeared in 2009 to star in "Very Extremely Dangerous," a feature-length documentary about McGill's life and his battle against cancer.
"Any way you look at it, he was a felonious character," Jim Lancaster, who had worked with McGill as a producer and songwriting partner, told the Commercial Appeal. "He was charming – but the kind of charm where he’d smile at you, and then run off with your wife. He really was like the last of the bad-guy cowboys. He was an outlaw down to his soul."
- Rolling Stone
Record Grading
Sealed : Record is factory sealed and in original condition.
M : Record is in pristine, like-new condition.
NM : Near perfect copy.
VG+ : Close to perfect copy with only superficial wear that does not affect play.
VG : A used, reasonable copy with obvious signs of use and the possibility of some surface noise. Still a nice copy.
VG- : Significant wear and marks with quite noticeable surface noise.
G+ : A fairly beat-up record. Plays without skips.
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