Sun Rise
April, 2001
Sun RiseIt is one of those facts, like Washington crossing the Delaware and Lincoln freeing the slaves, that American children learn the instant they are weaned: Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee is the birthplace of rock and roll. It's important because rock and roll--or, to call it by its current signature, rock--was the dominant pop music style of the 20th century, and seems to be storming boldly into the 21st on the broad backs of Creed and Limp Bizkit and Blink-182. Knowing that Sun Records...