Did you know? On this day in 1955, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, a Lubbock native, attended a concert at Lubbock’s Fair Park Coliseum featuring Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Roy Orbison. The experience introduced him to the emerging world of rock and roll and set the stage for his future with Sun Records. Gilmore later formed The Flatlanders with Joe Ely and Butch Hancock. Their first recording project, produced in 1972 by Shelby Singleton, saw limited success at first. However, as each member gained r

We're celebrating 70 years of Johnny Cash with Sun Records with "The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash." 🎤 Unreleased until 1964, six years after Johnny Cash's 1958 departure from Sun for Columbia Records, "Original Sun Sound" spans both his first and final recordings for the label. 🎶 Listen and get your copy available now: https://SunRecords.lnk.to/OriginalSunSound | Sun Records