Cordell Jackson & The A-Bones

[@houdini1972]

She was doing Punk before Rock n Roll was invented! Reminds me of the Velvet underground. I was lucky enouph to meet her at Sun Records in 94 and get an autograph from her.

[@tacotrejo3830]

No. This simply just rock n roll/r&b

[@Tuvgatan]

@@tacotrejo3830 Yes, but in a more punkisch style.......so good....😎🎸

[@escapement]

More like awsome psychobilly

[@claytonkelly8540]

Slow it down and it sounds like Nirvana.

[@billyannecrews6651]

Cool😊

[@johnheppenstall4904]

How did I get to my age and have only just heard about this incredible woman? NOW I know where all my favourite guitar licks came from, she gave birth to it all. Wow

[@isaacmathews4693]

Right?!!! My wife just shared a link with me about her this week. Wow... Cordell Jackson was SO underrated and ignored! Crazy. . . . she was a great guitarist. Sad that she never enjoyed the recognition and fame she deserved.

[@BryanEddy09]

Like Tesla.

[@Wygruce]

Except she didn't.

[@mc2mc277]

Best thing I’ve seen with the MTV banner in over a decade.

[@markhughes5028]

Ultimate bad ass women of rock & roll ticket: Cordell Jackson opens with Sister Rosetta Tharp headlining.

[@zombillyboogie9370]

Could you even imagine! It wouldn’t get any better than that.

[@firestarterman6889]

Daaaam.. found out about Cordell just this morning.. When I hear her tunes.. I can recognize much of those sound familiar from famous rock bands I know today.. Seems like they many of them owe part of their melodies to her.

[@HenryLewisRadd]

Thinking to myself, “jeez I see where the Cramps got that psychobilly sound from”, then realizing Linna was a founding member of the Cramps. Cordell Jackson: godmother of psychobilly.

[@chaoswitch1974]

The Cramps was my first thought, too.

[@dewittseattle]

I interviewed Cordell Jackson at her home in Memphis in 1996 and she was lot of fun. Her house was yellow and car was also yellow! Memphis songwriter Jimmy Denson was our connection to Cordell and she showed us the room that had every Memphis record label from the 1940,s-50,s-60,s etc.She let me tape an hour interview and it was great.

[@mikerivera201]

I bet the jack daniels flows at that house

[@a1beauty107]

Yes please if you stil have the interview, hang it in youtube!

[@pollinseclectic8254]

Unique. I love the dress. She did and wore exactly what she wanted

[@larissabrglum3856]

I kind of love that she embraced looking like a granny. She didn't try to make herself look more youthful or more masculine at all, but rather she was content to be the opposite of what most people expected from a rock musician.

[@lyon406]

Cordell Jackson (July 15, 1923 - October 14, 2004, R.I.P.

[@BobbySowellMusic]

I meet her in 1982 on a Country Music stage show in Millington, TN. I was with the house band when she set in with us. She did 2 songs in her high energy style. You can imagine what it did to a country audience? Mouths flew open. That was before she became famous. We all sorta thought she was a little off in the head but that different combination along with her age is what took her to a Internationale stage. I saw her a few years later on the David Letterman Show. I guess she showed us!

[@olganesterowicz2112]

The drummer is great!

[@leahfry3537]

WOW! I love a sista WAY ahead of her time!

[@pfordsq]

Cordell was an American original and a real sweet gal , besides . The first Female Producer/Engineer. No one told her how to do it , she was the Mother of D.I.Y. .It just took the rest of the world this long to catch up , but we did. Her live shows were great , and Hell , yes , she played rings around Brian Setzer.

[@popoff7808]

I LOVE Brian Setzer. Nice to hear she upped the man.

[@mikemyers1912]

But she didn't play any single-note solos! I love her energy and style but she's literally playing chord inversions up and down the neck at a breakneck pace. I think it's big-time hyperbole to say she plays rings around Setzer. Let's not get too carried away...

[@CharlieMessing]

Hey this was great. Watching Miriam keep up with the insane timing changes that Cordell is doing by surprise ...they do a good job, and Cordell's amazing! Miriam was the first drummer of the Cramps! Saw them with Brian and her at CBGBs, when Alex Chilton told me I must go see them...before he recorded them... He said, "It's so ominous! You keep thinking the bass is going to kick in, and it never does!"

[@hesyrett]

Miriam is great, and I must thank her for putting me on the trail that led me here.

[@mournblade1066]

Insane time changes? It's called no being able to keep a beat. And I don't think Miriam was the one have trouble, here.

[@rainerkornmusic]

Sounds like the Cramps

[@howlinnadeaux766]

yo thanks for the miriam fact thats sick!!

[@lilRadRidinHood]

Would this statement be outta line, the people who say that she probably couldn't read music either. What so-called "great guitarists" nowdays aren't adept at reading sheet music either? Names please (it seems like they could exist!)

[@andresferrero2268]

crazy old woman jajajaj !!!! i love her!!!

[@142horizon]

COOL Hagstrom!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@valeriyblinov1573]

Super GREAT Blues Woman!!Thank You!!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Amazing that MTV used to actually have original music-related programming that wasn't total shit.

[@forbesofindy]

Never listen to MTV for years now. When they featured real music and art, listed and watched all the time. This woman is amazing!

[@westopherbaker1928]

watching the decline into reality tv was a bummer

[@Gentlem1]

It IS amazing. I wouldn't have guessed this aired on Empty Vee.

[@jonathanjacquet4628]

In the 90s there were good shows but often at night. Like 120 minutes ...

[@ephre]

yeah and VH1 used to play Can live videos - gone are the days

[@auroraskywalker4475]

Rest in Peace Ms.Jackson..she was a legend

[@38subjecthandbook]

As she said, it's the happiest music

[@starqz5176]

What a cool ass lady! You ROCK Cordell Jackson!

[@paulmessis1985]

Cordell ripping it up, giving more energy to her performance than any current indie bands today!!!

[@bernardobringas5604]

Grandmother Rock & Roll

[@beatricelopez8048]

Honor to the Queen of the Rock era!

[@Hellwilliam1]

I can't love this enough!!

[@pinobird7138]

Wow! She is a punkrocker! just fantástic!👏🏼👏🏼💪🏼

[@billyannecrews6651]

Really

[@faunoram]

Wow !! She ROCKS !!

[@carlaward1256]

Grandma could rock it. This stuff is great.

[@nickcarroll3425]

The blood on the drums does everything for me

[@JoshWatsonandtheOolaMallaBand]

It's like memaw did a stint in the Velvet Underground.

[@wimvandelagemaat6559]

She plays from her soul so good

[@Zipgunn1]

@bentogibi That drummer is Miriam Linna, Thee Miriam Linna.

[@mbcolburn7088]

Just now hearing about it, which sad, considering how long I've been around. I wish I had known more sooner! Amazing.

[@pfordsq]

I had a very similar experience , a couple of years later. Cordell was the coolest. At least she got some , not all , her due.

[@ivoneberger5948]

Queen of RnR!!!

[@juancarlosibarra3245]

amazing

[@olganesterowicz2112]

How is it possible I haven't heard of her yet?!

[@rekocastren923]

What a find!

[@MontagueGammonIII]

She's 67 years, 5 months old here!

[@nick16279]

I respect her very much but she sure did look old for 67! I guess everyone looked like this back then?

[@chaoswitch1974]

​@@nick16279skincare was mostly horrible until about 15 years ago.

[@mikefromusa6902]

Why have I never heard of this

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Probably because she was an independent producer with little to no promotion and financial backing That..and she’s just not that good I’ve seen a 1/2 concert of hers and all the songs are pretty much the same

[@GreenManelishi]

This is the bomb-diggity.

[@hectormonclova7563]

Man, she and Sister Rosetta are the real foundational forces, forget the rest!

[@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747]

She really shouldn't be compared to sister Rosetta at all. Rosetta knew how to actually play the guitar.

[@caydenlamb6800]

Ahh yeah lol, forget all the blues legends, and rock n roll legends. Instead this old bat who can’t play an instrument lol

[@RobertVeasquez]

@@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747People (average consumers of music) know absolutely nothing about music. It’s unconscionable to compare Sister Rosetta to this lady. The fact that she picked up a guitar and has had a lot of fun playing is great…but gee, let’s not get carried away. Thank you for speaking the truth.

[@Tuvgatan]

What a beautiful guitar !!! 💕

[@grassyknollblues]

Raw, as it should be. No magic clothes, no smoke and mirrors, just flat out boogie.

[@tomholihan4850]

I'm totally obsessed with her now :) Seeing her tonight. Turned out were friends on Facebook and I had no idea who she was, was reading through an old LYRES' live kinda 'Odds and Sods' CD's liner notes and the foreward written by a Miriam Linna. Thought sounded familiar, yup. She is amazingly sweet and has no airs about whatsoever, but boy did I feel like a jackass and now just blown away by her CV and her kindness, accomplishments and humility.

[@gerardlewis-fitzgerald7757]

Lucky you

[@DjElSemtex]

Just found out the mighty A-Bones are coming to Paradiso Amsterdam in at about a week, so I'm a happy man..!.. :-)

[@slobomotion]

Apparently, she was super nice and polite, too. I just love the way in the second number some bars get skipped and Miriam keeps right up!

[@NancyJMartin]

I did not know about Cordell? How is that possible. What a Maverick! Wildly talented!

[@SkabCrowley]

i need a drummer like her

[@radarlovesRT]

everyone does. that's miriam linna. first drummer for the cramps

[@BicycleJoeTomasello]

2nd

[@NBM3]

She's still here in Brooklyn ...give her a call .

[@nortonrecords7533]

@@BicycleJoeTomasello you are incorrect. I was the founding drummer Nov 1, 1976 first date.

[@MrGatorguy22]

This is jus 2 amazin......Rock On Gal

[@tomholihan4850]

That is the superhumanly gorgeous legend Miriam Linna. Know your P's & Q's. She's done more than you or I could ever fathom... Writes, Founded NORTON records, played with hThe Lyres, The Cramps, A-Bones. She's the most accomplished renaissance women in the music biz.

[@brandonhendrix7223]

Tom Holihan not to mention Flamin' Groovies fanatic.

[@JMarinelli]

Respect is due. ❤

[@BurninSven1]

She is playing a Hagström so there is viking influences which clearly shows and sounds. Not sure if they play the same song though

[@jeffg1524]

Great video that preserves a legendary guitar mama.

[@swissguy5299]

Blood all over the floor tom, gotta love the drummer

[@juanantoniorodriguezgarcia310]

¡Joder, qué máquina del garage-punk!

[@dirttyclean]

Love what you like, its never going to be played like that every again.

[@Beelzebrad667]

Lady Link. rip.

[@pattyneff4624]

Aaamazing!

[@johnkaplun9619]

And this is 1989, like think about what most music sounded like then.

[@stephenboland3191]

Kool as phuk

[@jimmyjimbo666]

badass guitarist :-)

[@alnostn]

Eat your heart out Velvets Mo Tucker wasnae the first to drive a RockMachine.She was a Queen.☮🕉

[@NBM3]

And Miriam's bloody floor tom !

[@poomade]

the drums sound coool!

[@jcc6883]

Cordell Jackson 🎶🔥🔥❤️

[@tlt8324]

how shall we say......jamming

[@christophe3832]

Elle a l'essence du rock qui coule dans ses veines.

[@pijuditohuitzi]

Excelente! Gratitud!

[@JohnWilkes-og9hb]

Hella yes!

[@slobomotion]

She's "one in a million!"

[@pikurown]

Wow. I wish I knew about her.

[@chrisfrochaux6245]

Wow!

[@milesmcmillansr999]

This is going to haunt my dreams

[@vigente]

I have accompanied old guys like her, who can't play rhythm on time. It's worse than a nightmare, but if they pay for it, you have to shut up and do whatever appears like an accompaniment. That's not as bad as working hard for a few bills 9 to 5.

[@slobomotion]

I ought to have saved some of the letters I've gotten over the years where guys told me they were totally obsessed with her. Now that I think of it, they were all dang respectful, too, but maybe they were just scared of me? Ha ha ha ha!! The second number here defies description. It kind of reminds me of a really fun car wreck where no one actually gets hurt and the car is eventually just fine!!!!!!

[@cemiteriodeflores]

💜💜💜

[@karaeverman1164]

Sounds like surf music with a little rockabilly thrown in

[@paulak1292]

yes!!!

[@dieterjaut1196]

Like an old-grown Ivy incl. the once Miriam-Cramps ... hellish HOT!!!!

[@teedammit]

What a f*ckin ACE!!

[@miketomasic]

Wild.

[@dogus.utoopia]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@chuckdee121]

It would be awesome had this group been able to perform on America's Got Talent. I'd love to see the judges reactions. Seems like only yesterday.

[@molsson50]

the drummer is Miriam Linna she played in the Cramps way back

[@kipperfeast]

I was going to say that she looks a bit like Meg White...

[@dirttyclean]

Shes owning it 😏

[@RAMLIA1]

Amazing good!! ♥♥♥

[@zmray]

Is that Kurt Loder?!

[@davew5167]

good rock n roll has more buzz than a bee keepers vibrator. this be good rock n roll. BUZZZZZ

[@leohorishny9561]

She would have been an awesome backing musician with Horton Heat!!❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@pfordsq]

Technically , Miriam was The Cramps' second Drummer , Bryan Gregory's Sister , Pam Balam , being first , but Miriam was the first to put in the time (a year!).

[@Ziggy771]

Cordell Jackson and Wanda Jackson!

[@sloburnjo]

Wowee zowee ! % that Hagstrom Condor

[@jeancastera3175]

mamamia !

[@SloppyLarry]

Faaafk yeah 😮🎉❤

[@rumpraisin]

A-Bone Walker .

[@qualqui]

Hey beautiful, many thanx for sharin' these COOL Vid, this lady's AWESOME!! =)

[@dirttyclean]

I would come out to hear play.

[@Wutzibutzi100]

Sweetest kiss at 6:45!!! So nice:-))

[@stickymonsterrr]

Viva Bomma en Viva Hagström!

[@jwoodrff]

infectuous