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VIDEO: Remembering Sonny Burgess

Sonny Burgess.
Mike's Music News
Sonny Burgess.
Sonny Burgess.
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Sonny Burgess.

For about a six month period in 2016,  Nathan Willis of Little Rock got permission from original Sun Records rockabilly musician Sonny Burgess to follow Sonny and his bandmates to gather material for a short  film,  The Arkansas Wild Man.  This 18-minute work poignantly conveys that Sonny was nearing the end of his career. The most impressive segment was filmed in England where Sonny played his last Hemsby festival in 2016.

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