by Rocky » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:36 pm
Well, I also have that 1984 show on video, and I have his two 1959 Dick Clark Shows on DVD, plus loads of live concert material I've taken on him in tours I've been on with him and at home in 2009, 2010, and 2012. I also have a brief clip on TV with him when we met in 1994. Also have a lot of video with him in Studio 19 with his producer Larry Rogers and at the two different Sun/Phillips recording studios and with him at private party in Memphis, with him at Patsy Cline's plane crash site, and an over 2 hour long DVD of him performing about 30 gospel songs on TV in 2004-2005, performing at his Old Mill Music Hall in Huntingdon, at a dinner party with him, and some personal video of him at home. Carl and I have become real good friends as our wives have. We stayed with him at his home in Darden for 3 weeks at a time in 2009, 2010, and 2012. We wrote a song together, enjoyed traveling on a long trip through TN, KY, OHIO, IN, and PA. I had the pleasure of producing a special 15 song gospel album for him (not released), and of course, writing his autobiography with him, and meeting his entire family, sister, brother, musicians who worked with him, brother-in-law, nephew, niece, and others. I also got him an interview with Charles White on BBC radio. I chauffeured him, carried his guitar and amplifier on stage many shows, and he introduced me to guys like Roland Janes, James van Eaton, W.S. Holland, Tony Austin, Rayburn Anthony, and a lot of Sun stars. I have a big collection of Carl Mann memorabilia and some songs that are yet to be released. Got to know him well enough to see him in his underwear and find out he is one of the kindest people I have ever met. Every concert he never leaves till he goes to each table and talks to his fans, signs autographs for hours, and is amazing to remember everyone's name. A very religious Christian person, but he loves a good joke and he says I kept him laughing through some bad times. His family is like our family. We're all in contact. He and wife Joyce want to come to Canada to spend some time with us.