Turner, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is credited by many rock historians with making the first rock 'n' roll record, "Rocket 88," in 1951. Produced by the legendary Sam Phillips, it was groundbreaking for its use of distorted electric guitar.
Story goes that the distortion came from them dropping the amp before recording.
Just looking through some stuff, and it seems that Turner had another story. The one I'm familiar with is the guitarist's saying that the amp fell off the roof of the car as they were headed down Hwy 61 from Clarksdale to Memphis to record. Turner says that the amp was in the trunk of the car, didn't fall, and was probably damaged by rain. It reminds me of you asking any old blues people about someone they played with back in the day. Two people will give you two different stories about the same day. A lot of blues musicians also seem to have the same exact story about how they became musicians as well.
