As a member of Johnny Burnette's Rock 'n' Roll Trio, guitarist Paul Burlison essentially pioneered the art of feedback. His solo on the classic "Train Kept a-Rollin'" is the first known deliberate example of six-string distortion on record, pointing the way for multiple generations of sound sculptors and noisemakers. Born in Brownsville, TN, on February 4, 1929, Burlison was raised in Memphis, learning to play guitar from his brother-in-law %Earl Brooks and frequenting the blues joints along Beale Street. After designing his own electric guitar by taping a telephone pickup to his acoustic, he was hired to back Shelby Fallon on Memphis radio station KWEM.
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