Interesting that Phillips (like Monroe) started re-writing history outrageously when he finally got noticed by the mainstream.

Anyone going to a Bluegrass festival in the late 70s to early 80s could easily have gotten the impression that Monroe had been a kindly mentor to hundreds of pickers...first training them and then sending them out into the world with a hearty "good luck"! The vendettas and threats of lawsuits among ALL the pioneering Bluegrass groups made for a colourful history.

Phillips even made his "sale" of Elvis into a benevolent positive carreer move. Too bad Elvis DIDN'T stay with Sun for a year or two more. His output of total crap for the mainstream started shortly after he got to RCA.

Rick