The Importance of Shoes

The A side, gone gone gone, was one of Carl's improvised songs. This followed the same formula as the first single, pairing an uk tempo A side with a B side ballad in the Hank Williams vein. It wasn't a hit, but it sold well enough and Perkins went out on tour to promote his new record. On this tour he met Johnny Cash who suggested that he write a song about blue suede shoes. He started thinking about what kind of person would find his shoes so important,. Thinking about pride, and about people who don't have anything. The idea merged with Cash's mention ofblue suede shoes, and writing a song he called Blue suede Shoes