From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Thu May 2, 2002  1:14 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Glen Honeycutt
 
GLEN HONEYCUTT (By Shaun Mather)

Born 2 May 1933, Belzoni, Mississippi

Glen Honeycutt is one of the seemingly endless supply of Memphis youngsters
who tried his hand at the local Sun Records, drifting across town to
Fernwood then back to everyday life, remaining in obscurity until Europe
showed an interest 2-3 decades later.
Alledgedly a cousin of Elvis Presley, Glen moved to Memphis with his family
in 1940 where he attended Humes High School until undertaking a four year
stint in the Army. On his return he formed a group called the Rhythmaires
which included Jack Clement. It was Clement who took Honeycutt to Sun, for
whom he cut demos, a single and some unissued numbers. The single I'll Be
Around and I'll Wait Forever was a low key affair, but an unissued song,
All Night Rock is archetypical Sun rockabilly. Also left in the can was a
Jerry Lee styled mid-pacer, Campus Love, which would have made a cracking
single with All Night Rock.
He cut the rocker Right Gal, Right Place, Right Time for the Memphis label Black

Gold and re-cut Campus Love for Fernwood, where it was released with the country
number Tombigbee Queen. He spent his working life as a postman in Walls,
Mississippi, just south of Memphis. He made a triumphant debut in Europe at
the 23rd Hemsby in October 1999.