Season’s Greetings :: Blue Christmas
Download: MP3: Elvis Presley :: Blue Christmas ——— Amazon: Elvis Presley – White Christmas + Download Holiday tunes via eMusic’s no risk 25 Free MP3 trial offer. ——————————————————————————————————————–...
View ArticleElvis Presley :: Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Download: MP3: Elvis Presley :: Santa Claus Is Back In Town MP3: Elvis Presley :: Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) ——— Amazon: Elvis Presley – White Christmas + Download Holiday...
View ArticleGraceland :: Elvis Has Indeed Left The Building
Part II of II of my Memphis Sunday post from December. Graceland , the King’s once home, and final resting place, did exactly what I had hoped: it blew me away. Note that I am speaking of the actual...
View ArticleElvis Presley :: Unchained Melody (The Final Concert, 1977)
A honey-throated god—mere months away from death—Presley, solo at the piano, performs a spellbinding rendition of “Unchained Melody.” Ladies and gentlemen, this was showmanship. A king indeed. +...
View ArticleElvis Presley :: Blue Moon (Sun Session)
“I was thinking that night about Elvis, the day he died. Just a country boy that combed his hair, and put on a shirt his mother made and went on the air. And he shook [...] The post Elvis Presley ::...
View ArticleElvis Presley :: Stranger In My Own Town (1970 Rehearsal)
One on my favorite Elvis albums, even though it’s a bootleg, is Cut Me & I Bleed released on Double G Records. The album is a collection of alternate studio, home, and live rehearsal recordings...
View ArticleElvis Presley :: Do The Clam
Ah, yes. I’ve always had a perverse love for some of the King’s most trite work — case in point the beach-party-ready “ Do The Clam ,” a song that clearly belongs on any dis-respectable Labor Day...
View ArticleElvis Presley :: Stranger In My Own Town (1970 Rehearsal)
One on my favorite Elvis records is a bootleg — Cut Me & I Bleed released on Double G Records in 1999. The album is a collection of alternate studio, home, and live rehearsal recordings that...
View ArticleElvis At Stax: The Deluxe Edition – July / December 1973
The latter part of Elvis Presley’s career is, in part, defined by the legendary singer’s fall from grace – the gaudy stage outfits, the peanut butter and banana sandwiches, drug use and paranoid...
View ArticleElvis Presley :: And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind
Tomorrow sees the limited theatrical release of my first feature film, Shangri-La Suite . It tells the story of two lovers-on-the-run during the summer of 1974. Their names: Jack Blueblood and Karen...
View ArticleNick Cave on This Is Elvis (1981 Film)
The motivations behind writing this are twofold. First, as a PSA for those of you who have yet to subscribe to Nick Cave's weekly email newsletter: The Red Hand Files. Second, to highlight the...
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