As well as counting down toYour Ultimate Elvis Song, Vern hears memories of The King and his music taken from celebrity interviews in the BBC archive, and from listeners who contacted him while the vote was running. In the show, Priscilla featured saying:“Hello everyone this is Priscilla Pre...
without him groups would never have picked up guitars. I know he drew his influences from gospel and blues, country music and black soul music whatever, but he was the king and he was the one that started
Abbey doesn't appear to understand Elvis' purpose as a singer. Elvis never intended to be a "cultural practitioner", he blended the essence of r&b, country and gospel to give new life to their rhythms –Elvis’ music was afusion of black and white music!What Elvis did was part of the...
Over the years, theDoobie Brothershave been many things to many music fans, enhancing their rock with bits of gospel ("Jesus Is Just Alright"), country ("Black Water") and blue-eyed soul ("What a Fool Believes"). The latter variation came courtesy of singer and keyboardistMichael McDonal...
"Chris MacDonald has the ultimate honor of being the "Only Tribute Artist hired by Elvis Presley Enterprises to perform at Graceland's Heartbreak Hotel" Chris MacDonald's Memories of Elvis in Concert is a Full Production tribute to the King of Rock-n-Roll August 16,1977 we lost one of th...
So having said that, these recent new releases obviously feature the re-masters that have been compiled into this major work. The Gospel recordings here ARE the ones used on the wonderful"I Believe"box-set. The tracks from'Elvis 75’are the same masters featured here. If you own the FTD...
It also features the usual Elvis Imitator stufflike Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest 2020. Ultimate ETA winners Shawn Klush, Dean Z, Jay Dupuis, Cody Ray Slaughter, Taylor Rodriguez and Ben Thompson will return. Get tickets now atElvisWeek.comif you can afford them - see article below ...
Ernst Jorgensen's Top Five 'Suspicious Minds':For the 50th anniversary of 'Suspicious Minds' "Ultimate Classic Rock" got Ernst Jorgensen to pick out his Top 5 favorite recordings of 'Suspicious Minds' from the eight years that ELVIS sang the song.EIN wish that we had thought of this great...
EIN speaks with Lamar Fike:EIN's Vice-President, Piers Beagley, briefly caught up with MM member Lamar Fike as part of ourUltimate Tour to Elvis Week 2007. Piers reports Lamar was in very good spirits and doing fine after his recent hospitalisation. Lamar joked that now all he has to do...
Sam Phillips USA stamp petition heading to Congress:After three years of gathering signatures and testimonials with the ultimate goal of getting Sam Phillips' likeness on a U.S. postage stamp, Liz Scott is ready to take her effort to another level. ...