Yeah, I remember being shocked, but didn't really care one way or the other. Never been into Elvis at all, or much 50s R&R either. I almost picked up a cheapo compilation of Elvis but chickened out.
Guitar Geek is gonna roll his eyes at this one . Earlier this year I'd somehow gotten on this country music thing, just kinda buying CDs by this guy, that guy, whoever. I found a cheap hits compilation by Dwight Yokum expecting "country music" but it's mostly Rockabilly and hicked up covers of pop/rock songs. It's not a bad CD, I'd say it's got a good handful of songs. One song on there I like is "Little Sister." I knew it sounded familiar but wasn't sure who did it originally. I heard the song on a jukebox recently and it was Elvis. Elvis' version is superior. It just is. Actually, Dwight's covers of Elvis songs are pretty mediocre. The cover of "Suspicious Minds" on that Yokum comp is downright awful, to be honest.
Eh, I guess if I bump into that Elvis compilation CD I saw I might get it. I like a lot of Elvis' songs but I'm just trying to avoid the sappy stuff, and the gospel stuff. I think I'd be good with a two disk compilation of nothing but early, Rockabilly stuff, and even some his hits from his films.
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