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The Sun Sessions
One of the most autobiographical couplets I've
ever written
open an Elvis-inspired song the Ernies never performed. It starts:"As
I recall, I didn't know what to do when I heard that you were gone. I
couldn't
cry but I sighed deep inside when I heard the news." For someone
of my generation, Elvis was a bloated, mostly dismissible enigma. Sure,
I knew he was a key figure in the development of rock n' roll, but
what had he done for us lately. Turns out it didn't matter, because
what
he did at the beginning was so great. When I hear "That's All Right
Mama"
now, I get chills imagining Elvis and the boys slipping into that
shuffle
rhythm in that little Memphis studio and changing the sound of music. |
