Today is January 8th, which means two things around here. It's the fourth anniversary of the Boogie Woogie Flu, and, of course, it's Elvis's birthday. So, in celebration of these two miraculous events, I, T-Bone Carruthers, Mayor of Fluville, offer you four groups of four songs, four square and for today. They are: four versions of Bob Dylan's answer song to "Norwegian Wood," four songs covered by Elvis on his Memphis Record, the same four songs performed by the King, and four songs about him. Think of them as little EPs.
Things have been somewhat quiet here this year at the Boogie Woogie Flu and without all of the writers who contributed pieces, I don't think I could have kept it going. So, as we begin our 5th time around I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you readers and everyone who has helped keep this insane endeavor alive.
Drive safely and have a nice day.
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Download:
"4th Time Around" mp3
by Terry Melcher, 1974.
available on Terry Melcher
"4th Time Around" mp3
by Yo La Tengo, 2007.
available on I'm Not There
"4th Time Around" mp3
by Robyn Hitchcock, 2002.
available on Robyn Sings
"4th Time Around" mp3
by Bob Dylan, 1966.
available on The Original Mono Recordings
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"Stranger In My Own Hometown" mp3
by Percy Mayfield, 1964.
Tangerine 45
out of print
"The Long Black Limousine" mp3
by Wynn Stewart, 1958.
available on California Country
"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" mp3
by Chuck Jackson, 1962.
available on I Don't Want to Cry
"True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" mp3
by Percy Sledge, 1969.
available on It Tears Me Up
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"Stranger In My Own Hometown" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1969.
available on From Elvis in Memphis
"The Long Black Limousine" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1969.
available on From Elvis in Memphis
"Any Day Now" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1969.
available on From Elvis in Memphis
"True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1969.
available on From Elvis in Memphis
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"He Was The King" mp3
by Neil Young, 2005.
available on Prairie Wind
"A Century Of Elvis" mp3
by Belle and Sebastian, 1997.
available on Lazy Line Painter Jane
"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop" mp3
(country version)
by Kirsty MacColl, 1981.
from Desperate Character
out of print
"Johnny Bye-Bye" mp3
by Bruce Springsteen, 1983.
available on Tracks
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top photo: © Ted Barron, 2011.
Congratulations and many more to come! Thanks for all the great music ,stories and hard work. Jon LES
ReplyDeleteTed, Thanks for all the great music and wonderful information, for letting have a sneak peak into your soul. We love you and your web site. Keep up the inspiration to all of us.
ReplyDeleteAny idea who else has done a decent version of Power Of My Love? It's the only song on From Elvis In Memphis that I can't find a good version of by anyone else (not keen on the Catherine Irwin version). Is there, like every other song on the album, a version that predates Elvis' one?
ReplyDeleteI am just joining this party, but glad to be here nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteMusically, I knew the 8th of January as a fiddle tune commemorating Jackson's victory in New Orleans in the War of 1812, for which tune Jimmy Driftwood wrote words and, with those words in an abbreviated version, Johnny Horton had a hit song. A fine day for the birth of the King.
love the country version of 'there's a guy works down the chip shop'. never heard it before. thanks. matt from london.
ReplyDeleteSalut Ted,
ReplyDeletemerci pour tout et continue ce super boulot, ma gonzesse, ma fille, mes potes et moi on adore tes sélections! On n'en rate pas une :) *
Love, etc...
Your bros & sis from another mother - let me know when you'll be in Switzerland, welcome anytime!
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*keep up the great job, we don't miss a single post