Today would have been Elvis's birthday, but he's dead.
Today is also the Boogie Woogie Flu's birthday and it's nearly dead.
I am here tonight to help this long neglected enterprise limp into another year. Our annual Hanukkah extravaganza died when the lights unexpectedly went out after the second night. It was not a miracle or a lack thereof - it just happened. Tonight, I'll attempt to resuscitate and breathe some life back into this dying corpse by offering seven nuggets of pure gold recorded by the King at Stax Studios in his hometown of Memphis. Hope you dig it.
Happy Birthday Elvis, and long live the BWF.
Download:
"Promised Land (Take 5)" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1973.
available on Elvis At Stax
"Just A Little Bit" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1973.
available on Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters
"You Asked Me To (Take 3A)" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1973.
available on Elvis At Stax
"Three Corn Patches (Take 14)" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1973.
available on Elvis At Stax
"Find Out What's Happening (Takes 8 & 7)" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1973.
available on Elvis At Stax
"If You Don't Come Back" (Take 3)"
by Elvis Presley, 1973.
available on Elvis At Stax
"If You Talk In Your Sleep" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1973.
available on Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters