Recorded in one single take, Elvis puts his soul into this perfect bluesy rendition of the Willie Nelson classic. Matt Ross-Spring's new remaster adds even more emotion with Charlie McCoy's organ neatly counterpointing James Burton's fine guitar playing.
Elvis Connection
McCartney hadn’t planned to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of “Rockdown,” he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones. Before long an eclectic collection of spontaneous songs would become McCartney III: a stripped back, self-produced and, quite literally, solo work marking the opening of a new decade.
He recorded the record earlier this year in Sussex and it’s mostly made up of live takes of Paul on vocals, guitar, piano, drumming and more. Among the vintage instruments Paul plays is the double bass that belonged to Bill Black, who played the instrument in Elvis’ original trio.
City of Memphis vs. EPE
The city of Memphis won another legal battle Thursday against one of its more notable corporate citizens, Elvis Presley Enterprises, the owner of Graceland.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Samuel Mays dismissed EPE's suit against the city of Memphis.
In it, Graceland's owner alleged that the city of Memphis had told the city's office of planning and development not to consider plans for Graceland's expansion in retaliation for EPE's previous lawsuits against the city. The office of planning and development held off considering the plans due to litigation over whether tax incentives could be used for an arena at Graceland
EPE and the city have been embroiled in legal disputes for the better party of two years over whether Graceland could expand and build an indoor arena with public incentives. The city of Memphis has maintained that taxpayer funds can't be used to subsidize an arena because that would violate the noncompete clause in the city's agreement with the Memphis Grizzlies. At each turn, the city of Memphis has won, though an EPE appeal remains pending in the Tennessee Supreme Court.
(Source: Elvis Information network / Elvis The Music / Express Commercial Appeal)