February 18 - Rethinking Elvis and Check-up For James (Updated)

The release if the academic book 'Rethinking Elvis' by Mark Duffett (editor) has been pushed back for the umpteenth time. 

It was originally due out on February 23, 2025, but according to the Amazon US site, the publication date is now set for April 22. The book is yet to be listed on the publisher's website, the Oxford University Press.

Synopsis: Decades after his passing, Elvis Presley remains one of popular music's greatest icons. He was among the most successful, influential, socially significant, and controversial performers of the twentieth century, with a celebrity so indelible that every recent American president has negotiated its orbit. 

While much of the coverage of Elvis' life concerns his personal history and musical ability, Rethinking Elvis pushes beyond the familiar to address Elvis' branding, historical and geographic reception, heritage, and fan phenomenon. Using Elvis' iconography as a point of departure, popular music scholars and historians contend with issues related to the performer's whiteness, Southern identity, and gender, among others, in turn offering myriad opportunities to pursue new approaches in the emergent field of Elvis studies.

The book is available from the >>> Oxford University Press webshop,  >>> Amazon U.K. and >>> Amazon U.S. (associate links).

Checking James

James Burton, 85 years old, shared an update:

Hello friends, we have a major update on James.  

He had medical tests on his heart today and all the tests came back showing that his heart is good, so thank God for that. However, they did find 2 blockages and will have heart cath surgery tomorrow.

Please keep praying for another miracle and thank you all so much!!!  

James & Louise Burton

Update 20/02. According to the Burton Family the prayers helped, an posted: 

A complete miracle. They went into his heart and found no blockage! Even though they saw blockage in the previous test.

God is great! Thanks everyone for your prayers.

(Source: Elvis Book Discussion Group on Facebook / James Burton on Facebook)