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Certain Songs #419: Elvis Presley – “Stranger in My Own Hometown”

January 13, 2016 by Jim Connelly

Elvis Back in MemphisAlbum: Back in Memphis
Year: 1969

It goes to show just how different the world was in the late 1960s that Elvis Presley recorded his “comeback” music at the ripe old age of 34.

But that’s what it was when he stepped into a studio in Memphis and recorded a bunch of songs that felt raw and vital for the first time in over a decade.

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Certain Songs #418: Elvis Presley – “Mystery Train”

January 12, 2016 by Jim Connelly

elvis_sunsessions Album: The Sun Sessions
Year: 1955

So, the other Elvis. Now that I’ve softened my agree-with-Chuck-D stance that he never meant shit to me, I can also hear his peculiar, world-shifting genius.

But because I’ve never gone through any period in my life where I dug deep into his career, I just don’t have that much to say about Elvis Presley.

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