Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.JUDGING BY Elvis's fate, death is not the end - just the start of an eternal reissue campaign. At least Sunrise is worth its position in the schedule, being the original Sun Sessions bulked out with an extra CD of out-takes, scratchy live cuts, and the couple of soupy Inkspots-style croons he recorded at Sam Phillips's studio for his mother in 1953. The formal sessions in July 1954 likewise began with limp ballads such as "I Love You Because" and "Harbor Lights"; but when Elvis started horsing around with Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right, Mama" during a coffee-break, the astute Phillips pricked up his ears and wound up playing midwife to rock'n'roll.
It's impossible to imagine a world without Elvis, but within songs such as "Mystery Train" one catches glimpses of the youngster whose taste for black artists such as Junior Parker and Rosco Gordon spurred him to that first, epochal blending of country and R&B. As he says after a false start to "Milkcow Blues Boogie", "Hold it fellas - that don't move me; let's get real, real gone for a change!".
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments