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| Studio Sessions for RCA March 15, 1971: RCA's Studio B, Nashville |
| With a three-album agenda before him, Elvis arrived on the first day of the sessions with a runny nose and aching eyes. Yet he was determined to go ahead, and his enthusiasm seemed inspired by an unlikely source:contemporary folk music. The spate of home taping he'd done during the soundtrack years reveals that Elvis had been tuned in to the folk boom since the mid-'60's, and it was through the sweet harmonies of Peter, Paul and Mary that he was introduced to songwriters like Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot. With Charlie and Red he'd harmonized for hours on songs like "Blowin' In The Wind" and "500 Miles"; now Elvis had been listening to Peter, Paul and Mary's interpretations of songs like "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Early Morning Rain," and others. Eager to work with similar textures himself, Elvis picked up on a suggestion from Charlie Hodge and brought in a male-female quartet, the Nashville Edition, to help on the sessions. The rest of the evening was devoted to Peter, Paul and Mary's two Gordon Lightfoot numbers, "Early Morning Rain" amd "For Lovin' Me," both grounded in the same sound:Restrained brushes from Jerry Carrigan's drums, blended with a simple, effective bass line from Norbert Putnam. "Are you gonna play something with me?" James Burton prodded Chip Young, initating a friendly duel between the two on accoustic guitar licks. Each of the songs was true to its genue, but they lacked the feel the singer brought to any song when he was at his best. Elvis was having trouble. "Give me a Kleenex or something," he asked Charlie, snorting in every pause, struggling to keep his nose clear and his voice open. After the evening sessions he checked into a Nashville hospital for treatment of what turned out to be secondary glaucoma. Elvis had been having problems with his eyes for the last few years, and no one who watched him record that night was surprised at his hospitalization. **The Complete Recording Sessions** by Ernst Jorgensen |
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| In the early mornin' rain With a dollar in my hand And an aching in my heart And my -pockets full of sand I'm a long ways from home And I missed my loved one so In the early mornin' rain With no place to go Out on runway number nine Big 707 set to go Well I’m out here on the grass Where the pavement never grows Where the liquor tasted good And the women all were fast There she goes my friend She's rolling out at last Hear the mighty engines roar See the silver wing on high She's away and westward bound For above the clouds she flies Where the mornin' rain don't fall And the sun always shines She'll be flying over my home In about three hours time This ol' airport’s got me down It's no earthly good to me 'Cause I’m stuck here on the ground Cold and drunk as I might be Can't jump a jet plane Like you can a freight train So I best be on my way In the early mornin' rain So I best be on my way In the early mornin' rain So I best be on my way In the early mornin' rain Words & music: Gordon Lightfoot Recorded: 1971/03/15, first released on Elvis Now |
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