ELVIS JAMMING AT SAM THOMPSON HOUSE 1973

ELVIS JAMMING AT Sam Thompson's house Nov 1973.
This is a very Rare CD that consists of Elvis singing 8 songs recorded at SAM THOMPSON HOUSE in November 1973 with friends and then girlfriend Linda Thompson. It catches Elvis in very relaxed frame of mind and in his prime. It's a very rare privilege to hear Elvis just singing & relaxing with his girlfriend Linda and a few other close friends. Elvis Jamming at Graceland with just his guitar, kicking back and doing what he loves best. Some treasured Elvis moments are where he sings with just his own guitar, like on "My Happiness" from 1953. Usually the soul of the man comes shining through. On 'Elvis Jamming At Graceland' we get to hear a home jam session from November 1973. It's quite enjoyable (despite being one-mic-and-a-tape machine) and yet it's surprisingly very good quality. The disc runs for about 20 minutes, and includes Linda singing with Elvis on a couple of songs. As for the music, it features mostly Elvis and an acoustic guitar, singing in a gentle, relaxed mood. This recording, or the third of an hour one gets here, seems to be unedited; for example, 'Songs' very skillfully cuts "That's All Right, Mama" and "See See Rider" into a understated medley. "Baby, What You Want Me To Do" is done Jimmy Reed style, slow and moody (slower than even the '68 Special sit-down blues version), while Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is both superb and revelatory. Here Presley sings a verse not heard on the "Aloha" special rendition and fully captures the sadness at the heart of the number. Does any other song sum up Elvis' state of mind in the mid-to-late seventies better than this? Linda and Elvis do a lovely duet on "Your Life Has Just Begun" (talk about being at home, a phone rings in the middle of the performance!) and then they playfully sing school songs and laugh about Jimmy Dean. Elvis asks if anyone's heard "the little poem" he's written about a robin on his windowsill, then cracks up the group when reciting it. "Spanish Eyes" is sung (after a quick, stab at the instrumental "Rocky Top") Besides the music, there's some interesting unique conversation about guitarist James Burton ("you should see Burton's calluses") and home cooking versus hospital food ("that home cookin' really broke the monotony ... it's kind of bland"). Elvis nearly died a month prior from what is now known to have been an overdose; he spent October 15 to November 1 drying out at Baptist Memorial, his longest hospital stay since getting a broken finger exactly 13 years earlier. Ricky Stanley recalls Linda asking "how long will it take you, Rick, to get to the hospital to the house and back?" (the answer was "20 minutes") and Elvis mentions that Ricky would bring the food to the hospital "every night." The disc ends with talk about karate tournaments and recording sessions, the latter undoubtedly referring to his upcoming December date at Stax Studios in Memphis. 'Elvis Jamming At Graceland' is really a CD for the hard-core collector Tracklist: Rocky Top/Spanish Eyes Baby, what you want me to do I'm so lonesome I could cry See See Rider That's All Right Your life has just begun* School Songs (includes Teardrops)# Elvis reads a poem/hospital chat (Home recordings late 1973) *Sung by Linda Thompson.

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