Early Morning Rain

[Simpson]

At the Ottawa shows I went to in November, Gord told us about Elvis' cover of EARLY MORNIN' RAIN.

"I heard [Elvis] sing this song, once. I liked it, except for one thing. He changed a lyric.
The line was originally 'As cold and drunk as I can be' He changed it to 'As cold and drunk as I might be.' Yeah - one little word. But, I liked the change and I've been singing his version ever since."

One little word? I found that hysterical.

Elvis' version is on YouTube somewhere.

Simpson.

[Borderstone]

I don't need to go to You Tube for that,my brother has all of Elvis' 70s concerts either on cassette or video!

I live with him so,not being that big on 70s E.P. myself,I pretty much react like
this ---->

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by charlene:

and a snippet of Elvis:
http://www.amazon.com/Elvis-Now-Presley/dp/B000002WFJ

But But Char that snippet is only 1:29 long.
a bit more searching at youtube produces:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX_eX7-pFpo

billed as
Elvis Presley - Early Morning Rain
03:00
1973 Aloha From Hawaii

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(I continue to have problems most of the time with
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Now I was never a great Elvis fan, my class at school in England was solidly Buddy Holly fans because lets face it a guy with
outsize specs was no match for the girl appeal of ol' swivel hips!! but I still enjoy the very early "Sun sessions" recordings

which have IMHO a wonderful rawness and honesty that was largely lost in his later output and of course the succession of generally dreadful "Colonel"
Tom Parker manipulated films

[charlene]

But, but Sir John-that's what a "snippet" means..



At the March 3 show in Niagara Falls he didn't eve do a 'snippet' of EMR with our without the change Elvis made...

;0

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by charlene:
But, but Sir John-that's what a "snippet" means..

;0

I know that my dear. My point was that the other youtube video was no "snippet" but the full 3 minute whole kit and caboodle and therefore a better one to pass on to the punters here.
John BT

[Jesse Joe]

Very good Sir John & Lady Char, {lol} But, but the Peter Paul & Mary version, is a real treasure.

[img]http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/...

All 2:57 of it... :D CLICK ON THE PHOTO !!!

[ March 18, 2007, 13:56: Message edited by: Jesse-Joe ]

[charlene]

I wonder if they did it when they were here a few weeks ago..??

[Borderstone]

I know P.P. & M. tried releasing "EMR" as a single but unlike "For Lovin' Me",it did not make the top 40.
In fact it barely stayed on the Billboard Hot 100.

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Jesse-Joe:
Very good Sir John & Lady Char, {lol} But, but the Peter Paul & Mary version, is a real treasure.

OK OK the PePaMar version




screenshots from the video
That video is superb but one must give recognition to the "other" version that also helped get Gordon on the road to stardom
Fortunately this is also available on youtube at:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M76owSH8zvY

complete with a surprise guest



from the 1986 Ian and Sylvia reunion special
during which Sylvia keeps looking at Gord with the air of somebody who knows something we don't!!
and Gord in return keeps winking at somebody


(Actually in the video he uses a right eye wink not the left eye as in the nice little animated gif above and that gif appears on this archived page on my site:-
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/bdcard2.htm
from page 2 of the complete 809 entry 60th birthday card from 1998 see:-
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/60thcard.htm)
As the video uploader said
"The video quality is not perfect but hey this is history!!"
I have no doubt that the redoubtable Jessie-Joe has the complete VHS tape of that concert in which case he will already know that immediately after EMR Gord resplendant in THAT iconic white suit solos on Knotty Pine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfl0rAWMutU

NOTE
youtube videos of course are really only watchable on line if you have broadband or as Bruna silverheels does are prepared to watch in annoyingly brief 2 second chunks on a dial up then replay after it has fully downloaded. Better still save it as exhaustively explained on my fantastic and fully featured tutorial at:-
http://www.youtubetutorial.notlong.com
John Bt
I mean no one no harm

[ March 21, 2007, 16:56: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[SilverHeels]

Sir John,
leave me alone, I am too stressed out! :D
I am having phone problems today ... !!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

[Jesse Joe]

The video quality is not perfect but hey this is history!!"
I have no doubt that the redoubtable Jessie-Joe has the complete VHS tape of that concert in which case he will already know that immediately after EMR Gord resplendant in THAT iconic white suit solos on Knotty Pine

Yes indeed Sir John, I do have it in it's entirety. Great find on You Tube.

I always thought Gord looked great in this one. And when he sang his solo, I remember his teeth being bright white & shiny, on the close up. Must have had a cleaning from his dentist not long before the show...
:D

This reunion as Im sure you know John was taped in Hamilton Place. Hamilton Ontario, CANADA...


I think the wink was at Ian Tyson for the long friendship, they had.

Other entertainers on that show were Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris and Murray McLauchlan.


Hey Sir John, I will give you one penny, if you can find Gord doing CRT on The Johnny Cash Show, must have been early 70's.

I found this one where he does a snippet as Char would say, of Steel Rail Blues...

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

[ March 21, 2007, 16:03: Message edited by: Jesse-Joe ]

[johnfowles]

Not forgetting of course these three young men

Bob Shane,John Sewart and Nick Reynolds
The Kingston Trio
with a very nice medley about Flowers and Rain at:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIW8T-sNU10

[ March 21, 2007, 20:39: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[Dan O'Malley]

If it wasn't for Elvis' version of "Early Morning Rain", I'd have never discovered Lightfoot! Thank god for Elvis!