That other new Elvis recording

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 3:23 am

In case anyone has forgotten , another new Costello
recording - a duet with Wanda Jackson on her new album
Heart Trouble - is on the way - here`s an extract from
the first review I`ve seen -

http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews ... eart.shtml

(extract)
...... and Buck Owens's classic "Crying Time" (a duet
with Elvis Costello) providing a perfect match for her
classic country phrasing.

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Amazon link
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 36-9432914

Cd Universe link
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.a ... =159770518

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:51 am

You can hear the EC/Wanda duet at:
http://www.cmt.com/av/trackaday/wanda.jackson.jhtml

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:03 pm

Wanda Jackson talks about working with Elvis -

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/music/artic ... 81,00.html

Late last year, word started getting around that Jackson was headed to Hollywood to record a new album, and musicians started offering their support for the project. Then Nashville songwriters began submitting material suitable for the legend.

Jackson admits that she wasn't as familiar with her guest artists as they were with her. She had only heard of the Cramps and knew Costello from her children having been fans.

"Elvis wanted to do a duet with me," says Jackson. "But he wasn't going to be in in January when I was there. He was going to be in Hollywood in February to do a guest spot on 'Frasier.' "

Jackson returned to Hollywood to record a duet on the song "Crying Time."

"It was such a good experience meeting him and getting with him in the studio," says Jackson. "Everyone had said he was a big fan of mine."

In fact, Jackson took Costello one of the massive CD boxed sets dedicated to her career that was issued by Germany's Bear Family Records, but Costello admitted that he already had it as well as the second volume.

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See also

http://www.bear-family.de/tabel1/neuhei ... n_65_e.htm

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:58 am

http://www.denverpost.com/cda/article/p ... 50,00.html

-Guest players included Dave Alvin, James Intveld, Lee Rocker,Larry Taylor, Pete Thomas, Elvis Costello and Davey Faragher. Poison Ivy played guitar on two cuts and joined fellow Cramps member Lux Interior on backup vocals for them.

Costello's duet with Jackson resulted from a visit Thomas, a drummer, paid to an early Jackson rehearsal. Wooler remembered Thomas sidling up to Jackson.

"He walked up and said, 'I just want to introduce myself. I am a huge fan. I work with Elvis Costello. I am in his band. We have listened to you and watched you on film during the whole last American tour. You have been on the tour bus every night. We just love you, and I just want to shake hands and say hi,"' Wooler said.

Wooler asked Thomas if he and Costello might want to record a song with Jackson for the CD. Thomas replied that Wooler would have a hard time stopping them from doing it.

"The next day Elvis calls me from London and says, "I would love to get involved if we can make it work," Wooler said. "But I only want to do it if I can be in the studio with her. That is the only condition. I don't want to be sent the tracks. The excitement for me is to be at a microphone with Wanda Jackson and singing live."'

It almost didn't happen. Jackson was scheduled for surgery during the time Costello could clear his calendar to be in Los Angeles.

"I wound up with a little infection and had to cancel the operation," Jackson said. "But it worked out fine. I went on to California and met up with him out there. He and I sang a duet, which is one of my favorites on the album."

They turned in a memorable, soulful version of Buck Owens' classic "Crying Time."