VOLUME 28 The Monkey Speaks His Mind

More selections taken from “The Delivery Man” period.

1.      Double Barrel - Dave & Ansel Collins

2.      *Tequila - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

3.      *Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods - Bill Kirchen

4.      Mas Y Mas - Los Lobos

5.      Bertha - Grateful Dead

6.      Yer Blues – The Beatles

7.      The Monkey -  Dave Bartholomew

8.      Comin' Home Baby - Mel Torme

9.      Everybody's Crying Mercy - Mose Allison

10.  Pancho & Lefty - Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson

11.  On The Road Again - Willie Nelson

12.  Wheels - Emmylou Harris

13.  My Baby's Gone - Louvin Brothers

14.  I Still Miss Someone - Emmylou Harris

15.  Suspicious Minds - Mark James

16.  Love That Burns - Fleetwood Mac

17.  Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson

18.  Henry Lee - Dick Justice

19.  The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee

20.  Angel of Death - Hank Williams

21.  Dear Someone - Gillian Welch

22.  Matter Of Time - Los Lobos

23.  The Dark End Of The Street - Percy Sledge

24.  Sleepless Nights - Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons

RUNNING TIME 79:17

Track Notes

1 Was the play on track for The Imposters tour of 2005.

2 Snippet performed during "Clown Strike" in Cuyahoga Falls in 1994.

3 Performed with “The Hammer of the Honky- Tonk Gods” At  HSB Festival, San Francisco 2006.

4,5 Vocal showcase for David Hidalgo in 6 concert appearances with Elvis, 3 of them as a member of The Pickups in 2005.

6 A snippet performed on “Needle Time” on 5 occasions in 2005.

7 Recorded by Elvis in 2004 and inspiration for “Monkey to Man”

8,20 I’ve lost the reference for these, sorry !

9 Was recorded for a second time by Elvis for a compilation in 2003.

10 Performed by Emmylou Harris backed by Elvis and The Imposters and Larry Campbell on their 2005 tour.

11 Elvis joined other musicians on stage during this song to celebrate Willie Nelson’s 70^th birthday in 2003.

12-14,24 Performed with Emmylou Harris on the “Live in Memphis” DVD from 2004.

15 An occasional vocal snippet on the end of “Alison” from this time. I decided to include the original here, rather than the more famous version by his namesake.

16 A Live version appeared on the “Monkey To Man” CD single in 2004.

17-19 Trio of songs related to the Harry Smith Anthology. “Ommie Wise” was the original inspiration for Elvis’ answer song “What Lewis Did Last”. The other 2 tracks were also first performed in 2001 and “The Butcher’s Boy” returned to many 2005 and 2009 sets.

21 Was performed without Elvis at The Grand Ole Opry in 2006.

22 Elvis has performed this several times since 1984 and recorded a vocal with Los Lobos in 2003.

23 Another cover re recorded by Elvis on “The Clarkesdale Sessions” in 2004.