...or whoever/whatever. :-)
Some of my attempts at Elvis gospel and gospel-ish songs provided for anyone who wants to have a listen.
NOTE: provision of the soundtrack herein does not imply that the originator of this material necessarily states that God, Jesus™,
et al. do or have ever existed in objective reality or that, in reference to God and His/Her/Its aliases known and unknown, such entities are either bigger than or fade into insignificance in comparison to the Beatles and/or Elvis Presley.
Run On (1966) MP3 - 3.37 MB; 2:23)
Let Us Pray (1969, from the film Change Of Habit) MP3 - 4.25 MB; 3:01)
I, John (1971) MP3 - 3.05 MB; 2:10)
I Got A Feeling In My Body (1973) MP3 - 5.05 MB; 3:35)
Talk About The Good Times (1973) MP3 - 4.06 MB; 2:53)
Not sure all would consider "Talk About The Good Times" (the last Jerry Reed song that Elvis recorded) a gospel song, but it's close enough in tone for me. And "Let Us Pray" is a funky and groovy far-out song from a funky and groovy far-out movie, but it's about this funky and groovy far-out God dude and was used in a scene where Elvis leads a funky and groovy far-out folk mass, so it'll also do. Elvis recorded "I Got A Feeling In My Body" and "Talk About The Good Times" during excellent sessions (indeed, funky and groovy and generally far out) in Memphis' famous Stax studio in December, 1973.
For some reason, a couple of these backing tracks had eccentricities, but I hope I've worked around them..."Run On" (the first song Elvis did during his excellent and Grammy-winning, May 1966
How Great Thou Art sessions) had an extraneous line thrown in near the beginning (repeated), so I had to cut that, and "I John" had the backup singers not doing their job throughout most of the song, which is why I'm singing their parts as well as mine (I could have laid down the bass voice as another track but I was happy enough doing a not-so-bass voice it on the fly simultaneous with the main vocal, which is what Elvis -- who described himself as a frustrated bass singer -- did in his gospel jams, anyway). Also, "I Got A Feeling In My Body" seems to be in an entirely different key than was Elvis' original...that sort of thing tends to throw me off most heinously, because I've got an ingrained memory of Elvis' vocal and find it very difficult to switch keys, so I'm hoping it's not out of whack. These backing tracks can be odd like that.
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