Sing Along With Forrest! The Sequel! Limited edition, suitable for framing

[ForrestGump]

I did some more recording...still afflicted by the remnants of the Cold That Came To Stay, unfortunately, but I managed to get some stuff done, that I'm happy with, before my throat finally succumbed. This time, when my voice worked it was close enough to 100%...and when it didn't, it was close enough to 100% failure (I won't be sharing those!). :D I thought maybe my symptoms were such that I could get away with it but I guess the singing aggravated things and I had to edit out a ton of coughing and sniffling from the final tracks (guitar breaks were basically coughie breaks for me). Of course, I wouldn't even think of quitting 'cos, despite it all, it was (sweaty) fun. :-)

I hoped to do "Always On My Mind," cos Mrs Grumpy mentioned it the other day and I love the song, and "Bridge Over Troubled Water," because Taverner started a thread about it. Actually, I prioritized the titles I wanted to do and my intent was to do a bunch of '70s live material but I instead got on a '60s kick that led to an insane '50s kick (I say insane because among the titles I tried was "Heartbreak Hotel," a weird song that's hard to do and especially so when you're not 21 years old and, of course, not 21-year-old Elvis). I squeezed in a couple of '70s stage songs at the end when I couldn't do them justice. I think it was all johnnie's fault for bringing up so many '60s song titles in the "Bridge Over Troubled Water" thread. :P

I did actually give "Bridge" a try -- perversely, right at the end when I had no voice left (the few attempts I did of the 1968 TV Special medley linked below were, alone, enough to leave my poor vocal cords in tatters). It gave me a headache that I had all day yesterday. :-(

I haven't yet had time or energy enough to work on much of what I recorded, but here are a few samples for those who are interested (with Elvis' recording dates noted).

Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1YS58CRPS4V4D2J8BNZ3G24YLY

Rip It Up (1956)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0DNQC748OSF4G38X1K8ZZ17JW8

Trouble (1958)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0VLRL6NFD68IS0NSAMQAIGDNVA

King Creole (1958...I'm afraid that the stupid track I used, unlike Elvis' original, has the Obnoxious Motherf***ing Backup Singers From Hell all over it)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SHRZ5WBJALQA2CNHV8GKK7DAL

Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962...my heartfelt tribute to the bodacious womyn of DU :D )
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2A7ECIZFK3NSE0JO02564EMB6F

You Don't Know Me (1967)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1TWKG87O1O3HP20Z5885NPTRSF

US Male (1968)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2WMCMDXE9D2BA1QVTZJ89Q30A3

Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Let Yourself Go (1968 - TV Special..."Let Yourself Go," a production number set in a bordello, was cut from the NBC broadcast for being too racy)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2H5RU4J3U7SPR3TE7WVXHJ6FFB

Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (1968)
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0BZSITC17NWFH2QVMFDYDIXCY8

I'm a little frustrated, to say the least, that my chest and head congestion hasn't gone away yet. Not that I've been taking medicine. I'm almost fully restored, but almost doesn't cut it when you try to push volumes of air through your vocal cords with the hope that they will be harmonically pleasing. I'm going to do a bit more of this stuff over the next few days, most likely, so maybe I can beat the cold remnants into submission through sheer persistence.

If you click on these to download, I hope they entertain you for a few minutes. This whole Elvis thing is totally nuts, man... :D

But it sure is fun.

It's like playing superhero. :-)





P.S.: sorry to post and run, but I've got to get to work in the superhero costume and cape. :D

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Thank you! What a marvelous post! K&R...

Rhiannon:wow::applause::yourock:

[ForrestGump]

11. Thank you!

Thankyouverymuch. :D

[Rhiannon12866]

34. Thank YOU! And I love your Elvis gif! :D

http://www.masterstech-home.com/The_Library/ASL_Dictionary_Project/ASL_Tables/Communicator/I/I_Love_You.html

[ForrestGump]

38. I love the linked video!

:hug:

[Rhiannon12866]

46. Glad you liked that, LOL!

I'm studying ASL and know that Elvis used this particular sign when he appeared in concert.:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

2. Wow. Simply Wow!

:headbang: Thank you for sharing!

[ForrestGump]

12. Thank you for wowing!

:D

:yourock: ('n' roll)

[supernova]

3. Bookmarking for later

It's A Girls' Night In family movie night for me this evening... :D

You superhero you...

[ForrestGump]

14. Movie night! Now you're talking!

I'm off to seek sustenance shortly but I think a DVD or two is just what the doctor ordered. I was going to record a little tonight but I think I'll wait a couple of days -- hard day at the office. :-)

I hope that you like whatever it is that you're watching -- even if Johnny Depp's not in it (hey, he can't be in every film). I just finished my week's allotment of DVDs from the library but I have a couple of DVDs I bought a while back that are still sealed, so maybe I'll watch Total Recall and wax nostalgic about the days when Arnold wasn't Gov ernor of California.

G'night, Ms nova! :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

4. Hooray!!!

I'll be listening later, I promise. :bounce:

I fully understand the cold - I had laryngitis for almost all of December, and I'm still not 100% yet. Damned thing drags on and on - it got depressing at times, too, since my voice = my job. :)

[ForrestGump]

15. It sucks, doesn't it?

I mean, the whiole perpetual-vocal-compromise thing. Maybe a real break would help but, like you say, few of us can afford that or even want to do it. I hope your voice is fully restored soon; very soon. You missed a great opportjunity to get the whole congregatiuon learning American Sign Language, though. :-)

[RevCheesehead]

20. I have an even better idea:

Instead of preaching, I'll play "Clean Up Your Own Back Yard." :evilgrin:


But of all those you posted, I love your voice in "You Don't Know Me." O8):loveya:

[ForrestGump]

27. As long as you're not laying in bed with the wine in your head

that morning, of course. :D

Thanks, Good Reverend..."You Don't Know Me" was my theme song for most of my life, and I'm sure it has been for at least chunks of the lives of most of us! It's a beautiful song, though.

[RevCheesehead]

31. me, too, Forrest - me, too.

If it's any comfort, my cat Oreo is absolutely in love with that song, too! She came running into the room, and is cuddled here next to me, listening to it again. :meow-love:

[ForrestGump]

39. Hi, Oreo!

Just for Oreo and the other much-loved fuzzballs of DU, I'll do Tom Jones' "What's New Pussycat" and post it here. I love that song! :D

[RevCheesehead]

42. Great choice!!

Here are my fuzzies. (the tabby is no longer with us)

Oreo's in the front. Binky is the white one. Roo is the tabby.

[ForrestGump]

43. Beautiful!

Poor Roo, though... :cry:

The other two are beautiful company, though. I can see how Oreo got the name!

Okay...gonna try to channel the spirit of the Jones next time out. :D

Where's my chest wig?







Oh, there it is.






All I need now is a rolled up pair of socks for stuffing my oants with and I'll be set...

[Jamastiene]

5. I can see girls swooning and crying watching you

sing this stuff. Not many can do Elvis and get it right. Bravo! :thumbsup:

[ForrestGump]

16. Thank you!

:hug:

*swoon*

:D

I got a big smacker of a kiss today, if that counts...I swerved at the last instant so that I threw her aim off and she kissed me rather soundly just near the corner of my mouth, luckily (I may not be contagious any more, but she could be! :D ). I love this stuff. :-)

[FuzzySlippers]

6. I downloaded the first one. (Takes forever on my dial-up.)

It sounds terrific!! Looking forward to the rest!!

[ForrestGump]

17. Thanks!

Sorry about the speed! They're not as massive as the raw files, but it can still take a while to get them downloaded. I hope it was worth it! :hug:

[FuzzySlippers]

21. They were indeed worth it! Thanks for the treat!

:hug:

Edit: typo

[jus_the_facts]

7. I'mmmm evil...evil...evil...so don't you mess around with Me....

....EXCELLENT...one o'my personal faves! :applause:

[ForrestGump]

18. Thank you!

I love that one, too! Always have, since the time I was just beginning to know who Elvis was. Pretty cool.

I gave a version from the 1968 TV Special a try, too, but my voice was too shot by then and I evacuated hastily. :-)

:hug:

I'm not really evil.





Much. :evilgrin:

[jus_the_facts]

19. I'm VERY impressed.....

....sing on m'man...hearin' that makes me wanna be...

Oh and :hi: :hug: :* :loveya::loveya::loveya:

[ForrestGump]

29. Oh, you're

evil. but in a really, really good way. :-)

My goodness...I am so lucky a recipient...back unto thee I say :headbang:

[jus_the_facts]

33. I am...I really really am.....

...and thanks again! :blush:

[johnnie]

8. Cool

I like the backtrack for "Backyard". Don't kick my ass but it's "Armchair quarterback's always fumblin'" :hi: I have always dug that song. It was on one of the first Elvis albums I got. "Let's be friends".

Girls, girls girls is really good Forrest. You need to put that in the show. You did it like Elvis would have sounded have he fucked around on stage in 73-74 or so. Not that you sound like you're fucking around, just the dynamic of the voice is what I mean.

Heartbreak Hotel is pretty good too. It's hard to sit through that whole song anymore, but I did to hear your version. I love the song, but after 1,265,493 listens, it gets a bit old.


King Creole: Actually I like the backtrack. It's kind of "hep". You need to turn the vocals up a bit. That's a very under-rated Elvis track. He kicked ass on that one. I like that whole soundtrack. I think it is my second best to "G.I. Blues".

Glad to see someone else call it the "1968 - TV Special". I can't call it the "Comeback", I don't really think he ever left. Do you need those dvds of the re-released 68 show? They have a lot of footage of this stuff on it. It's not as much as the bootleg shit that was going around for a while, but it's a lot better quality. Like I said the other day "Let yourself go" is one of my favorite numbers, I'm glad they put it in the medley. It's one of my favorite bits from the special too. That look he gives to that chick when he is sitting in the chair cracks me up every time.

Rip it up is pretty good. You got more of the early sound on your voice on that one. It's funny how he got that "lighter sound" on his voice in the later years. You could always tell when he was...ummmmm medicated at the shows because his voice got "airier". LOL

Trouble flipped me out. It it a mishmash of the Creole version and the 68 version with some new space age electronics thrown in..LOL. Very cool though. :thumbsup: I like the "don't mess around, don't mess around with me" bit.

"She's wearing a ring I bought her on sale, that makes her the property of this U.S. Male"..LOL. I love that song. That was jerry Reed...right? Great guitar player too. This one was on another one of the early albums I got. It was in 70 or so, a Camden record. I can;t think if it was on "Let's be friends"or "Flaming Star"..one of those cheapy ones. I like your version of it. You need to burn me a copy of all of these and put them on one disc. I would listen. It's better than Doug Church. He's a nice guy in person, but I don't think he is *that* good.

You Don't Know Me sounds like it could be a alternate version. Very cool.



Here are a few I did years ago. I'm not an Elvis "tribute guy", but I used his backtracks. Since you posted, I thought I would put some of mine up. They suck compared to yours, but oh well..lol. I just did them for my own enjoyment. I'm not really doing Elvis here, just having some fun.

"It hurts me" Yes, I go flat a few times, but that is me doing the last low note. I should have been a bass instead of baritone.
http://jfxe.com/sitetunz/hurts.mp3

Here is a bad rendition of "Always On My Mind": It has a very fucked up delay on my voice. You have to use headphones to hear it.
http://jfxe.com/sitetunz/always.mp3

"A Little Less Conversation"
http://jfxe.com/sitetunz/conversation.mp3

"Love Letters" You have heard:
http://jfxe.com/sitetunz/loveletters.mp3

"Fools Fall In Love"
http://jfxe.com/sitetunz/foolsfall.mp3

Here I am playing mandolin, harmonica, guitar, banjo and maybe dobro. I was just testing something out so I did the old Hank Snow song (I think) "Little Cabin Home On the Hill". It's not really tight, but I'm a hack.
http://jfxe.com/sitetunz/cabin.mp3

[ForrestGump]

23. Excellent! I really liked your take on "Love Letters" and, after I run

out to get some food (haven't eaten yet today because of work -- just as well, because the white jumpsuit's a tad revealing shows every bite of food inside me as if I were some kind of snake that just swallowed a gopher) I'm going to check out these other ones. Great choices! Have you got any idea yet what might end up in the 'roots' recording project?

Yep, I love the "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" track, as well as "US Male" -- both very true to the originals and nicely down. "Girls! Girls! Girls!" is like a carbon copy of the original, too, and is (like the other two) even in the same key, not a given with these tracks. For that matter, the 1968 medley is so like the original that I wonder if it IS the actual backing track (I haven't compared) because there've been raw tracks from the '68 special released on bootlegs since the late '70s. And "You Don't Know Me" is the original track.

As for the lyrics to "Clean Up Your Own Backyard," I was just going by what I saw on a lyrics site even though they got pretty much every other thing in the song wrong (it read like a very badly translated Japanese repair manual)...I have never known what he was singing about in that song and in several others (I mean, I got the gist, but the actual words eluded me) and even the undubbed version doesn't help much. I've always loved the lyrics-mangling thing he did, and a lot of the time he chaged the lyrics as if just to further confuse everybody who saw the printed lyrics or sheet music. Sometimes, given a choice between two possibilities (like 'moaning' and 'fumbling' it's just about the right sound to shoot down the middle...I always sorta thought it soundfed like "forin' in," or something :D ). When Elvis recorded "In The Ghetto'" he got a note from some RCA executive congratulating him on finally singing a song that they could understand the lyrics to.

Oh, yeah...I've also always loved "Clean Up Your Own Backyard," and had it on one of my first LPs. It's a song I think could have been rereleased as a single and done well. That and "Edge Of Reality," among others. Great lyrics, too...wasn't it Mac Davis and Billy Strange? I love that scene in the movie, shot proto-MTV style.

I know what you mean about "Heartbreak Hotel," and songs like it. But, a while back, it'd been ages since I had actually listened to music and when I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" it was like a revelation...maybe how it hit people back in 1956. For a start, what kind of song is it? Is it rock 'n' roll? Blues? Country? Pure pop? Or none of the above and all of the above, simultaneously, just pure Elvis -- I think that's it. He shattered the barriers, for real, and he worked within that non-framework his entire career. No matter what the hipper-than-thou critics say, I maintina that -- if you actually listen and don't just try to wrap everything up neatly as an archetypal American tragedy -- that Elvis at this first sessions on 1954 and Elvis at his last sessions in '76 was basically doing the same thing. He did what he wanted -- with the exception of some of the movie soundtracks, and even then he usually tried his best -- and he drew upon broad and esoteric influences in the doing of it. "That's ALl Right" was blues with bopped-up country grafted on to it; his last recorded song, "He'll Have To Go," was coluntry with heavy blues grafted on.

Oh, I fixed "King Creole," I hope. I've been looking for details on the backup singers so I could hunt them down and kill them all. :-)

It's another great song, from one of my favorite soundtracks (I have a particular weakness for "Viva Las Vegas" but "King Creole" is perhaps his most solid soundtrack in terms of making concessions to the Nawlins location and still being a colection of classic songs. Actually, I did half the LP: in addition to these two, I recorded "New Orleans" (gotta do it again because the input level somehow got bumped so low that mysterious electronic noise distorts beyond salvation) and "Dixieland Rock."

Yep, I bought the 1968 DVD set (been waiting years for themj to do it right on DVD, without cutting songs because of copyright problems...had the bootleg footage but was glad to see it in such great quality) and I love it. The Sun years are obviously almost sacred, but I think that perhaps Elvis' two single greatest sessions were the March, 1960 "Elvis Is Back" ones and the '69 Memphis sessions -- similarly, I don't know if he was ever quite as perfect as he was during the '68 TV Special....total magic. And I love "Let Yourself Go," both the rougher, tougher TV version (thrashed my throat, really, after doing that three times on top of everything else) and the original ovie version. Joy Byers write it and her stuff tended to stand out head and shoulders above the other songs on soundtracks -- "Let Yourself Go" stood out in Speedway just like her "Long Legged Girl" did in Double Trouble.

Yep, Jerry Reed wrote "US Male" and, at Elvis' request (following their impromptu collaboration on his "Guitar Man" the year before) he played guitar on it and sdat in for the rest of the session. I wish they'd worked togetehr more, because they had great chemistry and Jerry was and is such a great guitarist. I love Jerry Reed. I'm hoping that my fellow DUers will see the song as it was intended by Jerry Reed (and by Elvis), as an over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek ode to the Amjerican neanderthal sort of like Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" was later intended to be taken. But, yeah, dude, don't mess around with my woman or I'll lay one on you, man. :-)

Everything Elvis and Jkerry worked on was magic, including this song, "Guitar Man," "Big Boss Man," and "Too Much Monkey Business." Yep, I had this one, too, on that same early LP...a compilation of stuff released on Camden (including "Tiger Man," that totally blew my innocent mind).

Thanks for the compliments and input! I'll include a copy of "Forrest's Greatest Hits," then. :-)

In the meantime, I'd better get me some food (or my suit'll be hanging off me tomorrow) and listen to your songs.

:hi:

[johnnie]

32. Yup, it's always a good idea to eat a little food here and there

As for the 68 DVD.. they did drop a song. "It Hurts Me". man..was I pissed :mad: <---well, not that mad. But it sucked. They said they did it because they didn't have it in the TV show, but I think they fucked up and came up with that bullshit story to cover their asses.

I'm bummed now. I just went to put in the CBS Tapes DVD and it is cracked and won't play. I got one good showing out of it. that's what i get for buying from Ebay. Next one I get I will back it up right off.

What would he be? 71 tomorrow. Yikes. Hard to imagine him at 71.

I understand what you mean about the lyrics to some of those songs. I have to say though, at the age of 5 when I first started listening to those songs, I learned a lot of stuff. Even at that age I *had* to know what things meant. And hearing things about "Rubberneckin"' and the lyrics to "Clean up your own backyard" I inquired about the meanings until I knew what it all meant. It turned me into a pretty smart-assed little kid, but it sure taught me a lot about a lot of stuff back then.

I'll agree on the Memphis sessions. I think every music fan should have that collection at least if they are serious about a decent rounded out music collection. His version of "Gentle on my mind" is the best recorded; "I dipped my cup of shoop...". Lol.

Oh well, back to Ebay to see if I can get ripped off on another CBS dvd.

[ForrestGump]

37. Go, johnnie, go!

All right! I did listen to all of your songs and I really enjoyed them all.

I really, really like "It Hurts Me," I must say. Nice phrasing, too! Like you said before, it really is a cool song, too. Definitely one of the many underappreciated ones -- the f**wits at RCA never did know how to handle Elvis, while he was alive or after he died (until the European fans took over in the '90s), and he could have had even more commercial and critical success if some of the people there had a clue and gave a damn -- "It Hurts Me" should have been a heavily-promoted A-side on a single, not placed on the flipside of a movie song. And, yes, I think that the absence of this on the new '68 Tv Special DVD set was a plain mistake...I read a few things at the time of release that indicated so. By the way, that is one cool low note you get out on the end there, dude, and you didn't even have to have a cold to produce it! :headbang:

I kind of like the delay on "Always On My Mind" -- hey, it's only fair, given that you liked the infernal backup singers on "King Creole." Nice vocal, too, really -- very strong and well suited to the song. Any chance I might get this track from you if you've got it handy? I still haven't narroed down my list of tracks enough that I feel comfortable askign you for them, but the two tracks I've got of "Always On My Mind" are both not so good (one is the wrong key and just so off-putting that, when I tried it Thursday night, I couldn't sing the song, and the other is in yet another wrong key and so ponderously slow it's like the funeral version of "Always On My Mind"). I mean, I've got to do this one for Mrs Grumpy or she'll get...well...grumpy. I like this one a lot, even if you don't, and it's another for Mrs Grumpy's collection. :-)

Hard to believe that "A Little Less Conversation" became such a hit and so iconic...it was an obscure movie song until 2001. Nice version! I like your screamy type thing, there, too! It's hard to get those words out, isn't it? Elvis always amazed me with some of his songs -- "Viva Las Vegas" is another jumble of words and I can't even make it partway through "Hard Headed Woman" because the words just come so quickly. Somewhere I've got the original track that Elvis used on this song, but I'll probably lay it down on the karaoke track I've got because it's a bit cleaner and it's actually handy.

Listened to "Love Letters" again even though I've got it here...still great. You've got different voices on all of these songs, too, which is pretty cool...I mean, the voice on one song sounds quite different than on the other. This MP3 has the same breakups on it as the original, but it doesn't detract much. I've always thought that this was sort of a perfect ballad. A textbook example.

Nice to know that someone else even knows what "Fools Fall In Love" is! :D You do a killer version! Got some more of that breaking up, though, on the MP3, worse on this one than on "Love Letters." I kind of like this song...there's something very weird about it (including the trumpet, played by none other than Ray Stevens) and "Come What May," from the same session. They were both an interesting pop experiment and like nothing else he ever did. Nice job!

"Little Cabin On The Hill" is cool! I really, really like it. Yee-hah!!! I only know Elvis' impromptu 1970 version, but I think it was a Bill Monroe song. You played all of those instruments? Bass, too? I am impressed! You underachiever. Johnnie the One-Man-Band. :D

Did you find another '77 CBS DVD? That sucks!! :cry:

Happy birthday, Elvis!

[ForrestGump]

44. P.S.: about "You Don't Know Me"

You said it sounded like an outtake...I just remembered that Elvis nailed that in one take. Pretty amazing, huh? one take and a perfect recording. He did the same with a few great songs -- some that spring to mind are "Reconsider, Baby," "Stranger In My Own Home Town," "I'll Hold You In My Heart" (which was really a jam, anyway, and one of the most perfect things he ever recorded). I think "Rubberneckin'" was also a one-take wonder and I kinda recall the classic 1955 "Mystery Train" not only being done in one take but with Elvis thinking their approach was kind of a joke (hence his whooping and laughing).

[FuzzySlippers]

9. I love the lyrics to "US Male"! Very evolved!

For a Cro-Magnon.

:rofl:

[ForrestGump]

24. Hey, you. Women should be seen and not heard.

Run away! Run away! :o

:P

I'm glad you like them! It's sexist paternalism worthy of a Tom Jones song, almost, I must say. :D

Don't tamper with the property of ForrestGump...

[ForrestGump]

10. "King Creole" - rare outtake! Collect the whole set!

The dude known as johnnie was right -- somehow I'm even more overwhelmed by the Backup Singers From Hell in "King Creole" than I should be -- so I uploaded a different mix that also uses a different, earlier vocal take. This one has a lyric flub, too ("pork and beans" that, for some reason, I used instead of "pork and greens") and you can actually hear the booboo now.

Anyway, if you want to hear anything other than those hellacious background singers, this is the version to download (they're still coming on pretty strong, though)...I'd change it above, but it's too late to edit my post.

Here 'tis:

http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0RI8A00VYFYF90C3YB055E26SU

[RevCheesehead]

22. I like that mix much better...

Since the goal is, I presume, to actually hear your voice? :D

[ForrestGump]

25. It's my party mix

Come, let's go hunt down overbearing backup singers... :D

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

28. Do you have real singers on stage with you?

I remember at my brother's college (near a popular music arena), some artists would recruit back-up singers from the college music department. I always thought that was kind of strange, in "like a box of chocolates" kind of way. :7

It's good to hear you sounding better. I still have Flu Christmas on my playlist, just for the "excuse me"! :hug:

[ForrestGump]

30. Not yet, just tracks

But I'll see what happens when I shop this work-in-progress audition DVD around...it's wortha shot and I'd love to get a dedicated performance gig, if it's in the cards. I like the idea of recruiting backup singers from university music programs -- get them away from singing Bach and all that good stuff and into "sock a little Polk salad to me." :-)

Ahhh..."Flu Christmas." My adventure in bass singing. Some things that don't make sense just seem to make sense when you have a fever. :D

:hug: <-- non-contagious, and hoping you clear your voice up post-haste...

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. O.M.G. wow!

Amazing even.... I'm kind of all *swoony* now...you have to do "Always On My Mind" for my collection of various versions....Please??

:hug:

[ForrestGump]

26. Swoony?

:D

All right! The power of Elvis is strong. :-)

A definite and hearty 10-4 on "Always On My Mind." Maybe I'll get it done on Monday or Tuesday, even...I'll post it or send you the link, if I do. :hug:

[6000eliot]

35. Are you going to do this professionally?

You do a pretty good Elvis.

[ForrestGump]

40. Thanks!

Kinda have already, here on the Strip, but I'm doing all this recording to put together a demo DVD to shop around...I want a full-on performance gig and I've got to give it my best shot before I go on to whatever else might be next. I've had a lot of great comments about the way I look, so now I've got to get out this presentation that combines that with the sound and the moves. :D

It's fun.

[jus_the_facts]

36. Kickin' this for a...hunka hunka burnin' loooove....

...that IS Forrest Gump! :headbang:

[ForrestGump]

41. Lord almighty...

feel my temperature risin' :D

:hug:

[jus_the_facts]

45. Ooo...you light m'mornin' sky....

....with burnin' love! :o

:hug: