Trendsetter is exuberant to be working with legendary performer Tom Jones who will release a new album Long Lost Suitcase on S-Curve Records. The thirteen-song collection produced by multi-instrumentalist Ethan Johns keys into Jones’ long and eventful life, and draws performances of consummate maturity and pulsating vitality. The album’s first single “Elvis Presley Blues,” originally penned by Gillian Welch, is now available for purchase via iTunes.
The video is available today in the US! Check it out here.
NPR Music premiered the video on Friday for “Elvis Presley Blues” and called it “…a hell of a tribute.” NPR Music’s Kate Drozynski says “Tom Jones’ voice feels as powerful now at age 75 as it did 50 years ago belting his big hit ‘It’s Not Unusual.’ His cover of ‘Elvis Presley Blues’ is mournful, more personal than Welch’s beautiful, folky original.”
“To me the song is a celebration of Elvis Presley, a celebration of his life. I wanted to show that,” says Jones about recording the song, which was originally written by Gillian Welch. “I wanted to let the people know how much I felt about Elvis – that he did change music. So I thought if we can capture it, that would be a hell of a tribute. I played it to Priscilla Presley and Jerry Schilling, who was one of the ‘Memphis Mafia.’ They both thought it was a great tribute to Elvis.”