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TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 388: Waiting for Something EPiC to Happen Gurdip joins Justin for one last shorter pre-Christmas episode as we look back on 2025 and what 2026 may hold for Elvis fans, briefly discuss the EPiC teaser & poster, the news of Making of G.I. Blues FTD's release, and the passing of Raul Malo, lead singer of the Mavericks, who took influence from Elvis's work - discussed back on Episode 275 of TCBCast. Following up from Justin's previous Song of the Week, listener Rob sends in an email taking a crack at translating "Lilla klocka ring igen," the Swedish version of "On A Snowy Christmas Night" and Gurdip shakes...
2025-12-201h 03TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 380: Kissin' Cousins - Album, Sessions & Movie RevisitJustin and Bec decided that since it's been a while since we've covered MGM's "Kissin' Cousins" on TCBCast (and since Bec hadn't seen it since she was a kid) that they'd tackle the very limited number of recordings remaining from the September 1963 instrumental and October 1963 vocal overdub sessions for the film soundtrack while also giving Bec a chance to give her thoughts on the movie. Where she landed may just surprise you! Naturally, the pair discuss some lyrics and songs cut from the movie and album, bonus songs on the album that are carried over from the...
2025-10-222h 05TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 374: Final Thoughts on "The Colonel & The King" (Feat. John Michael Heath)John Heath joins Justin as they get any final thoughts we've had off their chests after having sat with Peter Guralnick's "The Colonel & The King" a bit longer, watching other fans' reactions start to stream in over the last month or so. Consider this a follow-up to both the TCBCast and EAP Society reviews, as well as John's excellent Atomic Wax breakdown (if you hadn't seen it - here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdxN0xeTT1o) The guys also take a look at a number of things Peter has stated in public interviews s...
2025-09-042h 31TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 369: Exposing Elvis Photoshops (feat. Kirsty Garland) + Elvis De-volution? The TCBCast gang is waist-deep in preparing to discuss Peter Guralnick's new book but Gurdip and Justin snagged listener Kirsty Garland who currently runs the "Exposing Elvis Photoshops" pages on Facebook and Instagram for a quick episode. They dig into why Kirsty decided to take on the effort of debunking and providing sources for badly digitally manipulated photos of Elvis that have seemed to proliferate in the wake of Elvis's resurgence in popularity, her thoughts on why so many pages create them, and also her feelings about the coming onslaught of AI Elvis images. Naturally...
2025-07-261h 21TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 365: Ain't Gonna Tell You No Stories: The History Behind "Frankie and Johnny"Olivia Murphy-Rogers joins Justin for an extra-special episode of TCBCast as they trace the real history behind the song "Frankie and Johnny," the title track of Elvis's 1966 film. They learn who Frankie Baker was, the man who "done her wrong," the song she couldn't escape, and the identity of the most likely songwriting candidate to have penned the original folk lyrics - on the very day of the true murder. The duo also react to the news about Sony's upcoming "Sunset Boulevard" box set recently announced that will encompass studio recordings from 1972, 1975 and rehearsals from 1970 and 1974, all do...
2025-06-261h 55TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 362: Teaching Elvis Ryan Droste returns to TCBCast, this time to guide us through his response to an intriguing listener email all about how history teachers like him may choose to discuss Elvis's place in the broader story of American history, and how he specifically teaches his teenage students about Elvis, Sun Records, race relations and the music industry of the 1950s. For Song of the Week, Ryan picks the beautifully sung ballad "Today Tomorrow and Forever" from one of his all-time favorite Elvis movies, Viva Las Vegas, both as a solo cut and as a duet with Ann-Margret.
2025-05-272h 09TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 358: "Welcome to My World" (1977) - An Album Discussion (feat. Rabia from "Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast)Rabia from "Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast" and "TCBCast After Dark" joins Justin for a main feed discussion all about the 1977 compilation "Welcome to My World," which brought together an intriguing collection of country recordings spanning from 1958-1973 with some loose thematic threads that we try to tease out. Plus, Rabia dug up a handful of original contemporary reviews that reveal how critics received this album at the time, both positively and negatively! For Song of the Week, as voted on by TCBCast Patreon backers, Justin rolls with the final track featured on the album, Don Gibson's "...
2025-04-242h 27TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 356: The G.I. Blues Sessions & Soundtrack For the first time since the third-ever episode of TCBCast, we're immersing ourselves fully in the music of the US Army's own Tulsa MacLean! Bec and Justin explore the three recording sessions in April & May 1960 that led to the iconic, bestselling #1 album. As it turns out, unusual for Elvis sessions, numerous songs had vastly different arrangements attempted as Elvis and the band struggled to find their footing with the material, as well as contend with external pressures that frustrated Elvis. With classic pop-tinged songs like "Wooden Heart," "Pocketful of Rainbows" and "Doin' the Best I Can" supplemented...
2025-04-102h 17TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus - Terry Stafford: "Suspicion" (1964) Album DiscussionGurdip's back!!! ...kinda? April Fools! Originally released back in May 2022 on our Patreon, Gurdip demanded to have his say about Terry Stafford and his famous cover of "Suspicion," so Justin obliged and they sat down not just with the single, but Terry's full 1964 album. Released on the Crusader Records label to capitalize on Stafford's surprise Top 5 success with his hit recording of the same name, "Suspicion" featured an array of Elvis-likes from original Brill Building songwriters behind some of Elvis's early '60s material, including Doc Pomus, Ben Weisman, Fred Wise, and Sid Wayne. As y...
2025-04-0151 minTCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 351: The Worst Elvis Movie? "Double Trouble" TCBCast Review, Part 1This is it! We've finally decided to just do it and visit the one Elvis movie often considered to be among the worst of his narrative feature films, 1967's "Double Trouble," directed by Norman Taurog for MGM from a script by Jo Heims, and co-starring Annette Day, Yvonne Romain, John Williams, Monty Landis, Leon Askin, Norman Rossington, Chips Rafferty and The Wiere Brothers. It's classic TCBCast, just Justin and Gurdip on their own. Justin digs deeper than most and read through "The Choice," the obscure original 1960 novel that "Double Trouble" was VERY loosely inspired by (enough to...
2025-02-251h 28TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus - Billboard Top 20 February 1, 1969: The Week "If I Can Dream" PeakedAfter an intensive holiday season, we're taking a week off, so from the TCBCast Patreon archives we bring an episode from December 2023 when Bec and Justin convened to explore the Top 20 hits during the week in early 1969 that "If I Can Dream" peaked at #12, the highest it would reach on the Hot 100. What kept Elvis out of the Top 10? Turns out a lot of really iconic music! Unlike our usual Billboard charts episodes, the duo decide to go for broke and cover all of the Top 20, not just to include Elvis, but numerous other iconic songs of 1969 from acts...
2025-01-281h 35TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 347: Ranking Elvis's Animal SongsTCBCast is a zoo this week! In old-school TCBCast fashion, Gurdip and Justin are ranking the songs that Elvis did mostly all about critters of the world, from hound dogs to snowbirds and everything in between. It's wildly unscientific, please don't take it too seriously! The idea is to get you thinking about the lyrics to Elvis's songs more closely. As we mention, you would be SHOCKED at how many animals get mentioned in Elvis songs you wouldn't expect - and not all movie songs, either! For Song of the Week, Gurdip re-lives his frustrations as a y...
2025-01-211h 41TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 345: Before Elvis: A Book Discussion (feat. Preston Lauterbach) After Gurdip & Justin discuss the latest FTDs: The Making of King Creole, The Last Tour Volume 2 and The Girl Happy Sessions, the guys answer a handful of listener emails, landing on one from fellow patron Robin, whose visit back to an early TCBCast episode that touched upon the subject of Elvis's Black influences, which conveniently leads us right into our main topic. For the main discussion, John Michael Heath of EAP Society taps in as we're joined by Preston Lauterbach, author of acclaimed books such as "The Chitlin' Circuit," "Beale Street Dynasty," "Bluff City: The Secret Life of...
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TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 344: Elvis (1956) Album Discussion & Revisiting the Sept. '56 SessionsRyan and Bec, for their annual team-up and the last TCBCast of 2024, decided to take a listen to Elvis' second album, "Elvis" (also known as "Elvis No. 2" in some regions) which, believe it or not, has not technically been reviewed on TCBCast! Together, they ponder where this sophomore effort, recorded all in a weekend in early September 1956 just as Elvis was preparing to make "Love Me Tender", stacks up by comparison to his iconic debut record. Bec digs up more info on the recording sessions since the last time these were discussed, including other songs considered and...
2024-12-312h 17TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 343: A Very Clambake Christmas 2024 - The Clambake FilesMerry Clambake! The entire TCBCast gang is joined by Rabia and Felix from Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast, Jamie and John from EAP Society, Kristen, Benita and Margarita from Those Elvis Girls, David "Ghosty" Wills from We Say Yeah: A Cliff Richard Podcast, Garrett Cash from "The Beat! With Garrett Cash", and Darin Evans, all in a manner never quite heard before - a non-linear episode intercut across four different discussions! The TCBCast Gang tackles the movie head on, giving Gurdip, Ryan and Bec (who missed most of the last two Christmases) the chance to...
2024-12-234h 59TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 339: COMEBACK (Documentary & 1968 TV Special Discussion)Gurdip, Ryan, Olivia, Bec and Justin discuss at length the new Netflix documentary directed by acclaimed sports doc filmmaker Jason Hehir, "Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley," purportedly about the making of the 1968 Comeback Special. Following in the wake of the special's prominence in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic and the Paramount Plus documentary "Reinventing Elvis," the gang is surprised to learn this is an unchallenging, conventional retelling of Elvis' life story leading up to 1968 intended for the most casual of potential viewers. There's a few new bits of footage, thoughtful contributions from the...
2024-11-202h 22TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast After Dark: The Elvis Files (1991), and The True History of Elvis and Operation Fountain PenThis week, you're getting to hear a special bonus episode from our special Patreon miniseries "TCBCast After Dark." Justin is joined by Rabia and Felix of "Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast" for this discussion. There is a new introduction providing additional context. Aired in 1991, produced by Mel Bergman, "The Elvis Files" was a LIVE TV broadcast hosted by "Clambake" and "Speedway" co-star Bill Bixby presenting Elvis conspiracy theorist Gail Brewer-Giorgio's array of so-called "evidence," but here's the genuinely shocking twist out of all of this: one of the things they dug up from the FBI's declassified files...
2024-10-152h 41TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus - Pat Boone Sings Guess Who and Songs of the MonthJustin was out last week, so we've pulled this from deep in the archives buried in the back of the TCBCast salt mines: Gurdip and Justin's 2022 review of Pat Boone's landmark 1963 Elvis tribute record "Pat Boone Sings Guess Who?" No, we're not joking! This may be the most we're ever gonna talk about Pat Boone at one time so we crammed in a few of his other hits into the discussion on top of this... album? Experience? Prank? It's the project that got Boone inducted into Colonel Parker's Snowmen's League of America and features arrangements b...
2024-08-061h 05TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 326: Elvis Songs That Remind Us Of SummerGurdip was really feeling the season, so in between prepping for next week's meaty episode with Ryan on "On Stage 1970", Justin and Gurdip had a breezy little classic TCBCast-style discussion about the Elvis songs that evoke memories or give them vibes of warm summer days. The guys also quickly tackle two Songs of the Week, with Gurdip giving "Once is Enough" from "Kissin' Cousins" the second chance he feels it deserves, and Justin simmering with the understated (and oft-overlooked) Don Robertson-penned ballad "Love Me Tonight" from the early 1963 sessions that should have led to a studio album (l...
2024-07-2355 minTCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 325: Books About Elvis After 5 1/2 years, TCBCast returns to the subject of books about Elvis as a full episode! Gurdip and Justin did an early episode of the show about some of their favorite reads on the life, career and phenomenon of Elvis, but this time Bec gets to open up her extensive Elvis library to talk about her favorites, and Justin gets to talk about some of the ones he's read and appreciated most in the intervening years. These aren't necessarily recommendations to rush out and buy immediately after listening, as a few that are referenced are quite difficult to find nowadays...
2024-07-161h 41TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus Movie Review - Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)Originally recorded in August 2022 as a TCBCast Patreon exclusive, Bec and Justin sit down with the 1993 NBC TV movie "Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story," starring Rob Youngblood as Elvis and Beau Bridges as Colonel Parker, directed by William Graham, the real director behind Elvis's own 1969 movie "Change of Habit." Recorded a mere two months after the release of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, watching this first attempt at a biopic about Elvis through the lens of Colonel Parker ends up feeling like watching a low-budget knock-off despite arriving almost 30 years earlier. Our duo (including one host who w...
2024-07-092h 09TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 322: The Live Rarities We Love + "Memphis" Box Set AnnouncementThis episode begins with a TCBCast-mini-style intro with Gurdip and Justin discussing the passing of singer-songwriter Mark James and the news of Sony's "Memphis" box set, out August 9, 2024. Then, Gurdip taps out and Bec taps in for a fun exploration of some of our favorite deep cut Elvis concert rarities - the songs he almost never pulled out, from ones done only once (like Oh Happy Day or Rubberneckin') to those done at best for maybe a handful of shows (Memphis Tennessee, anybody?) For Song of the Week, Bec ponders "(Such An) Easy Question" which E...
2024-06-181h 49TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 316: "Gumbo Ya-Ya": Girls! Girls! Girls! Review, Part 1Justin, Ryan and Bec begin to unpack the 1962 Paramount rom-com "Girls! Girls! Girls!" starring Elvis, Laurel Goodwin, Stella Stevens, and Jeremy Slate, directed by Norman Taurog (his third Elvis picture) and written by Edward Anhalt from a story by Allan Weiss. It was filmed in Hawaii, but that's not where it was supposed to be set - and the last minute change (following the blowout success of "Blue Hawaii" at the box office just a few short months before filming) is clearly felt throughout. The crew take a look back to see how the movie holds up...
2024-05-081h 33TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 311: Elvis - The King of... "Fools"?Justin is joined on this episode by longtime guest and inquisitive mind Olivia Murphy-Rogers, who Gurdip, Ryan, Bec & Justin are pleased to announce is joining the TCBCast crew!! Justin and Olivia explore the concept of the "fool" in Elvis' music - song titles, lyrics, and at critical moments in his life from his childhood in Tupelo to his final television special. Justin continues the theme with his Song of the Week, Elvis' 1971 version of "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" and they look at the history of both the song (which dates back to the 1940...
2024-04-012h 15TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 309: The TCBCast Takeover (feat. John Michael Heath)Gurdip's on vacation and between day jobs and personal emergencies, timing isn't lining up just yet Part 2 of the Nashville sessions, so Bec and Justin got together for a quick spur of the moment episode and managed to rope in John Michael Heath of EAP Society for a loose Elvis discussion among the three. The team discusses John & his father's Elvis artifacts in their collection, favorite Elvis movies, the 1969 American Sound Sessions and the 1970 Nashville Marathon both come up, as well as John's recent acquisition of Memphis photographer William Speer's non-Elvis collection of decades worth of photos. ...
2024-03-201h 32TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 307: Elvis Blue (1983) (feat. Rabia)You're about to be taken on a journey... Justin is joined by Rabia of Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast to tackle Australia's near-exclusive 1983 compilation "Elvis Blue" (also released in Japan & South Africa) which compiles all 19 songs Elvis released during his lifetime with the word "blue" in the title. This strange collection of songs that, when initially described, sounds like a novelty cash-in, ends up becoming a compelling, thoughtful alternate exploration of the span of Elvis' entire artistic journey, from Sun Records to the last song he ever sang. Justin & Rabia examine the lyrics of these songs and sp...
2024-03-052h 39TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus - "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992) CommentaryThe TCBCast gang is off for one week, but we've got something special from the archives: one of our earliest previously Patreon-exclusive unofficial commentaries, for the 1992 heavily-Elvis-inspired rom-com "Honeymoon in Vegas" starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker and James Caan, written & directed by Andrew Bergman (Blazing Saddles, The Freshman) with a soundtrack jam-packed with covers of Elvis songs and the movie itself containing numerous original Elvis recordings as well. Gurdip and Justin sat down with the film back in early 2021 for the first time in years to see if it held up. "Honeymoon in Vegas" is, as...
2024-01-301h 39TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 300: Sofia Coppola's "Priscilla" - The TCBCast ReviewMarking Elvis Presley's 89th birthday (and 6 years and 300 episodes of TCBCast), Justin, Gurdip, Ryan and Bec gather to give their thoughts on writer-director Sofia Coppola's adaptation of Priscilla Presley's autobiography. The gang dig in and ponder whether it's any better or offers anything more than the other previous depictions of the Elvis & Priscilla story: e.g. the 1988 TV adaptation, the 2005 CBS miniseries, the handful of scenes in Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis"... but ultimately pitting it against its source: Priscilla & Sandra Harmon's original 1985 bestselling book "Elvis & Me." As we expect most of our listeners will already be familiar with...
2024-01-082h 38TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 298: Long Legged Girl (with the Silver Bells on) Gurdip & Justin react to recent Elvis news, including Elvis' current charting holiday hits, the release of streaming data for "Agent Elvis" on Netflix for the first half of 2023, and Baz Luhrmann's statements that he intends to eventually, "one day" create an episodic version of his "Elvis" film. They guys also reflect on both the year 2023 for TCBCast, and the last six years of the show. For Song of the Week, Gurdip selects "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" from 1967's "Double Trouble." For Justin, the question is: how do you handle discussing "Silver Bells," one o...
2023-12-191h 24TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 295: Ranking Elvis' Movie Title Songs (feat. Darin Evans)Gurdip is out unexpectedly so special guest Darin Evans joins Justin once again, this time for a loose, lighthearted (and unexpectedly beefy) ranking of all of the Elvis movie title songs, from Love Me Tender to Change of Habit; weighing the songs themselves, how they're used in their respective movies, and how well they represent the films they're from. The team also react to listener feedback regarding the recent Elvis and Country Music miniseries as well as recent news including the Christmas at Graceland lineup (airing November 29!!) and Dolly Parton's new Elvis-themed duet with Ronnie McDowell, and D...
2023-11-282h 21TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 283: If I Can Dream with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (feat. Olivia Murphy-Rogers)At the request of (and joined by!) previous TCBCast guest (and fellow Patreon supporter) Olivia Murphy-Rogers, we look back at the #1 UK & Australia album, which is now 8 years old as of this recording, along with the bonus tracks from the expanded deluxe version of the album, to see if it has held up. Bec also joins Justin and Olivia, wanting to make sure someone was around to stick up for one of her all-time favorites, bonus track "What Now My Love." Justin briefly tackles the title theme for Elvis' 1960 western film "Flaming Star" and its earlier iteration "B...
2023-09-052h 20TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 281: "Lonely Man" (Wild in the Country Review, Part 2)Part 2 of the TCBCast gang's review of Elvis' 1961 movie for 20th Century FOX, "Wild in the Country," goes "wildly" off the rails as the "High Tension" and drama of the weighty back half is undercut by some giggle fits. Justin, Ryan and Bec also discuss where the known deleted songs "Lonely Man" and "Forget Me Never" would have likely slotted into the script, and offer their thoughts on the choice to change the much more downbeat ending after test audiences disapproved of the original ending, which was more faithful to the source material. Sadly, no Songs of...
2023-08-221h 17TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus - "Vinyl: The King and I" Commentary & Bonus Songs of the MonthThis week, enjoy a sampler from the TCBCast Patreon bonus episode archives as Gurdip and Justin revisit the 7th episode of the 2016 HBO program "Vinyl," a show centered around a struggling fictional record label in the 1970s trying to scoop up real life popular artists. In the episode "The King and I," the series protagonists visit Vegas in an attempt to sign Elvis (played by ETA Shawn Klush) to leave RCA and Colonel Parker, and get him back to his rock roots. Also featured post-discussion are two "Songs of the Month" from the July 2022 episode of TCBCast N...
2023-07-251h 31TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 277: Elvis: 2nd to None 20th Anniversary Retrospective (feat. John Michael Heath)Justin is joined by John Michael Heath from EAP Society to mark 2023 as the 20th anniversary of the release of "2nd to None," the follow-up to the smash compilation "30 #1 Hits." Unrestrained by the limitations of only including #1 chart hits, "2nd to None" showed a broader flavor of what Elvis was capable of, but the constraints of the physical medium also placed limits on just how many selections could feature from each era of Elvis' career. However, "2nd to None" also offered something its predecessor couldn't - a brand spanking new Elvis song, "I'm A Roustabout," unearthed from a rare...
2023-07-131h 44TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 275: The Influence of Elvis on Raul Malo & The Mavericks (feat. Mark Potter)Justin joined this week by Elvis fan and host of "Stories We Could Tell: A Mavericks FANCast" Mark Potter, and together they dive into the deeply-felt influence of Elvis's music on Raul Malo, lead singer of the band The Mavericks, famously known as the Grammy-award winning country music band that had their most mainstream success in the 1990s. Gurdip and Justin have discussed and praised Raul and The Mavericks a number of times on TCBCast, particularly on our "Elvis covers" episodes. From Raul's unique insights on "It's Now or Never" and his longstanding love of "Aloha from...
2023-06-271h 55TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 274: Your Gurdip Don't Dance (And Your Justin Don't Rock and Roll)The TCBCast gang is taking it relatively light this week; no main topic but Gurdip and Justin discuss the news about the newly announced Aloha from Hawaii 50th anniversary set from Sony, Gurdip takes a round of trivia, and Justin talks about his trip at the start of the month to visit Jamie Kelley, John Michael Heath and Ryan in Iowa. Then, for our Songs of the Week, Gurdip sings the praises of "Santa Lucia," which Elvis recorded for "Viva Las Vegas." Meanwhile, Justin spotlights some Elvis memories from Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina, whose 1972 smash throwback...
2023-06-201h 07TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 272: Here Come the Kwimpers (Follow That Dream Review Pt. 2)The TCBCast gang wrap up the second part of their review of 1961's "Follow That Dream" pondering where it ranks among Elvis's best acting roles. For Song of the Week, Bec bows but from featuring a song but hangs around to comment on the boys' picks, with Ryan tackling Elvis' live performances of Neil Diamond's iconic American classic, "Sweet Caroline" throughout the 1970s, while Justin pops back to the early 60s to appreciate a song from the other film Elvis made for The Mirisch Company, Kid Galahad, with the humble, cozy crooning of "Home Is Where the...
2023-06-061h 26TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 269: Elvis on the Louisiana Hayride This week, Justin and Bec cover an extensive main topic discussion selected by our TCBCast Patreon supporters, Elvis' time at Shreveport's Louisiana Hayride! From his iconic, albeit nervous first performance in October 1954, to his rip-roaring YMCA benefit concert in December 1956 and everywhere in between, we discuss Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys' evolution over the duration of their contract with the Hayride. We also ponder the songs they are known to have performed there but never formally got around to recording, and dip into recordings of some of Elvis' country influences and contemporaries performing on the Hayride as well...
2023-05-161h 55TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 265: 8MM Elvis (feat. Vince Wright) + Bonus Song of the Week w/David "Ghosty" Wills Author, "Talking Elvis" co-host and past TCBCast guest Vince Wright returns to the show to discuss his latest effort, "8MM Elvis," with Gurdip. "8MM Elvis" is a book cataloguing and documenting the long-forgotten and neglected history of home 8MM releases of Elvis footage in the pre-VHS era. After catching up on what Vince has been up to in the last couple years since his previous TCBCast appearance, Gurdip follows Vince through his history as a longtime collector and enthusiast of this ephemeral viewing format of days gone by. From rare, trimmed-down edits of Elvis's feature films to...
2023-04-181h 21TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 264: Elvis Deep Cuts for New FansGurdip and Bec get together for a rollicking TCBCast featuring listener feedback, trivia and a brief discussion on Riley Keough's latest hit show, Amazon's "Daisy Jones and the Six" before digging into their main topic: what Elvis "deep cuts" they would suggest to new fans! Rest assured, though, even longtime fans might enjoy hearing what picks they spotlight! No Song of the Week this week as this episode was wrangled together quickly to cover while Justin is out, but it's nearly a full-length episode as is - enjoy hearing Gurdip and Bec go toe to toe! ...
2023-04-101h 23TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 260: American Sound Sessions, Part 2Justin and Bec wrap their extensive exploration of Elvis' time at Chips Moman's American Sound Studio by covering the material recorded there in February 1969, from "Power of My Love" to "Kentucky Rain" and more, before pondering the many reasons, good and bad, why Elvis never returned to American. For Song of the Week, 1960's the year to focus on, as Justin picks "I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs" from the His Hand in Mine album while Bec spotlights "Shoppin' Around" from the "G.I. Blues" soundtrack. Justin & Gurdip's initial impressions of Agent Elvis episodes 1-3...
2023-03-212h 05TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 256: Our Favorite Elvis SongwritersContinuing on from TCBCast 255, Justin and Bec give an overview of some of their favorite songwriters for Elvis, how their material shaped Elvis's career, and why their work resonates with us, along with spotlighting some of the songs they wrote for other acts as well, whether they were solo singer-songwriters, regular collaborators, or Brill Building coworkers. For Song of the Week, we're tackling the winning songs from the most recent Patreon poll, with Bec snagging "Patch It Up," the memorable Eddie Rabbitt-penned rocker from "That's The Way It Is" and Justin reflecting on the meaning of Mac D...
2023-02-211h 42TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 255: Elvis' 70s Career - Shaped By Singer-Songwriters This week's episode became an unexpected two-parter! After Justin's major misunderstanding the assignment from the Patreon-voted main topic, this first portion will cover not just the usual news, trivia and listener feedback but also the topic as suggested: some of the comments and perspectives from famous 70s-era singer-songwriters, offering their thoughts on Elvis' versions of their songs and a light discussion on how Elvis's music was shaped, and restricted, by the advent of the singer-songwriter in popularity. Then, TCBCast 256, going up next Tuesday, will be tackling an in-depth discussion between Justin and Bec on our favorite Elvis...
2023-02-151h 01TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 250: TCBCast 5th Anniversary + Listener Feedback Catch-Up Gurdip and Justin look back at 2022 and the last 5 years of TCBCast before digging into a stuffed-to-the-brim inbox of listener and patron feedback and comments. Don't forget - this coming Sunday is Elvis's birthday! For Song of the Week, Justin gets his soul rocked in the "Bosom of Abraham" learning about the history of Elvis' 70s cover of an old, subversive gospel song, while Gurdip takes a listen to the spiritually inspired "Sing You Children" from the 1967 movie "Easy Come Easy Go." If you enjoy TCBCast, please consider supporting us with a donation at Patreon...
2023-01-031h 55TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 247-A: A Very Clambake Christmas - Glycol-Oxy-Octonoic-PhosphateAs 1967's Clambake passes its balls-to-the-wall groovy titular scene, it quietly becomes a relatively mundane little sports flick about the formulation of a protective sealant for boats... but Justin blows Rabia & Felix's minds by revealing that the infamous "GOOP" later effectively became a reality, before providing historical insights into the 1967 Orange Bowl Regatta held in Miami, Florida, and the real sportsmen who participated in the event and the making of "Clambake." Finally, the crew wraps up the core discussion on the narrative of Clambake by pondering where the little-heard blues reprise of the title theme, cut from...
2022-12-131h 28TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 246-B: A Very Clambake Christmas: Blue MiamiPart 2 of our massive review of 1967's "Clambake" centers around the two most memorable musical showpieces in the film: "Confidence" and "Clambake." It's here in Part 2 that we learn the true reason why the Frank Sinatra podcast peeps are here: not only "Confidence"'s infamous similarity to "High Hopes" from the 1959 movie "A Hole in the Head", but Rabia & Felix's recent encounter with a prominent clambake in the "Strictly USA" sequence of the 1949 Sinatra/Kelly musical "On the Town"... and being Australians, they have only the vaguest ideas what a clambake even is. Then, Justin explains to...
2022-12-091h 19TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 246-A: A Very Clambake Christmas - Who Needs Money?You folks have no idea what you are in for. Over the next couple weeks, as a holiday treat, Justin is joined by Felix and Rabia of Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast for perhaps the most in-depth exploration of the 1967 cinematic classic "Clambake" that maybe anyone has ever undertaken in the last 55 years. Including Song of the Week, our holiday special "A Very Clambake Christmas" (further split into Sides A and B for each episode) total 6 hours. The journey will be long, and perhaps initially confounding, but ultimately deeply rewarding when you finally understand what it's building to.
2022-12-062h 04TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 241: "The Lonesome Cowboy" (Loving You Review Part 1) feat. Jamie Kelley & John Michael Heath of EAP Society Musician, actor, songwriter, producer and past TCBCast guest Jamie Kelley returns with Elvis collector & expert John Michael Heath, the co-host of their new YouTube video series EAP Society, to sit down with Justin to talk all about what they've been up to in the past couple years, their history as collectors, and then get down into the nitty gritty behind the classic 1957 film starring Elvis Presley himself, "Loving You." But first - we take a "Detour" to analyze the original short story it was based on, Mary Agnes Thompson's "A Call From Mitch Miller," first published in...
2022-11-011h 41TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastBONUS: TCBCast Jukebox - Jackie Wilson "He's So Fine" AND TCBCast Now - "Gone Country"Hey all - as discussed in the intro to this, we're taking a one-week hiatus, partly for Justin's birthday, partly due to some necessary & unavoidable schedule shuffling on our back end. We'll be back next week with a split episode between Bec & Justin on Elvis as Producer/Arranger and Gurdip & Justin on Songs of the Week. This week, rather than dropping an old Songs of the Week compilation as we would have done in the past, we're giving a sampler of some Patreon content from 2021, two episodes packed into one! First up is the first...
2022-10-041h 58TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 237: The Longest Song of the Week Ever: Love Me Tender On this week's TCBCast, Gurdip and Justin briefly touch on some recent Elvis news such as the confirmation from Baz Luhrmann that he's seeking to release the Viva Las Vegas remix from the film, a new preview track from the forthcoming Elvis On Tour box set, and we take time to give gratitude to listener & patron Rick, who incredibly generously donated his collection of Elvis material and memorabilia to the TCBCast library. This episode also marks the first return of TRIVIA in a long while, helped along by part of Rick's donation. Then, Justin takes Gurdip on...
2022-09-271h 50TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 234: A "Walk" in Memphis with Jaime Kay + A Long Lost SotW! (feat. Jaime Kay and Tony Plews) Gurdip plays catch-up with the incomparable Ms. Jaime Kay as she dusts off her seat and regales him with tales of her visit to Memphis and Elvis Week 2022, including an encounter with Priscilla Presley and Jerry Schilling. Then, Justin cracks open the TCBCast vault to bring out not only a little extra bonus discussion on UK-exclusive LPs with author Tony Plews, but also a long-lost Song of the Week, previously cut from TCBCast 196, where Justin attempted to follow up Tony's emotional telling of the true story behind "White Christmas" with Elvis's 1969 recording of one of Vernon's favorite...
2022-09-061h 06TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 231: The Jungle Room Sessions Part 2Today we're marking 45 years since the passing of Elvis Presley. On this episode, Gurdip and Justin take a look at the final recording sessions Elvis Presley ever had, a once-passionate and perfectionist creative now distracted and unfocused for a myriad of reasons, yet still able to pull together five memorable recordings in October 1976. Then, for Song of the Week, as voted on by TCBCast Patreon backers, Justin jumps back to 1967 to spotlight Elvis's pugilistic cover of Jimmy Reed's "Big Boss Man," while Gurdip stays up late to take a closer listen to the 1973 recording "It's...
2022-08-161h 07TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 230: The Jungle Room Sessions, Part 1In a valorous attempt to capture the now much more elusive Elvis Presley in his natural habitat, Felton Jarvis and RCA bought the recording studio to Graceland, turning the tropical-themed den into an impromptu space for the band, winding cords down and out the back of the house to a van where the equipment sat. Justin and Gurdip explore how, over the course of 6 nights in the spring of 1976, Elvis and the TCB Band worked their way through an album's worth of new material. There's a few uptempo cuts from previous hit songwriters like Mark James's Moody...
2022-08-091h 31TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 229: Elvis's Best 50s Album? "For LP Fans Only" Review (feat. Julius Adame) Justin is joined this week by record collector (and TCBCast Patreon backer) Julius Adame to review Elvis's 1959 compilation "For LP Fans Only" while Gurdip is out. Together, Julius and Justin rediscover how surprisingly cohesive this package, intended to keep demand high while Elvis was overseas in military service, still holds together. They also discuss at length how a younger fan like Juilius got into Elvis's music and vinyl buying/selling/collecting, as he also runs a business, Rock My Soul Records (https://www.instagram.com/rockmysoulrecords/) For Song of the Week, Julius selects "Ask Me,"...
2022-08-021h 45TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 225: Patreon Reactions to "Elvis" + The Man Who Was Elvis (feat. Austin Butler News)On this super special episode of TCBCast, many of our Patreon backers who have had the chance to see Baz Luhrmann's Elvis sent in their reactions to the movie, both emailed and recorded. You'll get to hear a wide range of thoughtful opinions on the movie from the Elvis fans who are among our most engaged listeners and supporters. Then, as a book-end to TCBCast 222 with Bill Bryan, Justin sits down with Anna, the woman responsible for Austin Butler News, the longest-running, #1 source on all things Austin Butler since 2013. Together, they discuss Austin's brief career leading up...
2022-07-051h 32TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 223: Baz Luhrmann's Elvis - The TCBCast Review, Part 1Join the TCBCast gang for part one of the most in-depth analysis of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis yet to be done. In part one, Gurdip, Justin, Ryan and Bec explore how the film sets itself apart by giving the audience a unique, fantastical point of view from which to witness its events, the significance of Captain Marvel's lore to this telling, the use of historical figures to properly contextualize the protagonist's impact, and of course, looking at where the filmmakers chose to bend history and whether those changes serve a greater purpose. We cannot stress enough how much...
2022-06-281h 55TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 221: Elvis Direct from Graceland at Bendigo Art Gallery (feat. Rabia)No, you're not mistaken. This is a proper TCBCast dropping on a Sunday - because ya'll are getting a double dose of the show this week! In this episode, Gurdip and Justin catch up on the very latest news from Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, including Eminem's big single "The King and I," before Justin sits down with Rabia, who appeared on the show last December. Rabia gives us a breakdown and essentially a mini-walkthrough of Graceland's official exhibit at the Bendigo Art Gallery in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. This exhibit is running until July 17, 2022 so we wanted...
2022-06-192h 05TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus: Baz Luhrmann's Elvis - The First In-Depth Elvis Expert Review (feat. Bec Wyles)Recorded, edited and published as an early access bonus to the TCBCast Patreon within hours of the Sydney premiere on June 5, the fabulous Bec Wyles, who was in attendance at the invitation of WB, sat down with Justin for her in-the-moment, unprocessed and unfiltered reactions to the film. Baz Luhrmann's Elvis is an audio-visual barrage that overwhelmed even a quick-minded Elvis expert like Bec so, helped along by Justin's compiled plot details from early media reviews, Bec brings many other new surprises and spoilers that had not been identified or reported by mainstream media reviewers to that...
2022-06-091h 06TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus: "Baz Luhrmann's Elvis" Catch-Up w/Ryan DrosteAs part of our monthly Patreon-exclusive pop culture spin-off TCBCast Now, Ryan Droste joined Justin this month for an extended discussion catching up on his thoughts on the interviews, TV spots and other information that dropped related to Baz Luhrmann's Elvis. That segment is being released here on the main feed as a bonus episode. FYI This was recorded before Trailer 2 dropped the morning of May 23, we will be doing ANOTHER full-length breakdown bonus episode this week as well, on top of our regularly scheduled episode of TCBCast dropping tomorrow. TCBCast Now is the monthly...
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TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 215: April Showers, May FlowersHey TCBCast listeners - April was a rough month for the hosts, so they're taking things a bit easy this week as a mental reset in anticipation of a full slate of content for the month of May. Gurdip and Justin discuss some light Elvis news, answer some listener messages, and then for Song of the Week, Gurdip is uplifted by "Beyond the Bend" from the It Happened At the World's Fair soundtrack, while Justin take a look at the upbeat "In Your Arms" from the Something For Everybody soundtrack. Then, Justin veers off in...
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TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Bonus: The Girl Can't Help ItThe guys are taking a brief one-week hiatus to prepare for a big patron-voted two-parter on the 1972 documentary "Elvis On Tour" so please enjoy this special unofficial commentary previously exclusive to TCBCast Patreon supporters, who frequently receive full-length bonus content like this. In this episode, Justin and Gurdip sit down with a film that Gurdip has wanting to talk about for a long time, the 1956 Jayne Mansfield rock-and-roll film "The Girl Can't Help It." This film has way more Elvis connections than you would think! The screenwriter also penned Loving You & King Creole, it shared...
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TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 210: The Elvis One-Liner HistoriesOn this episode of TCBCast, the guys have taken their fascination with Elvis's musical connections to the extreme; to paraphrase the famous Jurassic Park quote, Gurdip & Justin were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. Diving into abbreviated histories behind 10 songs Elvis referenced off-hand at home, in the studio or in concert, to find the stories behind the entertainers who popularized them and how many of them connect to Elvis's career and legacy in surprising ways. Can they truly make an episode out of less than 2 minutes total of Elvis s...
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TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 207: Elvis's Most Overlooked Live Album? In Person at the International, Side A (feat. Bec Wyles & Olivia Murphy-Rogers)This week, Justin, Bec and Olivia take a look back at the live material originally released as the "From Memphis to Vegas" part of Elvis's 1969 double LP and whether it still holds up as originally released, and ponder why it's been overlooked by comparison to Madison Square Garden, Aloha From Hawaii and even Elvis in Concert! Part 1 this week includes some brief Elvis news, more discussion on Baz Luhrmann's ELVIS, and then a thorough look at Side A of the album, as well as providing some context for the 1969 engagement. Part 2 next week will cover Side B...
2022-03-011h 06TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 205: O Bacana do Volante (Speedway), Part 1 (feat. Ryan Droste)Justin and Ryan crack open the drinks and sit down in front of the TV for an afternoon of watching race cars drive the same huge oval hundreds of times in a row. They happen to spy Elvis as Steve Grayson, stock car driver, in 1968's Speedway, as voted by our TCBCast Patreon supporters. Co-starring Nancy Sinatra and Bill Bixby among a cast of mid-60s guest stars, including several real stock car/NASCAR drivers, as the last film utilizing (and at times subverting) the typical Elvis movie formula, does it hold up better when isolated from the preceding 10...
2022-02-161h 22TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 203: Colonel Parker: Genius or Scoundrel?Andreas van Kuijk. Thomas A. Parker. The Colonel. As selected by TCBCast Patreon supporters, Justin and Gurdip finally address the never-ending debate of the good and bad of Colonel Parker's management decisions for his client, examining his influence on Elvis's career and the entertainment industry overall. For Song of the Week, Gurdip shines a light on the second half of Elvis's first single, "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and its roots in Bill Monroe's bluegrass style. Meanwhile, Justin ticks away the time until he can feature "It's A Matter of Time," the country-tinged adult contemporary B-side...
2022-02-011h 45TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 200: Elvis 101 Part 1: Albums, Books and Names You Should KnowNew to Elvis? Start here. For TCBCast's 200th (and 201st) episode, Gurdip Ladhar, Justin Gausman and Bec Wyles, three longtime Elvis fans, are presenting their hand-picked starter kits for newer Elvis fans who might just be coming into the fandom: albums, movies, biographies, even things as fundamental as important names that you will find popping up in and around the Elvis story. There's no wrong place to start with exploring Elvis's career, but we try to present so much of what we have loved and what we wish we would have known or been given...
2022-01-111h 30TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 199: Don't Return to Sender - Listener Inbox Catch-UpFor the first episode of 2022, Justin and Gurdip catch up on a month's worth of listener emails and messages, and dig into any topics that happen to come up, from Seattle landmarks remaining from the 1962 World's Fair to everyone's input on "It's Easy for You" and everything in between. Plus there's a brief & unexpected return of Trivia as Justin quizzes Gurdip on TCBCast's 2021 stats. For Song of the Week, Gurdip heads down into the bayou to "New Orleans," the bluesy King Creole soundtrack cut inspired by the city of its setting, while Justin charts a course to...
2022-01-051h 15TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 197: His Hand in Mine feat. Ryan DrosteRyan Droste returns to TCBCast for a holiday-appropriate look at "His Hand In Mine," Elvis's first full-length gospel album from 1960. Ryan & Justin dip a little into where the songs originated, and touch on the lengthy overnight marathon session that delivered two single A-sides and the full album of spirituals. For Song of the Week, Ryan puts on his jingle bells and Santa cap to explore the 1971 Christmas cut "If I Get Home on Christmas Day," while Justin, inspired by part of last week's discussion, gives a little love to 1963's overlooked "Blue River." If you...
2021-12-221h 35TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 196: Elvis in the UK feat. Tony PlewsJustin is joined this week by Tony Plews, author of Walk a Lonely Street: Elvis Presley, Country Music and the True Story of Heartbreak Hotel, to explore Elvis's impact on the United Kingdom: on the charts, in culture, and on future generations of British acts. Then, Justin forgoes a Song of the Week to let Tony tell the heartbreaking true story behind Irving Berlin's "White Christmas." Tony's book is highly recommended by TCBCast and more information on the book and how to order can be found at www.georgesmithpublications.com. If you enjoy T...
2021-12-141h 48TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 190: Elvis's Worst Album? Having Fun With Elvis On Stage Album Review This week, as voted by TCBCast Patreon supporters, Justin and Gurdip are diving into the 1974 spoken word release "Having Fun With Elvis On Stage"... is it as bad as everyone has said or has it been misunderstood all these decades? (Spoiler alert: yeah... yeah, it's bad.) For Song of the Week, the winning patron-poll songs both happen to be from the same 1970 session and same album, Elvis Country, with Gurdip tackling the underrated "I Really Don't Want to Know," originally by Eddy Arnold. Meanwhile, Justin reflects on how it's "Funny How Time Slips Away," while touching on...
2021-11-021h 28TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 186: Elvis on The Milton Berle Show65 years ago this year, Elvis made two appearances on Milton Berle's popular variety program, once on board the U.S.S. Hancock and another back in Los Angeles. As voted by the TCBCast patrons, Justin & Gurdip are looking at both, and offering perspectives on the fallout from the latter performance, which gave way to the first major wave of controversy and backlash against Elvis. The two Songs of the Week that won the monthly patron poll made it an extremely tough choice between the two for Gurdip, but ultimately he settled on "Love Me," the Leiber/Stoller...
2021-10-051h 49TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 185: The Top 40 Hits Elvis Had We ForgotThe guys are off this week for Justin's birthday, but we're canonizing a re-edited audio version of a livestream Justin did back in April, but never released on the main feed, discussing Elvis's less-considered hits that charted between #31-#40 on the Billboard charts, reading a section of Albert Goldman's Elvis biography for TCBCast Book Club, and spotlighting "Angelica," the song Elvis was originally intended to record at American Sound in 1969 but in an unusual twist, gave away to another artist whom he felt could do it better. NOTE: Due to a technical hiccup during the stream itself...
2021-09-282h 14TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 181: Elvis's Funniest MomentsAs requested by TCBCast patrons, it's now the silly hour as Justin & Gurdip take a look at some of their all-time favorite recorded moments of Elvis being goofy, losing it on stage or in the studio, or delivering a punchline. Then, for Song of the Week, as voted upon by patrons as well, Gurdip cruises down to "Memphis, Tennessee" to check out Elvis's cover of a Chuck Berry classic, and while Justin may not have any sugary marshmallows, he's certainly got a "Good Luck Charm" in a classic 1962 #1 hit. If you enjoy TCBCast, please consider s...
2021-08-311h 20TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 178: "Loving You" Album Review feat. Olivia MurphyThis week's episode of TCBCast, just in time for Elvis Week 2021, features Justin & Olivia taking a close look at the 1957 LP "Loving You," which serves as both the soundtrack for the film of the same name, but also as the third proper Elvis studio album. Does it hold up as either, decades later, or has its movie connections left it lumped in with later soundtracks? Elvis news this week include announcements of an Elvis Week event at Graceland set to unveil a new boxed set, and our theories, along with a discussion of the ramifications of Elvis...
2021-08-112h 24TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 176: Moody Blue (And How It Got That Way)As voted upon by the TCBCast Patreon community, Gurdip & Justin are taking an in-depth look at not only 1977's "Moody Blue" album, the last released before Elvis' death that August, but also the scheduled January 1977 sessions that Elvis failed to record at, and the demos for songs planned to be recorded then. Then, for the patron-voted Songs of the Week, Gurdip tackles the heavily doo-wop inspired "Don't" from 1957, while Justin digs into Elvis' rocking 1969 cover of Percy Mayfield's "Stranger In My Town Hometown." If you enjoy TCBCast, please consider supporting us with a donation at...
2021-07-282h 04TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 174: Aloha From Hawaii, Part 1 Join Gurdip Ladhar amid a real-time midlife crisis on this week's TCBCast! While Gurdip's struggling with the realization that Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" no longer applies to him, special guest John Cappadona and Justin catch up on his history as an Elvis fan and then take a look at the latest news before shaking Gurdip out of it enough to sit him down in front of the TV for our examination of the iconic 1973 TV Special "Aloha From Hawaii." Filmed and broadcast to several countries across the Pacific Ocean in real time on January 14, 1973...
2021-07-131h 47TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 173: The 1973 Stax Sessions, Part 2The second part of Gurdip & Justin's overview of Elvis' 1973 recording sessions, as voted upon by the TCBCast Patreon community. This week's episode takes a look at the December 1973 recording sessions at Stax Studios in Memphis following Elvis' hospitalization in the fall of 1973, as well as touching on the subsequent album releases, Good Times and Promised Land, amid RCA's spat of Elvis releases throughout 1974-1975 which led to oversaturation in the market. For Song of the Week, TCBCast patrons voted and chose "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" from 1972 for Gurdip to review, including the less w...
2021-07-061h 29TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 172: The 1973 Stax Sessions, Part 1The first part of Gurdip & Justin's lengthy, two-part overview of Elvis' 1973 recording sessions, as voted upon by the TCBCast Patreon community, primarily focusing on Elvis' time at the legendary Stax Studios in Memphis. This first part features a deep dive into the July 1973 session and the subsequent follow-up session at Elvis' home in California. The resulting recordings led to the Raised on Rock album, which we've looked at before separately, but looking at the session as a whole and the state of Elvis' career at this point, can some sense be made of why things turned out the way...
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TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Now #6 Teaser: Gone CountryThis afternoon we released TCBCast Now #6 for our Patreon supporters. In this month's TCBCast Now, Justin puts Gurdip up to the challenge of reacting to 8 country songs he grew up with from the 80s-00s, and then the theme carries through with country songs of the week! For Song of the Month, Gurdip's selects Colter Wall's "The Devil Wears A Suit & Tie" and Justin picks George Strait's "Heartland." If you enjoy this teaser, please consider joining to support the show at Patreon.com/TCBCast to receive access to dozens of hours of new, exclusive and...
2021-06-0406 minTCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 168: Take Me to the Fair, Part 1Ryan Droste returns to join Justin & Gurdip looking at the 1963 movie "It Happened At the World's Fair." Starring Elvis, Vicky Tiu, Gary Lockwood, and Joan O'Brien, and set again the real Century 21 Exposition in Seattle, does this forward-looking film hold up when looking back? Songs of the Week and the conclusion to our review will come next week but our finale to the TCBCast Book Club will be dropping into your feed as a bonus this week. TCBCast Patreon supporters not only have early access to TCBCast 169 and the Book Club finale bonus, but we a...
2021-06-0159 minTCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 167: A Young Elvis Fan's PerspectiveThis week, Gurdip & Justin are joined by Mary Patricia, an enthusiastic young Elvis fan and mutual acquaintance of TCBCast regular Jaime Kay. Mary's representing an even younger generation of Elvis fan, and a wide variety of topics are discussed ranging from visiting Graceland to Elvis' feature films and beyond. Then, for Song of the Week, we're covering songs suggested & voted upon by TCBCast Patreon supporters, so you get to hear about Gurdip's surprising appreciation for the very country "Tomorrow Never Comes" from 1970, as well as Justin's deep dive into the various iterations of "Hurt" starting with (of...
2021-05-261h 32TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 166: Who Owns Elvis Today?This episode, Gurdip & Justin are tackling a topic selected by TCBCast Patreon supporters. Since over the years so many Elvis fans have often pinned business decisions on his estate when there are many other stakeholders, the suggestion was to do an explainer of who owns what in the Elvis world, from his personal effects to his music publishing interests, from his movies to his mansion, it's all covered in this episode and as far as we know is accurate to the date of this release. There may be some slight historical inaccuracies due to some context or...
2021-05-181h 26TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 165: All Shook Up - Billboard May 13, 1957NOTE: This episode was recorded before news broke that early rock legend Lloyd Price (Stagger Lee, Lawdy Miss Clawdy) had passed away May 9, 2021. We will be addressing this on our next episode. Also - those familiar to the show will note that there is a cold open this week. This is deliberate, you will understand once you hear our news section as we have some sad news to report. This week, Professor Ladhar dons his tweed jacket again as we take a look at Elvis topping out the Billboard charts in 1957 with a "perfect Elvis s...
2021-05-111h 31TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Now #5 TeaserThis morning we released TCBCast Now #5 for our Patreon supporters. In this month's TCBCast Now, inspired by Mortal Kombat, we're discussing the value of video games being adapted to films, as well as a bunch of other pop culture news including Marvel Phase 4 and DC's Superman casting news. For Song of the Month, Gurdip's picking the Rocky Fellers's "Killer Joe" and Justin picks Alison Krauss's "Maybe." If you enjoy this teaser, please consider joining to support the show at Patreon.com/TCBCast to receive access to dozens of hours of new, exclusive and early access b...
2021-05-0710 minTCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Now #4: JawsAs a teaser, we've dropped the first 3 full new episodes of TCBCast Now into our main feed over the last 3 months. TCBCast Now is our once-a-month general pop culture spin-off available exclusively for Patreon supporters at Patreon.com/TCBCast. Going forward, we will be releasing short 5-10 minute teasers of our Patreon-exclusive material on the main feed. On this episode of TCBCast Now originally released in early April, Justin finally watches Gurdip's favorite movie of all time: 1975's JAWS, directed by Steven Spielberg himself. While Justin provides his reactions to the film, Gurdip provides all sorts of...
2021-05-061h 32TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 164: Golden Songs of the Week, Volume 7Justin & Gurdip are taking a one-week break, so now's the perfect time to revisit some of our earliest Songs of the Week in one go! Whether you've just recently began listening or haven't gone back in a while, here are the histories behind songs from TCBCasts 31-34, including Ryan Droste's first appearance on the show with Pocketful of Rainbows, as well as Thrill of Your Love, I'll Be There, Dark Moon, Let Me Be the One, Little Mama and Good Rockin' Tonight. If you enjoy TCBCast, please consider supporting us at Patreon.com/TCBCast. We...
2021-05-041h 54TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 163: Madison Square Garden, 1972As selected by the TCBCast Patreon community, this week, Gurdip & Justin are covering not only Elvis's famous As Recorded At Madison Square Garden album from 1972, but the surrounding activities, including the press conference Elvis gave, and the afternoon show released later on. For Song of the Week, also picked by patrons, Gurdip is rolling on the river in Elvis' cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's iconic "Proud Mary" while Justin has to confess he's "Never Been to Spain" but he kinda likes Elvis' version of the Three Dog Night's 70s classic. If you enjoy TCBCast and...
2021-04-272h 03TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 161: Elvis & The Beauty Queen feat. Jaime KayThis week, Gurdip & Justin are joined by Jaime Kay from the Jungle Room podcast to review the 1981 biopic "Elvis & The Beauty Queen," about Linda Thompson and her relationship with Elvis. As always with Jaime Kay, it's a ton of fun and you never know where it's going to go! For Song of the Week, Jaime Kay picked the movie track "A Whistling Tune," Gurdip went back to his favorite album for "Girl Next Door Went A-Walking" off "Elvis is Back" and Justin highlights Elvis' rarely-heard home recording of "It's A Sin to Tell A Lie." ...
2021-04-132h 06TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Now #3: Top NES GamesThe first three (February-March-April 2021) monthly episodes of TCBCast Now, our pop culture discussion experiment, typically Patreon exclusives, are going to be released on the general feed after approximately one month of patron-exclusivity, as a way of giving listeners a sampler of some of the extra content we have on offer for patrons. No foolin'! On this month's TCBCast Now, Gurdip & Justin discuss WandaVision's run, Raya & The Last Dragon, and Justin's playthrough of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. This leads into a discussion of some of the guys' favorite Nintendo Entertainment System games (and what they...
2021-04-011h 31TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 159: The Road to Vegas '69This week, Justin & Gurdip are doing a topic selected by the TCBCast Patreon community, examining the time between Elvis' 1956 and 1969 Vegas engagements, what other acts (including the Rat Pack) were up to through the 60s, and how Elvis' show at the International was different in tone and audience from what had come before. For Song of the Week, both this week were voted on by Patreon supporters as well! Justin rides that "Mystery Train" all the way back to its roots in country and blues, and Gurdip turns into "A Big Hunk O' Love" after hearing Elvis...
2021-03-312h 06TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 158: An A-Z of Elvis feat. Joe ShoomanThis week, Justin & Gurdip are joined by Joe Shooman, author of "An A-Z of Elvis: Infrequently Asked Questions," a new short book highlighting trivia ranging from conspiracy theories to Elvis' genealogy, from ETAs to collectors and producers. Fittingly, our chapter of "Elvis What Happened" to cover this week as part of our TCBCast Book Club segment tackled some of Elvis' own interests in the unusual. Then, for Song of the Week, Gurdip went for the cute "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby" from 1968's "Speedway" while Justin ponders "Who's Sorry Now" after hearing Elvis & Anita Wood's home...
2021-03-231h 56TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 156: Walk A Lonely Street, Pt 2 feat. Tony PlewsJustin continues the discussion with Tony Plews, author of "Walk A Lonely Street: Elvis Presley, Country Music and the True Story of Heartbreak Hotel," digging deep not only into the foundations of "Heartbreak Hotel" as written by Mae Boren Axton & Tommy Durden, but the genesis of the song itself: the tragic life, and end, of criminal Alvin Krolik. Amazing connections and tales uncovered by Tony are discussed, including why "Heartbreak Hotel"'s original published sheet music sounds so different from Elvis' recording, how Colonel Parker got one over on music publishers Julian & Jean Aberbach when it came to Elvis...
2021-03-091h 42TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 155: Walk A Lonely Street, Pt 1 feat. Tony PlewsAfter Justin & Gurdip discuss the official release of the Peloton Elvis remixes, Gurdip sets Justin loose with author Tony Plews to talk about his new book "Walk A Lonely Street: Elvis Presley, Country Music, & The True Story of Heartbreak Hotel." Tony's book is a sweeping, nearly 700-page epic, spanning from just after the US Civil War through the 20th Century, with a cast of real life-characters as interesting, and a web of stories as deeply interconnected, as any modern fantasy or sci-fi saga. This first half of the discussion leads up to July 1954 and Tony's convincing theory...
2021-03-021h 34TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast Now #2: February 2021The first three (February-March-April 2021) monthly episodes of TCBCast Now, our pop culture discussion experiment, typically Patreon exclusives, are going to be released on the general feed after approximately one month of patron-exclusivity, as a way of giving listeners a sampler of some of the extra content we have on offer for patrons. So here is February's episode of TCBCast Now, which has us looking at the trailer for Godzilla vs Kong, discussing Marvel's Wandavision (mild spoilers up to Season 1 Episode 4), Hyrule Warriors for the Nintendo Switch and tabletop RPG series Critical Role's 4-episode spinoff "Undeadwood." For Song...
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Glass Onion: On John LennonBonus Episode #7- Elvis & The Beatles (Antony on 'TCBCast' podcast)In a break from the regular shows, here is an appearance made by Antony in January on the excellent Elvis Presley podcast 'TCBCast', discussing some of the parallels and differences between Elvis and The Beatles. Topics include their management, tribute acts, their films, Beatles songs covered by Elvis and the songs covered by both acts. The discussion is preceded by my review of the 2019 film 'Yesterday', which I finally saw for the first time a few nights ago. Fans of the film should probably skip that part... Enjoy! Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe...
2021-02-232h 38TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 150: Elvis & The Beatles Pt. 2 feat. Antony RotunnoThis week marks the third anniversary of TCBCast, and we start off wrapping up our in-depth discussion about Elvis & the Beatles with Antony Rotunno from Glass Onion: On John Lennon. We finally dig into all the various songs Elvis did that were originally written & recorded by the Beatles, some of the Elvis-related songs The Beatles performed, and compare their feature film acting performances before finally closing out with Antony posing a twist to his trademark final question from Glass Onion interviews: what do we think Elvis would have done if he'd lived? For the 250th Elvis song...
2021-01-261h 34TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 149: Elvis & The Beatles Part 1 feat. Antony RotunnoJust in time for our big 150th episode and third anniversary of TCBCast, we're thrilled to have Antony Rotunno, from the podcast Glass Onion: On John Lennon, join us for our first-ever big two-part discussion about Elvis and The Beatles. We cover a lot of ground in this first half, from the Quarrymen's Elvis-inspired demo, to Elvis' sole attempt at serious songwriting, and the Beatles' open desire as fans to see Elvis return to his rock roots. There's plenty of comparisons between performing styles, the wide variety of genres both took influence from, how fame impacted them, and even...
2021-01-191h 34TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 147: Elvis: What Happened? An Intro to TCBCast Book ClubJustin & Gurdip start off 2021 and Season 4 of TCBCast reacting to Peloton's new exclusive Elvis remixes, then examining the first five chapters of the infamous 1977 book "Elvis: What Happened" by Steve Dunleavy, Dave Hebler and Red & Sonny West, as selected by TCBCast listeners. Justin points out the importance of context; particularly Dunleavy's long history in the right-wing tabloid media sphere, but also acknowledging his strength as a writer. Gurdip ponders whether the karate experts in the book are really as lethal as they say, and both guys consider the deeper moral questions raised by the book. Is there...
2021-01-041h 41TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 114: Talking Elvis feat. Ian Gray and Vince WrightThe TCBCast crossovers continue as Gurdip & Justin are joined by "Talking Elvis" co-hosts, Ian & Vince for a lively discussion about all things Elvis, including their history keeping the Elvis flame alive in the UK. Gurdip takes the hotseat next to Ian and Vince for a trivia showdown, and then, for Song of the Week, the guys turn the keys to the TCBCast car over to Talking Elvis! Vince selects the funereal "Long Black Limousine" from 1969, and surprises with an earlier soul version that Elvis likely took influence from. Finally, Ian feels his temperature rising higher and higher...
2020-04-281h 43TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 109: LIVE with Ryan Droste, Jaime Kay & Jamie KelleyThis week on TCBCast, it's one of our biggest episodes ever...it's the full-length show we did LIVE! With special co-hosts Ryan Droste and Jaime Kay joining Gurdip & Justin on the 1st ever TCBCast Random Albums Tournament. Each host gets 2 randomly drawn Elvis albums and then have to argue that their albums are the best! It's chaos on a mass scale but a ton of fun! Then, Justin phones a friend mid-show and brings in another "Jamie K" as Jamie Kelley joins the fray, tapping in for Jaime Kay when she has to take off for a few minutes.
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