I heard Chad play it this morning and didn't realize we had it on our hard drive. But I'm so glad we do. Elvis Presley's live performance of "An American Trilogy" is as soul-penetrating as anything you'll ever hear.
It was a Sunday afternoon, January 8, 1978, when I went into work at WINN, Louisville. It was an unusually warm morning but we knew a cold front was coming in and expected snow flurries. Being the first birthday after Elvis Presley's death the previous August, I planned to play all of Elvis's hits in chronological order.
As I took took to the airwaves with stacks of Elvis tunes on 45's, lp's and a