Alex Massie Alex Massie

Saturday Morning Country: Elvis Presley

Sure, you don’t necessarily think of Elvis as a country singer. But then you remember his gospel roots and the rockabilly and it all makes sense. How could such a great American ever escape the greatest American musical genre of them all? He never did. Or, if you prefer, he just often returned to it. Here he is with that great Hank Williams tune I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry:

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