Do the Clam - Elvis cover for the Year-you-were-born-fest

[ODH]

I've decided that for me it's a day-you-were-born fest, so I got a copy of the (UK) top 50 from the week of 26th March 1965, and I'm only looking at songs on that list.  Luckily there's some good ones on there, and at least one I've already covered here for a previous fest (For Your Love, Yardbirds).

This one then is the first of them, a song from one of Elvis' films, although my version owing a lot more to the Cramps version from the mid-1980's, which is much more my type of thing.  Soon as I saw the title my juices started flowing.  It was at number 20 in the hit parade on the week of my birth, down one place from last week's new entry.

Drums are programmed in DM-1, bass in GB Upright and two guitar tracks using the new one, into the rock'n'roll amp sim on GB.  And I only started yesterday afternoon, guitar parts recorded over basic drum track.  It's not the most sophisticated one, mind.  It appears to be mostly about heavy petting.  And my version is probably more bonkers than the Cramps one, even.

Enjoy.

[bruno]

Cool cover Nick - definetly has that 60's vibe about it. I was trying to find something to cover for my birth year - but I hate most of the tunes :-( Think I'll struggle to find something to do.
B

[Groundy]

Don't remember the original Nick ,Don't know why as I would have been 19 at the time,
Top class recording....

Alex

[Johnny Robbo]

Not one I recognise either, but you've definitely captured the vibe. Brilliant retro sound to this... it could almost be Scotty Moore on guitar - lovely playing & superb tone: perfect for this.

[Pete C]

Great cover - don't know the original but enjoyed your version. Like the upright bass, it gives it the vintage vibe !
Enjoyed the vocals too.  Must start checking out the 1995 charts so I can join the Fest ! 

Pete

[Hook]

I don't know why but this one and one of your last post just will not play on my phone. I haven't use my laptop on here in a while gotta remember tonight to try to login on my laptop and listen to this. I'm sure it's awesome you rock Nick!

[Mike_S]

Brilliant retro sound to this... it could almost be Scotty Moore on guitar - lovely playing & superb tone: perfect for this.

Yeah baby... superb!! You captured a great vibe here. Everything gels wonderfully.. Vocals, guitar, percussion...

Full of style and energy Nick 

Mike

[fenderbender]

Brilliant recording Nick
Great backer -great vocals
the complete package.
Rock on.


Tommy

[Oldrottenhead]

Magic, i had better start investigating songs from the dark ages if i want to get into this fest. what are you using to plug your guitar into your ipad.

[ODH]

Thanks for listening, everyone.

It's an Apogee Jam I'm using, Jim.