It has to do with my age and the declining number of Christmass in my own future I suppose - - But - - Christmas is a time of not only Nostalgia, but for introspection, and maybe too, just a touch of (Happy) melancholy. Elvis took this tune as his own and it became sort of a signature song for him - - - - But the nexus of the thing came from the incredible talents of the late Mickey Newbury, who linked up a medley of three 19th century songs—Dixie, a blackface minstrel song that became the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy since the Civil War; All My Trials, originally a Bahamian lullaby, but closely related to African American spirituals, and well-known through folk music revivalists; and The Battle Hymn of the Republic, the marching song of the Union Army during the Civil War Mickey Newburys original version reached No. 26 on the charts in 1972, and No. 9 on Billboards Easy Listening chart. Later in 1972, Elvis Presleys version reached No. 66, and peaked at No. 31 on the Easy Listening chart. In 2002. Its claimed Over 465 versions of An American Trilogy have been recorded by different artists to date. In my view, no one ever matched Mickey Newbury for reaching down inside himself to deliver the heart and soul of this beautiful and intuitive work - - - and in so doing - - - he allowed the rest of us to briefly experience a small but wonderful piece of what he felt . . . ..
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:28:16 +0000
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