Elvis the Queen
Elvis Presley / Queen / Louis Jordan - Crazy Little Cruel Thing Called Caldonia
I once won a karaoke contest a few years ago, singing Crazy Little Thing Called Love. I picked the tune because I had just visited Graceland in Memphis and was in a real “Elvis” mood. The tune by Queen always reminded me of something that Elvis would’ve done. And it also seems remarkably similar to Don’t Be Cruel. To really get the boogie woogie feel of it all, I went to the source—the great Louis Jordan recording of Caldonia, from the 1940’s.
Call me Musicina Blender. aka Nick Francis
Dayjob--Music Director for KPLU-FM, the NPR/Jazz station serving the Seattle area, as well as KPLU's fulltime online jazz channel, Jazz 24.
Weekends--Producer and host of an independent weekly radio show called Quietmusic.
Major Passion - Remixing and mashing up music in real time, using midi-controllers, aka "controllerism". I designed and built my own controller, called the "Choppertone".
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Contact: musicinablender at gmail dot com
