With Presley one of the key influences on Dylan’s life and career, doubtless, he was full of grief at the time perhaps this grief was also seasoned with a hint of regret and frustration over the collaboration that could have been.įollow Far Out Magazine across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If it wasn’t for Elvis and Hank Williams, I couldn’t be doing what I do today,” Dylan said of Presley’s death a few years later. I didn’t talk to anyone for a week after Elvis died. Whether it was Elvis who stood Dylan up or vice versa, it seems the pair had definitely tried in vain to collaborate throughout the 1970s and when Presley died in 1978, Dylan was particularly affected by the news. Either they either got waylaid in some bad traffic, or Dylan may have been making one of his famous jokes to keep the matrix of a rumour that shrouds his persona very much alive. It seems strange that Dylan and Harrison would miss out on the opportunity to record with one of their biggest idols. Elvis Presley Madison Square Garden Interview 1972 (LP Picture Disc) Dieser Artikel ist gestrichen und kann nicht mehr bestellt werden Benachrichtigen Sie mich, sobald der Artikel lieferbar ist. “He did show up,” Dylan said, supposedly confirming the intentions. In a 2017 interview with Bill Flanagan, Dylan was asked whether this was true. Following their acquaintance at the concert, there were rumours that the three would meet up to record a song in the studio soon thereafter, but Presley never showed up. Dylan had attended an Elvis Presley performance in Madison Square Garden with George Harrison in 1972.
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