By Annie Reuter
February 13, 2014
Martina McBride has released one of the tracks on her forthcoming album, Everlasting. She puts her soulful spin on Elvis Presley‘s monster 1969 hit “Suspicious Minds."
In an interview with USA Today, McBride explained why she decided to record the track.
“There aren't very many female versions of that song, and It makes sense for a woman to sing it. I focused on the lyrics on this record. This one is about reacting to jealousy and being possessive. Which women can really relate to.” McBride said.
It turns out Martina McBride and Elvis Presley have something else in common with the song: the guitar player. Guitarist Reggie Young played on both Presley’s original and McBride’s recent recording of “Suspicious Minds.”
“We really wanted him on that song,” McBride said. “Don, McBride's husband goes, ‘What do you want to play?’ Reggie says, ‘I can play this or I can play that. Or I can just play what I played on the Elvis record. I was, like, ‘Hold up! Take a moment! You don’t hear that every day.’ It was so cool. So at the very end of the song, he’s doing the Elvis lick.
McBride’s Everlasting will be released via her own Vinyl Recordings label on April 8th, 2014.
source: http://news.radio.com
February 13, 2014
Martina McBride has released one of the tracks on her forthcoming album, Everlasting. She puts her soulful spin on Elvis Presley‘s monster 1969 hit “Suspicious Minds."
In an interview with USA Today, McBride explained why she decided to record the track.
“There aren't very many female versions of that song, and It makes sense for a woman to sing it. I focused on the lyrics on this record. This one is about reacting to jealousy and being possessive. Which women can really relate to.” McBride said.
It turns out Martina McBride and Elvis Presley have something else in common with the song: the guitar player. Guitarist Reggie Young played on both Presley’s original and McBride’s recent recording of “Suspicious Minds.”
“We really wanted him on that song,” McBride said. “Don, McBride's husband goes, ‘What do you want to play?’ Reggie says, ‘I can play this or I can play that. Or I can just play what I played on the Elvis record. I was, like, ‘Hold up! Take a moment! You don’t hear that every day.’ It was so cool. So at the very end of the song, he’s doing the Elvis lick.
McBride’s Everlasting will be released via her own Vinyl Recordings label on April 8th, 2014.
source: http://news.radio.com
"Suspicious Minds" was written by songwriter, Mark James. Elvis Presley recorded "Suspicious Minds" January 22, 1969 at American Sound Studio, under the direction of Producers Felton Jarvis, and Chips Moman. The song was released August 26, 1969. "Suspicious Minds" was Elvis Presley's seventeenth and last number one single. The song reached number one in the United States in the week of November 1st, 1969. Elvis first performed "Suspicious Minds" July 31, 1969 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas.
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