Always thought (through reading) that Mark James wrote "Always On My Mind" specifically for Elvis, due to his early '70s break-up, and eventual divorce, from Priscilla. Research shows Elvis, indeed, recorded his take in 1972; Willie Nelson's recorded his in 1982. It always irked me that Willie was more identified with the song than was Elvis. Those Mark James lyrics--"Little things I should have said and done. I just never took the time..."--surely resonated with Elvis' emotional state during this time.
There’s a reason Willie Nelson and Bruce Springsteen elicit the response they do. Incredible what a man or woman with life experience know and can bring us back to.
Always thought (through reading) that Mark James wrote "Always On My Mind" specifically for Elvis, due to his early '70s break-up, and eventual divorce, from Priscilla. Research shows Elvis, indeed, recorded his take in 1972; Willie Nelson's recorded his in 1982. It always irked me that Willie was more identified with the song than was Elvis. Those Mark James lyrics--"Little things I should have said and done. I just never took the time..."--surely resonated with Elvis' emotional state during this time.
All of this. Every bit of it.
There’s a reason Willie Nelson and Bruce Springsteen elicit the response they do. Incredible what a man or woman with life experience know and can bring us back to.
.. hell of a kickstart .. am on a Bruce crusade of late.. was it you posted re the ‘In Concert & variations per ‘Man’s Job ? 🦎🏴☠️