A song about celebrity post-mortem tell-alls. Featuring Hank Williams, Karen Carpenter and Elvis Presley and some of the more sordid stories associated with this genre of non-fiction.
Hank: The story goes that a Williams had much of his early musical tutelage from a black man named Tee-Tot Payne. The rest of the verse is self-explanatory.
Karen: The Wanda or Sandy referred to here are probably Rockabilly Queen Wanda Jackson and Doomed Brit folkie Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention, Fotheringay, Guest vocals on Led Zeppelin's "Battle of Evermore). Hal Blaine was a Los Angles studio drummer and part of the conglomerate of musicians known as the "Wrecking Crew"; who played on most the pop hit out of LA from the mid-sixties through the early eighties (Sonny & Cher, The Carpenters, Nancy Sinatra etc.).
Elvis: Covers most of the usual scandalous behavior associated with Elvis (Drugs, Ephebophilia, Gun violence, Weight\diet\life style issues).
A song about celebrity post-mortem tell-alls. Featuring Hank Williams, Karen Carpenter and Elvis Presley and some of the more sordid stories associated with this genre of non-fiction.
Hank: The story goes that a Williams had much of his early musical tutelage from a black man named Tee-Tot Payne. The rest of the verse is self-explanatory.
Karen: The Wanda or Sandy referred to here are probably Rockabilly Queen Wanda Jackson and Doomed Brit folkie Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention, Fotheringay, Guest vocals on Led Zeppelin's "Battle of Evermore). Hal Blaine was a Los Angles studio drummer and part of the conglomerate of musicians known as the "Wrecking Crew"; who played on most the pop hit out of LA from the mid-sixties through the early eighties (Sonny & Cher, The Carpenters, Nancy Sinatra etc.).
Elvis: Covers most of the usual scandalous behavior associated with Elvis (Drugs, Ephebophilia, Gun violence, Weight\diet\life style issues).