WORDS BY DOUGLASMCP HERSON
What would Elvis have made of his music being re-imagined on album and stage with the lush strings of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra? Jerry Schilling, one of the King’s oldest friends, can only speak for himself.
“I’m pretty much a purist on Elvis’ music, but I remember being in Russia on a little boat going up the Volga River many years ago. It was all Russian language radio stations, and the remix of A Little Less Conversation came on. It was a little throwaway song from the movie Live A Little, Love A Little, but an Italian engineer updated the song and it was a huge hit. I remember thinking, wow, if somebody can do it properly and my friend can get new audiences and be listened to around the world, then I think it’s worthwhile.