TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast

TCBCast 422: The Histories Behind "Why Me Lord" and "Green, Green Grass of Home" (feat. John Heath)

Following immediately on the heels of our discussion on Elvis and "Coat of Many Colors," John Michael Heath relates the story behind Kris Kristofferson writing his religi

TCBCast 421: Was Dolly Wrong About Elvis and "I Will Always Love You"? (feat. John Michael Heath)

In this special two-part episode of TCBCast featuring John Heath, Justin and John reflect on the life and music of Dolly Parton, yet their main focus is on the discrepanc

TCBCast 420: Separate Ways (1972) Camden Review + Remembering Shelley Fabares & Dolly Parton

Gurdip and Bec open the episode reflecting on the passing of actress and singer Shelley Fabares, who starred in three films with Elvis - Girl Happy, Spinout and Clambake

TCBCast 419: The History Behind "What Now My Love" and "Cindy, Cindy"

On this episode, Bec has been hard at work compiling information, sources and versions of songs in order to tell the history behind one of her all-time favorite Elvis son

TCBCast 418: Elvis' Generational Rock Influence (feat. John Humphrey of Seether)

Justin and Olivia are joined for our special Elvis Week episode by John Humphrey, drummer for alt-rock/post-grunge/metal band Seether ("Broken," "Remedy," "Fine Again," a

TCBCast 417: The Ups & Downs Of Elvis Fandom + Our Favorite Elvis Movie Lists

Gurdip joins Justin this week for a more unusually meta conversion, pondering how their Elvis fandom has waxed and waned over the years, how doing TCBCast has sustained a

TCBCast 416: Our Favorite Doo-Wop-Inspired Elvis Recordings

TCBCast's resident doo-wop king, Gurdip Ladhar, has been lured from hiding with the promise of getting to discuss Elvis' finest doo-wop-inspired records, as Gurdip, Bec a

TCBCast 415: Revisiting "Live A Little, Love A Little" Part 2

Olivia, Ryan, Bec & Justin continue their exploration of 1968's "Live A Little, Love A Little" discussing the final act or so of the film, including the musical sequences

TCBCast 414: Revisiting Live A Little, Love A Little (1968), Part 1

As selected by TCBCast's patrons as the next movie starring Elvis to review, the gang is gathered to talk about what is, coincidentally, Olivia's favorite Elvis movie: "L

TCBCast 413: Elvis' 1976 Bicentennial Show

Justin is joined for this episode by Ryan Droste, who, hearing the call of duty as TCBCast's American-history-teacher-in-chief, swung by to discuss Elvis' Independence Da

TCBCast 412: Was '61-'64 Elvis Stagnant? A Spirited Debate (feat. John Heath)

Inspired by a listener email, Justin and John Heath (of EAP Society and Atomic Wax) got into a vigorous debate over whether Elvis's musical output in the years following

TCBCast 411: Elvis' "Secret" Germany Home Recordings, Part 2

Bec & Justin continue their exploration through Elvis' creative journey during his military service. The piano-driven tracks on Elvis' 1958-59 home recordings from German

TCBCast 410: Elvis' "Secret" Germany Home Recordings (Part 1)

Across this episode and the next, Justin and Bec are taking an extensive look at Elvis' home recordings made during his time in the US Army while serving in Germany. Thou

TCBCast 409: King Creole: The Soundtrack & Sessions

This week, we're heading down to New Orleans circa 1958 to revisit the soundtrack and recording sessions for the iconic musical drama "King Creole." The Dixieland aesthet

TCBCast 408: Our Favorite Songs Elvis Did First

Gurdip & Justin decided for this week's episode to select 10 songs apiece that Elvis was the first artist to record and release commercially and discuss why they're our f

TCBCast 407: "Hurt" - Where Did Elvis Stack Up on the Charts in June '76?

This week, Justin and Bec put on their dancing shoes and boogie back to the week of June 5, 1976 (just a hair under 50 years ago) to see what was happening in the world o

TCBCast 406: An Elvis' Golden Records Debate: Vol. 1 (1958) vs Vol. 3 (1963)

Gurdip joins Justin to catch up on the latest Elvis news, read some listener feedback and hold a debate: if the guys were forced to select between only Elvis' Golden Reco

TCBCast 405: Discussing "Welcoming Grace" - A Short Film About Elvis Fans (feat. Helene de Roux)

Justin is joined in this episode by Helene de Roux, writer and director of "Welcoming Grace," a new short film made to promote ZEISS's Aatma camera lenses, but featuring

TCBCast 404: The Impossible Dream & Snowbird - A SotW Special!

Olivia joins Justin this week for a Song of the Week special as they deep-dive the stories behind two of their favorite Elvis songs. Olivia's up first, examining Elvis' e

TCBCast 403: Album Debate! "The Wonder of You w/The RPO" vs "Where No One Stands Alone" (feat. John Heath)

Bec and John pitched Justin on the idea of assigning them ANY album from across Elvis's entire discography, from any time or country, and the two of them would have to tr