More than his backstory

Posted: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:26 PM by John Roderick

Elvis Perkins
Here’s a guy that if I told you his backstory you’d hardly believe it. In fact, most writers want to talk about his story so badly, and how it influences his melancholy music, you can tell they aren’t really listening to his tunes. They figured out what the story is before they heard a note.

Elvis and his band played lyrical folk in a Newport in ‘65 kind of way, with acoustic and electric instruments in equal measure. The real highlights were the tunes he announced as coming out on their next release. These new songs sounded like early Animals or Troggs, and the extra energy was like a shot in the arm. The Bonnaroo audience got an early taste of the songs they’ll be singing along with next year. Hail, hail rock and roll!