Songs Mentioning the Beatles: I Try to Think About Elvis

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Howdy from North Carolina! I hope I can get both songs posted because I’m in a small cafe with great BBQ chicken and iffy WiFi. But let’s see what we can do as we continue to celebrate the legendary Paul McCartney’s birthday. Here’s today’s reference to the Beatles in a song…Linda? NO! I Try to Think About Elvis - Patty Loveless Two things to tell you about Patty Loveless. One, she’s a distant cousin of Loretta Lynn. (Yeah, yeah, I know, everybody in Kentucky is related. ) Two, she graduated from the same high school that my dear mother of blessed memory went to!!! (Disclaimer: Loveless was born about ten years after my mom started going to Fairdale High School. ) She was also put in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2023, marking yet another set of cousins inducted (the three front men in Alabama are/were [RIP Jeff Cook] cousins). Now, if we could only get the Louvin Brothers’ cousin John D. Loudermilk inducted as a songwriter…. You don’t want to hear any of that. Let’s talk about Elvis, and everything else in this fun song that tries to take the narrator’s mind off of her love interest. The video, of course, takes the silly route, making it even more fun. I Try to Think About Elvis Written by Gary Burr Recorded by Patty Loveless From When Fallen Angels Fly, 1994 BEATLE REFERENCE LYRICS: I try to think about Shakespeare, leap year, The Beatles or the Rolling Stones