In late 1953, “Mystery Train” was recorded by a band led by Herman Parker. Herman, higher referred to as “Little Junior,” grew up in Clarksdale, Mississippi throughout the Nineteen Thirties. After working with Howlin’ Wolf’s band he fashioned his personal group, the Blues Flames, in 1952. “Mystery Train” was the follow-up to “Feelin’ Good,” his Solar debut. “Mystery Train” has its roots in an previous folks track referred to as “Worried Man Blues” that the Carter Household recorded in 1930. That track was lined by Woody Guthrie in 1944 and by Lonnie Donegan within the Fifties.
The Elvis Presley model of “Mystery Train”
“When I first heard ‘Mystery Train,’ Little Junior Parker hadn’t quite worked it out. Back then it wasn’t airplanes so much as trains, and when you went and put somebody on a train, it was like ‘Oh man, I may never see them again.’ We just messed round and it just fell into that groove, it is a perfect groove. When Elvis came in I found out that ‘Mystery Train’ was so embedded in Elvis’ mind that when he started to sing it, it was a natural as breathing. If it’s natural, it’s awfully hard to beat, like you’re just rolling off of a log. That’s the feeling you get with Mystery Train.” – Sam Phillips
Elvis Presley reduce “Mystery Train” on July 11, 1955, a yr and some days after his first session at 706 Union Avenue. You may hear Elvis snicker on the finish of the report, a certain signal that he didn’t suppose it was a take.
“Elvis cut it in one take, you heard this one take stuff before, but it was, and I said ‘Elvis, this is it.” – Sam Phillips
“Mystery Train”/“I Forgot To Remember To Forget” turned Presley’s final Solar single however did not make both the Billboard chart or the R&B chart. It did, nevertheless, make No.11 on the Nation chart in September of 1955. Junior Parker’s model of the track did not make the chart too.
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