TCBCast 086: American "Kings" - Michael & Elvis feat. Daniel Taylor
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
Release Date: 10/14/2019
TCBCast 391: "Live vs Studio Versions" A Tipsy New Year's Elvis Debate
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
Ryan & Bec's annual "solo" New Year's show is a DOOZY! Ostensibly presenting a few of their favorite preferred live performances over their studio counterparts, the two hosts go full celebration mode instead, breaking out the booze, and before you know it, Ryan's stretched the parameters of the topic, Bec's forgotten the meaning of the word "live," and they're both having giggle fits over innuendo. For Song of the Week, Bec rings in the new year with a reminder that "There Is So Much World to See" from 1967's "Double Trouble" - and Ryan forgets that Christmas will be over by the time this...
info_outline
TCBCast 390: A Very Spinout Christmas, Part 2 "California Holiday"
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
Part 2 of our "Spinout" Extravaganza continues! Ghosty Wills taps out at the top of the show, but the rest of the team powers through to explore "Spinout"'s musical sequences and the histories behind them, from the Elvis competitor who cut "Stop Look and Listen" first, to the beautiful 19th century melody behind "Am I Ready," and how the woman who wrote the title track, finally settled a long dispute over the title of the film. Then the team surprises Felix with the three bonus tracks featured on the soundtrack album: "Tomorrow is a Long Time," "Down in the Alley," and "I'll Remember You." The...
info_outline
TCBCast 389: A Very Spinout Christmas, Part 1: "Spin-bake"
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
MERRY CLAMBAKE! Featuring Justin Gausman, Olivia Murphy-Rogers, Rabia, Felix, John Michael Heath, David "Ghosty" Wills, Garrett Cash and Darin Evans. Part 1 opens with the revelation of how we tricked Felix into thinking he would have to watch Clambake again, then primarily covers our overall thoughts on the Norman Taurog-directed 1966 flick about a singing racecar driver, "Spinout." Sharing numerous overlaps with 1967's "Clambake", such as co-stars Shelley Fabares and Will Hutchins, "Spin-bake" puts the differences between the two Elvis films in sharp relief - and the earlier movie...
info_outline
TCBCast 388: Waiting for Something EPiC to Happen
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
Gurdip joins Justin for one last shorter pre-Christmas episode as we look back on 2025 and what 2026 may hold for Elvis fans, briefly discuss the EPiC teaser & poster, the news of Making of G.I. Blues FTD's release, and the passing of Raul Malo, lead singer of the Mavericks, who took influence from Elvis's work - discussed back on Episode 275 of TCBCast. Following up from Justin's previous Song of the Week, listener Rob sends in an email taking a crack at translating "Lilla klocka ring igen," the Swedish version of "On A Snowy Christmas Night" and Gurdip shakes off the rust for a...
info_outline
TCBCast Bonus - Elvis Novelty Songs Vol. 3
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
As we await the epic holiday two-parter for this year's Christmas episode, Santa may have just slipped a little something into your stocking a little early! Over at the TCBCast Jukebox, Gurdip and Justin settle in next to the tree to unwrap more Elvis-themed novelty songs that have come out both within Elvis's lifetime and beyond, this time with more of a holiday twist than usual. Tacky Elvis impressions, maudlin and overwrought post-1977 tearjerkers and - weirdly - a couple genuinely catchy ones; this list of Elvis novelty songs runs the gamut! Originally released as a bonus on the TCBCast...
info_outline
TCBCast Mini: Baz Luhrmann's EPiC Teaser Reaction
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
Ryan Droste & Bec Wyles took a brief aside from their upcoming main episode to bring their impressions of and insights on the first official teaser trailer for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert from Neon & Universal, which has been confirmed for a February 27,. 2026 release date with a one-week IMAX exclusive engagement prior starting Feb. 20. Link to the teaser:
info_outline
TCBCast 387: Down in the Alley: Elvis's August 1974 Opening Show
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
This week, Bec decided that it's been a while since she's gotten to talk about '70s concert material, so we're discussing the legendary August 19, 1974, show in which Elvis abandoned his usual setlist and completely changed directions. Opening with "Big Boss Man" instead of "See See Rider", filling out the show with tons of newer and more contemporary material like "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues", "Promised Land" and "It's Midnight" and forgoing most of his iconic hits in favor of more unique and intimate performances just for his Vegas audiences. We sit down with the soundboard...
info_outline
TCBCast 386: I'll Hold You In My Heart, Hide Me Thou and Show Me Thy Ways: A Song of the Week Thanksgiving Special
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
In this episode's Song of the Week, Justin stumbled into the dark story involving Tommy Dilbeck, the country songwriter behind Eddy Arnold's signature hit "I'll Hold You In My Heart," which Elvis transformed into a bluesy jam at the American Sound 1969 sessions that worked so well it landed on the acclaimed "From Elvis in Memphis." But is the song merely one of romantic longing, or, given what we now know, a hint at a more subtly obsessive message that no one had previously picked up before? Content warning: potentially upsetting descriptions of domestic violence drawn from period news...
info_outline
TCBCast 385: Elvis's Most Underrated Rockers (feat. John Michael Heath)
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
They say Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll, so Gurdip and Justin are joined by John Heath (EAP Society, Atomic Wax) to put forth their picks for the most underrated rockers that Elvis Presley ever recorded: from overlooked singles to forgotten album cuts, 50s to the 70s, in the studio and live, there may just be one in here that you've underrated, too! Although Gurdip has to bow out after this meaty and outrageously fun episode, as a very special Thanksgiving/holiday kickoff treat, a slightly shorter Episode 386 featuring "I'll Hold You In My Heart," "Hide Thou Me" and "Shy Me Thy...
info_outline
TCBCast 384: Favorite "Movie Versions" of Elvis Songs (feat. John Michael Heath)
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
John Michael Heath joins Justin this week as guest host as they discuss some of their favorite alternate versions of Elvis songs as they appeared in the original movies he starred in, frequently with added instrumentation, backing vocals, or often completely different performances altogether than what was commercially released on record. For Song of the Week, John looks back at "Pieces of My Life," the introspective Troy Seals-penned song off the "Today" album that landed as the B-side of "Bringin' It Back" as a single, and that Elvis only performed live once in Asheville, North...
info_outlineThis week, Justin & Gurdip are visited by 20-year-old Elvis fan Daniel, and after a discussion about discovering & learning about Elvis as a young fan today, the guys get down to business with a lengthy dive into the similarities and differences between the careers of Elvis and Michael Jackson.
Professor Ladhar gives Daniel some Elvis homework, and then for Song of the Week, Daniel selects the truly epic background behind the sweeping "An American Trilogy," and the three historic songs that comprise it, while Gurdip rescues the peppy movie tune "One Broken Heart for Sale" from its place on an earlier "lost" episode of TCBCast.
Finally, Justin takes a listener request to explore the haunting, longing folk song "500 Miles" with a surprise "new" restoration by Elvis and the Kingston Trio, created by an Elvis fan. This is an episode of TCBCast you do not want to miss!
Featured Songs of the Week
Gurdip: One Broken Heart for Sale
Justin: 500 Miles
Daniel: An American Trilogy