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He contacted the 90-year-old songwriter, who was delighted to collaborate, and they worked on changing the lyrics and other elements of the song quite substantially. He said it was released on November 10 and it reached number 17 in the UK Country iTunes charts.
Elvis had been gone almost 20 years before Brandon was born, but his family listened to a lot of Elvis music when he was growing up and he was greatly inspired by the American musician and actor, renown as “The King” by fans.
“With Elvis fans there’s always been a superstition that he’s still alive and if you listen to the words of the new song it talks about his presence still being there and his memory is still alive” adds Brandon.
“We’re delighted with how the track turned out. On it there’s Manson Grant, Robert Cameron, Mike Schrimpf – who played for Conway Twitty, Phil Anderson, Loretta Lynn – and there’s George Jones on harmonica. It was mastered in Nashville and Brandon was delighted the song was out there on the Pan Records label as well.
Merry Christmas Elvis is available in MP3 format to download and more information can be found at: www.brandonmcphee.com
Brandon was the only entry from outside the US to be in the Top 30 of the UK Country iTunes chart.
The Caithness musician can claim he has good connections with another king as well, as Brandon is regularly invited to play for King Charles III when he visits the Castle of Mey during his annual holiday to the county.
