Thoroughly enjoyed the interview. He touched on a subject that has always been a question for me. Why was Elvis not recognized for the amazing talents he had. There should have been Grammys, Best Actor Award, etc. He sang Gospel so extremely well and received a Grammy for this. He was the only entertainer that could make any song his OWN. But not one award for his capabilities. Sorry, just get carried away. These are just my thoughts, and in addition, he was completely thankful for his fans and extremely generous. He was and is such an exemplary person. He had an amazing heart, just wish he was still with us. No, he will never be forgotten or replaced.💔💓❤ God Bless
You should go one of his concerts. You want be disappointed. He has stories about Elvis and a ton of other people. He's one lucky guy. If you go to Ronniemcdowell.com this Friday he's doing a Facebook live concert since he can't tour. He played last Friday which made me happy because he was supposed to be here in Mississippi for a concert. That darn virus. He was supposed to come back the end of May and that's canceled too. It's really bad for all our entertainers. So many are going live so I appreciate that. Ronnie is a ton of fun. He treats his fans so good. He, his family and everyone who works for him are so down to earth. He has so much talent it's unbelievable. I could go on all day about him. I remember the first time I heard The King Is Gone. It blew me away. I was 13 years old and still sad about Elvis but that song changed everything for me. I told Ronnie my story and it really touched him. He even kissed my hand. Wasn't expecting that but that was a sweet moment. Ronnie loves to talk to his fans, I have tons of autographs, he loves getting his pictures taken with his fan and he gives good hugs. Just a super nice guy.
There was Elvis and then all the rest. So true. I loved the "King is Gone'' and it touched my heart so much just after Elvis passed.and still does. what a nice man Ronnie is. TCB
Mr Ronnie's tribute to Elvis is Fantastic- his voice is close to the King what a nice guy.And he was there with Elvis - Amazing! Thanks Mr Ronnie & SpaGuy
Ronnie has always impressed me as a wonderful guy and a terrific singer in his own right but when he sings as Elvis, the emotion that he feels comes though better than any of the impersonators. There is a video on RU-vid where he sings “Don’t” that will just blow you away. Did Ronnie ever meet Elvis or see him perform? Thanks again Billy!
I just love Ronnie! I've met him many times and he is so down to earth and nice. To hear him talk about Elvis is so great. He gets it like all of us. 😊❤️
I really loved this interview. Ronnie is an awesome man. I met him and interviewed him around 2009 or so. It was such a thrill for me. I hope to get to see him again... Keep up the great work Billy....
Ronnie is just a warm, down-home, personable, friendly sort of guy, that you don't normally think of encountering these days. But I think most Country artists especially are still like that today.
What an excellent interview. Ronnie is such a great entertainer and person. He is so right about how unfair the Grammys were when it came to Elvis during his lifetime, as well as Hollywood. Keep the videos coming and keep watching. Stay healthy!!
I really enjoyed part 1. Ronnie McDowell could listen to him talk all day very interesting stories. I do believe there was a lot of jealous people of Elvis. Thank you Spa Guy and Ronnie, Diane Goodman.
I totally agree with Ronnie, Elvis gospel music is excellent, he deserved a Grammy but he also recorded a lot of other beautiful songs that got over looked.
Absolutely guys, 5 yrs old he pulled me in and never wanted to be let go,I don't know why of course hes beautiful inside and out love him so much but 5 years old. ,,why? I understand completely Ronnie, i have your albums love your music Thanks Billy cant wait for part 2 Awsome as always 😀❤
Great interview SG. Ronnie was spot on with Elvis. He got it. He ran with it and of course came out on top he’s our Elvis. Yes he won everything. TCB. I’m His biggest fan as well. Thanks Spy Guy. ⚡️😎🤗❤️
This is fabulous yes I bought the very first album he ever put out from my mother because it was the king is gone she said that man sound so much like Elvis Presley I want it so for Christmas I got it for her she says he makes 70 years old look damn good and she's only 77 we've met him we've got autographs on items that belong to Elvis Presley as well as us sharing the Elvis Presley stamp with him also with us he decided to take us backstage and we met up with the whole family we had a wonderful time they treated us like queens and kings my mother was and is still in love with this man Even though he loves her Elvis she loves him just as much is not wild much love and respect keep it going tighten up
Great stories !! Elvis sure did influence so many singers . He was an amazing person !! I loved watching Hee Haw when I was growing up and I still watch the reruns once in awhile. I can't wait to see part 2 of this interview . Thank you Spa Guy for sharing this with us !! Love it !!
I've always said that nobody has ever done a better job doing a cover of "King Creole" than Ronnie McDowell. When he did it onstage with Scotty and DJ, it gave me chills!
Very enjoyable - I especially love the snippets about All Shook Up, Don't Be Cruel and It's Now or Never. My 3 favourite Elvis tracks!! And he's right about Brits - we DO get it
Love that Jerry Reed story. There’s a video on youtube of Jerry where he tells the story of saying to Elvis when meeting him, “I kinda wish I was a girl right now”...🤣🤣🤣. Can’t wait for part 2 with Ronnie. Love listening to him when I hear him on Elvis Radio.
Glen Campbell tells a similar story about being starstruck finally recording with Sinatra (SITNight). FS asked Jimmy Bowen if Glen was a guy who liked guys 😉
Me & my cuz worked his concert in Cincinnati when he warmed up 4 George Jones at The Cincinnati Gardens & I think Tracy Lawrence & we helped his drummer get some of his drums off the bus bk in '92 or so.
I love Ronnie's passion when talking about Elvis, he gets across how most of us feel about Elvis. I never understood either why Elvis didn't get all the awards that he should have gotten, so I think Ronnie is on to something when he said that Hollywood and Nashville were jealous of Elvis. So many were jealous of him and still are I think. With fans like Ronnie, Elvis will never die, his memory will live on forever as long as there are fans like him. Off to watch part 2, loving this interview!
We've all heard Ronnie singing Elvis songs - he is one of the few who can do them and what Elvis did justice. Not heard interviews with him before. What a great guy! He obviously holds Elvis in huge regard. He is so right about Elvis not being recognised in his lifetime for his music. He should have had hatfuls of grammys and oscars for his contributions in his lifetime and it's a disgrace that didn't. My own view is that he didn't get them because he didn't play the music industry and hollywood system he didn't turn up to those award events or parties or do chat shows or do many promotional interviews to promote himself. He wasn't a puppet of the system. I know many hate Col Parker but at least he kept Elvis out of that circle.Thank you Spa Guy top interview. :)
Thank you Spa Guy for such an interesting interview. I remember hearing his song “The King is gone” when it came out soon after Elvis passed away. I hadn’t heard it literally since then so I decided to listen to it just now. OMG 😮 the memories came flooding back. I feel like I’m 14 years old all over again. And it’s made me so sad 😞 I do however love this song and remember every word of it.🥰🥰🥰
Nobody loves Elvis any better than Ronnie McDowell. And, Ronnie is such a entertainer. Next to Elvis...my favorite singer. All his other talent is just a plus to the world.
I remember when the King is Gone came out. Love it he’s so passionate in talking about Elvis. I do the same thing. Good one as usual Spa Guy Looking forward to part 2!!
Thanks for sharing this awesome interview with Ronnie McDowell. Thanks to him for talking with you. Ronnie sure is a wonderful person and was happy to share his thoughts and his love for Elvis and his music. He is right about Jerry Reed, his talent for playing the guitar was incredible. I really enjoyed this very much. I look forward to part 2 of this interview.
“You can’t put your finger on it” And this is WHY 42 years after he died were still talking about him. We’re all TRYING to figure it out. What was it exactly??? Is it this? Is it that??? And that friend is what it’s all about, he had it all... in just the right amounts.
I really appreciate it so much Billy I hope you had a great day and I will see the next video of Jerry Lee Lewis trip with Lori as soon as possible so on it would be incredible absolutely Terrific
Ronnie is a great man...He lives here in Portland Tn. Where I live. I love all his stories...Always like to hear someone that has only good things to say about Elvis. He also has some wonderful paintings...so much talent...Don't Be Cruel was my favorite song when I was a teenager...Thanks for this Video, Spa Guy.❤️🎧🎹🎤❤️
Some great stories from RM. And yes, EP, is in a league of his own, Period.Thanks for all your efforts on these interviews SG. The Boing and Gong are a nice touch. :)
You speak the truth Mr Spa Guy; there’s Elvis then there’s everyone else! WORD! My favorites, if I can chose, Lovin’ You and Suspicious Minds, In the Ghetto and You Gave Me A Mountain ( gives me goose bumps) ! I got Elvis’s Golden Hits for my 6th Christmas! And my Barbie Town House had a poster size of The King in the open closet! My BFF and I use to play we were maids and Elvis would rescue us and whisk us off to Graceland! Lol 😂 ( we were sooo young and hadn’t “tightened up” yet! That’s the best you can do at a single-digit age back in the Sixties 🤷♀️🤦♀️🙃😉😂). 😘 Thank you 🙏 for bringing back some awesome memories for me. You really know how to “TCB”!!
"I was barely six years old when I first heard him sing." From "The King Is Gone." Ronnie has a duet with Doug Church doing that song." I saw Ronnie several times in the late 80s and early 90s. I got most of his 45s and LPs up through the mid 90s.
At Tim c a r r I saw Ronnie McDowell at the casino in Biloxi Mississippi doing Elvis music and he had I believe her name was Millie Jenkins the one that sings the high part on Blue Christmas she sang with Elvis's band until Kathy Westmoreland came along but really let the band of her own accord and I'm not on bad terms so she was replaced with Kathy but anyway after the show Ronnie and the Jordanaires Miss Millie send a book that Ronnie had out and when Ronnie signed mine I looked at him and I said thank you for keeping Elvis's music alive and he looked up at me and said you're very welcome how about it's booked that night $25 had to go to the ATM because I didn't have some extra money with me I can't seem to put my hand on the book right now I know I still have it it sounds my Ronnie and all the Jordanaires that was still alive and Miss Millie that was some it's really really good show and I do remember the king is gone and I was 30 32 Elvis was 42 AKA Elvis Junkie I'll sell the portraits and he's painted like the one of Elvis as a little boy looking in the mirror and seeing Elvis as a grown man he's painted several pictures but my drugstore pharmacist has that picture hanging on his wall he's a big Elvis fan to the druggist of my little town in Mississippi Clara Baxley Laura not clear you know what a hard time I have damn I didn't say damn I said Tim
Ronnie I think is the only one I don't mind singing as Elvis in all of the Elvis movies and stories where someone other than Elvis is singing Elvis. It's not like he's imitating him but he sounds enough like Elvis but is true to himself too is why I think Im fine with him doing it. He was great listening to.
Ronnie is such a great guy. He came to our high school when my children were in the chorus there and did a Christmas Concert singing with them. He couldn't have been more down-to-earth. This is a great interview!
Thank you Spa Guy for all the great videos you post. I really enjoy them and so many from others here on youtube. They all are a blessing to me in so many ways. Blessings always!
Hi Billy 😊, thanks for another incredible video/ interview today 😊, And thanks to Ronnie for sitting down with you ,and speaking about his fond memories of Elvis! Your friend Bonnie
I really enjoyed this interview with Mr. Ronnie Mcdowell. He said "There was Elvis and then there was them.". I agree in they were JEALOUS of Elvis and why he didn't get the recognition that he deserved. He knew his fans appreciated him. Look at the fans he has today and you Mr. Spa Guy keeping his memory alive and doing Elvis history ! You in my opinion are the best at Elvis history than all on youtube. Thank you. Keep tightening up. God bless.
I became a Ronnie McDowell fan because of Elvis...and bought many of his albums...and I still have the 45rpm “The King is Gone”. These days I’m thrill to see Joe Var Veri covering Elvis songs so beautifully in Brooklyn..he is also a big Elvis fan...Thanks Spa Guy for this...Norm from Queens NYC.
Wow what a class act. Honest and insightful without pretension. Love his devotion and appreciation to the impact Elvis had in both music and acting without the recognition that should have accompanied the undeniable great works.
I have not heard Ronnie talk in ages, did not realize that he had so much of an accent, cute. I too have been a fan since I was 4 yrs old. Mom took my sister and I to see King Creole when it came out. Thank you Billy for this.💜
