I never was an Elvis fan and barely heard his music except to the extent one will just by existing a few decades. After hearing this song, I feel like I was a lifelong fan of his and heard all his albums hundreds of times and went to a bunch of his shows. I can't understand how Gillian Welch does that. It's remarkable.
OMG, Not much of a fan of Country Music and Never Ever heard of this Artist BUT don't know why while I was jamming to my Pandora music, This song popped on and OMG Was I Shocked and Absolutely Impressed by This!! WOW!!
She was thinking about Elvis the day that he died...because he died from a fatal, drug-induced cardiac event after struggling on the toilet for god only knows how long due to a nearly fatal diet on its own...and most likely armed to the teeth for absolutely no other reason than hailing from Tupelo, Mississippi. That is in all probability why she was thinking about Elvis the day that he died.