Elvis Costello announces boxset reissue and shares unreleased live performance of ‘Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line’
nme.comElvis Costello has announced a new boxset and has shared a cover of country classic ‘Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line’ – check it out below.The song was written by Jimmy Bryant and recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1968, reaching Number Two on the US Hot Country Songs chart.
It has subsequently been covered by artists including Linda Ronstadt and Hank Williams Jr, and now Costello has released his own version.The recording was captured live at the Royal Albert Hall in London when Costello played a six-date residency at the venue in early 1987.
Recorded with backing band The Confederates, it has never been made available before.Listen here:The track will be included on ‘King Of America & Other Realms’, a new six-disc box set reissue of his 1986 album ‘King Of America’.
The record, and this expanded deluxe version, is a celebration of Costello’s love of American music, and was originally recorded with producer and Americana legend T Bone Burnett.The boxset will be released on November 1 via UMe, and will feature a total of 97 tracks and a 35-page essay written by Costello, illustrated with never-before-seen photographs from Costello’s tours from the era.
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