Song · Gillian Welch
“Elvis Presley Blues” by Gillian Welch
From the album Time (The Revelator) (2001)
“Elvis Presley Blues” by Gillian Welch appears on 7 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2009 and 2024. It was first released in 2001 on the album Time (The Revelator). Its best result is #24 on the WYEP 913 Countdown 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,343 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Elvis Presley Blues" comes from Time (The Revelator), Gillian Welch's third album, released in 2001, and like everything on that record it's a two-person job: Welch wrote it with David Rawlings, Rawlings produced, and Matt Andrews engineered. It was cut at RCA Studio B, where all but one of the album's songs were made; the exception, "I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll", was caught live at the Ryman Auditorium for the concert film Down from the Mountain.
The sessions ran on instinct. Welch said the take of "Revelator" on the record was a mic test, and Rawlings stitched "I Dream a Highway" together from the first two times they ever played it. The pair came away with a great deal of recognition for the album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 216 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 832 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2016 | 24 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2019 | 805 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 805 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 268 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 726 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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