Mystery Train - Elvis Presley

 Elvis Presley is a music legend. I grew up listening to Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash on road trips with my dad and my appreciation for Elvis Presley's music has grown ever since. He really became a cultural icon by becoming a pioneer of early rock and roll and fusing it with hillbilly style music as well. Elvis's cover of "Mystery Train" which was originally recorded by Junior Parker, is among his most classic songs. The lead guitar riff grooves throughout the entire song and provides great continuity and makes the song interesting while still allowing Elvis's vocals to still take center stage and shine as the primary attention grabber. This song is a little bit different than most of the Elvis Presley music I listen too which is typical softer, such as "Crying in the Chapel," or has more raspy vocals, such as on songs like "If I Can Dream" (which prompted a recent cover by pop music stars Post Malone, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Shawn Mendes and Darius Rucker) and "Jailhouse Rock." "Mystery Train" is fairly up tempo and has Elvis singing smoothly over the instrumental. I wouldn't consider it crooning, but its certainly not like some of his belting vocals on other hits. All in all I'd definitely recommend this song for anyone who is a fan of classic rock or enjoys listening to cultural icons throughout history.