When he went to work for the Bonneville Power Administration in 1941 (I think it was), and was hired to write all those songs about the Columbia River, my Mother was the head secretary at BPA and was the one who fingerprinted him.
*I'm from Portland, oregon originally, and my Father recently asked me to see what I could find about a friend of his from back in the late 30's who became an actress and changed her name to Jean Heather. He knew her as Jennifer Heatherton.
Guitarist Robin Trower once told me that he'd modeled 'Whiskey Train' (from the Procol Harum 'Home' album) after the Elvis version of this song, but I have yet to really see the connection between the 2.
1960 if I remember correctly, possibly '59. I've had several copies of this in the past. I might be wrong, but I think possibly it's Steve West playing guitar.
When he went to work for the Bonneville Power Administration in 1941 (I think it was), and was hired to write all those songs about the Columbia River, my Mother was the head secretary at BPA and was the one who fingerprinted him.