Elio Pace - Blue Christmas (Live on 'Weekend Wogan' BBC Radio 2)

The great Elio Pace and his tremendous band with a joyful and dixie-fuelled fabulous version of the Elvis Presley yuletide classic 'Blue Christmas' live on 'Weekend Wogan' BBC Radio 2 on Sunday, December 19th 2010.

We all know what a big Elvis fan Elio is, which is why it's even more amazing (and the mark of the great artist that he is) that he, once again, makes this song his own. He never tries to sound like Elvis and yet delivers a vocal with all the style and coolness of the King, showing heaps of respect for his idol. Elvis is somewhere sipping his sherry and enjoying a mince pie smiling down enjoying every minute of this wonderful performance.

This was from the final show of the year and turned out to be the final 'Weekend Wogan' as we came to know and love it. For reasons best known to themselves, the BBC decided to not continue with the show in this format i.e. at the Radio theatre with a live audience and more bizarrely, without Elio and the band. Needless to say, the current 'Weekend Wogan' is just not the same.

The BBC stopped filming 'Weekend Wogan' after the October 3rd opening show last year at the London Palladium. They thankfully brought back the cameras for the final three shows of the year with this very last show going out live on the red button.

For more information visit http://www.eliopace.com

Elio Pace on Weekend Wogan videos I've uploaded are:

SERIES 1
Proud Mary
Two More Bottles Of Wine
Honky Cat
Burning Love
The Nearness Of You
Honky Tonk Women
Sober Siri (feat. Albert Lee)
Country Boy (Albert Lee)
Tell Her About It
Still Want You
Reet Petite
Sweet Inspiration (feat. The EP Singers)
The River Of Dreams

SERIES 2
Great Balls Of Fire
Funny How Time Slips Away
Ain't No Pleasin' You
I Can See Clearly Now
Honesty
Bossa Nova Baby
Yeh Yeh
Breakfast In America
Dance The Night Away
Gimme Some Lovin' (feat. Brian May)
If I Can Dream

SERIES 3
Crocodile Rock
Fools Fall In Love
Talk About The Good Times
Blue Christmas