The James Burton Foundation supports music education for those in need through guitar donations and music instruction to schools, hospitals, and community service organizations.
It’s Labor Day weekend and I’m so excited to announce it’s a “Play It James” Labor Day Weekend on Elvis SiriusXM Radio with a new episode of The James Burton Elvis Radio Hour, featuring John Carter Cash and classic episodes with our friends Brian May, Sammy Hagar and Tanya Tucker!
You’ll hear music we had so much fun making and hear some incredible stories.
These shows will be on all weekend and available as well on the SiriusXM app!
This is a fun, fun weekend with Elvis, me and more.
It’s so hard to believe it’s been 43 years today since we buried my friend, Elvis.
What a heart-wrenching three days we had that August in 1977.
I’ll never forget flying out of L.A to Las Vegas that morning of the 16th, then we headed out from Vegas to our first show in Maine
when we got word to turn around.
None of us knew why.
We stopped to refuel in Colorado to head back to Las Vegas when we heard the news that Elvis had passed.
My first question was, “Is this a joke?”
Unfortunately….it wasn’t.
My wife Louise and I immediately met up in Memphis to go to Graceland to check on Elvis’ Dad, Vernon. As you can imagine, he was just heart broken.
On August 18th, they held a private service for Elvis’ family and close friends.
We could hardly talk to each other, we were in so much shock.
So many people that loved him showed up.
James Brown spent hours in there with Elvis, as did so many others.
Louise and I sat there with Vernon and did our best to comfort him.
We loved that man.
Thousands of fans lined the streets of Memphis on the day of the funeral to say goodbye to the king.
Thousands! We had never seen anything like it, man.
Royalty had never seen anything like it.
We were honored to ride in the third or fourth white limo in the procession that day and were amazed at all the love people showed and how people came together in such a short amount of time to honor him from all over hthe world.
Elvis constantly gave to those around him and that was such an inspiration.
Yes, he was a legend….but Elvis was also my friend.
His talent, style, sense of humor and ‘in the middle of the night’ phone calls just to talk.
He is dearly missed, and I know he’s in Heaven singing and playing with my Son, Jeffrey…
and I’m looking forward to seeing them both again someday and we’ll all jam together.
We want to thank the fan clubs and websites, Priscilla, Lisa Marie, Jack Soden, Graceland, EPE family and Joel Weinshanker for all of the hard work in keeping Elvis’ legacy alive and we love the fans and friends who loved Elvis as much as we do.
We’re all spending more time at home these days, especially in the kitchen…
and we ALL love to eat.
The James Burton Foundation is pleased to offer our James Burton Foundation Cookbooks for your delectable pleasure.
Our cookbooks are very unique, and feature homeade recipes from James’ friends, family and fans from all over the world.
Recipes often passed down for generations.
Volume one is the ‘Rock & Roll Cookbook’
Where else are you going to find recipes for:
Doyle Dykes’ Spanish Bean Soup
Emmylou Harris’ Broccoli Nut Casserole
Joe Stampley’s Fried Green Tomatoes
Vince Gill and Amy Grant’s Chicken Marsala Serenade
Paul Rodgers’ Favorite Milkshake
even Austin’s Continental Club’s famous Black Eyed Peas, just to name a few.
You just have to read James Burton’s particular recipe for Alligator. Only him. Haha!
These delicious recipe’s come from all around the world including such places as Holland, England and Algeria.
Most of the recipes are from North America, with a good portion from the South, where James is from.
You know about that good Southern cooking.
Contents include:
Appetizers and Beverages
Soups & Salads
Vegetables & Side Dishes
Main Dishes
Breads & Rolls
Desserts
Cookies & Candy
This and That
You and yours have a real sweet tooth?
For that, we have Volume two…The Rock & Roll Dessert Cookbook
In this edition you get recipes for…
Elvis Costello & Diana Krall’s Frutti Balsamico
Amy Grant & Vince Gill’s Sugar Pecan Crisps
Albert Lee’s English Sherry Trifle
Marty Stuart’s Mother’s Applesauce Cake
Elvis Presley’s Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwiches
Emmylou Harris’ Mother’s Pound Cake, plus many more.
Again, full of North American treats and International desserts from Spain, England and Australia.
