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* The Times of Trenton, N.J. recently ran a great interview with Kris that, among other topics, touched on his forthcoming new studio album. Kris says its theme mirrors that of the 2006 predecessor "This Old Road":
"It's not far different from the last one," Kris says. "I think every album that I've done since I started was. The songs were kind of my own record of what's gone down in that time period. And I think at this end of the road, most of the stuff is pretty reflective. I noticed that Dylan's is. You tend to look back over the big picture."
* In a story from late last month on myCentralJersey.com, Kris talks about insecurities while performing, telling staff writer Mary Ann Bourbeau he's "not a great singer or a great musician" and that he's "always nervous, at least into the first song."
Kris also talks about his upcoming shows with country music legend Merle Haggard.
"I'm opening up for him," Kris says in the story. "I told him, 'Let's settle this right now. I'm never going on stage after you.'"
* And, in a Times of London profile of Tom Jones, Jones reveals that Elvis Presley was particularly impressed with Kris' "Why Me Lord."
“... (Elvis) would sing it continuously. Once he got hold of one that he liked he would never stop. I would try and get out of the suite, because sometimes he would stay on in Vegas, and I was having to do two shows a night, and I'd be singing with him and I'd say, ‘I've got to go. The sun's coming up and I've got to rest my voice because I've been singing all night with you.' He'd say OK, and I'd go, and just when I got to the door he'd start again. 'Uh-why me Lord, uh - what have I uh-ever done ...' We'd already done it 30 or 40 times.”