You can`t do nothin` in Mississippi.....
....without someone seeing you...
The Memhis Flyer reports -
Elvis -- Costello, that is -- sightings have become a
regular occurrence this month since the English pop
antihero began recording a new album at Oxford's Sweet
Tea Studio. While in Oxford, Costello is residing at
the home of town mayor Richard Howorth, but next week
he's moving to more rustic digs -- The Shack Up Inn --
in nearby Clarksdale.
"He came over from Oxford last Thursday to preview the
shacks and the studio [Jimbo Mathus' Delta
Recording]," explains Guy Malvezzi, a partner in the
"bed & beer" establishment. "I showed him around town.
His reaction was great. 'I could stay here forever,'
he said. My thought was, hell, leave your credit card,
and you can stay for as long as you want!" Apparently,
once Costello leaves Oxford -- and before his sold-out
Memphis shows at the Hi-Tone Café Friday and Saturday
night -- he'll settle into the scene at Delta
Recording to cut a few more tracks for his upcoming
album.