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.....said Elvis about Tim Hardin -

I saw him one time when he didn’t seem terribly aware of his surroundings. He was playing at a big outdoor festival in Lincoln, about 1970, and, ah, he didn’t seem too well. Although from time to time he was really good, it just wasn’t the right atmosphere for him, you really wanted to see him in, sort of, a dark club , or something , where the mood , as you could hear , a very delicate voice like that , would be appropriate. Obviously in a very big sunny field that didn’t cut much ice, you know.

And I think it’s very sad that he’s somewhat overlooked now; people tend to only know him for If I Were A Carpenter. And Rod Stewart fans that know Reason To Believe. I think Rod Stewart did a very good version of that song, and he was popular in the 73/74 time. He’d written a lot of his best songs by then. He also wrote If I Were A Carpenter, which is one of those very much murdered songs. His version, you know, when you hear it , is a very beautiful song. And the Four Tops did a pretty good version of it as well, you know. Some of his songs have been massacred. They’re pretty tricky songs to sing because, as you can hear, his voice is very delicate, and it really puts a very, very strong stamp on the performance of the songs.