Rockers Fly Out To Record With The King's Girls
Jan 20 2008 By Billy Sloan

Exclusive Scots Rockers Fly To Elvis Girl's La Home

ONE of Scotland's hottest new bands are jetting out to LA to record with Lisa Marie Presley.

Elvis' daughter has already secretly visited Scotland to meet Glasvegas after falling in love with their single Daddy's Gone.

LisaMarie, 30, and her mum Priscilla met the Scots rockers in an Edinburgh pub.

Glasvegas singer James Allan said: "Lisa Marie said she and her mum Priscilla had listened to Daddy's Gone eight times in a row.

"She said the lyrics really touched her when she phoned from America to say how much she liked the song."

The rockers are championed by Scots pop mogul Alan McGee and their self-financed CD was voted one of the top singles of 2006 by rock mag NME.

James wrote the poignant track about his parents' split.

Glasvegas met Lisa Marie and Priscilla when they visited Edinburgh last month while in Britain for the Led Zeppelin reunion.

Lisa Marie was with her fourth husband Michael Lockwood.

James said: "We met Lisa Marie in an Edinburgh pub... she'd never been to Scotland before. Nobody recognised her, even though she looks like Elvis.

"She'd met Alan McGee in LA and told him how much she loved us. She's got a recording studio at home and she's invited us to record a few tracks with her the next time we tour America."

Glasvegas - James, guitarist Rab Allan, bass player Paul Donoghue and drummer Caroline Mackay - are to star in the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour. They play Glasgow Barrowland on February 21.

Their new single - It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry - is set to be released on Valentine's Day.

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If you all are intrested, here is a link to there music video, and MySpace.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=24578626

http://www.myspace.com/glasvegas

Wow, I wonder how Lisa feels about being "30"? LOL. Lucky lady, she gets younger, not older, as the years roll by.

Go lisa 30 huh
I looooooooove
it
and this like real gr8 news

Lmao...I must be 34 then

Whatever the age stuff...If she is cutting some songs with them, this stuff is gonna be off the hook! Down and dirty, raw...Muzak like we like it...Cant wait

I am loving the song "Daddy's Gone"! The BBC article raved about them:

Fifteen years ago, indie mogul Alan McGee was blown away by a band who were playing third on the bill at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow.

They were called Oasis, and the rest is history.

Now McGee cannot stop raving about another band he saw playing in the same slot at the same venue in 2006.

They are Glasvegas, and McGee has declared them to be the best Scottish band for 20 years.

To read the rest of the article, go here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7162633.stm

WELL THATS GREAT NEWS. ...
maybe people are starting to realize that Mrs. LISA (still call her Miss LISA lol) ...but will realize her talent for who she is. ....

and btw. ...

LISA looks like she is turning 25 this weekend. ....and im not kissin arse ....i really mean it ...lol i do !

Thanks for the link i was wondering about them.

Interestingggg.



lol i'm amused by their band's name.
We call Glasgow 'Glasvegas' all the time.

Whether it's true or not, having just listened to the song, i think Lisa should record with them just for the comedy value in the clashin' accents.

They sing like pure wee Glaswegian neds!

I was wondering what the Vegas thing was about..So why do you guys call it that? Just wondering.

Lmfaooo at you saying the clashing...I think they will sound great together... Granted I have only listened to Daddys gone and that new song on the myspace page..I love the accent..He ll they are from ur city arent they???

So do you know them?? Gimme some details man rotf.

Hi Ches

Wots a ned?

i actually have no idea where the Glasvegas thing came from. Maybe just 'cause Glasgow's, like.. party central in Scotland. No clue. It just sounds good lol

i take it they're from Glasgow? lol i wouldn't call it "my city", but i go to college there.
i haven't really heard of the band though =/

Not much help, sorry.

The 'Go Square Go' song on myspace made me laugh so hard.

[And a Ned is the name for young people who tend to congregate on street corners in their baseball caps & fancy clothes, drinking very cheap alcohol ...it's a very Glaswegian thing lol]