Hi guys and gals,
Several years ago, I was in contact with a guy named Bob Kelly, who was a member of a group called Expression, along with Jay Ramsey, the guy who wrote "We Can Make The Morning." I eventually got in contact with Jay and he told me that Elvis got his song through a mutual friend of Lamar Fike's who played it for Fike. I ended up getting a CD-R of a live show from Bob Kelly that featured a version of "We Can Make The Morning" by Expression that was done in Bakersfield, California. Bob is the guy emceeing at the beginning of the recording. Obviously, the performance post-dates Elvis' recording as Bob mentions that the song was featured on Elvis' "Elvis Now" album at the beginning. The recording does date from 1972 as far as I know. Hope you enjoy it. I should also point out that the Roy Clark song that was written by Jay Ramsey that Clark had performed recently on the television program, "Hee-Haw" was titled "Lord, Let It Rain" off of Clark's 1972 album, "Roy Clark Country!" This episode of "Hee Haw" originally aired on November 18, 1972, according to this website https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/hee-haw ... 23/201935/
https://www.discogs.com/Roy-Clark-Roy-C ... se/3101321
Here's a link to Jay Ramsey's wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Ramsey
Here's some homemade artwork that Bob Kelly created that came with the CD-R.
And of course, here is Elvis' version of "We Can Make The Morning."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obubGn7dR1Q