Music Review: Tyler Childers shines on ‘Rustin’ in the Rain,’ conceived as an audition for Elvis

“Rustin’ in the Rain,” Tyler Childers Tyler Childers says he came up with the concept for his latest album, “Rustin’ in the Rain,” by imagining song pitches to Elvis Presley. With a big assist from his band, the Food Stamps, Childers delivers classic country on “Phone Calls & Emails,” slathering languid, Webb Pierce-style angst on 21st century communication. On a brilliant cover of Kris Kristofferson ‘s “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” Childers runs the wistful classic through the unmistakable filter of his eastern Kentucky accent. It’s only up from there, as Childers ascends to a glorious mountaintop of a love song that’s at least within range of Presley’s most heart-wrenching balladry.