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Joe Mendonca from Corvallis, Oregon
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New Elvis Record
The latest Elvis record is not the kind you download. If you were in Memphis, you knew you weren’t on Lonely Street at all those sold-out events. But Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern says the official attendance figure for the week was 75,000. Even in the sweltering heat, 55,000 took part in the candlelight vigil. “The […]
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Seminar lauds Elvis as brave, folksy force for change
The “Is Elvis History” seminar at the University of Memphis was part high-toned academic exercise and part salt of the earth fandom.
The assembly explored Elvis Presley’s bridge from popular culture to bona fide historic figure. Participating were Presley pals, pundits and published professors who mainly agreed that Elvis deserves a place in history more lofty […]
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Overton Park Shell
Elvis, with Scotty Moore on guitar and Bill Black on bass, performed one of his first live performances at Slim Whitman’s show July 30, 1954. “We were all scared to death,” Scotty recalled. “Elvis, instead of just standing flat-footed and tapping his foot, he was kind of jiggling. … With those old loose britches that we wore, you shook your leg and it made it look like all hell was going on under there.”
Joe is one heck of a performer. Cool to see his photo here on flickr!