Well, another anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley is approaching. Fearing the worst, I am writing this column before Aug. 16. I do not know if I will survive this event.
Like other Americans who remember what they were doing when, say, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, I recall exactly what I […]
Mourning Becomes Eclectic
They spill into Memphis from around the world, some for the first time, many more for return visits to the shrine of their rock and roll god, Elvis Presley. They show a devotion and knowledge of Elvis theology that is the envy of conventional churches. They speak with a passion unknown and […]
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 […]
The first thing you notice when entering the inner sanctum of Memphis Police Department Director Larry A. Godwin’s Downtown office on the 12th floor of 201 Poplar is how warm and welcoming the room is.
To help commemorate what would have been the 70th birthday on Jan. 8 of the city’s most famous resident, Godwin talked […]
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.”
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