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.”

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  1. SANDY WHITE said on August 22, 2007:

    i visited graceland in june 2007. not a fan, i grew up with disco…well now i’m a fan…don’t believe he is dead..i had a dream!!!

  2. dieter lack,germany said on November 22, 2007:

    i have four times visit graceland.
    the first wars 1981 ant to that time goes we walking from the street and gate to the home graceland of elvis and by the way i pick up from the way a small stone as souvenier and that stone is here by me on the computer-tabel.
    i love elvis and bill black too.

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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.”

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