Commercial comes on during the news last night. A bunch of dudes– 40-somethings, maybe — are sitting around in their clubhouse with their instruments. Jam session. They’re Elvis fans! We know because they start singing one of The King’s most rousing tunes, “Viva Las Vegas.” Only, they’ve personalized the lyrics! Each guy gets a verse. […]
My DNA has not been infused with Elvis’, but I was once offered a strand of Elvis hair and the opportunity to bring in a DNA expert to test a sweat stain in an Elvis jumpsuit. It was part of a story on the chances of cloning Elvis.
I have helped cover Elvis for The Commercial […]
After this summer, “Elvis Expert” gets officially added to my resume.
I claim this endorsement through the following:
Six years as an entertainment writer in Memphis. Many steamy vigil nights filing past his grave. A ghostly encounter on the Memphian Theatre balcony. And breathing the dust cloud after the Baptist Memorial implosion, which caused his […]
As the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death approaches, we’ll have more information on the site including blog posts from Michael Lollar and Christopher Blank, event information and CA stories.
Be sure to check back often as we gear up the site.
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 […]
When Elvis Presley catapulted into stardom in 1956, his name sounded too good to be true, as if it had been snatched straight out of the humid Memphis air.
It proved to be the perfect foil for conservative pundits, who nicknamed Elvis “the Pelvis” and rolled their eyes at the singing hip-swiveler christened with the cornpone […]
Elvis began his freshman year in September 1949 at Humes High School, now the site of Humes Middle School. He walked 10 blocks down Jackson every day to get to school from Lauderdale Courts.
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