Elvis Presley spent a small part of his life in the Wetterau. Reason enough for his Fans to start a club. The members organize Meetings and concerts and have a big dream.
Elvis Presley was a singer, actor, legend and a little bit also Wetterauer. From October 1958 until March 1960, he lived as a soldier in Friedberg, and in the middle of Bad Nauheim. Enough time to leave traces in the two cities, my the Fans of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”. With your Elvis Presley-Verein Bad Nauheim-Friedberg you want the funds Hessian – a souvenir of their Idol store.
“Our Motto is: From Fans, for Fans,” explains a member of and a witness to the Claus-Kurt Ilge. The 69-Year-old had the great fortune, Elvis, and would now like to ensure that the musician will not be forgotten. A founding member Elvira Spohn adds: “It is a fact that Elvis was stationed here. Therefore, we feel obliged to keep memories of him alive.”
Members in the whole of Europe
The Association was founded in 1998 and has about 200 members, not only in the Wetterau region, but scattered in Germany and Europe. The Club members offer Meetings for like-Minded people, organize trips in the footsteps of Elvis, concerts or exhibitions. Credo: Historically accurate it must be. With a view to other Elvis-offers in the Region of Ilge is: “There’s a lot of exaggerated, what I cannot accept as a witness. As we fight also.”
Elvis came as a U.S. soldier in the Wetterau. He had to push in the Friedberger barracks Ray Barracks. He lived but a few kilometers away in Bad Nauheim, at first in a Hotel, then in a Villa. An important time for the members of the Association. Elvis, many accompanied by you for a lifetime.
The 63-year-old Elvira Spohn about says: “for Us, the knees are shaking, when we listen to the old stuff we heard as Kids. Elvis had a unique voice that there is.” And the “King” not only for Rock ‘n’ Roll. “He mastered Blues, Country, ballads, Gospel. He was very versatile.”
Claus-Kurt Ilge told: “I found his music is always good, and I think she still has class.” Not to forget the movies, just the whole life’s work Presley. A member of the Association Marga Muth (61) was used as a back fish still a Fan of the Lords and the Beatles, but then it had done to her, the “King”. Her husband, member of the management Board Jürgen Muth, since the end of the 1960s, Elvis Fan, and has worn a large collection of plates, films, posters and photos.
The importance of the artist’s acknowledged but neither Bad Nauheim still, Friedberg is appropriate, the members of the Association. Sure, there is a Stele in Bad Nauheim, Germany and a Festival, Elvis square and a traffic roundabout with a monument in Friedberg. That’s not enough for the club but especially the original locations such as the Ray Barracks would not be used after the withdrawal of the Americans.
Satisfied Board member Muth is, however, now with the direction of the Association. The be a by and for Fans, after the former Executive had been voted out of office a few years ago. Club Meierei? The members will not find.
Work for the big dream
“Since 2008, it finally goes to Elvis,” says Muth. Previously had been only local advertising in the foreground, says the 56-year-old Wiesbaden. What are the members of the Association also disturbs: “We are actually decried as a weirdo, being laughed at or ridiculed,” says Elvira Spohn. In this case, the commitment is serious and also, in the interest of the cities.
Above all, the club hope members can see that your heart one day it will become a reality: The Capri Club in the Ray Barracks rise again. There should have also stopped Elvis. The club would like to make it like a venue and most of all a Museum. Plenty of exhibits would you have for an Elvis exhibition Yes. “We could fill with our collection of pieces already in homes,” says Jürgen Muth.
My wife and I visited your club in Friedberg in 2013.
We enjoyed it very much. We were from Australia.
Great time with lovely memories.
Hoping to visit again soon.
Enjoyed your coffee and cake too!