He loved Christmas and stayed at Graceland many days in December to enjoy some rest. His divorce from Priscilla was finalized October 9, 1973, so December, 1973 was his first Christmas as a divorced man. Elvis did not feel like celebrating since Priscilla had taken Lisa Marie to live in California. The day passed almost […] More
“One time my sister Linda, my wife Louise and I had been down with Elvis to see the old Circle G Ranch in Mississippi and were on our way back to Memphis in Elvis’s Stutz Bearcat. We passed a little boy, maybe ten or eleven years old by the side of Highway 51. It was […] More
Charlie Hodge, “He told me, he said, “You know why I stopped going with Ann?” I said, No, why?” He said, “Because I knew I was gonna marry Priscilla.” So he broke it off himself. You see, he was beginning to feel things for Ann. And like I said, he knew he was going to […] More
Las Vegas. January 1972. Hilton Hotel. Season 6. The new year began and Elvis’ appearance in Las Vegas in January 1972 would finally provide an opportunity for live recordings of the new season’s Las Vegas performances at the Hilton Hotel. Felton Jarvis made a series of live recordings with the intention of making another live […] More
“Photographed by photographer Cliff Kenison aboard the Southern Pacific Sunset Ltd. train crossing the southwest city limits of Redlands at San Timoteo Canyon, CA on Wednesday, April 20, 1960. E.P. was interested in Redlands and lamented that it no longer had a train station. To his fans he wrote the following, ‘Redlands, I’m sorry we […] More
I thought the new documentary, Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis, was well presented. I always enjoy seeing archival footage from earlier decades. I loved how the critics questioned whether or not Elvis still “had it.” We all knew he did. It was a God given talent. No one could take […] More
The attendance for these 2 show was record-breaking: 37,398 people. This was even more than the year before with the Rolling Stones. The total profit was over $300,000. An absolute success for Elvis Presley. He was once again the figure of the moment, the critics were unanimous… Elvis was still the King. Again a short […] More
I felt Elvis needed some fun and some distraction, so I suggested we go to the Monday-night wrestling matches at Ellis Auditorium. A guy from our neighborhood who had gone to Humes was the stage manager on those nights, and he brought us in the back door and sat us in a VIP section on […] More