Although I don’t usually particularly celebrate the 4th of July, I decided to celebrate this year at Graceland in Memphis. Any excuse right? What solidified my decision was the offer of the Hidden Graceland Tour (I got the last slot as I waited about a week after tickets went on sale to [continue reading]
I have waited years for Dixie to write a book about her relationship with Elvis. Yes we have heard her story in other books and have heard her talk about her time with Elvis, but I wanted the complete story in a book written by Dixie. And now at last, we have it! Last week Unlocked: Memoirs of [continue reading]
I had one of the most wonderful times I have ever had in Memphis, right up there with Elvis Weeks 2007 and 2017, Birthdays 2019 and 2020 and the Opening Weekend at the Guest House. And I had this most wonderful time mostly due to the two Marys, who both arranged some magical events and were kind [continue reading]
It has just been in the past couple years that Roustabout has become one of my favorite Elvis movies. Until recently I hadn’t really watched it that much, but then both the Sundance channel and HDNetMovies was playing it several times a week, and I would keep watching it over and over. Now [continue reading]
Kissin’ Cousins was Elvis’ 14th released movie, but it was his 15th movie made. Elvis’ 15th released movie was Viva Las Vegas, which was made before Kissin’ Cousins, but Kissin’ Cousins was released before Viva Las Vegas. (Although they were released in order in the [continue reading]
Fun in Acapulco was Elvis’ 13th movie, there were 13 songs on the soundtrack and there are 13 letters in the movie’s title. It is actually a good movie, so I am not sure why I don’t watch it more often as it is not in my rotation of 11 Elvis movies I watch all the time. I do [continue reading]
Elvis’ first movie of 1963 used to be in my top Elvis movies I would watch all the time, but has since been replaced by Roustabout. I do still like It Happened at the World’s Fair a lot though, but it is not one of my go-to’s. This was only the fourth movie filmed in Seattle. I [continue reading]
