This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Elvis Special that aired in December of 1968 on NBC. This was the turning point of Elvis’ career. He had just spent the last eight years making movies and not performing live in concert. Along with productions numbers, Elvis took to the stage for [continue reading]
FRIDAY AUGUST 10th – ELVIS WEEK DAY 1 I woke up around 3:45am (on purpose) after about 4 or 5 hours of sleep. I left Cookeville just before 4:30am and headed toward Memphis in the dark and the rain. (I had driven 9 1/2 hours the previous day from Maryland.) Originally I had planned to stay in [continue reading]
Eddie Fadal and his family lived in Waco, Texas, and Elvis would spend weekends there while Elvis was stationed at Ft. Hood. I have waited years for an Eddie Fadal book about his time with Elvis. I know Eddie has passed, but I thought maybe he had written a book a long time ago that I did know [continue reading]
As I sip sweet tea from my Elvis Week cup, I realize it has been almost two weeks since Elvis Week 2018 ended and I am just now writing about it – I still haven’t even unpacked all of my stuff yet. Can you say denial? Yes, those of us who went to Elvis Week are all feeling a bit of [continue reading]
I had a fantastic time on my 10 day road trip through Tennessee (and Mississippi and Virginia). I hadn’t taken a real road trip in about 7 years, so it was nice to get back to the freedom of the open road! Everything worked out perfectly, although I do wish I would have videoed my trip but I [continue reading]
This was the best Elvis fan book I’ve ever read, and I REALLY loved the Donna Lewis Diaries. Written in 1985, Elvis This One’s For You by Arlene Cogan is so great because Arlene was not only a fan but also a friend of Elvis – basically she is what you call a fan/friend. Furthermore, [continue reading]
June Juanico’s book Elvis In the Twilight of Memory was the fourth Elvis book I ever read, after Priscilla Presley’s Elvis and Me and Peter Guralnick’s Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love. I met June in 2007 during Elvis Week the 30th Anniversary where she signed her book for [continue reading]
