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I will never forget hearing the news. I was a Freshman at Louisiana Tech. I had started early out of high school in the Summer Quarter. I was driving down Tech Drive in my '73 Dodge Dart (Swinger Edition) when I heard the news on the radio.
It was a shame that a man with such charisma, talent, and with so many people that really were in his corner ate and pilled himself to death.
Damn shame.
I was kind of surprised, and kind of sad, and in a way not too much of either.
A good while back, I posted something about what I thought Elvis would look like today. I guess I'll go ahead on and link back to it.
WHAT ELVIS WOULD LOOK LIKE TODAY!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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I shoulda known better than to go to that link; ya got me, again. Sigh
ReplyDeleteGot me too, one more time. I went there with no trepidation either, didn't think you would disrespect the king like that.
ReplyDeleteThank you - thank you very much
Got me too.
ReplyDeleteI was working as a go-fer at Bob Post Chrysler-Plymouth when I heard the news...
ReplyDeleteThat ain't right. It's really funny, but it still ain't right!
ReplyDeleteY'all are welcome!
ReplyDeleteC'mon! He's DEAD. His feelings ain't hurt.
Dadman, I forgot you worked over there.
I suckered in with eyes wide open. Again.
ReplyDeleteOne o' these days, Andy... One o' these days...
ReplyDeleteMy house-mate at the time (I was up at Fortuna AFS on the NoDak/Montana/Saskatchewan border) was from Tennessee and the BIGGEST Elvis fan I've ever known. The man actually cried when he heard the news and I kid thee not. I had a VERY miserable evening that night, what with all the danged Elvis tunes bein' played, over and over and over.
That was terrible. But at least you didn't post a picture of his corpse sitting on the commode, which is supposedly where he was found dead. Or so legend goes...
ReplyDeleteI, too, was suckered, again.
ReplyDeleteI met the man who supplied the silver casket to bury Elvis - my claim to fame.
Y'all are making me blush...
ReplyDeleteLou, Elvis' first steady gig was on the Louisiana Hayride back in the 50's. Shreveport is FULL of 70-something ladies that will tell you stories about dating Elvis.
He got around. But, the few I've spoken with personally say that he was always a gentleman.
Sure...
I've always heard he was a super nice guy. What kills me is the fact that preachers from the pulpit condemned his style as "devil music." But had Elvis not died, he'd have a theater in Branson, MO and be featured on various Gaither Gospel Homecoming specials.
ReplyDeleteA lot of folks don't like him, but dang...listen to Kentucky Rain or American Trilogy. The man had a voice.