Archive for January 11th, 2009

I REMEMBER ELVIS AT HUMES AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY

by: admin January 11, 2009

by: Carole Kimbrell
Not long ago I saw in the Memphis Flyer that Lauderdale Courts were being restored as part of the beautification of downtown Memphis. My family came to Memphis from Water Valley, MS in 1951and moved into Lauderdale Courts, a community of beautiful apartments surrounded by broad vistas of grass and trees.The neighbors were [...]

Elvis in Wellsville?

by: admin January 11, 2009

Rita Taylor of Wellsville discovered this picture of Elvis Presley which she said was taken in 1958, location unknown. She said she received it from a fellow student while taking classes in Rochester. Interviewing The King, Taylor said, was Lloyd Gordon, the first station manager of WLSV in Wellsville. The person to Gordons right, who [...]

The King is back in Los Fresnos

by: admin January 11, 2009

The second annual Los Fresnos Music Festival was close to croaking Saturday afternoon after rain pounded its patrons and performers for a solid 25 minutes.
“There was a set back - nature,” said Don Badeau, the president of the Los Fresnos Chamber of Commerce.
But the Elvises rose again.
The annual festival has morphed from a casual celebration [...]

Elvis fever shakes, rattles and rolls Australian town

by: admin January 11, 2009

SYDNEY (AFP) The quiet Australian town of Parkes was awash with Brylcreem, gabardine and gospel, as a record number of Elvis faithful met there to pay homage to The King, according to organisers.
Cooked up one summer’s night at the local “Gracelands” restaurant, the Elvis Festival has exploded from a one-night event in 1993 to [...]