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July 8, 2009
It’s not exactly a new Elvis sighting. But it does offer a bit more insight into the guy who became the king.
And it’s brought to you by Bellinda Myrick-Barnett, a 1966 Odessa
High graduate who went on to be Miss West Texas and Miss Texas as well
as a professional singer and actress. She tells the story [...]
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July 6, 2009
Elvis Presley recorded Thats All Right, Mama. During a break in a recording session consisting mostly of slow ballads, Elvis, Scotty Moore and Bill Black began fooling around.Sam recognized it right away. He was amazed that the boy even knew Arthur Big Boy Crudup nothing in any of the songs he had tried so [...]
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July 6, 2009
by Dr. Matthew Warnock.
To say that guitarist James Burton is busy would be a gross understatement. With his 70th birthday right around the corner, the Louisiana native shows no sign of slowing down. After a highly successful career as both a leader and a sideman spanning more than 50 years, most guitarists would be looking [...]
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June 29, 2009
AN Elvis tribute act from Calderdale is going down a storm in venues across the county.
Ian Greenaway, from Rooley Banks, Sowerby, says his singing career has taken off since he appeared in the Courier marking the 30th anniversary of the King’s death.
He recently appeared as one of the main performers at a 1960s weekend in [...]
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June 29, 2009
ELVIS is alive and well and living in Glasgow - sort of.
Springburn singer Malcolm King, 40, proved he really is “the king” last weekend after he was crowned Scotland’s best Elvis tribute at a competition in Edinburgh.
Malcolm left an audience of 300 Elvis fans all shook up as he performed three songs on his way [...]
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March 14, 2009
Hello everyone its great to be back on line. It has only taken B.T. almost 3 weeks to connect my new phone line. Not bad for them..
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February 18, 2009
CSRA Elvis Impersonators Contest
Elks Lodge 205 (off Furys Ferry Rd.)
Preliminaries: Friday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 21, 2 p.m.; $10
Finals: Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.; $15
803-221-3200
csraelvisimpersonatorcontest.com
AUGUSTA, GA - Theres something about Elvis that holds a universal appeal that is timeless. And it isnt the sideburns or the bespangled jumpsuit.
The music will never die, Danny [...]
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February 10, 2009
Three impersonators come together for a kingly entertainment
Elvis had left the building — and the planet, actually — about four years before Tim Conley came into it.
But the 28-year-old New Castle resident has either been thinking about or impersonating the reputed King of Rock ‘n’ Roll for more than half his life.
“There’s something about Elvis [...]
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February 7, 2009
Trinity Family Worship, 500 E Poplar in Fort Gibson, OK, proudly presents a special Concert of Praise with former Elvis Presley backup singer, and former member of The Stamps Quartet, Donnie Sumner on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM. Donnie has been prominently featured recently in the popular Gaither Homecoming Videos. Admission to the [...]
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February 6, 2009
I’m the musical director for an Elvis theatre production, and I currently need 4 (possibly 3) male vocalists - I will accept a pre-existing male vocal quartet, or 3 individual vocalist, as i have 1 baritone already.
The band will be a 13 piece band, drums, bass, 2 x gtr, 2 x keys, 3 x horns, [...]