So, who was Elvis Aron Presely?

Sam Philips says it better than ever could. He was someone who had that charisma, but had fatal flaws that ultimately did him in. That's part of why I've focused on his early career, as it gives more of a chance to show his good side, plus a few fun details (like his real hair color), and of course, his cars and guitars (The only person to hit the charts with a $10 guitar) I'll leave you with the King, live and in person

Where is Elvis?

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3864 Elvis Presely Blvd in Memphis, right? At least there's his earthly remains are. But you know, he didn't grow up there:

But any way, he is from the south. As is the fusion of Blues and Country he popularized. You probably call it Rock N' Roll. And therein lies an issue, as Southerners, and especially those from the out of the way places don't get much credit for the brains department. I call it the Honey boo-boo effect. So despite the fact that you can trace most early attempts at Rock right back to 706 Union, the hall of fame is in Cleveland. But some folks know who the pioneers were:

. And being from the South, our boy was religious nut. That's just the way it is there, partly due to fact that a lot of the folks there are descending from folks who came here to escape religious prosecution (the so-called "god gene"). And his flashy outfits in Later years? You know the most dangerous thing to society? Guns? Drugs? Obamacare?

Anyway, My muses have taken the day off, so TCB

Why Elvis?

I was working on another story when I got a case of writer's block. At the time I had just moved my mother back to Memphis, and I was thinking about my family. Actually, the idea came to me while watching this video:

Elvis was a very spiritual person, so the Idea I had of combining his love of Gospel with his role in the Birth of what we know call rock 'n roll, and so far I've got about 300 pages in a very rough draft. Not bad ,and that's further than I've gotten in my previous attempts. Thrown in a love interest and some baddies that are against rock and roll and are for 'Decency', and viola. Plus it helps to have a few nuts around:

And like the revolution ,they are re-enactors. Only they call themselves tribute artists. some are bad:

and some are quite good:

And speaking of writer's block, there it is again. We'll talk more later.
Jana