Don't remember where I was when I heard the news, but I remember watching a memorial program that night -- on ABC, I think. It seems like the other networks didn't have anything, but I'm not certain. Does anyone remember?
I agree that James Burton is an amazing guitarist. (Oddly, he also performs on at least one Elvis Costello CD.) I disagree about the jumpsuit period. I think Elvis' best recordings are from the 70's (I've Lost You, The Next Step is Love, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Just Pretend, etc.). -rk > From: Greg Douglass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Greg Douglass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:14:34 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Where Were You 28 Year's Ago Today? > > I was in Houston, Texas, backstage with the Steve Miller band getting > ready to eat after sound check when the news came to us about Elvis. > Oddly enough, I had just met Elvis' amazing guitarist James Burton two > days previously. Burton was wearing his TCB necklace that Elvis had > given him. I commented on it and said it must be great working with > Elvis Presley. Burton shook his head and said, "The guy's a mess. Too > many drugs." It didn't seem possible to me at the time; wasn't Presley > the same guy who accepted an honorary drug agent badge from Nixon? > I remember watching Elvis as a kid and getting that same feeling > you got when you saw The Beatles or Hendrix for the first time, that > sense that there was something really remarkable going on. That all > dissipated when I saw him in one of those stupid jumpsuits for the first > time, and Elvis must have felt the same way deep down inside. He was a > great American tragedy. > Greg Douglass > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Tom A. Pennock <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:08 PM >> *Subject:* [MOPO] Where Were You 28 Year's Ago Today? >> >> Where were you when you learned 28 year's ago today that Elvis >> Presley had passed away? That would be August 16, 1977. >> >> Thanks! Tom Pennock >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> <http://www.filmfan.com> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
