Remembering  Elvis Presley

January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977




It’s hard to imagine that Elvis would have been 71 years old on January 8 as well as it being almost 29 years ago that the news of Elvis’ death shocked the world.  Here’s just a small remembrance of a man who changed the face of music forever.  Rockin’ John was a huge fan of Elvis…even bought his mother Elvis albums as gifts.

(Click here to listen to Rockin’ John’s mother’s favorite Elvis song)

From the new “Flashback” CD, a look at the 30 months when Elvis truly reigned as “The King Of Rock n’ Roll”…a unique journey from January 1956 through June 1958.   The three takes of "Treat Me Nice" sound quite unlike the master.

(click here to listen to a “Treat Me Nice” take)

“Gone But Not Forgotten”

"Without Elvis, none of us would have made it."
Buddy Holly

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Elvis' First Guitar
For Sale

By Elvis Australia (Source: ATY Feb 17, 2005
Elvis' first guitar is for sale by auction. ATY has the exclusive rights to sell this historic rock-n-roll treasure and say they have all the authenticity needed to prove that this is the guitar that Gladys bought for Elvis for his 11th birthday from the Tupelo Hardware Store.
In 2002 a starting bid of $350,000 was not met during a Guernsey's Auction. On this occasion ATY advise us that they are wanting at least $400,000.
 

You can bid by calling ATY on (877) 872-9777 in the USA
The guitar that started it all. This is the guitar that Gladys bought for Elvis for his 11th birthday from the Tupelo Hardware Store.

Like the rest of the great soul artists of the sixties, Wilson Pickett came up singing gospel music in church. After his family moved to Detroit, Pickett crossed over to pop music in the Falcons, a group that included future notables Eddie Floyd and Sir Mack Rice in addition to Pickett himself. Pickett scored his first hit -- "I Found a Love" -- with the Falcons in 1962.

Pickett went solo after the hit; Atlantic Records picked him up in 1965. Atlantic's Jerry Wexler smartly sent Pickett to Stax in Memphis and teamed him up with Steve Cropper. According to Peter Guralnick, Pickett and Cropper "sat down to work out a rhythmic idea Pickett had been carrying aruond in his head for some time." The result was the huge soul hit "In the Midnight Hour." When Stax severed its relationship with Atlantic, Atlantic found another base for Pickett at the Fame studio in Muscle Shoals. The rest of Pickett's sixties hits, including "Mustang Sally" came out of Muscle Shoals.

Pickett died today of a heart attack at age 64.