elvis forever

 

It seems in my travels I run into Elvis everywhere.  Here he is on the sidewalk in Swansboro, North Carolina -- strumming his guitar on the sidewalk.  It's like he's still around and not gone for 39 years.

 

Swansboro, North Carolina

6.27.2013

elvis sighting

 

A mural of rock and rock greats adorns a wall in downtown Clovis.  Elvis is bookended by Buddy on the left and Roy Orbison way on the right.  I seem to run into Elvis in lots of different places so I did a google search on "Elvis mural."  11,300 pictures appeared (OK some were duplicates) but Elvis is everywhere!  I couldn't determine how many towns were represented but resolve to keep a better record of where I spy Elvis.

 

Card Crazy

522 Main

Clovis, New Mexico

1.2.2014



elvis sighting

 

Ye Olde Drugstore

Historic Downtown

Swansboro, North Carolina

wanna-be's

 

When I was in Memphis a few years ago, there was an Elvis impersonation convention in the hotel.  It was "dead Elvis" week commemorating his death August 16, 1977.  Tonight I saw Elvis impersonators with talent at the "Elvis Live" show.  Average age of audience was closer to what his age would be today-- 78, than his age at death --42.

 

Memphis, Tennessee

8.11.2011

louisiana hayride

 

Elvis got his start at the Louisiana Hayride - produced on the stage of the Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport.  The building, completed in 1929, is an outstanding example of Art Deco brickwork. Honoring WWI soldiers, I like the frieze on the front that states " Dedicated to those who served in the World War" as if that were the last and only war  (which in 1929 was true).  One difference from this vintage structure and the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum is the effort to save the structure.  A workman, who saw me on the ground shooting up at Elvis, thought I had fallen and came to check on me.  We talked and he offered me a glimpse inside (with original light fixtures, decorative plaster and yes, the original wooden theater seats in the balcony.  His crew was busy caulking windows and he mentioned the repainting, plastering, etc to maintain the building (follow link to Friends of the Municipal website).

 

Municipal Memorial Auditorium

Shreveport, Louisiana

http://municipalauditorium.homestead.com/History.html