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RE: Elvis is in the house today, first time in a long time. Ask your questions
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(01-02-2014 04:58 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  Robin's half brother is Mac Smith-Williams. He started teaching physics at CBHS over 30 years ago. My Mom taught there for 22 years and she was patched in to the gossip lines even after retiring. Robin went through a divorce several years ago and came to Memphis where he could easily shy away from media and such for an extended time. If encountered, he says he is Mac and says he hears about the resemblance all the time. I hear his imitation is spot on. If he does wear a piece it would be perfect for him. I also hear that he is quite active in quietly donating to Memphis charities. Big money, according to some.

I should send you a PM and tell you all the CBHS grads I used to hang with when I lived in Memphis. I bet you or your Mom would know all of them.

Do you know if Robin ever dropped in at Corky's? I was there one night and Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and his wife had just left. A week later the photos were on the wall. It's amazing that he is there that often and can keep low key. My daughter works downtown and she used to see Steven Segal all the time. And there was another A list celebrity who has a house there but I can't remember who right now.

Segal was in town while his daughter was at St. Jude. He had a house a around Walnut Grove Lake. I think he recorded an album while living here. Former Tiger Isaac Bruce told me he loves being in Memphis because he can go anywhere and nobody notices him. Tim Howard, one of the best goalkeepers in the world, said the same. He could come to my son's state tournament games in one of the best soccer complexes in the nation and nobody besides us knew who he was. Steve Jobs used to take "walks" in Overton Park and nobody recognized him. I saw him once after finishing the 4th hole. Perhaps Memphis being off the grid so to speak is part of the charm. It has to be refreshing for those constantly in the spotlight. As for Robin, nobody really presses Mac for information. What is out there comes freely from him. My mom has passed and that link is gone now. He started at CBHS my senior year in 1980 and I never got to know him. A LOT of the faculty came to my parent's house for cocktails but he was not one of them.

I read somewhere recently that Jobs spent time in Memphis and I never knew that.

I remember when Joe Walsh lived in Memphis during the Eagles hiatus and saw him around town a few times.

Joe used to hang out at Belmont Grill at Poplar and Mendenhall. Billy Gibbons too. That was one place that would lock the doors at 3:00 AM and let a select few stay. As a bar manager at a couple of the city's high volume joints, I was fortunate enough to be in the crowd. Them was fun days (nights). You mentioned Sam Phillips' place west of Red's house. That wasn't the house that Chips Moman lived in when he came back is it?


Chips did indeed live on Waring, north of Walnut Grove, west side, when he came back for 3 Alarm. I believe it has been torn down and used for multiple homes now, but I might be mistaken.

Sam lived on Mendenhall by the curves near Walnut Grove.
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RE: Elvis is in the house today, first time in a long time. Ask your questions
(01-03-2014 10:39 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  
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(01-02-2014 03:23 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  I think he commuted. Brent and I played football at CBHS and started along side each other--that was fall of '76--first season of Blacksheep. Robert Conrad would come through Memphis every so often. If you watch closely, you can catch Red in stunt shots of old Wild Wild West episodes. I just saw a rerun of Red's appearance on GK's Memphis Sounds. Red says Elvis recorded 11 of his songs. Biggest hit was Why Can't Every Day Be Like Christmas.
Red has to be close to 80. I still would not tick that man off. He taught a mini-class in karate for 5 weeks and I basically was a punching bag the entire time. He thought it was funny.

Oh. Robin Willams is in Memphis more than people know. He has a half brother who teaches at CBHS. Looks very much like him with male-pattern baldness.

It has been rumored that Robin wears a hairpiece, but I had no idea he had a relative in Memphis. That might help verify that rumor!

I wouldn't mess with Red or Sonny and they have to be 75-80, Elvis would be 79 this month. That Christmas song is one of my favorites.

I knew he did a lot of stunt work. When all the other guys were waiting for Elvis' handouts, only Red, Jerry Schilling and GK were taking care of themselves. Red had bit parts in most of E's movies and in between those he found work as a stunt man.

Robin's half brother is Mac Smith-Williams. He started teaching physics at CBHS over 30 years ago. My Mom taught there for 22 years and she was patched in to the gossip lines even after retiring. Robin went through a divorce several years ago and came to Memphis where he could easily shy away from media and such for an extended time. If encountered, he says he is Mac and says he hears about the resemblance all the time. I hear his imitation is spot on. If he does wear a piece it would be perfect for him. I also hear that he is quite active in quietly donating to Memphis charities. Big money, according to some.

I should send you a PM and tell you all the CBHS grads I used to hang with when I lived in Memphis. I bet you or your Mom would know all of them.

Do you know if Robin ever dropped in at Corky's? I was there one night and Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and his wife had just left. A week later the photos were on the wall. It's amazing that he is there that often and can keep low key. My daughter works downtown and she used to see Steven Segal all the time. And there was another A list celebrity who has a house there but I can't remember who right now.

Segal was in town while his daughter was at St. Jude. He had a house a around Walnut Grove Lake. I think he recorded an album while living here. Former Tiger Isaac Bruce told me he loves being in Memphis because he can go anywhere and nobody notices him. Tim Howard, one of the best goalkeepers in the world, said the same. He could come to my son's state tournament games in one of the best soccer complexes in the nation and nobody besides us knew who he was. Steve Jobs used to take "walks" in Overton Park and nobody recognized him. I saw him once after finishing the 4th hole. Perhaps Memphis being off the grid so to speak is part of the charm. It has to be refreshing for those constantly in the spotlight. As for Robin, nobody really presses Mac for information. What is out there comes freely from him. My mom has passed and that link is gone now. He started at CBHS my senior year in 1980 and I never got to know him. A LOT of the faculty came to my parent's house for cocktails but he was not one of them.

That is so ironic on so many levels as Elvis couldn't take a piss in this town.

I saw Elvis once around 76 when I worked at the Tenneco around the corner from him on Winchester.I worked there from when I was 15 to 17.

I looked up from the booth out at the gas pumps one day and saw a crapload of big cars and limos approaching from EP BLVD direction in a diamond formation. 4-5 motorcycles in the middle of the diamond, with Elvis on his trike with Ginger Alden sitting on his back.

He looked just like this photo that was posted earlier.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVDoOsj2851dF-RIaruU_...N53mooZjkR]
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RE: Elvis is in the house today, first time in a long time. Ask your questions
(01-03-2014 11:02 PM)kpigout Wrote:  
(01-03-2014 10:39 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 06:01 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 04:58 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 04:28 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  It has been rumored that Robin wears a hairpiece, but I had no idea he had a relative in Memphis. That might help verify that rumor!

I wouldn't mess with Red or Sonny and they have to be 75-80, Elvis would be 79 this month. That Christmas song is one of my favorites.

I knew he did a lot of stunt work. When all the other guys were waiting for Elvis' handouts, only Red, Jerry Schilling and GK were taking care of themselves. Red had bit parts in most of E's movies and in between those he found work as a stunt man.

Robin's half brother is Mac Smith-Williams. He started teaching physics at CBHS over 30 years ago. My Mom taught there for 22 years and she was patched in to the gossip lines even after retiring. Robin went through a divorce several years ago and came to Memphis where he could easily shy away from media and such for an extended time. If encountered, he says he is Mac and says he hears about the resemblance all the time. I hear his imitation is spot on. If he does wear a piece it would be perfect for him. I also hear that he is quite active in quietly donating to Memphis charities. Big money, according to some.

I should send you a PM and tell you all the CBHS grads I used to hang with when I lived in Memphis. I bet you or your Mom would know all of them.

Do you know if Robin ever dropped in at Corky's? I was there one night and Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and his wife had just left. A week later the photos were on the wall. It's amazing that he is there that often and can keep low key. My daughter works downtown and she used to see Steven Segal all the time. And there was another A list celebrity who has a house there but I can't remember who right now.

Segal was in town while his daughter was at St. Jude. He had a house a around Walnut Grove Lake. I think he recorded an album while living here. Former Tiger Isaac Bruce told me he loves being in Memphis because he can go anywhere and nobody notices him. Tim Howard, one of the best goalkeepers in the world, said the same. He could come to my son's state tournament games in one of the best soccer complexes in the nation and nobody besides us knew who he was. Steve Jobs used to take "walks" in Overton Park and nobody recognized him. I saw him once after finishing the 4th hole. Perhaps Memphis being off the grid so to speak is part of the charm. It has to be refreshing for those constantly in the spotlight. As for Robin, nobody really presses Mac for information. What is out there comes freely from him. My mom has passed and that link is gone now. He started at CBHS my senior year in 1980 and I never got to know him. A LOT of the faculty came to my parent's house for cocktails but he was not one of them.

That is so ironic on so many levels as Elvis couldn't take a piss in this town.

I saw Elvis once around 76 when I worked at the Tenneco around the corner from him on Winchester.I worked there from when I was 15 to 17.

I looked up from the booth out at the gas pumps one day and saw a crapload of big cars and limos approaching from EP BLVD direction in a diamond formation. 4-5 motorcycles in the middle of the diamond, with Elvis on his trike with Ginger Alden sitting on his back.

He looked just like this photo that was posted earlier.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVDoOsj2851dF-RIaruU_...N53mooZjkR]

What I'm going to say is not going to make sense. But Elvis was usually tailed by an unmarked car when he ventured out in Memphis because, seriously, a freakin riot could occur if he stopped in somewhere. At the same time, he was great at slipping in and out of places without ever being detected.

And as much as you read about him being a "prisoner of his fame"... he freakin loved it. He teased the fans at the gate by sending out two or three cars out before his came out, he would almost always slow down on the way back in to allow fans to take photos, just like the last photo that has been posted.

He used to get out in his Ford Pantera and get up to 140 on 240 North
and you have all seen the photo of him at EP Blvd and Parkway with the pretty girl on the back of his Harley. Just the two of them.

But he liked the entourage you described as well, famous for the diamond formation. He loved it. He knew exactly who and what he was.
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RE: Elvis is in the house today, first time in a long time. Ask your questions
(01-05-2014 12:37 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  
(01-03-2014 11:02 PM)kpigout Wrote:  
(01-03-2014 10:39 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 06:01 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 04:58 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  Robin's half brother is Mac Smith-Williams. He started teaching physics at CBHS over 30 years ago. My Mom taught there for 22 years and she was patched in to the gossip lines even after retiring. Robin went through a divorce several years ago and came to Memphis where he could easily shy away from media and such for an extended time. If encountered, he says he is Mac and says he hears about the resemblance all the time. I hear his imitation is spot on. If he does wear a piece it would be perfect for him. I also hear that he is quite active in quietly donating to Memphis charities. Big money, according to some.

I should send you a PM and tell you all the CBHS grads I used to hang with when I lived in Memphis. I bet you or your Mom would know all of them.

Do you know if Robin ever dropped in at Corky's? I was there one night and Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and his wife had just left. A week later the photos were on the wall. It's amazing that he is there that often and can keep low key. My daughter works downtown and she used to see Steven Segal all the time. And there was another A list celebrity who has a house there but I can't remember who right now.

Segal was in town while his daughter was at St. Jude. He had a house a around Walnut Grove Lake. I think he recorded an album while living here. Former Tiger Isaac Bruce told me he loves being in Memphis because he can go anywhere and nobody notices him. Tim Howard, one of the best goalkeepers in the world, said the same. He could come to my son's state tournament games in one of the best soccer complexes in the nation and nobody besides us knew who he was. Steve Jobs used to take "walks" in Overton Park and nobody recognized him. I saw him once after finishing the 4th hole. Perhaps Memphis being off the grid so to speak is part of the charm. It has to be refreshing for those constantly in the spotlight. As for Robin, nobody really presses Mac for information. What is out there comes freely from him. My mom has passed and that link is gone now. He started at CBHS my senior year in 1980 and I never got to know him. A LOT of the faculty came to my parent's house for cocktails but he was not one of them.

That is so ironic on so many levels as Elvis couldn't take a piss in this town.

I saw Elvis once around 76 when I worked at the Tenneco around the corner from him on Winchester.I worked there from when I was 15 to 17.

I looked up from the booth out at the gas pumps one day and saw a crapload of big cars and limos approaching from EP BLVD direction in a diamond formation. 4-5 motorcycles in the middle of the diamond, with Elvis on his trike with Ginger Alden sitting on his back.

He looked just like this photo that was posted earlier.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVDoOsj2851dF-RIaruU_...N53mooZjkR]

What I'm going to say is not going to make sense. But Elvis was usually tailed by an unmarked car when he ventured out in Memphis because, seriously, a freakin riot could occur if he stopped in somewhere. At the same time, he was great at slipping in and out of places without ever being detected.

And as much as you read about him being a "prisoner of his fame"... he freakin loved it. He teased the fans at the gate by sending out two or three cars out before his came out, he would almost always slow down on the way back in to allow fans to take photos, just like the last photo that has been posted.

He used to get out in his Ford Pantera and get up to 140 on 240 North
and you have all seen the photo of him at EP Blvd and Parkway with the pretty girl on the back of his Harley. Just the two of them.

But he liked the entourage you described as well, famous for the diamond formation. He loved it. He knew exactly who and what he was.

I passed Elvis on a motorcycle with Linda on the back near Peabody and Bellevue, before I even realized it was Elvis. He had been trying out new bikes at the cycle shop just down on Bellevue. When I realized it was Elvis, I just decided to keep on going. That is how most of us just took for granted that the King lived here. It seems to me that most Memphians take characters and local celebrities in stride and respect their privacy more than most places, and if we run into them, we are mostly polite.
Many of us "younger" generation grew up on the Beatles, and while respecting Elvis, many of us just thought of him as a "greaser."

And yes, my boyfriend has told me that he was taught at CBHS by Robin Williams' brother, who looked a lot like him. Said BF also went to school with Estelle Axton's children. (StAX)
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RE: Elvis is in the house today, first time in a long time. Ask your questions
(01-02-2014 03:23 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  I think he commuted. Brent and I played football at CBHS and started along side each other--that was fall of '76--first season of Blacksheep. Robert Conrad would come through Memphis every so often. If you watch closely, you can catch Red in stunt shots of old Wild Wild West episodes. I just saw a rerun of Red's appearance on GK's Memphis Sounds. Red says Elvis recorded 11 of his songs. Biggest hit was Why Can't Every Day Be Like Christmas.
Red has to be close to 80. I still would not tick that man off. He taught a mini-class in karate for 5 weeks and I basically was a punching bag the entire time. He thought it was funny.

Oh. Robin Willams is in Memphis more than people know. He has a half brother who teaches at CBHS. Looks very much like him with male-pattern baldness.

Ah, yes. 1976, the year my brother and his Jake's Boys beat the Brothers by 3 points. Memories.... 03-nutkick 03-lmfao

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RE: Elvis is in the house today, first time in a long time. Ask your questions
(01-05-2014 04:49 AM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote:  
(01-05-2014 12:37 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  
(01-03-2014 11:02 PM)kpigout Wrote:  
(01-03-2014 10:39 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 06:01 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  I should send you a PM and tell you all the CBHS grads I used to hang with when I lived in Memphis. I bet you or your Mom would know all of them.

Do you know if Robin ever dropped in at Corky's? I was there one night and Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and his wife had just left. A week later the photos were on the wall. It's amazing that he is there that often and can keep low key. My daughter works downtown and she used to see Steven Segal all the time. And there was another A list celebrity who has a house there but I can't remember who right now.

Segal was in town while his daughter was at St. Jude. He had a house a around Walnut Grove Lake. I think he recorded an album while living here. Former Tiger Isaac Bruce told me he loves being in Memphis because he can go anywhere and nobody notices him. Tim Howard, one of the best goalkeepers in the world, said the same. He could come to my son's state tournament games in one of the best soccer complexes in the nation and nobody besides us knew who he was. Steve Jobs used to take "walks" in Overton Park and nobody recognized him. I saw him once after finishing the 4th hole. Perhaps Memphis being off the grid so to speak is part of the charm. It has to be refreshing for those constantly in the spotlight. As for Robin, nobody really presses Mac for information. What is out there comes freely from him. My mom has passed and that link is gone now. He started at CBHS my senior year in 1980 and I never got to know him. A LOT of the faculty came to my parent's house for cocktails but he was not one of them.

That is so ironic on so many levels as Elvis couldn't take a piss in this town.

I saw Elvis once around 76 when I worked at the Tenneco around the corner from him on Winchester.I worked there from when I was 15 to 17.

I looked up from the booth out at the gas pumps one day and saw a crapload of big cars and limos approaching from EP BLVD direction in a diamond formation. 4-5 motorcycles in the middle of the diamond, with Elvis on his trike with Ginger Alden sitting on his back.

He looked just like this photo that was posted earlier.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVDoOsj2851dF-RIaruU_...N53mooZjkR]

What I'm going to say is not going to make sense. But Elvis was usually tailed by an unmarked car when he ventured out in Memphis because, seriously, a freakin riot could occur if he stopped in somewhere. At the same time, he was great at slipping in and out of places without ever being detected.

And as much as you read about him being a "prisoner of his fame"... he freakin loved it. He teased the fans at the gate by sending out two or three cars out before his came out, he would almost always slow down on the way back in to allow fans to take photos, just like the last photo that has been posted.

He used to get out in his Ford Pantera and get up to 140 on 240 North
and you have all seen the photo of him at EP Blvd and Parkway with the pretty girl on the back of his Harley. Just the two of them.

But he liked the entourage you described as well, famous for the diamond formation. He loved it. He knew exactly who and what he was.

I passed Elvis on a motorcycle with Linda on the back near Peabody and Bellevue, before I even realized it was Elvis. He had been trying out new bikes at the cycle shop just down on Bellevue. When I realized it was Elvis, I just decided to keep on going. That is how most of us just took for granted that the King lived here. It seems to me that most Memphians take characters and local celebrities in stride and respect their privacy more than most places, and if we run into them, we are mostly polite.
Many of us "younger" generation grew up on the Beatles, and while respecting Elvis, many of us just thought of him as a "greaser."

And yes, my boyfriend has told me that he was taught at CBHS by Robin Williams' brother, who looked a lot like him. Said BF also went to school with Estelle Axton's children. (StAX)

When we turned the blinker on to turn left up the driveway at Graceland the fans inside the gate went apesh!t. The reaction heading back down the driveway at 2:00 or 3:00 AM was even more intense because they saw the headlights as soon as we came out from behind the mansion.
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RE: Elvis is in the house today, first time in a long time. Ask your questions
(01-05-2014 07:11 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  
(01-05-2014 04:49 AM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote:  
(01-05-2014 12:37 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  
(01-03-2014 11:02 PM)kpigout Wrote:  
(01-03-2014 10:39 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  Segal was in town while his daughter was at St. Jude. He had a house a around Walnut Grove Lake. I think he recorded an album while living here. Former Tiger Isaac Bruce told me he loves being in Memphis because he can go anywhere and nobody notices him. Tim Howard, one of the best goalkeepers in the world, said the same. He could come to my son's state tournament games in one of the best soccer complexes in the nation and nobody besides us knew who he was. Steve Jobs used to take "walks" in Overton Park and nobody recognized him. I saw him once after finishing the 4th hole. Perhaps Memphis being off the grid so to speak is part of the charm. It has to be refreshing for those constantly in the spotlight. As for Robin, nobody really presses Mac for information. What is out there comes freely from him. My mom has passed and that link is gone now. He started at CBHS my senior year in 1980 and I never got to know him. A LOT of the faculty came to my parent's house for cocktails but he was not one of them.

That is so ironic on so many levels as Elvis couldn't take a piss in this town.

I saw Elvis once around 76 when I worked at the Tenneco around the corner from him on Winchester.I worked there from when I was 15 to 17.

I looked up from the booth out at the gas pumps one day and saw a crapload of big cars and limos approaching from EP BLVD direction in a diamond formation. 4-5 motorcycles in the middle of the diamond, with Elvis on his trike with Ginger Alden sitting on his back.

He looked just like this photo that was posted earlier.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVDoOsj2851dF-RIaruU_...N53mooZjkR]

What I'm going to say is not going to make sense. But Elvis was usually tailed by an unmarked car when he ventured out in Memphis because, seriously, a freakin riot could occur if he stopped in somewhere. At the same time, he was great at slipping in and out of places without ever being detected.

And as much as you read about him being a "prisoner of his fame"... he freakin loved it. He teased the fans at the gate by sending out two or three cars out before his came out, he would almost always slow down on the way back in to allow fans to take photos, just like the last photo that has been posted.

He used to get out in his Ford Pantera and get up to 140 on 240 North
and you have all seen the photo of him at EP Blvd and Parkway with the pretty girl on the back of his Harley. Just the two of them.

But he liked the entourage you described as well, famous for the diamond formation. He loved it. He knew exactly who and what he was.

I passed Elvis on a motorcycle with Linda on the back near Peabody and Bellevue, before I even realized it was Elvis. He had been trying out new bikes at the cycle shop just down on Bellevue. When I realized it was Elvis, I just decided to keep on going. That is how most of us just took for granted that the King lived here. It seems to me that most Memphians take characters and local celebrities in stride and respect their privacy more than most places, and if we run into them, we are mostly polite.
Many of us "younger" generation grew up on the Beatles, and while respecting Elvis, many of us just thought of him as a "greaser."

And yes, my boyfriend has told me that he was taught at CBHS by Robin Williams' brother, who looked a lot like him. Said BF also went to school with Estelle Axton's children. (StAX)

When we turned the blinker on to turn left up the driveway at Graceland the fans inside the gate went apesh!t. The reaction heading back down the driveway at 2:00 or 3:00 AM was even more intense because they saw the headlights as soon as we came out from behind the mansion.

I don't know if anyone will ever understand how or why Elvis was so popular that made people go apesh*t. Women would literally faint. He had a charisma or an electricity that filled an arena. It took him a long time to come to terms with it. But he never understood it. He knew who he was and what he could do, but he believed if he went away (like in the Army) for a year or two that he would be finished.

That was one reason why, when it was suggested that he have an intestinal bypass, he didn't want to leave the road for the time it would take to have surgery and the benefit from the results.
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Any cake being eaten at the mansion today?
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(01-08-2014 02:40 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  Any cake being eaten at the mansion today?

It is indeed the King's birthday today, he would be 79. That is hard to believe. I bet there is some kind of celebration going on.
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There is - check the CA online - today is officially Elvis Presley Day in Memphis.
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(01-08-2014 02:43 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  
(01-08-2014 02:40 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  Any cake being eaten at the mansion today?

It is indeed the King's birthday today, he would be 79. That is hard to believe. I bet there is some kind of celebration going on.

Yep...Saw a story on the news here showing them cutting a cake on the lawn of Graceland.
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RE: Elvis is in the house today, first time in a long time. Ask your questions
(01-10-2014 07:34 PM)kpigout Wrote:  
(01-08-2014 02:43 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  
(01-08-2014 02:40 PM)TiggerFan Wrote:  Any cake being eaten at the mansion today?

It is indeed the King's birthday today, he would be 79. That is hard to believe. I bet there is some kind of celebration going on.

Yep...Saw a story on the news here showing them cutting a cake on the lawn of Graceland.

A lot goes on at Graceland between Thanksgiving and Jan 8. Elvis always left up the decorations until after his birthday. For most of his career he would not work during that time period. In 75 or 76 he was short on money so he agreed to a New Year's Eve show at the dome in Pontiac, MI, forget the name now.

Now Lisa Marie spends Christmas at Graceland with her family and entourage.
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