Elvis Presley|Long gone but still #1
Nov
30
Filed Under (Elvis Presley) by georgejones
Theresea Hughes asked:
Elvis Presley was a generous man. Not only to those who worked for him, his family and friends, but often to strangers and regular gifts to charities, both national and local. Christmas time every year Elvis would donate around $100,000 to organized charities.
Some of Elvis’s generous gifts donated to charities would become public knowledge , but the rest of the donations were only known to a hand full of people, who were directly involved in the life of Elvis Presley.
These generous gifts in total, annually would reach a figure of 2 million dollars during the period of Elvis’s life when he was able to distribute that amount of money to organized charities.
There were also some small gifts generously given, one of which went to a crippled lady. Elvis personally delivered a brand new wheelchair.
Large and small amounts were generously given to relatives, friends and those who worked for him were also very much considered, with motorcycles, Cadillac’s, horses, trucks and cash gifts, TCB and TLC necklaces were a symbolized gift given to the guys who worked for him and their wives, identification bracelets and Christmas gifts.
Bonuses were considered as a small part of his generosity.
Elvis offered many wonderful gifts to his family and friends. His generosity at times would involve building a beautiful new home for his father Vernon and wife Dee.
Elvis bought Joe Esposito a house in California. He gave Jerry Schilling $30,000 to buy a home also in California. He had given a $50,000 cheque to the Motion Picture Relief Fund Home and Hospital. This large amount was one of the largest ever given and was accepted on behalf of the Hospital, by Frank Sinatra.
When it came to a special occasion, like Weddings. Elvis had great joy in these occasions. He picked up the expenses for Joe Esposito and Jenny Schilling wedding in 1970.
There were also others, Elvis paid for **** Grobs wedding. Then his wedding gift to **** and Marilyn was a new automobile.
George Klein was the next in line, George asked Elvis to be his best man. Elvis proudly accepted, offering to pay for the wedding and reception in Las Vegas.
All arrangements were made for the wedding to take place on the top floor of the Hilton, it was Elvis’ suite, which was beautifully decorated for the wedding. The catering was also organized for the reception.
Then all expense paid first class flights were arranged for the 15 couples being present.
Elvis Presley’s sincere generosity came from deep within, giving to others whether in his music to his fans or giving donations to selected organizations.
His personal gifts to those he loved, was his way of sincere thanks to those who loved him.
Joy
Elvis Presley was a generous man. Not only to those who worked for him, his family and friends, but often to strangers and regular gifts to charities, both national and local. Christmas time every year Elvis would donate around $100,000 to organized charities.
Some of Elvis’s generous gifts donated to charities would become public knowledge , but the rest of the donations were only known to a hand full of people, who were directly involved in the life of Elvis Presley.
These generous gifts in total, annually would reach a figure of 2 million dollars during the period of Elvis’s life when he was able to distribute that amount of money to organized charities.
There were also some small gifts generously given, one of which went to a crippled lady. Elvis personally delivered a brand new wheelchair.
Large and small amounts were generously given to relatives, friends and those who worked for him were also very much considered, with motorcycles, Cadillac’s, horses, trucks and cash gifts, TCB and TLC necklaces were a symbolized gift given to the guys who worked for him and their wives, identification bracelets and Christmas gifts.
Bonuses were considered as a small part of his generosity.
Elvis offered many wonderful gifts to his family and friends. His generosity at times would involve building a beautiful new home for his father Vernon and wife Dee.
Elvis bought Joe Esposito a house in California. He gave Jerry Schilling $30,000 to buy a home also in California. He had given a $50,000 cheque to the Motion Picture Relief Fund Home and Hospital. This large amount was one of the largest ever given and was accepted on behalf of the Hospital, by Frank Sinatra.
When it came to a special occasion, like Weddings. Elvis had great joy in these occasions. He picked up the expenses for Joe Esposito and Jenny Schilling wedding in 1970.
There were also others, Elvis paid for **** Grobs wedding. Then his wedding gift to **** and Marilyn was a new automobile.
George Klein was the next in line, George asked Elvis to be his best man. Elvis proudly accepted, offering to pay for the wedding and reception in Las Vegas.
All arrangements were made for the wedding to take place on the top floor of the Hilton, it was Elvis’ suite, which was beautifully decorated for the wedding. The catering was also organized for the reception.
Then all expense paid first class flights were arranged for the 15 couples being present.
Elvis Presley’s sincere generosity came from deep within, giving to others whether in his music to his fans or giving donations to selected organizations.
His personal gifts to those he loved, was his way of sincere thanks to those who loved him.
Joy
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Nov
22
Filed Under (Elvis Presley) by georgejones
Luke Humble asked:
Over the years, the truck driver has made for a great series of stories. Amidst the standard tales of traffic jams, incredible journeys and more incredible bad driving, when involved with a freight exchange, you hear the type of outlandish tales more commonly associated with fishermen. In researching this article, I found too that lorries and lorry drivers are commonly associated with horror stories, and tales (and images) too gruesome to write about here. Suffice it to say, there’s an awful lot of truths and non truths spread in the anecdotes about truckers.
Here, I’ve taken three lorry tales- and discovered two of them to be verifiable truthful. The remaining one is equally exposed as fake. I’m going to list them all, allowing readers to guess which is untrue - I shall then provide the specifics of each one.
A) Elvis Presley was once told to “Stick to driving a truck, because you’ll never make it as a singer.”
B) A man was run over by a truck within hours of winning a lottery
C) The Allman Brothers album “Eat a Peach” is a hidden reference to Duane Allman’s death at the wheels of a lorry carrying peaches.
Has everyone made their guesses? Okay - here’s the answer. C is an urban legend, while A and B are verifiably correct.
Here’s some background information to each lorry story:
Elvis Presley was once told to “Stick to driving a truck, because you’ll never make it as a singer”
While auditioning for a lead-singer position in a Memphis band, Eddie Bond, 21, informed the 19 year old truck driver, Elvis Presley that he should “stick to driving a truck, because you’ll never make it as a singer.” This is the account of a mutual friend, while Bond himself claims the club’s owners forced him to make the decision. Either way, Elvis was rejected and left looking for his big break.
It would come in just a few short months. “That’s All Right (Mama)” was a big hit in Memphis, and Eddie Bond issued an invitation for Elvis to join them after all. Understandably, Elvis decided to turn him down - but not to “stick to driving a truck.”
A man was run over by a truck within hours of winning a lottery
When I first heard this one, I immediately thought of the Alanis Morissette song, “Ironic”, which begins with the lines “An old man turned ninety-eight, he won the lottery and died the next day.” While the subjects of the song are well documented as not being ironic in the slightest, I did assume that the various incarnations of this story I’ve heard must be the same kind of embellishment as Ms Morissette recorded.
Not true, as it turns out. In January 2004, an Indiana man won $73,450 on an Indiana lottery, and was run over by a truck within hours of winning it big. Wearing dark clothing the winner of a ‘Hoosier Millionaire competition’, Carl Atwood, 73, was walking round a corner on a poorly lit intersection when he was struck by the truck, later dying in hospital. On the show, which was televised, Atwood had expressed his surprise at winning and stated his plans to “purchase a very nice car.”
The Allman Brothers album “Eat a Peach” is a hidden reference to Duane Allman’s death at the wheels of a lorry carrying peaches.
While it’s true that Duane Allman died in a collision with a lorry in Georgia (a state associated with peaches) months before the release of the “Eat a Peach”, and it’s also true that the album art does show a truck with a giant peach on board labelled “Allman Brothers”, the album is not a direct reference to the death of the talented young guitarist.
The truth is the lorry that Duane Allman collided with was a flatbed truck with a lumber crane. Suffering no externally visible injuries, Duane held onto life immediately following the crash before dying in surgery with massive internal injuries three hours later.
The album’s title is less interestingly a reference to a comment Duane once made in a magazine interview. When asked how he was helping the revolution, Allman replied that “…every time I’m in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace.”
Fans of the band have also suggested that the album’s reverse cover art - an image of a vehicle carrying a giant watermelon - was a reference to fellow band member Berry Oakley’s similar motorcycle accident at the wheels of fruit lorry is also revealed as falsehood, first by the fact that he collided with a bus, and secondly that his death was 9 months after the release of the album. Any hidden message would therefore be an inaccurate feat of clairvoyance.
Ronald
Over the years, the truck driver has made for a great series of stories. Amidst the standard tales of traffic jams, incredible journeys and more incredible bad driving, when involved with a freight exchange, you hear the type of outlandish tales more commonly associated with fishermen. In researching this article, I found too that lorries and lorry drivers are commonly associated with horror stories, and tales (and images) too gruesome to write about here. Suffice it to say, there’s an awful lot of truths and non truths spread in the anecdotes about truckers.
Here, I’ve taken three lorry tales- and discovered two of them to be verifiable truthful. The remaining one is equally exposed as fake. I’m going to list them all, allowing readers to guess which is untrue - I shall then provide the specifics of each one.
A) Elvis Presley was once told to “Stick to driving a truck, because you’ll never make it as a singer.”
B) A man was run over by a truck within hours of winning a lottery
C) The Allman Brothers album “Eat a Peach” is a hidden reference to Duane Allman’s death at the wheels of a lorry carrying peaches.
Has everyone made their guesses? Okay - here’s the answer. C is an urban legend, while A and B are verifiably correct.
Here’s some background information to each lorry story:
Elvis Presley was once told to “Stick to driving a truck, because you’ll never make it as a singer”
While auditioning for a lead-singer position in a Memphis band, Eddie Bond, 21, informed the 19 year old truck driver, Elvis Presley that he should “stick to driving a truck, because you’ll never make it as a singer.” This is the account of a mutual friend, while Bond himself claims the club’s owners forced him to make the decision. Either way, Elvis was rejected and left looking for his big break.
It would come in just a few short months. “That’s All Right (Mama)” was a big hit in Memphis, and Eddie Bond issued an invitation for Elvis to join them after all. Understandably, Elvis decided to turn him down - but not to “stick to driving a truck.”
A man was run over by a truck within hours of winning a lottery
When I first heard this one, I immediately thought of the Alanis Morissette song, “Ironic”, which begins with the lines “An old man turned ninety-eight, he won the lottery and died the next day.” While the subjects of the song are well documented as not being ironic in the slightest, I did assume that the various incarnations of this story I’ve heard must be the same kind of embellishment as Ms Morissette recorded.
Not true, as it turns out. In January 2004, an Indiana man won $73,450 on an Indiana lottery, and was run over by a truck within hours of winning it big. Wearing dark clothing the winner of a ‘Hoosier Millionaire competition’, Carl Atwood, 73, was walking round a corner on a poorly lit intersection when he was struck by the truck, later dying in hospital. On the show, which was televised, Atwood had expressed his surprise at winning and stated his plans to “purchase a very nice car.”
The Allman Brothers album “Eat a Peach” is a hidden reference to Duane Allman’s death at the wheels of a lorry carrying peaches.
While it’s true that Duane Allman died in a collision with a lorry in Georgia (a state associated with peaches) months before the release of the “Eat a Peach”, and it’s also true that the album art does show a truck with a giant peach on board labelled “Allman Brothers”, the album is not a direct reference to the death of the talented young guitarist.
The truth is the lorry that Duane Allman collided with was a flatbed truck with a lumber crane. Suffering no externally visible injuries, Duane held onto life immediately following the crash before dying in surgery with massive internal injuries three hours later.
The album’s title is less interestingly a reference to a comment Duane once made in a magazine interview. When asked how he was helping the revolution, Allman replied that “…every time I’m in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace.”
Fans of the band have also suggested that the album’s reverse cover art - an image of a vehicle carrying a giant watermelon - was a reference to fellow band member Berry Oakley’s similar motorcycle accident at the wheels of fruit lorry is also revealed as falsehood, first by the fact that he collided with a bus, and secondly that his death was 9 months after the release of the album. Any hidden message would therefore be an inaccurate feat of clairvoyance.
Ronald
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Nov
12
Filed Under (Elvis Presley) by georgejones
Mike Shaw asked:
Music memorabilia has always been popular for keen collectors of merchandise from famous music artists. Now, with the help of online auction sites, collecting music memorabilia is fast becoming a popular hobby for brand new collectors.
If you want a piece of music history these days, just search the internet. There’s no need to check out music shops and second hand shops. You can find virtually anything you’re looking for, some of it very desirable. Items such as Elvis Presley’s Piano, John Lennon’s autograph or maybe a concert ticket from years ago are all available. Of course, this is just a tiny example of what’s available. At the time of writing this article there are over 1500 items for sale on eBay, and that’s just in the UK.
The older the artist the more valuable the merchandise
Music artist such as Elvis Presley, obviously, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and ABBA are among the many popular artists that are creating thousands of memorabilia sales. I would have to say that Elvis memorabilia is the most popular. Although this changes from one month to the next. I have seen Elvis memorabilia for sale on eBay for as much as a Million Dollars. The Beatles memorabilia can fetch this kind of money too.
Obviously it’s not just about the age of the artist but also the impact that artist had on the world. The examples I have listed above, particularly Elvis and The Beatles were in many ways iconic, many have copied them but they will never be able to replace them. Maybe that’s why memorabilia is so expensive where these artists are concerned, it’s a feeling of having a piece history and it could be argued that these kind of collectables are a good investment for the future.
Learn to be a serious collector
There is obviously an art to collecting the more expensive items available for sale. As a new collector of memorabilia, you wouldn’t want to be spending thousands of dollars without knowing what you are doing. Fortunately, there are many items that are very cheap, all right they might not have been owned by the artist, but it’s a start. You can buy key rings, pictures, posters and T Shirts. These items are probably classed more as merchandise rather than memorabilia. If you want to touch an item that your favourite artist has touched, be prepared to pay a lot of money. Check out listings on a regular basis and learn what the going price is for an item that interests you.
For most people, collecting music memorabilia online will be a hobby, but be careful, because it’s very addictive.
Tim
Music memorabilia has always been popular for keen collectors of merchandise from famous music artists. Now, with the help of online auction sites, collecting music memorabilia is fast becoming a popular hobby for brand new collectors.
If you want a piece of music history these days, just search the internet. There’s no need to check out music shops and second hand shops. You can find virtually anything you’re looking for, some of it very desirable. Items such as Elvis Presley’s Piano, John Lennon’s autograph or maybe a concert ticket from years ago are all available. Of course, this is just a tiny example of what’s available. At the time of writing this article there are over 1500 items for sale on eBay, and that’s just in the UK.
The older the artist the more valuable the merchandise
Music artist such as Elvis Presley, obviously, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and ABBA are among the many popular artists that are creating thousands of memorabilia sales. I would have to say that Elvis memorabilia is the most popular. Although this changes from one month to the next. I have seen Elvis memorabilia for sale on eBay for as much as a Million Dollars. The Beatles memorabilia can fetch this kind of money too.
Obviously it’s not just about the age of the artist but also the impact that artist had on the world. The examples I have listed above, particularly Elvis and The Beatles were in many ways iconic, many have copied them but they will never be able to replace them. Maybe that’s why memorabilia is so expensive where these artists are concerned, it’s a feeling of having a piece history and it could be argued that these kind of collectables are a good investment for the future.
Learn to be a serious collector
There is obviously an art to collecting the more expensive items available for sale. As a new collector of memorabilia, you wouldn’t want to be spending thousands of dollars without knowing what you are doing. Fortunately, there are many items that are very cheap, all right they might not have been owned by the artist, but it’s a start. You can buy key rings, pictures, posters and T Shirts. These items are probably classed more as merchandise rather than memorabilia. If you want to touch an item that your favourite artist has touched, be prepared to pay a lot of money. Check out listings on a regular basis and learn what the going price is for an item that interests you.
For most people, collecting music memorabilia online will be a hobby, but be careful, because it’s very addictive.
Tim
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Nov
10
Filed Under (Elvis Presley) by georgejones
John S asked:
I located two signed Elvis presley postcards. They are the original cards. One is of a picture of him when he was a boy and the other is a Christmas card. I just want to know if these cards are worth anything and how can I find out if they are worth anything? I have tried finding them on ebay but I did not see anything.
Oscar
I located two signed Elvis presley postcards. They are the original cards. One is of a picture of him when he was a boy and the other is a Christmas card. I just want to know if these cards are worth anything and how can I find out if they are worth anything? I have tried finding them on ebay but I did not see anything.
Oscar
