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Elvis In Concert was a Special CBS presentation aired on October 3rd, 1977 from 8.00 to 9.00 p.m in the United States. This special consisted in some of the last perfomances that Elvis ever done on stage in June 1977. It had Elvis Presley lot of Elvis Presley fan comments, an interview with Vernon Presley, and a final message recorded after Elvis's dead.

16 ene 2024

Elvis day by day in 1977

1977

Jan 1. Elvis ended his new year's eve show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Civic Center Arena

Jan 2. 

Jan 3. Elvis, Ginger Alden and 15 members flew to Harrison, Arkansas to attend Ginger's grandfather funeral.




Elvis and Ginger Alden, along with a 15 man entourage attended the funeral of Ginger's Grandfather. Elvis had Ginger's family flown in to Harrison, Arkansas where they drove 20 miles to Jasper, Arkansas for the services which took place in a very small church. Elvis used Ginger's white Lincoln Continental during this 24 hour visit.

Excerpt from Ginger Alden’s book, Elvis and Ginger

“It was a small church with only six pews on each side. We quietly took seats in the back. The Reverend Maddox stepped forward and began singing “How Great Thou Art.” There was a hint of nervousness in his voice until suddenly, Elvis began singing along, and then Charlie joined in. I was initially surprised that Elvis would sing, but he did it softly, not trying to take over the service, and the reverend’s voice grew in power as Elvis subtly nodded his head at him.”

“The Reverend Martin Villines and the Reverend Guy Jones, both friends of my grandfather, handled the rest of the service, with the Reverend Villines giving the eulogy. Near the end, Elvis leaned my way and, with his eyes fixed on my grandfather’s casket, said under his breath, “Son, you’re on your own.”

It was a line I remembered from the film Blazing Saddles. I wondered if he was trying to make me laugh. At times, Elvis dealt with tension by injecting humor, and in a strange way, hearing him say this did lighten my mood for a moment.”

“I thanked Elvis once we were alone again at Graceland. His tremendous act of kindness in attending my grandfather’s funeral, especially given all of the effort it had entailed, would forever hold a special place in my heart.”

Excerpt From

Elvis and Ginger

Ginger Alden








Jan 4

Jan 5 Elvis and Ginger flew to his Palm Spring home for vacation









Jan 6-11



Jan 12. Elvis returned to Memphis aboard the "Lisa Marie"

Jan 13-21 Elvis was at Graceland

Jan 22 Elvis flew to Nashville with Ginger Alden, and reserved an entire floor at the Sheraton South Inn. Meanwhile a recording session was scheduled at Creative Workshop studio starting at 10.00pm the following night. Elvis stayed at the hotel listening demostration tapes with his producer Felton Jarvis.

Jan 23 some eyewitness accounts report that Elvis walked into the studio through the back door, looked in and in anger knocked a pizza box off one of the studio speakers onto the floor, turned around and left. Ginger Alden said in her book that Elvis said that had a problem with his voice.

His cousin Billy Smith said that Elvis told him: "I'm not going to do it. If I have to, I'll say that I'm losing my voice". According to Billy Smith he was getting back at Colonel and RCA.

In this old interview with Felton Jarvis , he confirms what Ginger has said, Elvis had a sore throat and that is why the session was cancelled.

Felton Jarvis (Elvis’s record producer at RCA)

“The winter before he died, he was supposed to recorded in Nashville. He got sick because he had come in from Palm Springs and it was below zero here.  The change in climate caused him a real sore throat and he couldn’t sing, so that was exactly what happened.  I know there’s lots of stories and all that kind of stuff, blown out of proportion, but they had rented a motel for a week thinking his voice would get better.  The first night he got here (Nashville), he got off the plane and it was freezing, below zero, and he went to the hotel.  The next night he listened to songs.... he liked a bunch of songs, and said, “O.K., let’s go to the studio.”  Then he said, “You know, my throat is feeling funny, ticklish,” but he added, “ Go on over, I’ll be all right.  Go on over and start on these songs.”  I went over to the studio then he called me and asked me if I knew a throat specialist; he wanted to get somebody to look at his throat.  I said yes, and we called the specialist;   The doctor looked at Elvis’ throat and told him he shouldn’t sing, that his throat was raw and advised him that if he rested for a day or two, it should be alright.  So we waited for four nights, and it never did get any better.  I told Elvis we had people here from the west coast, and I thought we ought to just call it off.    I told him it would give him some time to heal his throat, because we had been waiting four days, and it didn’t look like it was going to get better.  I told him I thought it would just take a little time, and it would be better for him if he got out of this climate.  So that’s what we did....we just cancelled and everybody went home. There are so many ridiculous stories.” (Interview published in Elvis International Forum)

Jan 24. Elvis flew back to Memphis

Jan 25.

Jan 26. Elvis proposed marriage to Ginger Alden and gave her an engagement ring



Jan 27 - 31

1 may 2023

GINGER ALDEN

 October 27th 1976; After the closing show in Carbondale, Illinois Elvis went to his hotel room and ordered all his staff to leave him alone and was in severe depression which lasted several days. (1)

October 29-31 1976; Elvis recorded at Graceland his four last songs. His last single, "Way Down/Pledging my Love", It's easy for you" and "He'll have to go".

November 19th 1976; It was the evening of . George Klein called her sister Terry, the reigning Miss Tennessee, asking if she would like to meet Elvis. She told George yes, but felt awkward going alone. My sister Rosemary suggested that she and I accompany Terry saying they could always ask us to leave. We arrived at Graceland and were escorted upstairs and in to his daughter Lisa's bedroom. I know this sounds funny but when Elvis entered the room, I thought trumpets would sound. He looked so handsome. He quickly sat in a chair and started talking with each of us. It turned out to be a truly wonderful evening as he took us on a tour of Graceland. Later he sang for us and read aloud from some of his books about religion. (2)

November 24th 1976; Elvis started a new tour in Reno, NV.

November 28, 1976; Ginger arrives to the Hotel in San Francisco, but Elvis was not there. Elvis had a show at 8.30 p.m. that night.

November 29, 1976; Ginger was at the concert behind the soundman at the cow Palace in San Francisco.

November 30, 1976; Ginger was at the tour closing show in Anaheim, California.








6 ene 2023

LINDA THOMPSON

 


A lo largo de los años he leído buenos comentarios acerca de Linda Thompson en relación con Elvis Presley. Yo tengo algunas objeciones acerca de ella.

Linda Thompson y Elvis se conocieron en 1972, después de que su mujer Priscilla le abandonara. Linda rompió con Elvis a finales de 1976. Lo que parecería a priori una relación de 4 años, no fue exactamente así, y hay varias cuestiones poco tratadas. La primera para mi, es que durante "la relación", Elvis fue acompañado por otras mujeres, de lo que tal vez trate en otro momento. 

Elvis y Priscilla se divorciaron oficialmente en Octubre de 1973.

En mi opinión, Linda Thompson no ha demostrado hacia Elvis Presley el respeto que por ejemplo si ha mostrado la que fue su prometida, Ginger Alden, con la que el mismo día de su muerte había fijado fecha de boda. Si comparas lo que cuenta la primera sobre Elvis, y lo que cuenta la segunda, hay bastante diferencia.

Linda revela supuesta información acerca de la vida privada de Elvis que no le dejan en muy buen lugar. Más bien, ayudan a hacerse una imagen de Elvis bastante negativa.

5 ene 2023

La muerte de Elvis

La muerte de Elvis Presley el 16 de Agosto de 1977 a primeras horas de la mañana en Graceland fue un evento trágico y cuyas circunstancias no quedaron del todo claras. Hay dos causas de la muerte. Una, la oficial, la que dio el Dr. Francisco, poco después de haber sido Elvis declarado muerto. Ataque al corazón, como consecuencia de enfermedad hipertensiva y de las arterias coronarias como factores contribuyentes. Sin embargo, uno de los otro ocho médicos presentes durante la autopsia, el Dr. Florendo negó evidencias físicas que llevaran a esa conclusión. En su opinión la causa más probable hubiera sido la interacción de varios medicamentos la que habría producido el fatal desenlace. Otro de los médicos, su médico personal, rechazó esto y lo mantuvo hasta el día de su muerte, llegando a escribir un libro sobre ello. Describió en ese libro cuales eran los principales problemas de salud que tenía Elvis Presley, y que el trató. Específicamente algo de lo que en la década de los 70 al parecer no se tenía mucho conocimiento. El megacolon

Pese a los primeros intentos por ocultar el lugar y la forma en la que Elvis fue encontrado, lógicos por otra parte, se sabe que Elvis fue encontrado por su prometida Ginger Alden en el baño de su habitación. Los pantalones bajados en los tobillos, y el inodoro al lado, probarían que a Elvis le ocurrió algo estando sentado en ese lugar del baño o bien al ponerse de pie. O bien se puso de pie porque se sintió mal y luego cayó al suelo desplomado. ¿Que lo causó? Nada había alertado a nadie, de que Elvis en las últimas horas de su vida se hubiera encontrado mal. Acudió a su dentista, jugó a racketball, tocó el piano y cantó unas canciones, hizo planes con Ginger, habló con sus colaboradores sobre aspectos de la gira que comenzaba al día siguiente en Portland, Maine.

Lo único reseñable era que Elvis no lograba conciliar el sueño, a las 8:00 de la mañana aproximadamente. Pero para su prometida Ginger Alden, esto entraba dentro de lo normal, por la experiencia vivida en las giras anteriores junto a el, en la que siempre estaba más nervioso de lo normal.

¿Elvis tomó mas medicamentos de lo habitual? ¿Los tomó para poder dormir? El informe del contenido en su sangre indicaba que Elvis tenía una gran cantidad de fármacos en el cuerpo en el momento de morir, destacando la codeína en una dosis muy superior a la terapeutica. ¿Pudo esto causar su muerte repentina?




11 dic 2022

26 de JUNIO 1977

 

LARRY GELLER shares,

JUNE 26, 1977
"Elvis and I were in the bedroom of his plane, the Lisa Marie. I was drying his hair in preparation for what turned out to be his very last appearance at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, IN on June 26, 1977. Elvis was looking intently at his reflection in the mirror. He turned to me with a deeply pained look in his eyes, not saying a word for a few moments as drops of sweat ran down his cheeks. “The spirit is willing, Lawrence, but the flesh is weak. I’m being so damn torn up in so many ways. All I know right now is, a man’s gotta do what he was created for, an’ I was created to entertain people, an’ hopefully to bring some happiness into their lives. Man, my body really hurts, but no matter what I’m going out there tonight and give them everything I have…no matter what.”
As we were getting ready to depart the plane Elvis said to me weakly. “Larry, I need some energy right now; please just lay your hands on me, and use the ol’ blue light. Because the kind of help I need can’t be found in any doctor’s bag. What I need is to return to the real source of healin’, so lay your hands on me.”
That night as the house lights dimmed Elvis closed his eyes and then, bowing his head, he brought his folded hands to his forehead, a salutation to God. When his opening song, A Space Odyssey began, I could feel the anticipation reach a fever pitch. When Elvis appeared, the cheering was wild; the audience stamped its frenzied approval. As hundreds of flashbulbs went off, Elvis pranced back and forth greeting his fans. Breaking into his first song, he began to express everything that was bottled up in him. He was bursting with love and on stage he had a safe way of expressing it, through his music. His face lit up, and within a few minutes Elvis was in his element, his glory. He was reaching out and they saw it; in their reaching back, they met him halfway. It was a love affair from the beginning, and his voice, his magic never left him".💝⚡👑


5 may 2020

Elvis In Concert - The outtakes.

Las dos primeras, fue "Love Me", aparecida en la película THIS IS ELVIS en 1981.
La siguiente, tuvo que tardar 9 años, en 1990.

Fue Unchained Melody.
Editada por Buena Vista Home Video - THE GREAT PERFOMANCES.