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On This Day, in 1977, The King Died...
Where were you when Elvis died (those of you who were born)???
I was in Brownsville,TX, family vacation, been to Mexico and getting rready to go visit my Grandfather in San Angelo.. My mother is a huge fan, she was at one of his first concerts, here in Jacksonville, in 1956,( and a friend's father threatened to jail him http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictur...ust_10_11.html)  she was also at him in May, 1977 in Jacksonville, she snuck in a tape recorder and still has that tape... 
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The Unsettler
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In Stuttgart. Was barely a byline in the paper which surprised me a bit.
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Son of a Son of a Sailor
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I was in high school. Had an afternoon/weekend job at Winn-Dixie sacking groceries.
I had come home for lunch and was on the way back when they announced it on the radio. Made me sad for his loss as I liked his music... and the movies with Ann Margaret! |
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08-16-2009, 02:33 PM
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He's not dead, you fools.
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 I have been hanging out with him for years...  
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I was in Lakehurst NJ, spending the week with my grandparents. I thought it was a joke when I heard the news.
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Well, not exactly Elvis, but James Burton is our neighbor and "pickin' buddy". He's in Japan right now doing the "big show".
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08-16-2009, 04:14 PM
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I was at home when we found out and it was my mom's b'day......Thanks Elvis for dinking every birthday for my mom since 1977!!!!
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Living in Germany, but in England that week. Every paper had it on the front page.
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I was a little kid, i remember all the girls crying. My GF included, and i had never even knew she liked him.
It was much the same when John Lennon died too. |
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08-16-2009, 06:00 PM
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1977? Man I don't remember 1977.
Never, ever, was an Elvis fan anyway, and I even worked for RCA! |
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08-16-2009, 06:30 PM
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Double Trouble
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I'd take that over Elvis. |
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08-16-2009, 06:31 PM
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And yesterday Jim Dickinson passed away, another Memphis legend gone.
Byron you should come up next year for Elvis week, we'll visit the grave site  Jay
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Working at MIT on a summer project on a Tokamac fusion reactor. I was silver soldering electrical connections for this really, really big copper buss from the transformers to these big a$$ 5 farad capacitors that were the size of 40 gallon trash cans. Wasn't a big fan, but certainly liked some of his music, even though I was into R&R. I think my favorite of his was "Kentucky Rain".
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