From Elvis in Memphis
"I had to leave town for a little while-" with these words, Elvis Presley truly came home to rock and roll. A little over a month earlier he had staged rock's first and greatest comeback in a television program, forever known as "The '68 Comeback Special." With this show, he resurrected himself-at the age of 33, no less-from the ashes of a career mired in bad movies and soundtracks. So where to go from here? Like a killer returning to the scene of the crime, Elvis came back home to Memphis, whe…
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- Full title :From Elvis in Memphis / Eric Wolfson.
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"I had to leave town for a little while-" with these words, Elvis Presley truly came home to rock and roll. A little over a month earlier he had staged rock's first and greatest comeback in a television program, forever known as "The '68 Comeback Special." With this show, he resurrected himself-at the age of 33, no less-from the ashes of a career mired in bad movies and soundtracks. So where to go from here? Like a killer returning to the scene of the crime, Elvis came back home to Memphis, where it had all begun. Eschewing the fancier studios of Nashville and Hollywood, he set up shop at the ramshackle American Sound Studio, run by a maverick named Chips Moman with an in-house backing band now known as "The Memphis Boys," and made the music of his life. The resulting work, From Elvis in Memphis, would be the finest studio album of his career, an explosion of mature confidence and fiery inspiration. It was the sound of Elvis establishing himself as a true rock and roll artist-and proving his status as a legend"--
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- Publication Date:2021.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Publishing
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2021.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 173 pages) : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781501355400, 1501355406, 9781501355394, 1501355392, 9781501355417, 1501355414
- DOI:10.5040/9781501355417
- oclc:on1291896173
- LC Classification:ML420.P96
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments -- Prologue: From Elvis in Hell -- The Cover: From Elvis in Burbank -- 1 The Arrival -- 2 The Great Advice -- 3 The Promise -- 4 The Funeral Procession -- 5 The Tear-Stained Pillow -- 6 The Departure -- Interlude: From Elvis in Purgatory -- 7 The Shaking -- 8 The Backroads -- 9 The Confession -- 10 The Cotton Dress -- 11 The Beautiful Bird -- 12 The Vicious Cycle -- The Back Cover: From Elvis in Vegas -- Epilogue: From Elvis in Paradise -- Works Cited.
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