This guy changed music. So sad that he didn’t stick with that 1954/6 revolutionary style and opted to become a pop star.
Elvis, Sun Studio, Graceland – Photos.
Photography and story – Elvis Presley – Graceland – The Jungle Room
Photography and story – Elvis Presley – Graceland – The Jungle Room
The end wall was a waterfall feature
The story
One day Vernon came home and told Elvis about this horrendous tacky furniture he had seen in a department store. It was Hawaiian with dreadful carving of heads and faces. There were big pieces of furniture -very imposing and ugly. He thought they were the worst thing he’d ever seen and could not believe they had it for sale.
Elvis waited for Vernon to go to bed and rang up the store owner. He arranged for the furniture to be delivered and arranged in the room.
The next morning Vernon came down to find the Jungle Room set up with all that garish furniture.
Elvis had a sense of humour.
They grew to like it and Elvis had the waterfall put in. They called it the Jungle room and he often used to sit in their and jam with his band.
Photography – Elvis Presley – Graceland – Memphis
Photography – Elvis Presley – Graceland – Memphis
Graceland in Memphis
Stained glass peacocks
The TV Room with six sets
The snooker room
The Jungle Room (There’s a story here!)
The Trophy corridor and room with Gold Discs and Elvis costumes
Vernon’s Grave
Elvis’s grave
Photography – Mississippi and Memphis Rock Music – Sun Studio, Graceland, Stax, Tupelo, Elvis etc.
This is the hotel we stayed at in Memphis.
This is Sun Studios with its Pink Cadillac outside. Where Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Sonny Burgess and Billy Lee Riley recorded.
This is the Gibson guitar factory
This is BB King’s Blues club in Memphis on Beale Street
Highway 61 the home of the Blues. Where Robert Johnson sold his soul at the crossroads and Son House taught him how to p;lay.
On to Nashville – home of Country
The Ryman – home of the Grand ole Opry where Elvis performed
Nashville Country Music Hall of Fame
Elvis’s Cabin in Tupelo where he grew up.
Graceland
Photography and story – Elvis Presley – Graceland – The Jungle Room
The end wall was a waterfall feature
The story
One day Vernon came home and told Elvis about this horrendous tacky furniture he had seen in a department store. It was Hawaiian with dreadful carving of heads and faces. There were big pieces of furniture -very imposing and ugly. He thought they were the worst thing he’d ever seen and could not believe they had it for sale.
Elvis waited for Vernon to go to bed and rang up the store owner. He arranged for the furniture to be delivered and arranged in the room.
The next morning Vernon came down to find the Jungle Room set up with all that garish furniture.
Elvis had a sense of humour.
They grew to like it and Elvis had the waterfall put in. They called it the Jungle room and he often used to sit in their and jam with his band.
Photography – Elvis Presley – Graceland – Memphis
Graceland in Memphis
Stained glass peacocks
The TV Room with six sets
The snooker room
The Jungle Room (There’s a story here!)
The Trophy corridor and room with Gold Discs and Elvis costumes
Vernon’s Grave
Elvis’s grave
Photography – Rock ‘n’ Roll, Country & R&B in the USA. Stax, Sun, Graceland, Nashville, BB King, Elvis
This is the hotel we stayed at in Memphis.
This is Sun Studios with its Pink Cadillac outside. Where Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Sonny Burgess and Billy Lee Riley recorded.
This is the Gibson guitar factory
This is BB King’s Blues club in Memphis on Beale Street
Highway 61 the home of the Blues. Where Robert Johnson sold his soul at the crossroads and Son House taught him how to p;lay.
On to Nashville – home of Country
The Ryman – home of the Grand ole Opry where Elvis performed
Nashville Country Music Hall of Fame
Elvis’s Cabin in Tupelo where he grew up.
Graceland