Episodes
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Ginger Holladay Interview-Working With Elvis In The Studio
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sisters Ginger and Mary Holladay were among the leading female backing vocalists in the 1960s and 70s, and their powerful voices are featured on countless hits
They now perform as The Holladay Sisters
Ginger and Mary can be heard on Elvis hit-singles like 'Suspicious Minds", 'In The Ghetto', 'The Wonder Of You' and 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me', as well as on numerous Elvis albums such as the groundbreaking album 'From Elvis In Memphis', 'That's The Way It Is', 'Good Times', 'Promised Land' 'Today' and the Grammy award-winning 'He Touched Me'
Ginger joins me on today's show to share her memories of working with Elvis Presley
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Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
The Aborted January ’77 Recording Session-Brent Maher Interview
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Creative Workshop is an historic recording studio founded in 1970 by songwriter and producer Buzz Cason.
It was the very first recording studio established in Nashville’s Berry Hill district and was one of the first independently owned studios built in all of Nashville.
Berry Hill is now home to nearly 40 recording studios.
The Studio was originally built as a place for Cason to develop and produce new artists. He and his engineer Travis Turk wasted no time doing this. Before the paint could even dry on the walls they were in the studio tracking a young songwriter from Mobile named Jimmy Buffett.
When Travis left, Brent Maher became the new chief engineer and oversaw the building of a brand new, state-of-the-art control room and renovation to the live tracking room in 1976.
Shortly after,in 1977,Elvis Presley was booked in to Creative for a week long
Recording session, beginning Thursday January 20th.
However,things didn’t quite go to plan.
I’m delighted to say Brent joins me on the show today to share his memories of that time with us
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Matt Stone as Elvis. From Fan To Elvis Tribute Artist
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Matt Stone is One of Graceland's Top Ten Elvis Tribute Artists in the world,
The 19-year-old Florida native is taking the industry by storm!
With Matt’s remarkable voice, and fiery stage presence, he has earned the adoration of fans all across the country!
I’m delighted to say Matt joins me on today's show to discuss how he was bitten by the Elvis bug and how it led him to become a successful Elvis tribute artist.
Matt also discusses with me his opinions on the recent Baz Luhrmann movie and the brand new Netflix Animated show, Agent Elvis
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Seeing Elvis LIVE at Madison Square Garden and other stories
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Steve Barile saw Elvis live in concert 7 times.
One of those concerts was the now famous Madison Square Garden performance in June 1972
Steve attended the Afternoon show on the 10th of that month.
This was the concert that was released by RCA on CD as
“An Afternoon in the Garden” in 1997.
Years later 8mm home movie footage of the almost complete show turned up and the sound was synced to the film and it was released as
“Prince from another Planet”.
Steve also supplies photos for the Follow That Dream Collectors albums.
Steve joins me on the show to share his memories of seeing Elvis live
And discusses his work with
Follow That Dream and Sony BMG.
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Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Elvis Pilot Ron Strauss Interview
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Ron Strauss began his career as a pilot after working on C-141s during the Vietnam War as a flight engineer.
He was initially hired by an airline to fly the Convair 990, but also flew the Convair 880 during jobs with different airlines in the early 1970s.
In 1975, Ron was hired to fly Elvis’ personal Convair 880, the Lisa Marie, which he used to tour the US for two years before his death in 1977
Ron's life is the subject of a new book written by award winning author Sally Hoedel
The Title is
Destined to Fly
From Iowa to Elvis
I’m delighted to say that Ron joins me on the show today to share his memories of working as Elvis personal pilot
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Friday May 27, 2022
Elvis Co-Star Marlyn Mason Interview
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Marlyn co-starred with Elvis in the 1969 movie "The Trouble with Girls"
In this interview Marlyn shares her memories of her time working with Elvis.
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Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Elvis’ back up singer Terry Blackwood interview
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Terry Blackwood is the son of Doyle Blackwood, original co-founder of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet.
Terry's distinctive vocal styling has been featured on many chart topping singles
Terry joined the imperials qt in 1967 and two years later in 1969 the group were picked by Elvis to sing with him on his return to live performances that July.
The Imperials continued to sing back-up for Elvis until the fall of 1971, and can be seen in the movie Elvis 'That's The Way It Is'.
They recorded in the studio with him in May / June 1971, when Elvis recorded the Grammy Award winning album 'He Touched Me'.
I’m delighted to say that Terry joins me on the show now to tell me more about working with Elvis.
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Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Elvis‘ Friend & Bodyguard Sam Thompson Interview (Concluded)
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
First part of Sam's interview here https://youtu.be/J-SElFFHrtw
In this concluding part of my interview with Sam he tells me about confronting Elvis about the medications he was taking. The traumatic events of August 16th 1977, the casket photo and what happened at Graceland the days following the funeral.
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Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Elvis‘ Bodyguard & Friend Sam Thompson Interview
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Sam Thompson was a Police Officer in Memphis when his Sister Linda began dating Elvis in 1972. Linda introduced Sam to Elvis and they hit it off straight away.
Sam joins me on the show to share his memories of his friendship and working for Elvis.
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Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Larry Geller- Elvis Movies,The Beatles & Colonel Parker
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Larry Geller is an American writer, hair stylist, and public speaker.He was a spiritual advisor and personal hairstylist to Elvis Presley.
He was the person in whom Elvis confided in matters of the spirit Larry first met Elvis in 1957
It wasn’t until 1964 that their paths crossed again and he became a full time employee with Elvis.
In Part two of this interview,Larry tells me about the deep conversations he had with Elvis about the movies he was forced to make and what he really felt about his Manager Colonel Parker.
Larry was present the night The Beatles visited Elvis in 1965 and tells me what happened at the meeting
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