I hate to nit pick but if these are from Elvis' last concert it would have been in 1977, not 1976. I was lucky enough to see him at Freedom Hall in Louisville in March of 1977 at the ripe old age of four.
Comment by Zac Burke on December 3, 2008 at 12:54am
Wow! What an experience having got to meet The King!
Yesh..as my father was the air traffic controller in B-town (Elvis Played at IU the day before)..I was able to shake the hand of THE KING before he took of to play Indy...I remember my Dad was all nervous about the Elvis jet not having enough runway for the take off. I was all nervous because Elvis was extremely over weight.
Comment by Zac Burke on November 29, 2008 at 9:23pm
The concert before his final was in Bloomington. Tommy Afterbirth hung out at the Poplars Hotel and got an "autograph" from a piece of paper sent up to Elvis's room. I was always skeptical that it was real, i.e. signed by some flunky while Elvis nodded out on the crapper. But anyway Tommy had it hanging on the wall of his store for years.
Comment by Zac Burke on November 29, 2008 at 9:18am
Yeah these photographs my "granny" from Kentucky got from a woman who went to the concert. I've had them since I was a kid. Granny lived right next to Butcher Holler where Loretta Lynn grew up too, which I always found interesting. She loved Elvis (probably still does)
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