Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Ridin' with the king


It's been 30 years since the King's death and people are still singing his songs.

So I'm going to take a few minutes Thursday to try and convince people around Cleveland County to sing Elvis songs - on camera for shelbystar.com.

We'll see if there's anyone willing...

Here's one of my favorite songs that remind me of the King of Rock n' Roll:

B.B. King and Eric Clapton are singing this version, although John Hiatt does a good one, too.



Here's Hiatt's:


Of course, "Walking in Memphis" by Mark Cohn reminds me of him too... must be the blue suede shoes.


Speaking of those blue suede shoes... Here's the King himself:

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I'm as close to being a local girl as it gets - I grew up few counties away, went to Gardner-Webb, then stayed in the area after graduation. I started as a reporter at The Star, but have since moved over to the design side, and more recently took over the online editor position.