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Article: THE TRAVELLER: Always on our minds Elvis Presley - king of rock'n'roll and tragic star. SIMON CALDER takes a trip through the American South where a legend was born
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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"Always on my mind." That was the point, during the visit to
Graceland, when my composure disintegrated. Our tour group had been
hurried through the house where Elvis lived and died. With 2,500
tourists pumping through every day, there is barely time to reflect.
But the house feels haunted all right - by the spectre of
unbelievably tackiness.
The saddest thing about the relatively modest house at 3764 Elvis
Presley Boulevard, Memphis, is that it has been left exactly as it
was when the greatest singer in the world died of desolation on 16
August 1977. From the mirrored ceilings and stacked televisions to
the last leopard skin in the Jungle Room, you can sense the despair
of Presley's later ...