This is truly Elvis, in bronze, as he stands guard at the visitors center on the Mississippi River. His home, Graceland was purchased in 1957 for a mere $102,000.00 from Dr. and Mrs. Moore who built the house in 1941. It was named Graceland to honor Mrs. Moore's aunt Grace long before Elvis purchased it.
The house is pretty modest by today's standards but certainly was elegant for the time. The stained glass peacocks were magnificant leading into the music room off the living room.
His music achievements are well documented in a room 10 x 40 feet. Too many to photograph but this is just a corner of that room.
A trip to Sun Recording Studio displayed a valued photo of Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis and Johnny Cash having an unplanned jam session that was recorded by the owner, Sam Phillips. During Sun's haydays, this was known as the $4 million dollar photo. Probably worth a lot more than that today!
This is an early record cutting machine in the Sun Studios museum. It was state of the art at the time.
Mirimichi Golf Course..........why you ask? This is Justin Timberlake's course........and is the first Audubon certified GC in the US. Mirimichi means "a place to relax" and this course was anything but relaxing! The greens were like putting on glass, tight fairways and lots of sand traps! We both hit quite a few of them................and the journey continues
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