Linda Hood Sigmon My Website | lindahoodsigmoncomThis Special Collector's Edition ELVIS Country Music Magazine is truly fascinating. This was published in 1980...many years before anyone had even thought of Elvis being Jesse. I will display for you here the pages of interest in the order in which they appear....except for the Jesse's Comin' page which I will display first below and then again in the page order in which it was published.
The page order is very important as the page numbers appear to be symbolic of the events in the last years of Elvis' existence.
Page #78(1978 - Turning over a new leaf - life).
Front cover
Index - Note Page numbers
Page #76
(1976) The end ("sunset") of one life. This article is about Elvis' fame and how he could not escape to be an "island unto himself".
Page#77
August 16, 1977, farewell to "Elvis"
Turning over a new leaf...life as Jesse
It is interesting to note that, in his book with Dr. Hinton, Jesse said it had originally been planned to take place in 1976...but he changed his mind.
It is also interesting that the shadow in the middle -- the one representing Jesse -- is shown with a pose which is very similar to the following painting of Elvis which is on display at Graceland.
