See Ya at What Gets Me Hot

July 23, 2007

just finished may 1and 2, 1977 (chicago shows): 24 shows left till I....I....i'm dead: see ya in saginaw tomorrow night

Chicago - Stadium - May 1, 2
1977

May 1 & 2
1977

i wore the King Of Spades suit

Chicago Stadium

Chicago IL

(8:30 pm)

ELVIS FOR PRESIDENT

PTS. 1&2

PT. 3

here's AL DVORIN
the guy who says,
"elvis has left the building!"
listening to pj proby's OH, MY PAPA

see ya in Saginaw,

"I’m I’m just so tired of being Elvis Presley."
ol' dj fontana sure is nice for lettin E do this videoblog of some of my '77 concert dates. i gotta lotta respect for swedes...met one of em in the army...nice fellow...any kin of my old drummer is a guy i'd like to ride the river with...john r. used to say that on tour back in the day...anyway...here's just some pre-show ruinations...norm crosby used to say that in vegas...for ya'll...and then i'm gonna load you up with the usual faniax super 8s...set lists, etc.

i got some extra tickets to tomorrow's concert wherever we are? saginaw? a block of tickets, on the second or third row, from Elvis to whoever wants em... it'd be a whole row, but there weren't enough tickets left... Joe Esposito was in front of the coliseum, after the show started, when Jackie was doing the comedy warm-up before i go on and everybody knew I was Elvis-- I had my badge on and I was talkin' to people and I would decide who wanted to get in the most and give them tickets. I was able to give tickets to small people who were there just hoping to get a glimpse of me, not only did they get to see me, but they had the best seats in the house.
we visited this place October 14 and 15 last year.
e

July 21, 2007

I JUST FINISHED MY CONCERT IN ST. PAUL: ONLY 54 DAYS 'TILL I'M DEAD (ha ha) SEE YA IN CHICAGO TOMORROW NIGHT--TCB--ELVIS

Songs performed:

	2001 Theme
	See See Rider
	I Got A Woman
	- segued medley with -
	Amen
	Rip It Up
	(above song is just an excerpt )
	Love Me
	If You Love Me
	You Gave Me A Mountain
	Jailhouse Rock
	O Sole Mio
	- segued medley with -
	Its Now Or Never
	My Way
	Hound Dog
	My Heavenly Father
	( featuring Kathy Westmoreland )
	Polk Salad Annie
	Dialogue
	Early Morning Rain
	( featuring John Wilkinson )
	Unusual songs Elvis did on stage Delta Lady
	( featuring James Burton )
	Dialogue
	Solos
	Ronnie Tutt drums solo
	Jerry Scheff bass solo
	Tony Brown piano solo
	Bobby Ogdin solo
	Joe Guercio and Orchestra solo
	Hail! Hail! Rock N Roll
	The Wonder Of You
	Blue Suede Shoes
	Hawaiian Wedding Song
	Cant Help Falling In Love
	Closing Vamp

SORRY: THEY DIDN'T VIDEOTAPE THIS ONE BUT TOMORROW I'M IN CHICAGO, AND ALTHOUGH I FEEL GROGGY, DR. NICHOPOULOUS HAS SOMETHING FOR THAT IN HIS BAG.
HERE'S SEE SEE RIDER AND HURT TO TIDE YOU OVER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Rippin'It Up In St.Paul
	Concert Date: April 30, 1977 Evening Show Notes: Also released as "My Heavenly Father". Sound: Good

St. Paul, MN

In Duluth on 29th though he puts on a 'good' show with a better performed version of 'BIG BOSS MAN' than he had done 3 days ago in Kalamazoo, also Bridge and My Way are good here too. ( boot - "a day in Duluth") In St Paul on 30th, Elvis featured a very unusual line up of songs. Unfortunatly by Chicago on 1st May Elvis's performance is very ordinary again and whilst Elvis in the book published about this show may look smart, I find myself completely agreeing with Lyn Van Matre of the Chicago Tribune, in her May 2nd article she concluded that on May 1st Elvis Presley doesn't put on that great a show. However at this time the Sweet Inspirations singing of 'If you leave me now"- by the group Chicago, could hardly set the atmosphere for his last shows any better

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