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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
Cover

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.
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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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Elvis:
Suit:

Mexican Sundial suit with three buttons on sleeves


Elvis wore the "sundial" for the first time in October 1974 in Lake Tahoe. In February
1977 he took it back on the stage and used the first suit till end of April. There was 2
versions; the first one has three buttons on the sleeves, and the second one only two.
Elvis wore the "sundial suits" longer than every other suits during his concert years.


Belt : Original belt
Scarf :white
Microphone :
Electrovoice CS-15 E microphoneElectrovoice CS-15 E

Guitar :1976 Martin D-28 guitar
1976 Martin D-28 guitar
1976 Martin D-28 guitar









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