He apologised to the Sweet Inspirations for his behaviour giving them each a $5,000 ring. He flew in his Memphis jeweler, Lowell Hayes, and Elvis bought a small fortune in jewels & rings as presents. The penultimate concert of the tour has been featured on the very good import 'Gyrating Asheville' which includes Elvis’ fabulous comment, 'I'm not getting better, I'm gettin' older!' For his very last concert of the tour, in an inspired move, Elvis asked for a ‘Request Box’ to be placed in the lobby so that the fans could suggest their favourite songs.Ī few days earlier Elvis on-stage had said some unpleasant things to both Kathy Westmoreland & the Sweet Inspirations and, feeling guilty, it was also in Ashville that Elvis tried to make amends. It became a challenge for him to electrify the crowd and Elvis always responded to challenges. Elvis even commented, 'I don't know who's asked you to stay in your seats. For some reason the 8000 strong crowd didn’t react with standing ovations and despite the exciting atmousphere they were somewhat reserved.

Elvis had to work extra hard to get his usual response from the audience and they were all memorable shows. The last three concerts of Elvis’ July 1975 tour were in Asheville.

He throws in request after request and sings his heart out. Knowing that this was ‘just another’ audience recording, and already being familiar with Elvis’ live version of ‘Pieces Of My Life’, I wasn’t expecting anything out of the ordinary – but this is great!īeing the last concert of the tour and with Elvis trying to impress the somewhat subdued Ashville audience, Elvis is astonishingly good. Sometimes an Elvis import CD comes along that really surprises you. 'Pieces of My Life' (Straight Arrow) CD review 'No-one, but no-one, is his equal, or ever will be. I was actually stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something' (Elvis Presley, Madison Square Garden press conference, 1972) 'The image is one thing and the huiman being is 's very hard to live up to an image' '.especially in the South, they talk about Elvis and Jesus in the same breath' (Mark Feeney on the 'Elvis meets Nixon' meeting) 'Absolute id crashed into absolute superego.as the uptightset man in America shook hands with just about the loosest.' 'History has him as this good old country boy, Elvis is about as country as Bono!' 'For a dead man, Elvis Presley is awfully noisy.' 'If you're an Elvis fan, no explanation is necessary If you're not an Elvis fan, no explanation is possible.'

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