Elvis Presley Tour From Tupelo To Memphis - His Birthplace and My First Time Inside Graceland & MORE
Elvis Presley From Tupelo To Memphis. Inside Birthplace and Graceland.
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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today's adventure begins
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tupelo mississippi where many many years
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ago
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four and a half decades to be about four
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and a half plus one i'm 46 years old
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back in 1974 i was born
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here in this town but this episode is
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not about myself
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it is about the king of rock and roll
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this is his hometown and where he was
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born as well there is
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he's back there an homage to him
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is in the city hall park also the
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anniversary of the town
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150 incorporated back in 1870 and my
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friend natalie is here
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consuming a piping hot cup
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they have cup coffee there coffee the
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best bean i have
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the the convenience store we went to
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calls it the best
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beans or bean
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not the pluralization i have left mine
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in the car we are going to go
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over to the diner that elvis ate at
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maybe even
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swing by the hardware store and see
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where he got his first guitar
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his birth home which is a little
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two-room
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accommodation the museum and then 120
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miles over to you know where we're going
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to end
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in memphis tennessee at graceland
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inviting you to join me i should have
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had my i should have my coffee on me
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i'm inviting you to join me
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and elvis in his hometown starting off
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and then
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venturing over the state line back into
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tennessee to memphis
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shall you she's having a one-on-one
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encounter with the king long live the
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king
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what's it like looking into the king's
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eyes
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intimidating yep it really is in a way
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it is
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it is a little intimidating homecoming
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concert back in september 26th
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of 1956 the hardware company still
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standing after all this time where he
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got his first guitar
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classic car alert in 1946 his mother
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gladys
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brought him here to buy a bicycle once
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they arrived
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he saw another item that he had his eye
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on his mother said that that might be a
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little too dangerous we're not going to
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get you that instead
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she was happy about purchasing a guitar
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yeah
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elves come in by his face good time you
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know was this where the guitars were
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when he was in here in this one
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behind the counter right away oh they
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were over behind behind that counter
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right there oh over there okay that's
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where it was over there
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behind there all right they had a little
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music bomb right there behind it
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okay yeah you see the x on the float
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boys do it though oh okay
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let me show you today okay
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oh there it is are we okay right then
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right there agent libya
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his mama bought him that good time
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that's so cool that's very
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very very coming yeah that's where we
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were getting some i'm getting some of
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this merchandise here if i didn't even
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realize that was down there thank you so
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much
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attended here up until 1948 well half of
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the year
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before he completed all of it moved to
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ended up moving to memphis and said
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for his classmates he would play guitar
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on the lunch hour
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johnny's driving they have barbecue
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and that's not the only option on the
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menu
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another one of these oh here we go
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there's another
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little plaque here
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he stopped here for one of his favorite
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meals a cheeseburger
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and an rc cola or as he called it an
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roc my grandparents
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resided in aberdeen mississippi
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not too far away and my grandmother used
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to always make pimento cheese sandwiches
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every time i think of pimento cheese
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reminds me of my grandma here in
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mississippi
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so are you guys from l.a okay they're
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not doing any
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any indoor dining but right over there
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is the so he used to sit in that booth
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there
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did he he returned here when he was
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older too and sat over there as well
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i guess he said everywhere he said
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everywhere but that's the elvis booth
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yes sir that's when they've got the
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picture above him in it nice right over
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there in the corner
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was kind of hoping to sit at the booth
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but during these times yeah
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not available and this is what we're
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dealing with i went with i had to go
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with the rc
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you know it's like kind of a win in row
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moment they added on some lettuce and
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tomato that looks
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that looks great got onion rings and
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then natalie got you got
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a pulled pork plate how's the rc
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it's kind don't think i've ever had our
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sequels never had our sake
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got a few minutes before the museum
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complex at the bottom of the hill opens
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up
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you see the water towers of tupelo in
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the distance
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and up here at the pinnacle overlooking
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the town
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if you will is
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young elvis
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a similar vehicle to this plymouth that
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the family used to move
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from here in tupelo for the nearly a two
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hour drive
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to memphis
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okay so this house was built in 1934 by
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lauren his brother
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and your dad barney took out 180
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wounded by materials to build this time
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on january 8 1935
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elvis and his identical twin brother was
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born in this house
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his brother's name was jesse garan he
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was 35 minutes older than elvis but he
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was still born
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he's still locked headed here and two
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fathers are not real sure where um
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vernon did come back until on friday but
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it could
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so elvis lived in this house up until he
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was two and a half
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until the house got repossessed by the
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bank because barney couldn't pay back
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that hundred and eighty dollar loan took
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down
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when they took the house they also took
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the car with it because during this time
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garden wasn't good so at this time
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they're living here in dublin other
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locations they stayed here in key club
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until elvis was 13
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and they packed up on the 1939
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employment like we have out front that's
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a replica of the cars they make them at
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this time
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when they move to memphis i look to find
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a better home and a better place to work
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because at this time it's extremely hard
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to find work here
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one side is original but vernon did come
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back to help us when we first opened to
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pick out hardship like they would have
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had
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and he arranged it like they would have
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had um the only things original in the
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house is the fireplace and the stove
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um they all can take pictures inside so
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if y'all have any questions just ask
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and this was built next to vernon's
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parents house right
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i believe so that's so cool
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and there was a house on on either side
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of this on out that window and then out
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this window too
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we go in this room
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is it set up the same where the bedroom
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was in the front like that
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yes the kitchen in the in the back
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bedroom in the front so he would have
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been born in this room
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right in here wow
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that's amazing such a tiny home
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just two rooms
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front door just a few feet away from the
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back door
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every time i visit here i'm reminded of
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a song by elton john
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called porch swing in tupelo he sang a
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song
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about when he visited here he sat on
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this court swing
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in elvis house and he wrote a song about
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it
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like at night at one time years ago
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probably 10 years ago i came up here and
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visited at night
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like two in the morning and just sat
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here on the swing now gonna take the
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drive from here
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over to memphis i'm not gonna take the
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plymouth
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and take the rental car that's over
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it's only available in small so it
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wasn't in my size
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there it is states born in tupelo on
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january 8
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1935 and made it from
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tupelo to memphis
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and up the hill is graceland
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bouncing over
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oh wow we're going up
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only allowed to document video wise
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anything that's outdoors
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so anything inside has to be photos only
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that's the policies yes
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look at
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wow you're gonna come back after you
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pull forward
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okay be sure not to record okay no
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recording in the house right
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okay only outside never no never
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not even a gift shop oh okay let's go
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i've heard so many different reviews and
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whatnot from other people about going
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inside but i have to say
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even though a lot of people think it's
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very dated which it is
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it is i don't know it was just really
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impressive to see
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inside this is the living room and then
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going over of course you're not allowed
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to go upstairs
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it really kind of exceeded my
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expectations i did not think
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i would be as enamored with the decor
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inside but
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as the tour continued this is looking
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into i believe that was
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where his parents resided when they
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would come to visit
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don't don't quote me on that i'm just
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kind of trying to remember what the
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the self-guided chore said through the
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headphones this is the dining room
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kind of scrolling across looking into
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the kitchen
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i love the carpet and the
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just they had all the appliances there
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it's really amazing
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this is looking also into the kitchen as
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well
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you know very very 70s retro style and
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this is the first peak at the jungle
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room
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going from the angle you kind of you
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kind of go through here and then you do
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go down some stairs and then into the
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bottom level and then back up so you're
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gonna get another peek
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okay this is you know what room this was
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called was like a yell it was like all
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yellow decor
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on the tv room the tv room so you go
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through the tv room this was like
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i guess like the little bar in the tv
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room that is amazing said he installed
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the three tvs when he had heard that i
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think it was a president
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who watched three different news
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televisions
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and he thought that was a good idea so
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he said heck it i'm gonna do that in
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inside graceland so we put three tvs in
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this is really fascinating the the pool
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table
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the pool room had cloth
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all along like almost like curtain style
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but it's like
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i guess like curtains folded together on
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the roof
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and the side and over here
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said one of his friends was over tried
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to do a trick shot
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and busted up the the table itself you
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see the cloth on the table there is
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ripped
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and this is the jungle room looking over
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you see like the little tiki
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chair this used to be the back a back
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porch
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but turned it into an extension of the
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house
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later on in the house's existence that's
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like one view of it and this is looking
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over there the waterfall was turned off
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but this table not the table but the
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seat in the background there had
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hands on the chair itself that little
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love seat
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over there in the corner and this is
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looking
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looking another another angle of of the
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jungle room now we're going into
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vernon's office and this was he put no
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loafing
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in the office this is looking out of the
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back door of the office this is around
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the
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not the back side of water it's the back
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side of graceland
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and this is into vernon's office
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as well and the thing is neat about i
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think it's neat about this
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is there was a news or press conference
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where
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elvis was sitting at one of these desks
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in front of these file cabinets
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and file cabinets are still the same
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they have really kept everything intact
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this is also
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around the back of the property looking
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up at it this was on this
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on the second floor that do not allow
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you up out but they do have
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elvis desk as well there's a photo
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very stylish photo of the king and it
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says restricted area
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that is the pool with the meditation
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garden in the distance
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you notice that signage says please do
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not throw coins
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in the pool this is where he would ride
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the horses around
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and this is where he built this later as
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an extension
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onto the back of the property where he
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would play racquetball
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racquetball court there behind that
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glass and this is looking back in where
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you could just kind of hang out and
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watch
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watch him play a riveting game of
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racquetball and then the meditation
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garden you can see the pool in the
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distance there
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and that's it that's that's graceland
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my first time visiting well worth it
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the package deal was a little pricey but
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how often do you get to go inside the
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home
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the king of rock and roll ended up
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getting a little more merchandise
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as well a magnet hill tcb in a flash
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taking care of business in a flash with
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the lightning bolt
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and i really like this which will go on
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the fridge it has a
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gold record it has a guitar that's going
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see you later memphis
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i almost forgot to mention the other day
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met up with tyler dean his dad
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who did the artwork for
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elvis the reflection photo looking in
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the mirror did
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he created this and signed it
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to me and it kind of ties into today's
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subject matter
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big thank you pretty awesome