TDW 1705 - Original Grave Of Elvis Presley
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7:29
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a.m. umbrella in full
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effect lot of rain last night in
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Memphis and I'm out
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early because I have some place to be to
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the right is a very famous
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wall and past that very famous wall is a
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very famous
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house and yes even in the Rain the gates
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are open and it is now
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hailing look very closely at the ground
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that is not
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snow those little nuggets of
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white that's
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hail that's not good welcome everyone
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Adam of the woo here for 1 hour early in
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the mornings on most days Graceland will
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open up their Gates and allow folks to
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walk up to the meditation Garden to pay
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their respects to the king
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so I have parked next to the
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wall and I'm going to make the very
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short pilgrimage in the rain it's my
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second channel daily Vlog channel it's
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the daily
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woo I sound like Elvis right there's
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really not much more room on these rocks
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to even
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place your memories and
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momentos of Elvis
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the rain has
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subsided but take a look at this over
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the
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wall for nearly half his life that was
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his
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home and I get to walk up that path this
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is the first time in my life I've gone
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past these
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Gates
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morning the
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right okay thank you the security guard
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told me do not go up to the house stay
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on the trail but do not go up to the
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house I think it's fantastic that they
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allow people to do this and do not
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charge an admission fee for those who
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just want to stop
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by and say hi to the man
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himself on the other side of that little
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pond
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is where he
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is laid to
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rest and even in the rain even in the
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stormy
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weather people are out paying their
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respects next to him is his grandmother
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Minnie May and to the right of him is
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his father Vernon next to Vernon is his
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mom gladus and over there on the very
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far end is a headstone Memorial real to
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his twin brother who died at Birth he is
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not buried here he's buried in
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Tupelo but they were not able to
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move the little boy's body so they have
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just placed headstone as a memorial the
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passing of Jesse always plagued him
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through life he always wondered why God
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would take his brother but not him and
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the early death
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of his mom also was a major
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blow to Elvis some even say he was never
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the same afterwards and eventually was
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partly caused for his untimely
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death it's amazing to think that his
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body now lays to rest here at
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graceand a place he loved he could have
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lived in anywhere in the
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world but he chose Memphis
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Tennessee of all places this is where
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his heart was this is where his memories
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were and this is where he wanted to be
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this statue bearing the family name
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engraved at the bottom has an
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interesting backstory because Elvis and
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his mother were not originally placed
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here after death and neither
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was this on August 16th
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1977 on the second
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floor directly in the middle pretty much
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behind those
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pillars to the
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back right about
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here was where his body was found in
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fact his bedroom was up
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here once the news got out it did not
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take long for people to start showing up
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first by the dozens then by the hundreds
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and then by the thousands at the gates 2
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Days Later the funeral was held on
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property and the crowd grew even
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larger people wanted to get one last
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view and say their goodbyes as the
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hearse with his casket turned onto the
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road into the throng
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of adorning fans it made its
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way down Elvis Presley Boulevard and
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there's a very famous photo of a woman
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leaving the
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sidewalk and running up towards the car
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a lot of tears that day a lot of
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emotions running through Memphis and the
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world it might just be me but I think
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it's I think it's pretty cool that large
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Marge is the only one parked in front of
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the property right now whoo it's
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starting to rain again not only do I
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really like the guy but I have another
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connection I was born in Tupelo
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Mississippi just like he was this is the
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exact routes that the funeral procession
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took about 3 and 1/2 miles up to Forest
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Hill Cemetery where he was
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originally laid to rest straight
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ahead is the
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mum wow just seeing it in person it's
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pretty incredible seen this in videos
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and photos over the
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years but to be
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here to be here in
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person pretty amazing the entire
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property was so engulfed in flowers you
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couldn't see any grass or concrete or
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anything in front of the structure and
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it was said you couldn't even find a
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florist anywhere in the vicinity that
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had any flowers remaining because people
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purchased all of them a few photos were
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taken that day including one from this
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angle this headstone was here in
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1977 matching up the
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shot where the hearse
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parked just to the left of it the Paul
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bears walking up those very four steps
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and one thing I was not expecting before
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getting here was the fact that the
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door
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seems to be open I don't know if this is
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normally left open in this
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fashion but I'm going to go in it's a
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very interesting feeling to be standing
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inside here Straight
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Vault Elvis was placed
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originally and where other family
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members were to be
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buried
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later grave robbers changed all that
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because shortly
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after he was laid to rest in this
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room someone tried stealing the body
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this prompted the movement of himself
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and his
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mother to
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graceand the
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walls are slightly
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misted with rain or condensation
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Ambiance that's where he
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was king of rock and roll
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on the same property just a little ways
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away is where his mother glattus was
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originally laid to rest she died at the
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age of
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46 way too young
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and Elvis had such a difficult time with
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the passing of his
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mom this concrete
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slab that you see here in the
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grass was the location of what is now
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been moved to Graceland the big tall
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cross that is now in the meditation
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Garden used to
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sit right
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there and her grave was a few feet in
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front of
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it right
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here you'll also notice there are some
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remnants here of the monument itself
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that stayed
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adhered to the
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concrete and you'll also see people have
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chipped off
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portions of where it once stood as a
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little momentum so you see this pretty
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often at a lot of celebrity and famous
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people their grave
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sites people will
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somehow chip off part of it to take home
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with them and as I stand here all I can
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think of is that photo of Elvis kneeling
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down saddened
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disheartened at the passing of his
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mother in this very
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spots not even thinking or considering
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at that moment that he would one
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day be laid to rest just across the way
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in the mausoleum with a pretty decent
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view of downtown Memphis is where Elvis
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lived the
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longest in this
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town next to graceand in fact his family
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moved into these apartments for 3 or 4
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years when he was a teenager these were
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the formidable years in where he really
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came into his own as a musician he could
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be seen roaming all around this property
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playing guitar
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performing and honing his craft the
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gates are closing behind me and this
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gentleman in the vehicle up there he's a
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security guard he let me in
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yeah that's a picture of him there as a
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boy in front of the building
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yeah used to be called Lauderdale courts
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from October
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1949 to January
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1953 former residents remember foremost
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that Elvis liked to sing and play guitar
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he practice in the basement and perform
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for Neighbors on the front steps of his
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building I thought it was going to be a
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little bit easier and more accessible to
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get up to the actual apartment that was
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not the case but either way pretty cool
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to to walk the grounds and literally a
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stone throw only maybe a couple hundred
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yards from that first apartment was a
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place called Popular Tunes which was his
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favorite vinyl record store and has the
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significance of being the first place
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that made his music available to the
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general public it's even stated on this
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placard his first record was purchased
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here I had this great idea about
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purchasing one of Elvis's albums on CD
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obviously for the RV inside the place
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where it was originally first sold on
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vinyl unfortunately a few years ago it
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went out of
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business it looks like they're
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converting it into some sort of Diner
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establishment which that also is not
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open and just to show how close it was
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where he lived was right there hum's
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Preparatory
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Academy became a middle
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school but before that it was a high
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school in
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1953 certain person graduated from there
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I'm kind of wondering if that's a relic
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of the old high school sign before they
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converted it to the younger age groups
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no probably not because it's still
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intact and still spells out High School
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on the front of the building from this
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angle it says here that he won the
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senior class talent show and his slick
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backed hair and usual style of dress
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were tolerated by the principal at that
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time and the legend began as I drive
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through the neighborhood here I'm not
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really sure why but someone's legs are
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in that trash can what what happened
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here look at that old theater there the
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Lamar that's awesome just after high
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school he started recording albums his
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popularity happened very quickly and
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with the first substantial bit of money
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he had he bought a house here on Autobon
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Drive the precursor to graceand for
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there was a graceand that came a couple
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years later and there it is a humble
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little abode it's interesting that the
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neighbors next door have something
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similar to what graceand looks like so
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if you were an early fan of his you
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could have easily just parked where my
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RV is parked stood outside to this gate
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and waited for him to walk out and say
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what's up now it wouldn't be too
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terribly difficult to step over this
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fence but do not attempt to go in it
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from this angle because look at all that
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barb wire do not do not cross that fence
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line it's very interesting to me that
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Elvis died the age of
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42 that's my age I am currently
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42 puts things in perspective a
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bit see you guys
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tomorrow
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Vlog
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over well since my baby left me I found
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a new place to
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dwell it's down at the end of a lonely
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street called Heartbreak
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Hotel and I feel so
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lonely I feel so Lely oh W it's
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recording oh crap