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We had THE most fun earlier this month at an Elvis tribute artist show. OMG. We first saw this performer, Terry Padgett, at a holiday event at The Club, then I looked to see where he’d be performing just a couple of weeks ago, and found him at a restaurant that has all kinds of performers (heavy on the gospel side) in rural Walker County, Alabama. We had just the best cheesy fun before and I was all about doing something like this again.

The Club, Birmingham AL

at The Club, December 2022

I mean we laughed, we sang…it was just sweet and funny. I’ll put some random Elvis pics at the bottom of this post, but first, this performance in Walker County:

Elvis Tribute Artist, Terry Padgett

Haaaa I was “scarfed” by Elvis and we both look crazy goofy in this pic!

Elvis and Me haaaaaa!

Just the best, sweetest fun. We laughed so hard! Okay, now let’s really talk Elvis. I’m not a huge fan, but he certainly occupies a certain amount of space and respect in my consciousness as a southerner who started out small and captured the attention of the world. Okay, I do love some Elvis.

We’ve been to Tupelo to the Birthplace Museum; his home:

Elvis' Home, Tupelo MS

Inside Elvis' Home, Tupelo MS

Inside Elvis' Home, Tupelo MS

The museum’s chapel:

Chapel, Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum, Tupelo MS

Tupelo Hardware, where Gladys famously bought her son his first guitar:

Tupelo Hardware Company, Tupelo MS

…and the story isn’t exactly as many people know it:

Tupelo Hardware, Tupelo MS

Johnnie’s in Tupelo, where Elvis would frequent (and they have an Elvis booth):

Slugburgers from Johnnie's in Tupelo, MS

Slugburgers from Johnnie's in Tupelo, MS

Graceland:

Graceland, Memphis TN

Graceland, Memphis TN

Graceland, Memphis TN

The Arcade in Memphis, where you can still order a peanut butter and banana sandwich, just as he did

The Arcade, Memphis TN

The Arcade, Memphis TN

The Arcade, Memphis TN

And LAWD, Graceland Too in Holly Springs, Mississippi, where Leslie and I toured/survived, and Paul MacLeod gave me a membership card

Graceland Too, Holly Springs MS

Graceland Too, June 2014

Graceland Too, Holly Springs MS

Graceland Too, Holly Springs MS

Graceland Too, Holly Springs MS

Graceland Too, Holly Springs MS

Elvis in Israel:

Elvis Diner, Jerusalem

Elvis Diner, Jerusalem

Elvis Diner, Jerusalem

Elvis Diner, Jerusalem

Elvis Diner, Jerusalem

Elvis Diner, Jerusalem

A Ned Berry Elvis face jug:

Ned Berry

Stereo Jack’s in Cambridge MA:

Stereo Jack's, Cambridge MA

Stereo Jack's, Cambridge MA

Clyde Broadway’s Trinity at the Ogden:

Clyde Broadway. Elvis, Jesus, and Robert E. Lee, Ogden Museum

At Square Books in Oxford:

Square Books, Oxford MS

Pink Palace Family of Museums, Memphis TN

A 1991 Howard Finster of Elvis in Army Uniform at the High

Howard Finster, High Museum Atlanta

Elvis at Corky’s in Memphis

Corky's BBQ, Memphis TN

Elayne Goodman’s Altar to Elvis at the Ogden

Elayne Goodman, Altar to Elvis at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans

My fave, from the Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioing Art from Paper exhibit at Dixon Garden & Gallery in Memphis, from a visit in 2017

Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper at Dixon Garden & Gallery, Memphis TN

Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper at Dixon Garden & Gallery, Memphis TN

Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper at Dixon Garden & Gallery, Memphis TN