Erstellt: 28. Juni 2012

ISBN: 0199863172Bei der "Oxford University Press" erscheint am 15.01.2013 das Buch "Elvis Presley: A Southern Life" von Joel Williamson.

Ankündigung des Verlages:
"It is hard to believe that there would be any fresh takes on a figure as written about as Elvis Presley. Joel Williamson, an eminent Southern historian, has been working on Elvis for over twenty years and in this biography examines Presley as a product of his time and place in Southern culture, as well as the culture of the Southern girls and women who became his first fans. Rather than interpreting him through the lens of the rise of rock 'n roll and its impact on performers, Williamson looks seriously at the roots of Elvis' life, particularly his "country come to city" family, Tupelo and Memphis in the Depression and wartime years, and the ways in which this shaped his generation of first fans.

He discusses how Presley became the subject of unprecedented interest as a figure of sexual desire for people who, by the standards of their time and place, were not supposed to express sexual ecstasy, especially in public. While Elvis could not understand why he and his music were seen as a threat to good morals, he nonetheless took advantage of female sexual desire for him but lived in fear that the public would see him as a lecherous man who got away with a lifestyle of sexual indulgence.

While he drew on black music, especially gospel, and popularized it for white audiences, and worked with black musicians, he never took a public stand in the Civil Rights Movement bubbling around him in Memphis and the places around the South where he performed. Williamson notes how the early years of performing set the pattern of Elvis' career, leading to long periods after age 23 when he was not making music of much consequence or performing live, but his fans from the early years remained obsessed with him. In the later part of his career, when he performed regular gigs in Las Vegas and toured second-tier cities, he moved beyond the South to a national audience who had bought his albums and watched his movies, but the makeup of his fan base did not substantially change.

Nor did Elvis himself ever move up the Southern class ladder despite his wealth. And, as Williamson notes, many residents of Memphis ignored or were ambivalent about the resident of Graceland during his lifetime. Williamson's work does not attempt to displace Peter Guralnick's Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love but offers a highly readable account of the Presley family, especially Gladys and Vernon, their class, their finances, their religion, and the opportunities for men and women of Elvis' generation and region. It is not a tell-all account by someone who was associated with Elvis, but a historically informed biography by a scholar who moved to Memphis to teach in 1964. Through his emotionally powerful biography emerge the good Elvis, the bad Elvis, and the psychopathic Elvis."

Quelle: OUP.Com

Erstellt: 24. Juni 2012

Nummer 80Der französische Fanclub "Elvis - My Happniness" veröffentlicht im Juni ihre Nummer 80 des gleichnamigen Clubmagazins.

Im Mag sind u. a. Interviews mit Jerry Schilling, Sonny West und James bzw. Louise Burton und vieles mehr.

Quelle: ElvisMyHappiness.Com

Erstellt: 24. Juni 2012

2/2012Im neuen Magazin des finnischen Elvis-Fan-Club´s "The King" finden sich Artikel über Del Shannon, ein Interview mit Jerome "Stump" Monoroe und darüber hinaus gibt es Reviews, News und vieles mehr.

Quelle: PHnet.Fi

Erstellt: 10. Juni 2012

Graceland - Nr. 205Mit dem Thema "Summertime: Genießen Sie den Sommer mit Skipper Elvis in 'Girls! Girls! Girls!'" erscheint das neue Graceland-Magazin dieser Tage.

Weitere Themen sind:

- Jerry Scheff legt seine Autobiografie vor
- "Our Memories Of Elvis" (FTD) & "On Stage, February 1970 (FTD)
- "Rebooked At The International"

Quelle: Elvis-Presley-Gesellschaft.De

Erstellt: 08. Juni 2012

Ausgabe 2/2012In Kürze erscheint die Ausgabe 2/2012 von "Golden Boy Elvis".

Inhalt:
- Neues zum einzigen Privatkonzert 1958 in Deutschland
- Aktuelle Berichte aus Memphis
- Berichte zu den FTD-CDs ("Our Memories Of Elvis", "On Stage", "Shreveport Live 1975")
- Elvis Files 4 – das neue Buch
- Neue Serie – Elvis-LPs ab 1977
- Songs: "Ask Me", "At The Hop"
- Elvis‘ Stammbaum Folge 13
- Gerüchte zu Elvis-Songs – Buchstabe I, Teil 3
- Elvis Reise 2011 – Mississippi und Louisiana
- Elvis-Singles – RCA 9109: Teil 3

Quelle: GoldenBoyElvis.De

Erstellt: 07. Juni 2012

Presleyana VIIIm August 2012 erscheint die siebte Ausgabe des "Elvis Presley Price Guide" der "Presleyana"-Reihe von Jerry Osborne.

Quelle: JerryOsborne.Com