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Elvis Presley & Joe Guercio Las Vegas Rock Reunion Hall Of Fame Mentor and Concert Conductor  Joe Guercio Joe is the father of Las Vegas Rock Reunion  Hall Of Fame Inductee Jim Guercio of the 1970's Las Vegas Band, Census, featuring Jim Guercio, Patrick O'Reilly and Evan Scott Hornsby. Joe Guercio has enjoyed a prolific career, but he is probably best known and admired for his work with Elvis Presley. He was musical director and conductor for Elvis' concert shows from the summer of 1970 to the summer of 1977 when Elvis made his last concert appearance. Elvis was known for spontaneity and improvisation on stage and the cast had to be ready for anything. Guercio remembers "He'd just turn around and start a tune. The rhythm section knew him backwards and forwards, but when you're up there conducting a twenty-six-piece orchestra, what are you gonna do?" In describing that experience, Guercio once commented good-naturedly that conducting for Elvis wa...

Guitar legend James Burton stands next to some of the guitars he donated to Linwood Public Charter School in Shreveport in March. Burton will be at the Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival this weekend to present free guitars to the Natchitoches chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of El Camino Real. / Greg Pearson/The Times Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy winner James Burton will make a special appearance at the Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival this weekend to present free guitars to the Natchitoches chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of El Camino Real. He'll also perform. Burton learned to play the guitar and to love music at age 13, and got his start as a teenager playing on the Louisiana Hayride. Throughout his career he was worked with legends such John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Keith Richards, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, and Brad Paisley, to name but a few, but he is most known for his role as lead guitarist...

The new image, which forms part of the denim brand's new A Lee Don’t Lie campaign, was shot by top photographer Terry Richardson. Lee Brand President, Gilles Laumonier, told MailOnline the company's mission was to capture candid images of its models, some of which cull up striking references to Miss Keough's grandfather. BIM: Hmmm....really? Elvis HATED blue jeans with a passion, they reminded him of being poor. Elvis always wore dress slacks. Lee jeans should use Riley's beauty and model status to promote their jeans and leave Elvis out of it.

Last Monday a severe storm knocked down trees, especially in East Memphis. on Friday, Sue and our friend Kay Shepard visited Audubon Drive. (I was home sick.) Yes, a tree had fallen on the garage. It could have been worse. Workmen on the scene allowed Sue and Kay to photograph the house and grounds. They could photograph many rooms through the windows. All photos created by Sue Mack. In the front of Audubon Drive, everything looks normal. To the left, a workman is walking towards the problem. Just beyond the gate and fence is the fallen tree.   The tree fell from the neighbor's property through the fence and hit part of the garage. Damage was not severe. . This is what replaced the pool. The pool center was covered and made level to the ground. The blue squares in center occupy the space that was once water. The small square tiles are replacements of original tiles, which formed the pool edge. Inside the pool house today. When i lived here the pool house was a m...

It was an absolutely beautiful day here! Spring is here! I hope your day was as beautiful as ours! After all that snow, bring on the sun!

The mother of all mother and daughter relationships is coming to OWN in new docu-series, and now you can watch the first 5 minutes of The Judds before it's broadcast debut! Catch the opening scene of The Judds, and then tune in for the special 2-hour series premiere on Sunday, April 10 at 9/8c, only on OWN.

For those of you who already purchased your tickets for this documentary, The following e-mail was sent out about a change of venue: Thank you for purchasing a ticket to “Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll" Documentary Screening” on Saturday, August 13. This email is to notify you that the venue for the event has been changed from The Orpheum to the Rose Theater at the University of Memphis. The date and time for the event remain the same. Seating for the event will remain general admission. Since you have already purchased a ticket to the event, you will just need to present the Ticketmaster ticket you have purchased at the door of the Rose Theater on August 13 to exchange it for a ticket to the event at Rose Theater. In addition, as a token of our appreciation and understanding on the venue change, when you turn in your Ticketmaster ticket at the Rose Theater, you will also receive a Graceland tourism poster. The Rose Theater is located on the campus of the ...