I already uploaded the precursor and companion piece to this radio documentary. It is called, Memories Of An Elvis Fan, which was deemed to be "too personal" by RTE Radio 1 in Ireland, to be broadcast. And so I substituted, Conversations About The King,  which then was nominated for a 'Best Music Documentary' award in 2018. The first show tells the tale of how I became an Elvis fan and how he became to me a kind of spirit guide and source of ceaseless inspiration, and strength, particularly during periods of 'dark sadness' surrounding my family, to quote a poem I wrote in 1973 in response to his recording of You'll Never Walk Alone.  This show, on the other hand, is based on countless interviews I probably was destined to do as part of a personal quest after Elvis died in 1977. Eight years later, I became an interviewer and this gave me access to not only many of the world's top musicians, such as Bono, but more importantly, to me,  to the likes of Sam Phillips, Founder of Sun Records and a founding father of Rock 'n' Roll. When I was ten years old I told my mother, "One day I am going to Memphis, Tennessee, to thank Mr. Phillips for discovering Elvis." A quarter-century, or so, later, I did. This podcast also includes interviews with the likes of DJ Fontana, Elvis's original drummer; Gordon Stoker from The Jordanaires; songwriter Ben Weisman, and fellow Elvis fans such as Sinead O' Connor and Cliff Richard. This one is for Elvis Aaron and I am launching it near enough to the forty-third anniversary of his death to ensure that maybe a few people will be listening to it on August 16th 2020. 

 

when i was ten, that i intended to "go to Memphis one day to thank him for discovering Elvis."