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Happy Veteran's Day, Elvis -- 2011
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Before They Were Famous: Top 10 Celebrity Lorry Drivers
Luke Humble asked: Actors, athletes and mass murderers - it takes all sorts to drive lorries. With brief details of their involvement in the trade and subsequent celebrity, here is a countdown of the top 10 stars who worked as lorry drivers before they were famous, with varying degrees of success.# 10 Chris Tarrant:This radio [...]
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Elvis?This Day in History
July 26, 1954 Elvis signed a formal contract with Sun Records, which had to be countersigned once again by his parents. Elvis–This Day in History is a post from: The Elvis Presley Blog
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Priscilla Presleys Plastic Surgery - Is She Plastic Too?
Sheila Clinch asked: Living in a town where there is a constant struggle to look good, Hollywood stars would not mind if they have to shell out their living just to pay a cosmetic surgeon to maintain their look. Or this is what they think. There are numbers of celebrities that turned out to be [...]
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The Evolution of Elvis Tribute Continues
Reference books state that Elvis gave performances in 79 cities in 1956. How many cities do you think hosted Elvis Tribute Artists in 2011? My guess is that it could be ten times that number. ETA shows aren?t limited to just large cities. They have come to three small suburban cities in my area, and you probably have seen the same where you live. These were one-night gigs, and one tribute artist did the whole show.
In 2008, a two-part ElvisBlog article noted a change in the nature of some Elvis tribute concerts. It covered a package show called The Elvis Birthday Tour with three top Elvis Tribute Artists performing back-to-back-to-back. One did the 50s Elvis songs, another wore a black leather suit and sang hits of that era, and finally a jumpsuited ETA did the songs from Elvis? Vegas days.
Donnie Edwards Ryan Pelton Shaun Klush
The show moved around to eight Midwest cities where expensive tickets in large venues moved Elvis tribute into the realm of big-time entertainment. These multi-artist shows have continued in the years since, and similar tours have performed in other areas of the country.
Now, one very talented performer has done something I never thought possible. He repeated his act for 18 shows in a city of just 62,000. The venue was the Greenville Little Theatre in Greenville, SC.
This doesn?t look like a performaning arts center you?d find in a city of just 62,000 people, but Greenville is the hub of an area with 400,000 people. The Little Theater presents a schedule of extended runs like Barefoot in the Park, The Music Man, and A Christmas Carol. So, I was incredulous when I saw their newspaper ad for ELVIS: Shake, Rattle, & Roll, running from September 15 to October 2.
The star of the show was Scot Bruce. Although I have seen or read about dozens of Elvis Tribute Artists, I was not familiar with Scot Bruce. Certainly the theater-going public in our area didn?t know him either, so how could he continue to put people in $30 seats for 18 performances? Part of the answer was the Little Theatre subscriber base of 3,000, but a capacity of 600 seats time 18 shows equals 10,800. Scot Bruce had to deliver, if this was going to be a successful run.
It turned out that savvy marketing, a great review in the paper, and tremendous word-of-mouth recommendations made this a very profitable show for the theatre. The Friday and Saturday night shows nearly packed the house, and week-nights had � of the seats filled.
The reason the reviews and word-of-mouth were so good was because of the considerable talents of Scot Bruce and his band. So, who is this guy who did such a great job? Based in Los Angeles, Scot has a varied background that led to his Shake, Rattle and Roll show. Over the years he has been a radio personality, singer, drummer, songwriter, and actor. During his early years in L.A., Scot experienced his share of hard times, so he started doing a 1950s era Elvis show to supplement his income. What was meant as a part-time gig has grown into a full time career.
Scot?s live shows have taken him across the U.S. and many parts of the world. He and his four-piece band regularly perform at Disneyland, and he tours with the Legends of Rock and Roll ? Buddy, Roy & Elvis. However, it was his performance in another touring show, Idols of the King, that gave him the chance to reach new levels in Elvis tribute. Idols of The King is a two-part play, half music and half vignettes about two Elvis fans who would do anything to see Elvis perform in Las Vegas.
Scot Bruce has starred Elvis in the show?s extended runs in many performing arts centers around the country, including the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, former home of the Grand Ole Opry, and the Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery. However, it was at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, VA where Scot made such an impression on the theater?s administrators that they worked with him to book his own show for an long run. The theater-goers had loved him so much in Idols of the King that they came back to catch him again in ELVIS: Shake, Rattle & Roll in 2010. Then, Scot brought his show there again in 2011, and it had 23 sell-out shows.
As fate would have it, the Artistic Director of the Greenville Little Theater was visiting his son in Abingdon, VA and took in a performance of the show. He was so favorably impressed that he booked Scot for 18 shows in my city this fall. When I saw it, I was so favorably impressed I had to write this blog article.
Scot took a risk when he planned his new show. He decided to skip the all-too-common jumpsuit Elvis, because ?when I wore a jumpsuit I looked more like Evil Knievel.? Instead, Scot specializes in Elvis? music from the 50s and early 60s. He performs 28 songs, split into two segments. First, he does a delightful set of Elvis? early hits. I especially liked when he was joined at center stage by just the guitarist and bass player, and they did a tribute to Elvis? songs from Sun Records.
After the break, Scot came back on stage in a '68 Comeback Special black leather outfit. He performed a mixed bag of Elvis tunes from the early sixties, three gospel songs, and two late 60s hits: ?Burning Love? and ?Suspicious Minds.? It was strange but rewarding to see someone not wearing a jumpsuit do ?Suspicious Minds? without those blaring trumpets.
The program ended with what has become the de facto Elvis tribute show finale: ?American Trilogy,? complete with the US flag unfurling in the background. I?ve seen this before several times at other performers? shows, but I still get choked up every time.
The other element of Scot Bruce?s successful show is that he has been a lifelong Elvis fan, and it shows. I loved his banter between songs. It contained humor, trivia and a lot of respect and admiration for the King.
I don?t guess there are too many theater artistic directors who read ElvisBlog, but I hope one of you readers might know one. Send him a link to this article, and maybe he can envision Scot Bruce in ELVIS: Shake, Rattle, & Roll succeeding in your home town. If that should happen, be sure to go. You will have a blast.
Scot Bruce in ELVIS: Shake, Rattle, & Roll www.scotbruce.com
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
Eric Bana -- A Good Choice for Elvis & Nixon Movie
On October 24, the Hollywood Reporter broke the news that a movie would be made about Elvis? 1970 meeting with President Richard Nixon at the Whitehouse. Within 24 hours, the story was on dozens of websites and media sources.
My first reaction was ? hey, this had been done before. Somebody already made a movie about the Nixon/Elvis meeting, and I have a copy of it on an old video tape. I dug it out of my collection of Elvis-related movies. There is some strange and funny stuff in there that I need to watch again someday.
Next I did a lot of Google searches about Elvis and Nixon, and before long, I had material for three different ElvisBlog articles. For the first one, let?s start with Eric Bana, the actor chosen to portray Elvis in the new movie.
The obvious question is -- can they make him look like a believable Elvis. The above photo used on the Hollywood Reporter story might make you wonder. Another question might be about what movie credits Eric Bana has on his resume. We can answer both questions by looking at some shots from his movies.
Here he is as Sgt. First Class "Hoot" Gibson in Black Hawk Down from 2002. He sort of has the ?Charro? look with sunglasses. Good, strong facial feature.
In 2003, Eric Bana played Bruce Banner who turned into Hulk after being hit by an experimental ray.
Here he is playing Prince Hector in Troy from 2004. If that is his own hair, they certainly can fix it to look like Elvis. They will also need to work on the nose a bit, too.
In Munich from 2005, Eric Bana played Avner, the Mossad agent on the four-man unit created to wipe out the Olympic terrorists. Too bad Elvis wasn?t bearded when he met Nixon, because Bana looks good that way.
Another role without a heavy beard. Here Bana plays Henry in The Time Traveler?s Wife from 2009. Colored contact lenses could easily change the eye color from brown to blue.
Bana plays evil Captain Nemo in Star Trek, also released in 2009. Of course Eric Bana looks nothing like Elvis here, but it does show the kind of transformation the make-up artists can pull off.
This partial revue of Eric Bana?s films shows he has handled a variety of acting rolls and should do fine portraying Elvis. He is an Australian who has learned to sound like an American, and should have no trouble learning to speak like a good old boy from Mississippi.
The next two photos did not come from any movies. One is a candid shot of Bana walking down the street, and the other is a publicity still.
Finally, we have a publicity photo that should convince anybody that Eric Bana is the man to play Elvis. There?s an old joke about rating someone as minus zero on the Elvis Scale. If the scale is 1 to 10, I think Eric Bana gets about a 9.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Fans Find Ways to Connect Elvis and Halloween
There are all sorts of Elvis costumes available at www.ShopElvis.com right now. Certainly, it's fun for fans to dress themselves up as Elvis for Halloween. However, some fans with artistic talents have created images that morph Elvis into iconic Halloween decorating and costume themes. Here are some interesting ones.
Skeleton Elvis:
Vampire Elvis:
Dr. Frankenstein?s Elvis Experiment:
Ghost Elvis:
Reptile Elvis:
Robot Elvis:
Zombie Elvis:
Elvis Jack-O-Lantern: 
Alien Elvis:
Star Trek Elvis:
Neon Ghost Elvis:
Mummy Elvis:
That?s this year?s scrapbook of Elvis Halloween images. Check out previous ones here and here. I hope the zombie pictures weren?t to gruesome. You should have seen some of the skeleton Elvis pictures that didn?t get used. Nobody seems to have created images that connects Elvis to two other popular Halloween icons, bats and witches, so here is a cartoon drawing combining a bat, a sexy witch and an Elvis who looks like something out of Dr. Frankenstein?s laboratory.
Happy Halloween from ElvisBlog.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Evolution of Elvis Tribute Continues
Reference books state that Elvis gave performances in 79 cities in 1956. How many cities do you think hosted Elvis Tribute Artists in 2011? My guess is that it could be ten times that number. ETA shows aren?t limited to just large cities. They have come to three small suburban cities in my area, and you probably have seen the same where you live. These were one-night gigs, and one tribute artist did the whole show.
In 2008, a two-part ElvisBlog article noted a change in the nature of some Elvis tribute concerts. It covered a package show called The Elvis Birthday Tour with three top Elvis Tribute Artists performing back-to-back-to-back. One did the 50s Elvis songs, another wore a black leather suit and sang hits of that era, and finally a jumpsuited ETA did the songs from Elvis? Vegas days.
Donnie Edwards Ryan Pelton Shaun Klush
The show moved around to eight Midwest cities where expensive tickets in large venues moved Elvis tribute into the realm of big-time entertainment. These multi-artist shows have continued in the years since, and similar tours have performed in other areas of the country.
Now, one very talented performer has done something I never thought possible. He repeated his act for 18 shows in a city of just 62,000. The venue was the Greenville Little Theatre in Greenville, SC.
This doesn?t look like a performaning arts center you?d find in a city of just 62,000 people, but Greenville is the hub of an area with 400,000 people. The Little Theater presents a schedule of extended runs like Barefoot in the Park, The Music Man, and A Christmas Carol. So, I was incredulous when I saw their newspaper ad for ELVIS: Shake, Rattle, & Roll, running from September 15 to October 2.
The star of the show was Scot Bruce. Although I have seen or read about dozens of Elvis Tribute Artists, I was not familiar with Scot Bruce. Certainly the theater-going public in our area didn?t know him either, so how could he continue to put people in $30 seats for 18 performances? Part of the answer was the Little Theatre subscriber base of 3,000, but a capacity of 600 seats time 18 shows equals 10,800. Scot Bruce had to deliver, if this was going to be a successful run.
It turned out that savvy marketing, a great review in the paper, and tremendous word-of-mouth recommendations made this a very profitable show for the theatre. The Friday and Saturday night shows nearly packed the house, and week-nights had � of the seats filled.
The reason the reviews and word-of-mouth were so good was because of the considerable talents of Scot Bruce and his band. So, who is this guy who did such a great job? Based in Los Angeles, Scot has a varied background that led to his Shake, Rattle and Roll show. Over the years he has been a radio personality, singer, drummer, songwriter, and actor. During his early years in L.A., Scot experienced his share of hard times, so he started doing a 1950s era Elvis show to supplement his income. What was meant as a part-time gig has grown into a full time career.
Scot?s live shows have taken him across the U.S. and many parts of the world. He and his four-piece band regularly perform at Disneyland, and he tours with the Legends of Rock and Roll ? Buddy, Roy & Elvis. However, it was his performance in another touring show, Idols of the King, that gave him the chance to reach new levels in Elvis tribute. Idols of The King is a two-part play, half music and half vignettes about two Elvis fans who would do anything to see Elvis perform in Las Vegas.
Scot Bruce has starred Elvis in the show?s extended runs in many performing arts centers around the country, including the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, former home of the Grand Ole Opry, and the Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery. However, it was at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, VA where Scot made such an impression on the theater?s administrators that they worked with him to book his own show for an long run. The theater-goers had loved him so much in Idols of the King that they came back to catch him again in ELVIS: Shake, Rattle & Roll in 2010. Then, Scot brought his show there again in 2011, and it had 23 sell-out shows.
As fate would have it, the Artistic Director of the Greenville Little Theater was visiting his son in Abingdon, VA and took in a performance of the show. He was so favorably impressed that he booked Scot for 18 shows in my city this fall. When I saw it, I was so favorably impressed I had to write this blog article.
Scot took a risk when he planned his new show. He decided to skip the all-too-common jumpsuit Elvis, because ?when I wore a jumpsuit I looked more like Evil Knievel.? Instead, Scot specializes in Elvis? music from the 50s and early 60s. He performs 28 songs, split into two segments. First, he does a delightful set of Elvis? early hits. I especially liked when he was joined at center stage by just the guitarist and bass player, and they did a tribute to Elvis? songs from Sun Records.
After the break, Scot came back on stage in a '68 Comeback Special black leather outfit. He performed a mixed bag of Elvis tunes from the early sixties, three gospel songs, and two late 60s hits: ?Burning Love? and ?Suspicious Minds.? It was strange but rewarding to see someone not wearing a jumpsuit do ?Suspicious Minds? without those blaring trumpets.
The program ended with what has become the de facto Elvis tribute show finale: ?American Trilogy,? complete with the US flag unfurling in the background. I?ve seen this before several times at other performers? shows, but I still get choked up every time.
The other element of Scot Bruce?s successful show is that he has been a lifelong Elvis fan, and it shows. I loved his banter between songs. It contained humor, trivia and a lot of respect and admiration for the King.
I don?t guess there are too many theater artistic directors who read ElvisBlog, but I hope one of you readers might know one. Send him a link to this article, and maybe he can envision Scot Bruce in ELVIS: Shake, Rattle, & Roll succeeding in your home town. If that should happen, be sure to go. You will have a blast.
Scot Bruce in ELVIS: Shake, Rattle, & Roll www.scotbruce.com
� 2011 Philip R Arnold, Original Elvis Blogmeister All Rights Reserved www.ElvisBlog.net
Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Source: http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2011/10/22/4924183.html
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