IF YOU EVER LIKED ELVIS YOU WILL ENJOY THIS FOR SURE!!


Elvis could hardly speak properly in the intro but could then go on and
sing like that. Amazing.

IT WAS ANOTHER WEAK AND SAD NIGHT . . . Do you mean week, as in a week later, and not weak, as in not being strong?





WHEN ELVIS PRESLEY HIT THE ROAD IN JUNE 1977, HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE
MESS. HE WAS ONLY 42, BUT YEARS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AND
HORRIFYING DIETARY HABITS HAD LEFT HIM BLOATED, DEPRESSED AND NEAR
DEATH. HE HAD AN ENLARGED HEART, AN ENLARGED INTESTINE, HYPERTENSION
AND INCREDIBLY PAINFUL BOWEL PROBLEMS. HE WAS BARELY SLEEPING AND
SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT HE WAS STILL A HUGE DRAW
ON THE CONCERT CIRCUIT AND THE MONEY WAS TOO GOOD TO TURN DOWN.



IT HAD BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE ELVIS LAST RELEASED A STUDIO ALBUM, AND
HIS MANAGER, COLONEL TOM PARKER,



WAS DETERMINED TO GET MORE PRODUCT INTO THE STORES



DESPITE ELVIS' HORRID SHAPE



Parker arranged for a camera crew to film the June 19th show in Omaha
for a planned TV special and live album.
It eventually did air on CBS two months after Elvis died, but has
yet to resurface in any official capacity.



OF COURSE THIS ISN'T THE IMAGE OF ELVIS THAT HIS ESTATE WANTS THE
FANS TO REMEMBER.



TWO DAYS LATER (21 JUNE) , THE CAMERAS WERE STILL ROLLING WHEN THE
TOUR HIT RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.



IT WAS ANOTHER WEAK AND SAD NIGHT UNTIL ELVIS SAT DOWN AT THE PIANO
NEAR THE END OF THE SHOW TO DELIVER WHAT WAS A SPELLBINDING RENDITION
OF "UNCHAINED MELODY." AS GUITARIST CHARLIE HODGE HELD A
MICROPHONE, ELVIS DUG DEEP AND POURED HIS HEART INTO THE SONG.



HIS BODY WAS FALLING APART, BUT HIS VOICE REMAINED ALMOST AS
POWERFUL AS EVER. WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, IT'S THE LAST GREAT MOMENT OF HIS
CAREER. THE TOUR LIMPED ALONG THROUGH FIVE MORE SHOWS, WRAPPING UP
JUNE 26TH AT THE MARKET SQUARE ARENA IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. HE
DIED LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER. HERE'S THAT GREAT PERFORMANCE.





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