This post title links to a Yahoo/Rueters news article about the sale of a house Elvis lived in in LA while he was making movies, a house I was to many times.
"The hillside house in the exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air was built for the late aviator and industrialist Howard Hughes, said John Blanchette, a publicist for Gabor.
Presley lived in the house -- which has 26 rooms and a pool -- decades ago when he was acting in movies filmed in Los Angeles, Blanchette said. It is built into a hillside and overlooks the city...."
"Gabor bought the mansion from Elvis' estate in the 1970s, sometime after his death, for $600,000, von Anhalt said..."
Thursday, January 27, 2011
LISA MARIE SOLD HER HOUSE and MOVED TO ENGLAND...
This title links to a news article about LISA MARIE PRESLEY selling the Los Angeles home she lived in for years, in order to live in Great Britain. This morning one of the tabloids I saw at the grocer said that Lisa was heading back home to LA. It has some good pictures of the house.
Friday, January 21, 2011
WANDA JACKSON RECORDS AGAIN! JACK WHITE'S LABEL : THIRD MAN RECORDS
Contemporary Rocker Jack White (The White Stripes) has his own record label called Third Man Records, and Wanda Jackson, famous for her recordings of "I Gotta Know," and "Let's Have a Party" circa 1956 when she was about 18 years old - as well as for being one of Elvis' early girlfriends - has a new CD out on that label. It's called THE PARTY AIN'T OVER YET! (It really isn't. My party isn't over yet either Wanda!)
We're linking to the LA Weekly (click on the title above!) from the Page Two Column, January 21-27 2011 edition.
Wes Bryan
WANDA'S INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 2009
NEW LINK: http://rockhall.com/inductees/wanda-jackson/
We're linking to the LA Weekly (click on the title above!) from the Page Two Column, January 21-27 2011 edition.
Wes Bryan
WANDA'S INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 2009
NEW LINK: http://rockhall.com/inductees/wanda-jackson/
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN? (WE TKB to MAKE THIS BLOG EVEN BETTER!)
"GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN?" "That's the title of a song I wrote!" Wes
Friends, we have been Blogging here on GOOGLE since August 2007 and technology has changed, demanding that we upgrade and fix technology glitches IF WE INTEND TO HAVE THIS BLOG UP on the WONDERFUL WORLD WIDE WEB - The Internet - AS AN INTERESTING, READABLE STORY, A GREAT RESEARCH TOOL, and A LASTING TESTAMENT TO THE EARLY ROCK AND ROLL, ROCKABILLY, and COVER TUNE ERA.
WHILE WE TKB (TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS : That's ELVIS talk!) please use the Google search feature to read old posts, leave comments, questions, and ideas or e-mail us.
We have all sorts of things to repair and update and so that's just what we're going to do:
We're going to try to get that RSS feed unstuck without loosing it all over.
Many of our videos need replacement, so we are going to start with the earliest and go from there. Some of these videos have expired and others simply need to be replaced with new code so you can read and listen ON YOUR CELL PHONE! Youtube has also gotten rid of the color frames for embedded videos and so our blog needs a more consistant look...
SPEAKING OF DESIGN, also, we are sitting on the fence at this minute about upgrading along with Google templates and editors knowing the day is coming when we won't have a choice.
We're getting reports like "your title is across your picture" (thanks Cousin!) but that's on a cell phone or an older browser. Some people are reporting problems with our Flash Banner or our Streaming Video. We know that everyone doesn't have the latest computers and upgrades to view our blog.
Christine looked at this blog on several different terminals - different sized screens - etc - and cell phones and saw various views. And we're trying to make it work for everyone but are concerned that if we go all the way with an upgrade some of you might find things less functional rather than more enjoyable.
Again, your feedback is welcome!
Christine Trzyna and Wes Bryan
UPDATE AS OF MARCH 2011 we have the first 150 posts of this blog updated, including new code for video so you can listen on your cell phone.
Friends, we have been Blogging here on GOOGLE since August 2007 and technology has changed, demanding that we upgrade and fix technology glitches IF WE INTEND TO HAVE THIS BLOG UP on the WONDERFUL WORLD WIDE WEB - The Internet - AS AN INTERESTING, READABLE STORY, A GREAT RESEARCH TOOL, and A LASTING TESTAMENT TO THE EARLY ROCK AND ROLL, ROCKABILLY, and COVER TUNE ERA.
WHILE WE TKB (TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS : That's ELVIS talk!) please use the Google search feature to read old posts, leave comments, questions, and ideas or e-mail us.
We have all sorts of things to repair and update and so that's just what we're going to do:
We're going to try to get that RSS feed unstuck without loosing it all over.
Many of our videos need replacement, so we are going to start with the earliest and go from there. Some of these videos have expired and others simply need to be replaced with new code so you can read and listen ON YOUR CELL PHONE! Youtube has also gotten rid of the color frames for embedded videos and so our blog needs a more consistant look...
SPEAKING OF DESIGN, also, we are sitting on the fence at this minute about upgrading along with Google templates and editors knowing the day is coming when we won't have a choice.
We're getting reports like "your title is across your picture" (thanks Cousin!) but that's on a cell phone or an older browser. Some people are reporting problems with our Flash Banner or our Streaming Video. We know that everyone doesn't have the latest computers and upgrades to view our blog.
Christine looked at this blog on several different terminals - different sized screens - etc - and cell phones and saw various views. And we're trying to make it work for everyone but are concerned that if we go all the way with an upgrade some of you might find things less functional rather than more enjoyable.
Again, your feedback is welcome!
Christine Trzyna and Wes Bryan
UPDATE AS OF MARCH 2011 we have the first 150 posts of this blog updated, including new code for video so you can listen on your cell phone.
Monday, January 17, 2011
MARK J. PRICE - AKRON BEACON JOURNAL : A FRIEND TO US and THIS BLOG
MARK J. PRICE, a writer for the AKRON BEACON JOURNAL has been a friend to us and this blog since 2003, when he first connected with me, Wes Bryan, in order to do an article about me for his column. The AKRON BEACON JOURNAL was an important part of my discovery as THE NEXT JAMES DEAN, which lead to recording and acting contracts with UNITED ARTISTS. (The links to the articles we posted in 2007 are now expired.)
Last year Mark and I reconnected and I did another short interview with him which still appears on some databases. It was fun for me and me and my family feel gratitude.
Just wanted you all to know that MARK is now WORKING ON HIS OWN BOOK!
We want to wish him the best with that and say hello again.
Wes
Last year Mark and I reconnected and I did another short interview with him which still appears on some databases. It was fun for me and me and my family feel gratitude.
Just wanted you all to know that MARK is now WORKING ON HIS OWN BOOK!
We want to wish him the best with that and say hello again.
Wes
Sunday, January 16, 2011
CHILIAN MINER TELLS HOW HE SURVIVED - SINGS ELVIS
You may have seen this last November 2010; a miner, EDISON PENA, who was trapped but survived, came onto David Letterman and proved to be a major Elvis Presley fan! Elvis' impact on our culture to this day can never be underestimated.
We're linking here to an article about Edison in the Huffington Post!
We're linking here to an article about Edison in the Huffington Post!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
ELVIS PRESLEY on ELVIS PRESLEY
"The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image."
HELLO TO MY FRIEND ACTOR LANCE LEGAULT!
LANCE LEGAULT is an old friend of mine and Elvis'... He figures in a lot of the fun we all had together at Elvis'. He was in four Elvis films: Roustabout, Viva Las Vegas, Kissin Cousins and Girls Girls Girls, in the early 1960's and as you'll see he made his name in acting... He's been in the movies continually and is still acting!
We're linking to the IMDB Database about Lance!
We're linking to the IMDB Database about Lance!
NEW LINKS FEATURE WES BRYAN MY LIFE IN MUSIC COMING !
We'll be listing NEW LINKS to the HOMEPAGES for HALLS OF FAME, MUSEUMS of TELEVISION, RADIO, and MUSIC, MAGAZINES, and SONGWRITER DATABASES on our sidebar!
We were inspired to do this by an e-mail about the usefulness of our site for research projects by kids!
Christine and Wes
We were inspired to do this by an e-mail about the usefulness of our site for research projects by kids!
Christine and Wes
Friday, January 14, 2011
ELVIS PRESLEY and the JORDANAIRES HARD KNOCKS
The Jordanaires were one of the back up singer groups that recorded with Elvis and toured with him. We are linking here now to the JORDANAIRES.net ELVIS TRIBUTE SITE!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
HUEY LEWIS on ELVIS PRESLEY
"A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better." Huey Lewis
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
DAVID NELSON - RICKY NELSON'S BROTHER and A FRIEND LONG AGO PASSES TODAY
It's with sadness that I learned that DAVID NELSON, Ricky Nelson's brother, has passed away. I'm linking to the Yahoo News story that has a great picture of the brothers attached to it.
"To his credit and doubtless a big boost to his sanity, David Nelson never seemed to resent the shadows in which he walked." - Reporter David Hinkley
I was in Los Angeles when I first met Rick Nelson because we were both playing on EP Enterprises, Elvis football team, and then I met David, who I also considered to be a friend. He was the shyer of the two.
"To his credit and doubtless a big boost to his sanity, David Nelson never seemed to resent the shadows in which he walked." - Reporter David Hinkley
I was in Los Angeles when I first met Rick Nelson because we were both playing on EP Enterprises, Elvis football team, and then I met David, who I also considered to be a friend. He was the shyer of the two.
HELLO TO NEW READERS IN MORE COUNTRIES
I started updating today (early) since I had the day off... Just went through the links A-J and fixed a lot of old posts. I also let our readers (and listeners) on YOUTUBE know!
I want to say hello to our new readers who checked in on us today from
INDIA
IRAN
ALGERIA
KUWAIT
and the UKRAINE!
This is the miracle called the INTERNET.
We hope the Google TRANSLATER is helping you! - if you need it!
Christine
UPDATE! Hello to GEORGIA (Former Soviet) and HONG KONG!
I want to say hello to our new readers who checked in on us today from
INDIA
IRAN
ALGERIA
KUWAIT
and the UKRAINE!
This is the miracle called the INTERNET.
We hope the Google TRANSLATER is helping you! - if you need it!
Christine
UPDATE! Hello to GEORGIA (Former Soviet) and HONG KONG!
Monday, January 10, 2011
WALT WHITMAN Quote
"Good friends bring out the beautiful things in each other that no one else looks hard enough to find." - Walt Whitman
Sunday, January 9, 2011
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN on ELVIS PRESLEY
"There have been a lot of tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one King." - Bruce Springsteen
Saturday, January 8, 2011
ELVIS PRESLEY BIRTHDAY
A little bit of WES BRYAN- MY LIFE IN MUSIC blog history
Here's what we posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELVIS PRESLEY
As millions of fans know, today is the birthday of the great Elvis Presley. And when I say he was great, I don't just mean that he was a great entertainer. I mean that Elvis was a great human being. So much has been said and written about Elvis, who was a friend of mine from when I met him in 1957 while on my first tour for United Artists, and performing live on the Wink Martindale show in Memphis, Tennessee.
I'll never forget the one time years into our friendship when I was feeling stalled out in my career, and this is what Elvis said to me: "You're successful as a human being and that's all that counts in my book."
"We love you, Elvis!
Wes
Here's what we posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELVIS PRESLEY
As millions of fans know, today is the birthday of the great Elvis Presley. And when I say he was great, I don't just mean that he was a great entertainer. I mean that Elvis was a great human being. So much has been said and written about Elvis, who was a friend of mine from when I met him in 1957 while on my first tour for United Artists, and performing live on the Wink Martindale show in Memphis, Tennessee.
I'll never forget the one time years into our friendship when I was feeling stalled out in my career, and this is what Elvis said to me: "You're successful as a human being and that's all that counts in my book."
"We love you, Elvis!
Wes
ELVIS PRESLEY TRIBUTE ! JOHNNY KID and the PIRATES SHAKIN ALL OVER!
THE ORIGINAL ?! RECORDING OF A ROCK N ROLL CLASSIC JOHNNY KIDD and THE PIRATES' "SHAKIN ALL OVER" TEAMED BEAUTIFULLY WITH VINTAGE ELVIS PRESLEY ! SMOOTH MOVES!
This video was just so much fun! We're feeling those tremors in the thigh bone! This reminds me of the dancing that erupted at Elvis' House Parties in Los Angeles in the 1960's which I attended often...
Thank you!
UPDATE JULY 21, 2011
THE VIDEO FEATURING ELVIS DANCING IS GONE but we like the song so much we're replacing it with this one! Thank you Youtuber!
This video was just so much fun! We're feeling those tremors in the thigh bone! This reminds me of the dancing that erupted at Elvis' House Parties in Los Angeles in the 1960's which I attended often...
Thank you!
UPDATE JULY 21, 2011
THE VIDEO FEATURING ELVIS DANCING IS GONE but we like the song so much we're replacing it with this one! Thank you Youtuber!
ELVIS PRESLEY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Christine Trzyna here: When I was a kid I had one very conservative aunt who was a secret Elvis fan! This is the kind of image of Elvis that she adored; wholesome and pure! A real Mama's boy! The kind of boy who would kiss a girl goodnight on her doorstep and then get in his car and drive away! Oh do we know better now!
Wes Bryan, through his many stories about Elvis to me, has made Elvis, who I did not grow up with or become a fan of until I heard these stories, into a real human being to me, and I cherish knowing that real person through Wes.
Friday, January 7, 2011
ELVIS PRESLEY 500 MILES
Listening to this song reminded me of being at Elvis' parties when the guests started singing along with Elvis. Elvis loved to sing. He's known for the massive audiences he performed in front of at the end of his life, but he loved singing to one or a few people too.
Members of The Entourage were also musical and so many of us - me, Johnny Rivers, P.J. Proby, and so many other people also brought our guitars and our own songs as well as songs we covered with us as part of the entertainment. And on the piano - Cliff Gleaves!
One of the most wonderful memories I have of Elvis and his parties in Los Angeles is the outbreaks of performance that happened spontaneously.
We want to thank the Youtuber "Jackiej61too" who posted this! What a find! Jackie told us that IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO HAVE HER VIDEO POSTED ON OUR BLOG and says "ELVIS FOREVER!"
CELL PHONE VIEW TURNED ON
Friends, we have enabled the mobile/cell phone view so that those of you who read WES BRYAN- MY LIFE IN MUSIC can do so with greater ease on your phones!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
JANUARY 2011 is an ELVIS PRESLEY CELEBRATION on WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC
Friends, we are going to be celebrating my old friend Elvis Presley on this blog from his January 8th birthday until January 16th, 2011. Then we are going to take a break from musical posts till about February 18, 2011 - about a month, because we have so many updates we've got to do to keep the promise of this blog, which is that you can read it like a book.
Besides that stuck feed problem, we need to upgrade or replace ALL our Youtube videos so that they can be heard on cell phones... well, you get the idea...
Since we work on WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC steadily but in labor of love time, you may come back to read us and find the visuals on this site incomplete or in some stage of development. We realize that this may take more time than a month, but WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON OUR PROGRESS!
We will still be picking up e-mail and comments while we work on this upgrade, and are not disappearing from the Internet. So we hope you won't forget about us...
This will be a great time to read our older posts!
We will post all update information on PAGES!
Christine Trzyna and Wes Bryan
Besides that stuck feed problem, we need to upgrade or replace ALL our Youtube videos so that they can be heard on cell phones... well, you get the idea...
Since we work on WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC steadily but in labor of love time, you may come back to read us and find the visuals on this site incomplete or in some stage of development. We realize that this may take more time than a month, but WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON OUR PROGRESS!
We will still be picking up e-mail and comments while we work on this upgrade, and are not disappearing from the Internet. So we hope you won't forget about us...
This will be a great time to read our older posts!
We will post all update information on PAGES!
Christine Trzyna and Wes Bryan
Sunday, January 2, 2011
2011 A NEW YEAR SO HIT THAT RESART BUTTON!
Friends it's time to hit that restart button on life and start out the New Year with some good ideas and determination to make the necessary efforts to change !
Do you have any new years resolutions you'd like to share?
Let us know on Comments!
Do you have any new years resolutions you'd like to share?
Let us know on Comments!