Today would be Elvis' 75th birthday. Of course I can't imagine Elvis old.
I remember Elvis the man, the man who was a star, but the man who became my friend when I was having my own taste of stardom, and who I met when he had just become famous.
We were in our early twenties. So much of life was ahead of us. We wanted success and worked hard at it. We met the night I performed on Wink Martindale's television show in Memphis in 1957.
Our lives crossed paths again and again. Especially in his Los Angeles years.
Elvis inspired me and probably my whole generation of upstart singers, especially those of us from the South.
I will always be an Elvis fan because he was a true friend to me.
Wes Bryan
Friday, January 8, 2010
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