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We do our best!!!! Brazilian ETA wins in Tupelo: A hip- shakin’ lawyer from Brazil, Diogo "Di Light" Leichtweis, of Porto Alegre, Brazil, won Saturday’s tribute competition in Tupelo, where thousands of visitors attended the annual Elvis Festival."Elvis is huge in Brazil. People love his movies, especially ‘Blue Hawaii,'" Leichtweis said. Since I was a kid, my father has been a huge fan."Leichtweis first visited Graceland in 2.
King ever since. In 2. Graceland’s Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest."I think Elvis was a complete artist," Leichtweis said. He had charisma, talent, the voice, the look. He was the greatest entertainer of all time."Over the years, Leichtweis said, he’s formed close ties with other young men attempting to fill in the King’s shoes. They’re a unique group and very supportive of one another, he said."Back home I’m a lawyer, and this is a hobby," he said.
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But I took a break to devote time to this. My father — he is an associate at my firm — loves it. Elvis represents the American dream. He grew up poor, but he had the talent and the strength to make it."Leichtweis’ victory marks the second year for an international contestant to represent Tupelo in the Memphis competition. This year’s Tupelo Elvis Festival featured artists from six states and three foreign countries. Elvis Week is Aug.
Memphis, Tennessee.(Almost Elvis, Source; Tupelo/Elvis. Info. Net)JUNE 6 - The Tupelo Elvis Festival In Full Swing: Elvis may have left the building, but his memory is alive and well in Tupelo with the Tupelo Elvis Festival ranked as third on the top 1. Southern events list from USA Today.“It’s quite an honor,” said Jessica Hollinger with the Tupelo Downtown Main Street Association.
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We’re excited to be back for another year". Festivities kicked off Thursday with a concert from previous Elvis Fest tribute competition winners Cody Ray Slaughter and Jay Dupuis ahead of the first round of the Elvis tribute artist competition on Friday morning where half of the competitors are all from different countries making Tupelo an international festival. But if ETAs aren’t your thing, there is plenty of other action such as Friday with Shagadoo and Section Funk Band, and Paul Thorn headlining. Saturday’s events get started early, beginning with the Running with the King 5k at 7: 3. Tom Brown, will interview Memphis Mafia member Jerry Schilling at 1. Bancorp. South Conference Center. The final round of the ETA competition starts Saturday at the arena at 7 p.
Sunday morning starting at 1. Jay Dupuis, Bill Cherry and Ben Thompson. This is obviously a local event,” Hollinger said, “but it’s for everyone. Watch Oswald`S Ghost Online Forbes. Anything we can do to promote and pay tribute to Elvis and his music is something we need to keep doing. It’s special to be a part of that.” Go HERE to the Tupelo Elvis Festival website for tickets and more info.
News, Source; Elvis. Info. Net)"Elvis" Saves U2 Concert: A technical failure turned into an "Elvis" opportunity at the U2 show last week. When a piano failed on stage, Bono was forced into some impromptu banter with the crowd. Thinking quickly, he spied an Elvis impersonator in the crowd and invited him on stage. What’s Elvis doing in the crowd?” Bono asked “Dude, I have everything by you.
Everything.” Bono pretends to be awed by the presence of a celebrity, bowing down in front of the impersonator. This is unbelievable,” he said, “I always wanted to meet you, dude. Love your early work.”The Edge tries to cut in with a new song, but Bono signals for him to hold off and asks the impersonator to sing the Elvis classic “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” which he does to rapturous applause. In the past Bono has noted, "Elvis Presley is like the 'Big Bang' of Rock 'n' Roll. It all came from there and what you had in Elvis Presley is a very interesting moment because you had two cultures colliding there.
You had a kind of white, European culture and an African culture coming together - the rhythm of black music and the melody chord progressions of white music. That was the moment.
Out of all that came the Beatles and the Stones, but you can't underestimate what happened. It does get back to Elvis."U2′ will finish up their American tour on July 3. Madison Square Garden. Perhaps Elvis will also be there!
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Orion: The Man Who Would Be King' Review: The UK Guardian newspaper has reviewed the new movie 'Orion: The Man Who Would Be King' "the reluctant Elvis- alike turned pretender to the King's throne" The newspaper awarded it 2 / 5 stars. The review includes, "Jeanie Finlay’s ode to Jimmy Ellis, who looked like Elvis, sounded like Elvis and didn’t want to be like Elvis until after Presley’s death, tries to make a country and western classic out of a one- hit wonder. Orion was not trying to be just like Elvis. He even released a single called I’m Not Trying to Be Just Like Elvis.
The problem, inasmuch as it is a problem, is that Jimmy Ellis, an Alabama- born singer, really sounded a lot like Elvis. The likeness was to the point that this natural talent, who was 1. King, was unable to secure any significant work in the recording industry. Watch Going In Style Online Mic on this page.
But in 1. 97. 7, when Elvis Presley died and a wave of Elvis- nostalgia hit, a business opportunity knocked. Sun Records had been purchased by one Shelby Singleton.
Let’s be generous and call him "an entrepreneurial sort". Singleton re- released some earlier Sun tracks with Jimmy Ellis dubbed in, sounding just like Elvis, and labelled it Jerry Lee Lewis "and friends". Just as these were hitting big, the first tabloid rumblings about Elvis faking his death were starting to bubble up.
A woman named Gail Brewer- Giorgio was readying a novel about an Elvis- like figure who did just that.