This is a tour of the Welcome to Graceland exhibits in September 2022. Plenty to keep Elvis fans happy but a few minor complaints.
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'Welcome to Graceland'.
It's nice to see that the pictures of Elvis here are relative to Elvis in Memphis.
Style of the King. Some nice t-shirts in there, the Joe Petrucci I think that's the way you say
it - Joe Petrucci collection. (Petruccio). And And it's got an exhibit...an exhibit I haven't
seen - EP Enterprises which was Elvis's own football team. So there's a good exhibition
on that. The kits he wore, kits he wore in the mid 50s actually when playing rugby....playing football at Guthrie Park, that's in there, and Humes High School. The clothes he wore
to watch the Memphis Southmen at the Liberty Bowl. It's a very good exhibit. There's one qualm - they mentioned Jerry Schilling and it said he was the manager of the Beach
Boys and Jerry Lee Lewis and they spelled 'Lewis' like 'Louis' Armstrong. I think that's a bit of a goof - come on Graceland!
And they got the Lisa Marie exhibit then of course.
So the Entertainer Museum - I like what they've done with the jumpsuits.
They've put them all up similar to the gold disc display, they've put them on the wall. Banks of them on the wall. They're quite effective actually.
I don't remember seeing Elvis's leather guitar case from the 50s before. it was
in summer '55 he got that.
There's a few things out of date here. They've got the Hollywood Backlot - sets from the
Sun Records story that was on the Country Music Channel - and it says 'Elvis's Tupelo'
but all that's in there is two big pictures and a reproduction of his birth certificate.
But 'Elvis's Tupelo' isn't really there and it's got Sam Phillips Story down the end and
that's gone. I can see that they've incorporated a bit of Sam Phillips Story - Coffee High
School - at the start of 'Elvis the Entertainer'
But there's nothing in there either so that was a bit disappointing that 'Elvis's Tupelo' and the Sam Phillips display has gone. But the Hollywood Backlot one, which is probably
the weakest one, is still there so that's the way it goes!
It seems they've turned that bit into the Lightning Lounge But it's at the expense of the Sam Phillips Story. It says Sun on the wall at the back and there's guitars on display but I'm sure they had nothing to do with Sun.
Vernon's Smokehouse popular today. Made even more so that Gladys's Diner is closed
So that was our trip to Welcome to Graceland 2022.
we have done it five times between this new one and the previous Presley Plaza on
the old strip mall there. A couple of negatives with this one - the Sam Phillips exhibition's
gone. The Tupelo exhibition is gone, although they've both got the big posters outside advertising them. The Lightning Lounge has taken the place of the Sam Phillips
Gladys's Diner was shut. That was a bit poor as well because Vernon's Smokehouse then...
Minnie Mae's didn't have hardly anything in there.
Minnie Mae's Ice Cream & Sweets was just ice creams
- the karate exhibition is in there. The Sam Phillips car has been relocated into Presley Motors
so at least that's still there from the Sam Phillips exhibit.
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