Elvis Presley at Madison Cadillac 341 Union Ave Memphis The Spa Guy
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2017
- The Spa Guy Visits Madison Cadillac at 341 Union Ave. Memphis where Elvis was heading to a concert and dropping off or picking up a Cadillac... Friends I have two follow up videos of people in that picture confirming that is in fact Elvis.. Look for My Interview with Dick Grob and my Meeting Linda Thompson.. Links at the end of this video.. Subscribe for More Fun...
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Originally it was called Southern Motors, in the early 1950s, owned by Lawrence Canaperi. My father, Roy Anderson was a salesman there from those early days into the early 1960s, and it was still called Southern Motors. I spent a lot of days there with my father on Saturdays and met Elvis one day in about 1958 when he came in and bought several cars...not from my dad, but I did manage to get Elvis' autograph that day. I also worked for WHBQ-TV news from 1969 thru 1990 and George Klein is a good friend of mine. Bill Anderson
Thanks for sharing that with us all!
Cool story and childhood memory, Bill, thanks for sharing, that was a wonderful time to be a kid, we were fortunate...
That's cool😉
Great research Spa Guy❤ what cool car's they had back then..
What a fabulous experience for you! Thanks for sharing…
In February 1976 My brother and I, and two friends were traveling to California, coming from New Jersey. I was 17. We went through Memphis and stopped at Graceland. We met Vester at the Gates, He came out of the guard house and talked to us. There were no fans hanging around. We went around the other side of Graceland, where we were told Vernon lived. We met Vernon, and one of his step brothers. Vernon came out to the Gate and talked to us. He told us that Elvis would be up later that evening, and there were two long Semi Trucks in the driveway of Graceland, which you could see the Semi's from where we were standing. Vernon told us that Elvis was recording an new album, but the step brother told us to come back later on when Elvis was up and about. But no one thought of the longterm possibilities of a meeting like that. Unfortunately we didn't go back that day, we opted to continue on to California. A very big blessing was missed.
I think the Album he was recording was Live From Elvis Presley Boulevard. We did catch him in Concert April 13 at the Long beach Arena.
Went there this summer and had my wife take a picture of me standing in the same spot elvis did. Might be silly but anything Elvis is great! Thanks again spa guy
I just done the same.
My dad worked at Madison Cadillac in the late 60s and early 70s. I don't think he ever met Elvis, partly because he worked in the body shop as a painter. He had learned this skill at the Ford Motor company assembly plant.. He worked there 29 years until they closed the plant in 1959. Elvis was also known for spontaneously buying cars at Madison for total strangers. One story was that of a middle aged black admiring one of the cars in the showroom. Elvis walked up to her and asked... Do you like that car? He then bought the for her. He did this and other such acts of kindness his entire career.
This wasw not Madison Cadillac....in the 50s and 60s it was SOUTHERN MOTORS at 341 Union.. My father Roy Anderson was a salesman there for 15 or so years and I spent many a day there as a kid. It was owned by Larence Canapari.
Elvis ... still a huge international star, playing Johnson City, Tennessee. Thanks "Colonel" Parker, for these great gigs. Some Elvis fans may not appreciate this comment, but I think Parker was at one point the best thing to happen to Elvis, and at another point the worst thing to happen to Elvis.
i think your spot on with your comment
I find it incredible you know all this stuff and where to find it considering how long ago it was and how much it’s changed. A lot of hard work goes into your vids. Excellent work
I like when Elvis was in the back of the Cadillac with his band and friends , and out of the blue he sings “Give you’re life to Jesus “. He had an awesome smile and sang it so clean and true , I am still trying to find that footage to play it again because it cheers me up , ok all the best to you all and may the good Lord bless you’re hearts Amen love you all peace out Trucker Kelly .
i went to this very spot and had my picture taken over the labor day weekend thank you for this very interesting video
I LOVE this stuff!! These now and then photos are absolutely awesome!!
Great job, and thank you so much for all your videos!! You do a fantastic job, and your my go to channel for everything Elvis Presley.
Thanks for your passion in sharing Elvis history with us all.
The gates behind in the pictures are the same ones as well. That's cool thanks for sharing.
Elvis, Linda, Billy, Joe, Salesman, Sam (Linda's brother and a member of Elvis' Security Team).
Thanks for posting.
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Elvis may have been THE man, but friends , the Spa Guy is the Elvis fan man!! Where does he find this stuff!! Remarkable!!
I am loving your videos! Never was a Elvis fan, but you make this very fascinating! Thank you for sharing:)
Excellent piece of history of The King.Very good work.
Isn't it crazy that the wall is still standing. Thank You Spa Guy
Doesn't everyone visit the caddy dealership while wearing their silver phoenix jumpsuit? Just me and Elvis then ?
Thank you, Spa Guy. Fantastic! Loved this historic tidbit. Great job of placing that pic where it happened. Very cool.
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Spa Guy, my mom was at Both Johnson City Concerts! When. You started talking about that suit I told my son "that's the one he wore in Johnson City!" Then you said that's what he had on in JC! How exciting! We live in a town about 15 minutes from there and been to Freedom Hall numerous times! Mom's pics and ticket stubs are in an album at my sister's house. Unfortunately she is no longer with us, but we still have her memories and her memories of Elvis!
That is amazing to see the exact spot he was at so many years ago!!!
Thanks spaguy. Love these features connecting present locations with the past! Fantastic.
Strange seeing Elvis walking around in his concert jumpsuit. I'm assuming this was for a gig in Memphis, circa 1976?
Great job sharing all these places where Elvis was! Thank you so much! 👍
lovely video of Elvis thank you all the best Tim
Hi, Spa Guy. Great picture and video. I was just checking the book "Elvis and the Memphis Mafia" by Alanna Nash and this day is mentioned in it. It was the Summer of 1974. Elvis ended up at Madison Cadillac because he had been to another dealership that day and they refused to give him a discount even though he offered to buy every car on their lot. Anyway, on this particular day, he bought five cadillacs at Madison and they gave him $1,200 off. This occasion is mentioned on chapter 46. I can't tell you the exact page because I have it on a Kindle and the page numbers are different. It says that he had just gotten home from Vegas. As for the jumpsuit, he would wear them to private outings as well as those golden belts he would get from the International Hotel to commemorate his residency.
This was on pages 597 thru 599. One must see this story as it has a lot more detail that happened on that day and night which involved 3 car dealerships.
Thanks for the page numbers, John Lee. I lost my hard copy years ago when our house was flooded and was ecstatic to find it on Kindle. I know this book is controversial among Elvis fans but I've always found it very informative.
Like your video Spa Guy. I love these "Then and Now" type pictures. Further to this location, (which I last visited in bout 2007) you will also notice that the gates are still the original ones from the photo. The original picture was taken from a building that was part of the dealership, that was torn down quite a while ago. I did speak to Joe Esposito some years back, about that particular image and visit to the car dealership. He told me that Elvis did have a habit of wearing things like a jump suit to go and about but he couldn't recall and imminent concert prior to or soon after such a visit.
Another gem Matlock! 😊
Absolutely love your videos and especially rare photos of Elvis in public as in “on the street” (or parking lot, as the case may be) as in this pic.
There’s also a cool sequence of photos from the mid-1970s that shows Elvis leaving an older downtown hotel, possibly in St. Louis or another Midwestern city, because he was dissatisfied with the poor-quality air conditioning. I’ve heard the Colonel booked that particular somewhat dumpy hotel because he was old friends with its owner. Anyway, in the photos - thank God someone had a camera at the time - Elvis is leaving the hotel and is then seen walking into the street to enter a waiting car. Elvis was known to keep Graceland quite cool so no surprise that he wouldn’t put up with faulty air conditioning at a hotel while on the road.
Another “Elvis on the streets” pic I like is the one of Elvis - no helmet - on his Harley in a kind of run-down section of Memphis with a young lady at the back in the mid-1970s. A young black kid is in the car to Elvis’s left looking at him, probably in shock. Sadly, I read that the young woman later died in a car crash.
Very cool, even that fence was the same one from then too! I LOVE it, you stepped where Elvis stepped!!!!
I found this bit of research to be very interesting.. I really love Elvis an especially Elvis Cadillac related stuff. I was gonna say those look like the same gates but have be added onto but someone mentioned already. Great video! :) Whenever I think of the 1970s Series 75 Cadillac's I picture Elvis, or the President.. there is a well known bit of video with Elvis riding around in the back of one after a daytime concert :)
Hey Spa guy , I really appreciate all your hard work and details you dig up,,, Very entertaining,,
Wow Elvis had a very a very big stride thank you brilliant video
I love your videos. I love learning all about Elvis. Thank you for all your hard work in finding facts.
thx..love watching your elvis clips ...Great history coverage on the King...keep them coming.
Looks like his cousin Billy Smith not Jerry shilling
Yes I agree silenz1970, Thanks for watching.. Spa Guy
I think Sam Thompson is the tall guy at the rear.
Brilliant and Thank You For this Hardwork I'm getting the history documented and show all these memorable & beautiful places.
saw this just before my last memphis trip a couple weeks ago and had a photo taken on the exact spot. thanks for this
So cool how Dick Grob confirmed this photo and could tell the story later in your chance meeting in your other video!
Dang! Now I got to drive back up to Memphis and find all of these. Football field, Lauderdale Courts, Vernon's house, and Audobon house, and all the others. Going to be an all day trip so might as well break it into two days and stay at the new Heartbreak Hotel. Thanks, I think.
I've live here in Memphis all my life. A cool place to check out is Red West Karate studio on N. Cleveland and Overton Park. Cool video and stills on the internet and UA-cam. There is a musical note depicting the door he went into then up the stairs to the studio. Great video of Elvis walking in from the parking lot. Took my wife to see the spot. Close to the old Sears Crosstown building.
These videos are brilliant! I'm definitely going to kiss that line 😀🤙
Greetings from Canada! My wife and I enjoy greatly watching your videos, thank you for your hard work, and taking the time to share these wonderful videos God Bless!
Awesome! Thank you!
Now this is absolutely cool! Thanks for not only posting the video but for the research and the leg work.
What an awesome video. I highly enjoyed it. It maybe asking for too much but I hope you make more discoveries of Elvis like this. Great video.
Hello Elizabeth Anne, I already have others on my channel look for Elvis Parking Ticket and I am working on more.. Make sure you subscribe so they will pop up when I post.. Thanks for watching.. Spa Guy
Love your shows Bro.
thank you for doing this research and making this video. really enjoyed it. hope to see more
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Mahalo Spa Guy Appreciate the time and work you do documenting these for everyone it’s Historical Stuff here🤗💕🤙🌺
I went there 3 weeks ago for Elvis week to that same spot. It was a pleasure to meet the spa guy at the holiday day inn later that day with billy and jo Elvis week is amazing.
Love videos like this. Good work!
Thanks for watching, I am working on more vids like this so stay tuned..
Spa Guy Also check out my other channel Weekly Spa Guy where I bring
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Love the videos and love Elvis
I think the guy with the brown pants is Billy Smith his cousin, sure looks like him. Great vid I love the stuff you do, thanks.
Sweet🤗. Hey Billy’s there in the brown pants! great to see him , love him and Jo and MMK
That was awesome I love the then and now attention to detail!!!
Hey Cool video. thanks for uploading!! I like how you can go back and check out present day sites and compare them to retro photographs... good work!!....seeing anything about Elvis makes me feel good!!!
Great video! Love these
Awsome, right up my alley with the stuff you do here
Last week (Sept 2019), I walked from my motel along Union, past Sun and (eventually) looked left and immediately recognised this location. Thanks Spa Guy, your videos are fantastic and hugely informative. Do a locations book - please :-)
Hey Spaguy! Well YOU have finally achieved something nobody's been able to do in a long time!!! That's to show/tell me something about Elvis I haven't seen or heard before! Than you! Very interesting!!!! My kids call me THE Elvis aficionado! LOL!
Hello Peggy glad I was able to bring something new to the table keep watching I bet I have a couple of more things too. I am working on several new videos and some with things I was not aware of and I like you happen to know a lot about Elvis.. Spa Guy
Spa Guy......I am now subscribed. TY.
Great detective work, well done columbo 👍
I so enjoy your work. Thank you.
Dziękuję za wszystkie tematy , w których opowiadasz o Elvisie.To wszystko jest dla mnie interesujące.Niech żyje Wielki Elvis.Pozdrawiam.
Dziękuję Ci tyle za oglądanie, Guy Spa
Staram się oglądać wszystko co opowiadasz o Elvisie.Pozdrawiam.
I am very impressed by all of your videos. Very interesting, quite good insight on Elvis.
Very cool. I love stuff like this. Thanks for sharing.
pretty cool dude ! it is so fascinating to see how you stood at a place were before i was even born all that "legendary" stuff took place ( i put the " " over legendary, because its only as legendary as a person makes it )
Nice job! I love this kind of stuff.
Really interesting video, thanks for posting!
Totally fascinating !. Good vid'.
MIGHTY SHARP VIDEO SPA GUY THANKS FOR ALL THE VIDS!!!!
this is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love your videos!!
Thanks for watching, I am working on more vids like this so stay tuned.. Spa Guy Also check out my other channel Weekly Spa Guy where I bring historical videos on all subjects including Elvis..
Just watched it for the second time.interesting video Spa Guy as all your videos
Love that kind of stuff, great work, really good work.
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Nice piece of history and that was Elvis.
If it wasn't the spaguy with his stamp of approval & research to back it up I would have thought it was somekind of reenactment,your good oh your very good. You would have made one heck of a private investigate, amazing stuff wl done!
great job, thanks for the upload !!
Thanks for watching, I am working on more vids like this so stay tuned..
Spa Guy Also check out my other channel Weekly Spa Guy where I bring
historical videos on all subjects including Elvis.. ua-cam.com/channels/_azyeBauuwc931lpWoMrfQ.html Tighten Up..
Awesome video. Amazing to see Elvis walking from the car in his silver phoenix jumpsuit to the caddy dealership with Linda and some of some of the guys. I saw you show the picture to Linda Thompson in another video. Love it !
It is a really interesting picture for so many reasons..
Nice job man, I love nostalgia, too...
Thank you for that!! Coming from a huge Elvis fan!
Thanks for watching, I am working on more vids like this so stay tuned..
Spa Guy Also check out my other channel Weekly Spa Guy where I bring
historical videos on all subjects including Elvis.. ua-cam.com/channels/_azyeBauuwc931lpWoMrfQ.html Tighten Up..
Cool! Very Cool!
Thanks again for your time and effort for this video
Thanks for watching.. Spa Guy
Just been to the site. Watched your film back home in england and set out to find it. Was lucky. Being demolished anytime now. Had to wait for the trucks to leave to get my pics. Done all the obvious elvis things whilst here. Loved it all.
So glad you were able to get it.. You are right it will be torn down anytime..
Spa Guy keep up the good work. One heck of a job following Elvis.
Excellent! Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching, I am working on more vids like this so stay tuned.. Spa Guy Also check out my other channel Weekly Spa Guy where I bring historical videos on all subjects including Elvis..
Great info! Thanks Spa Guy!
Thanks for watching, I am working on more vids like this so stay tuned.. Spa Guy Also check out my other channel Weekly Spa Guy where I bring historical videos on all subjects including Elvis..
I love all this stuff.
That pic of Sam and Carl is really cool! Thanks SPAGUY
This kinda reminds me of when I went to Hawaii I stood where he stood lol
Really cool, thank you for sharing
Good piece of location research Spa Guy, interesting, thank you. Sort of adds some normality to the otherwise extraordinary life of Elvis Presley and those that lived with him. Also, I was going to point out Billy Smith rather than Jerry Schilling but of course I have been beaten to it here about a hundred times!
I knew it was Billy just seeing if you were paying attention.. I have a follow up video to this picture coming soon so stay tuned.. Thanks for watching, Spa Guy
Thanks for sharing this video
Great job!!!
Thank you for sharing video peace ✌Elvis presley the greatest
Thanks for watching, Spa Guy
Very interesting. You really can't beat nostalgia!
Thanks for watching, I am working on more vids like this so stay tuned.. Spa Guy
Love it!! Thank you so much!!
Thanks for watching.. I just subscribed to your channel.. I have a lot more Elvis Stuff coming up.. Circle G Ranch, Scotty Moore Stuff whom I was in business with for a time and even The Colonels house that is being torn down.. Spa Guy
Awesome! We are looking forward to it!
Spa Guy This is kind of haunting to look at! I was 7 years old in 1975. It's very interesting to see Elvis and his enterag walking through that gate and what it looks like today. The old, worn painted line and the crumbly concrete stop....It puts chills down my arms thinking about it!
Awesome! I just discovered this channel and it's great.
GOOD WORK! CONGRATULATIONS! GREETINGS FROM BRAZIL!
That is pretty cool thanks so much for sharing..... god bless
Thanks for watching, I am working on more vids like this so stay tuned..
Spa Guy Also check out my other channel Weekly Spa Guy where I bring
historical videos on all subjects including Elvis.. ua-cam.com/channels/_azyeBauuwc931lpWoMrfQ.html Tighten Up.. and God Bless You!!
" Elvis has left the parking lot"
Damn !!! That’s cool as all get out!!! 👍👍👍
yes, even the same double wire gates are there still and the 11th story building in background, same as in the 70's photo ! ..it was great of you to investigate this, "thank you,.. thank you very much" :)
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Thats so kool! I have a large Elvis figure and he is wearing that black eagle suite. Love Elvis!
that's way cool. i love seeing the old places associated with elvis.
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that's great! i can never go there myself. so it's fascinating to see this stuff. i had never seen a good video of vernon's house either until i saw yours. nice work!