http://www.blogsmonroe.com/musicjim/2008/04/10/rare-elvis-photos-discovered/ Musing on music that matters Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:03:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/musicjim/2008/04/10/rare-elvis-photos-discovered/#comment-36114 Frank Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:29:34 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/musicjim/?p=291#comment-36114 Very cool. I especially like the above picture, because it gives a good side shot of this jump suit. There is also another shot that has a good portrait of rhythm guitarist John Wilerson in the background. Ya know, I think its cool when stuff like this comes out, although. I don't really thin k these pictures are that extrodinary. While I would say that they are much better and clearer then most taken by "official" Elvis photogapher Ed Bonja, whose photos of the king in the 70s were often blurry and out of focus....I'd have to say that I have still seen better. Actually, a couple years ago, a friend and I came across an album of unpublished concert photos of Elvis in an antique store in Depot Town, Ypsilanti. This was a FANTASTIC collection of never-before-seen pictures of Elvis on stage, wearing a lot of rare jumpuits that rarely have been photographed. Very cool. I especially like the above picture, because it gives a good side shot of this jump suit. There is also another shot that has a good portrait of rhythm guitarist John Wilerson in the background. Ya know, I think its cool when stuff like this comes out, although. I don’t really thin k these pictures are that extrodinary. While I would say that they are much better and clearer then most taken by “official” Elvis photogapher Ed Bonja, whose photos of the king in the 70s were often blurry and out of focus….I’d have to say that I have still seen better. Actually, a couple years ago, a friend and I came across an album of unpublished concert photos of Elvis in an antique store in Depot Town, Ypsilanti. This was a FANTASTIC collection of never-before-seen pictures of Elvis on stage, wearing a lot of rare jumpuits that rarely have been photographed.

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