MEMPHIS FLASH

MEMPHIS FLASH

A MAGIC MOMENT !

I PAINTED THIS WORK SOME YEARS AGO OF YOUNG ELVIS 1956 , AFTER MEETING HIS ORIGINAL GUITARIST, SCOTTY MOORE AND DRUMMER D.J. FONTANA FROM THE SUN SESSION RECORDINGS, AND HEARING THEM TALK OF THE EARLY 50's BEFORE ELVIS BECAME COLOSSAL (AND I BELIEVE LOST IT !)..BEING A MUSICIAN MYSELF AND BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF THESE TWO LEGENDS,I FELT I HAD TO PUT SOMETHING ON CANVAS OF THE MOMENT THE THREE OF THEM CHANGED MUSIC FOR EVER
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