Elvis left two legacies. Musically, he pulled several American musical traditions out of the shadows, braided them together, and made them mainstream. Personally, he created a far darker template for the way a musical celebrity could be devoured by the very fame he avidly sought.
Recorded live in front of an audience — long before the pandemic — as part of at Watkinson School, an hour about the artist who defined the birth of rock and roll and was the genre’s first superstar.
GUESTS:
- Jim Chapdelaine: Guitar and vocals
- Latanya Farrell: Vocals
- Steve Metcalf: Piano and vocals
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This show originally aired February 20, 2019.