Seattle Twist

If you wait for the weather to be warm and sunny in Seattle, you might miss a lot of fun stuff. So come on down today to the Fremont Fair, ignore the weather, and have a bite to eat, listen to some music and make sure to visit the Seattle art cars in the Burke parking lot.

You can even visit The King at the Elvis Mobile. Look for the Art Cars in the upper parking lot of the Burke Building on 35th.

Come to the Fremont Fair, see the Mighty Elvis Mobile and hear Gillian G. Gaar read from her latest book Return of the King: Elvis Presley’s Great Comeback.

Gillian will make an appearance on Saturday, June 19th at 2pm at the Fremont Fair in the upper parking lot of the Burke Building on N. 35th between Phinney and Evanston.

If you would like to see her in a more traditional environment, she will also be reading at the Elliott Bay Book Company, Sunday June 20th at 4pm.

Return Of The King tells the story of a tumultuous period in the life
of Elvis Presley. By 1967, The King Of Rock & Roll was all but washed-up, thanks to a string of bland movie roles and lackluster records. But within a year he had roused himself, loosened the creative shackles imposed by his grasping manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker, and reconnected with the rock audience through a riveting TV special. There followed a glorious but all too brief artistic flowering, in which he
made some of his most enduring records, including “Suspicious Minds” and “In The Ghetto.” This meticulously researched and elegantly written book, based on a string of new interviews with colleagues, friends, fans, and observers of The King, sheds new light on the events of Elvis’s great comeback.

Seattle’s legendary book store the Elliott Bay Book Company has now
relocated to the Capitol Hill neighborhood at 1521 10th Ave.
(www.elliottbaybook.com). The reading is set for June 20, at 4 pm, and
will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Gillian G. Gaar is the author of She’s A Rebel: The History Of Women In
Rock & Roll; Green Day: Rebels With A Cause; Nirvana: In Utero; and The
Rough Guide To Nirvana. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies
and publications. She lives in Seattle.

The Sixth Annual Elvis Tribute show at Conor Byrne on Jan. 9th, 2010 was a fun night of music and revelry showcasing a lineup of stellar musicians. Here’s a taste of the entertainment below, and click on the ALL VIDEOS link to see full videos of all performances.  - jodavid

ALL VIDEOS

ALL VIDEOS

Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis has Left the building!!!

Check the sample videos below or

Link to ALL THE VIDEOS of the evening

- Dino Macris -

- Jim Dever -

Link to ALL THE VIDEOS of the evening

and

Link to the Official 2010 Seattle Invitationals website

In Honor of Elvis’ 75th Birthday!

I’m sharing with you a slideshow of photos I’ve taken of Marlow with Elvis impersonators, or Tribute Artists, as they prefer to be called. It’s called, Elvis Is Everywhere!!! It speaks for itself.

Happy Birthday to the King of Rock and Roll!

- Click the pic to begin the show -

And we’ll see you at Elvis’ Birthday Party at the Seattle Invitationals this Friday January 8th, 2010

photos by jodavid

hip shakin’ and gyratin’ King of Rock and Roll at the Seattle Invitationals??? Well, if yer looking for more, spend Saturday Jan 9 at Conor Byrne at the 6th annual Tribute to Elvis…

It’s that time once again when the name of The King is trumpeted from the highest mountain top in expectation of the return of the Elvis Invitationals, Seattle’s own Amateur Elvis Tribute Artist Contest!

This year we have the distinct pleasure of hosting the contest on the The King’s birthday on Friday, January 8th, 2010.

The show will be at Club Motor located in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood at 1950 1st Avenue South.

Tickets are available in advance at Brown Paper Tickets, and last year we sold out, so be sure to get yours now!

There is only one place in Seattle each year where you can see thirty different Elvis’s in full hip-gyrating, fried Chicken-eating and swooning action… You’ll probably even see his wife Priscilla, manager Colonel Tom Parker and even Red West, Elvis’s alleged best friend in the crowd or on stage… it’s all at the Elvis Invitationals !

Each Amateur Elvis in attendance will tackle one of his many personas: the innocent and magnetic country boy, the hip-swinging rockabilly superstar, Army Elvis, the Hollywood playboy, the devout gospel singer, or the diamond-studded, gold-sun glassed Vegas crooner. Each amateur impersonator will get one chance to show what he (or she) is made of – a single shot to perform a song, in costume, backed by the fabulous Kentucky Rain band!

A panel of celebrity judges and an audience clap-o-meter decide on who will be crowned The King of the Elvis Invitationals…

And you can be a part of it all! If you are an amateur Elvis, please contact Peter Verbrugge, 206-517-4826 at elvisinvitationals@gmail.com or Email Peter Verbrugge here.

For tickets, please visit Brown Paper Tickets.