Re: CULT:Elvis and Graceland
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:Elvis and Graceland
- From: R* &* J* K*
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 19:02:02 -0500
- References: <3929117A.3CBCCD14@usit.net>
James Brooks wrote:
> I'm looking for Elvis Presley (Benson, 1978) TB, and Graceland (Dunn
> 1979) LA for my "Sounds to Me Like Tennessee" theme bed.
>
> This has been a very successful bed in terms of sales, with Tennessee
> Woman, Tennessee Gentleman and Tennessee Vol doing exceptionally well.
> Late bloomers that would have done better had they bloomed earlier are
> Grand Ol' Opry and Riverboat Blues, and perhaps the best of all, a vivid
> red, Johnny Reb, came along after most garden visits had died off.
> Hillbilly Heaven was an early bloomer and also underappreciated.
>
> Next year I'll also add historics introduced from Nashville, and my
> original idea of doing a Beatles bed has been tempered by the fact that
> John, Little Paul and Ringo are different types, blooming at different
> times, and John is really ugly (somebody will spring to it defense, I'm
> sure), and I haven't yet found a George. I might do a pop music bed
> instead. I'm suire I remember that somebody did a Pink Floyd.
> Many of the Beatle song titles are memorialized by Bernard Pryor from
> Australia, and if I'm going to go to the trouble of a sanitation
> certificate to import, I'll wait until I can go there, do some Oz
> birdwatching and pick stuff out from Barry Blyth and Heather and Bernard
> during their bloom seasons.
> That sounds like a plan.
>
> James Brooks
> comeback@usit.net
> Jonesborough, TN
>
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