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THE MEMPHIS MAFIA/ELVIS is an original Project Astral series that focuses on the obscure tales of ELVIS. Sonny West Sonny West (79) was a man who once had the pressure of the world on his shoulders with the job of protecting Rock n Roll legend Elvis Presley for sixteen years as a bodyguard. Sonny West […]
Read More The Memphis Mafia: (Sonny West – The right-hand man & bodyguard of Elvis Presley)TIME MACHINE POET OF THE WEEK Stevie Ray Vaughan Born October 3, 1954 Dallas, Texas, U.S. Died August 27, 1990 (aged 35) East Troy, Wisconsin, U.S. Stevie Ray Vaughan was an American blues musician who achieved major success from his influential guitar style and voice. He is mentioned in the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, […]
Read More Stevie Ray VaughanTIME MACHINE POET OF THE WEEK Robert Johnson Born May 8, 1911 Hazlehurst, Mississippi Died August 16, 1938 (aged 27) Greenwood, Mississippi Faustian bred. Robert Johnson was the voice of the blues, a musician that defined not only an era for music but also an era for mysticism. Robert lived an obscure life, he frequented juke […]
Read More Robert JohnsonINT. WYION MIDWAY SALOON – DAY AN YOUNG CARSON sits at the bar. He holds three belts interlocked together — it’s connected to a body of a dead dog. THE ASSOCIATE Not the usual method. CARSON Man on 76 sent me here. Told me to drag this hound. Told me to do it with three […]
Read More The Blues never screams, whispers, dances… It stays silent