Talking About it Tuesday ~ Graceland

 This morning I am sharing about the home of Elvis Presley, Graceland!  

I had the opportunity to go on a tour of Graceland Friday to see all the holiday decorations.  For some of you who may be new here, I am an Elvis fan.  I worked at Graceland as a tour guide for my summer job when I was in college.  Elvis was also my first concert.

This is a famous painting of Elvis and the only one he had commisioned.

Here are a few pictures of inside the house...

To the right when you walk inside is the living room.

To your left, is the dining room.

These are pictures of the famous jungle room.  This had wall to wall carpet to make it acoustically sound for recording.

In the basement is the TV room. This is the room that had 3 tv's, which was a lot for that day.

Across the hall is the pool room, which had pleated fabric on the ceiling and walls.

There are museums on the grounds which display many different things, like his outfits, cars and gold records.  It is interesting to see how his outfits changed over the years.

This is the leather suit from his comeback special of '68.

There is also an area highlighting his 31 movies and 2 documentaries.

This is his American Eagle jumpsuit from his Aloha in Hawaii concert.

Elvis bought this pink cadillac for his mother.

Look at all of those gold albums and awards!

Did you know the 3 Grammy's Elvis won were for his gospel music?  He won 2 for How Great Thou Art and one for He Touched Me.

It was such a fun time to go visit Graceland again!