From the intro to the Podcast.
'At 11:40 PM on August 16th, 1977 my phone rang. I had been listening to Elvis sing a beautiful ballad called, Suppose. And I was smiling. Why? I realised that as he sang my favourite part, those lines, ‘it's impossible to imagine the world without a star but imagining know you is more impossible by far’ I did something I had been doing since I first heard the song nearly ten years earlier. When he reached that final word, ‘far’ and seemed to be reaching for the heavens, if not heaven, I closed my eyes and held my breath, as if in prayer, and almost said aloud “You can do it, Elvis.” It was a glorious moment of union, though to what I haven't a clue. Then I answered the phone. it was my girlfriend. She said “Joseph I have terrible news. it's Elvis. He's dead.” I said, “No, he can't be.” She said, “He is. Your mother saw it on the news, rang and asked me to tell you. She said, “I can't bear to give Joseph this news, I know it will break his heart. Elvis was his life.” And so in an instant, my life changed.'
This podcast is Part 1 of a radio show that RTE Radio 1 in Ireland, told me was "too personal" to broadcast. So I substituted another show 'Conversations about the King' - which I will also turn into a podcast - and it included interviews I did with the likes of Bono and Sam Phillips and Sinead O Connor. In 2018 was nominated by IMRO, the Irish Music Rights Organisation, for an award in their 'Best Music Documentary' category. I'd like to believe that this show, 'Memories of An Elvis Fan.' it's precursor, might have been as successful.
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