MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Managers of Elvis Presley's Graceland are looking for people with personal stories to tell about the king of rock 'n' roll -- people like John "Bull" Bramlett who played touch football with Presley in the 1950s.
Though Bramlett, who went on to play professional football, remembers Elvis as a "great guy," he also recalls that "he was just an average athlete."
"I thought he kind of ran like a girl," Bramlett said. "It was just a funny way that he ran."
Graceland is gathering stories from former Presley friends, associates and fans for an oral history enterprise called the Elvis Presley Legacy Project.
The stories are being videotaped and will become part of Graceland's archives.
I don't have much of an Elvis story. In 1974 I was attending a gospel quartet concert at the old Long Beach Auditorium. One of the featured groups was J.D. Sumner and the Stamps who were also one of Elvis' backup groups. As it turns out Elvis was in the building, and during the Stamps' set he came out on stage and waved to the crowd.
A friend of mine was backstage and told me later that Elvis just sat in a chair and watched the show from the sideline while his security staff glowered at everyone who walked by.
That story probably won't make it into the archive.
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