I’m speaking with Elvis. He’s really young and he’s telling me about the start of his career. He’s telling me that is was really difficult to play with black musicians because he would go to places that were segregated and they’d give him a really hard time about bringing in these musicians. I saw him perform with them. No drum set. The black musicians were playing drums that hung from the neck or around the waste, and other percussive instruments. It was awesome. I’d never seen or heard anything like it. It was rock, and Elvis would do his Elvis gyration thing and flip his hair back. He was so dynamic. The music was tight. He’d play guitar and was really entertaining.
Wondering why I was having this dream. Exhilarating.
