Elvis Presley | Kansas City, MO | April 21, 1976

Elvis Presley Kansas City, MO : April 21, 1976.

Elvis Fallout

By Jess Ritter
Kansas City Times
April 22, 1976

I am one of those 18,000 souls who saw Elvis Presley at Kemper Arena Wednesday night and I still carry vivid impressions of the show. There had been so much in the way of weird rumor the last two years.

Elvis was badly overweight, he had checked into several clinics for unnamed ailments; he was inexplicably giving away expensive cars on impulse, which a certain East Coast shrink solemnly announced was a form of free-floating guilt about his wealth and ill-fated marriage. From some of the patched-together recordings of the last year, we also suspected that Elvis had lost his voice, especially after the dull, stodgy television spectacular he broadcast from Hawaii. From the moment he strode onstage last night, though, he proved clearly that, at age 41, he is still one of the most charismatic entertainers in America. Elvis worked hard in his stint, which lasted well over an hour. The punk hip gyrations of the past are gone and all his movements are carefully choreographed, but they are vividly real - and insinuating. In his ice-blue shirt, white singlet and tight white pants encircled at the waist with a massive rhinestone belt, Elvis dominated the stage without trying too hard. He is a big man, with big shoulders. He is portly above the waist; the hips and legs are still slim.

Elvis Presley Kansas City, MO : April 21, 1976.

Elvis Presley learned to sing by taking on the blues he heard in Memphis and southern Tennessee. I remember a night off at graduate school when I caught a truck driver named Presley, in 1956 singing the blues in a rundown nightclub in West Helena, Ark. Our party agreed the kid would make it as a blues singer, if nothing else. At Kemper Elvis sang the blues. They tried to make him a travesty of himself in schlock Hollywood films. He has survived that. He has also survived a lot of mindless adulation that destroys many of the gods and goddesses of movieland. It was an evening of top entertainment. So far Elvis Presley has defied the Fates that strike down so many pop culture heroes and heroines. Perhaps that's what he meant when he sang in one of my favorite songs (Return to Sender): 'Return to sender, address unknown, no such number, no such zone'.

Elvis Presley Kansas City, MO : April 21, 1976.

January 1976

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March

Elvis Presley Freedom Hall Johnson City, Tn | March 17, 1976
Elvis Presley Freedom Hall Johnson City, Tn | March 18, 1976
Elvis Presley March 20, 1976. (8:30 pm) Charlotte, NC.
Elvis Presley | March 21, 1976 (8:30 pm) | Cincinnati, OH
Elvis Presley Leaving Cincinnati, OH on March 22, 1976 after two shows | March 21, 1976
Elvis Presley Kiel Auditorium St Louis, Miss 8.30pm | March 22, 1976

April

Elvis Presley Out For A Bike Ride | April 3, 1976
Elvis Presley Kansas City, MO | April 21, 1976
Elvis Presley Kansas City | April 22, 1976

June

Elvis Presley Enroute to the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | June 25, 1976
Elvis Presley Philadelphia | June 28, 1976

July

Elvis Presley leaving his hotel in Shreveport, LA on his way to Baton Rouge, LA on July 2, 1976
Elvis Presley Fort Worth, Texas | July 3, 1976
Elvis Presley Tulsa, OK | July 4, 1976
Elvis Presley Mid-South Coliseum | July 5, 1976
Elvis Presley July 24, 1976 (2:30 pm). Charleston, WV. Civic Center
Elvis Presley Community War Memorial, Syracuse, Ny | July 27, 1976
Elvis Presley Civic Center, Springfield, Mass | July 29, 1976
Elvis Presley Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut. 8:30 p.m July 30, 1976

August

Elvis Presley Roanoke VA | August 2, 1976

October

Vickers Gas Station, Memphis, October 4, 1976
Elvis Presley Chicago Stadium | October 14, 1976
Elvis Presley Chicago Stadium | October 15, 1976
Elvis Presley Minneapolis, Minnesota | October 17, 1976
Elvis Presley University Of Dayton, Dayton, Oh | October 26, 1976

November

Jerry Lee Lewis arrest at the Gates of Graceland
Elvis Presley Cow Palace, San Francisco, 8.30pm | November 28, 1976

September

Elvis Presley Coliseum, Jacksonville, Fl | September 1, 1976
Elvis Presley Huntsville, AL | September 6, 1976

December

Elvis Presley Las Vegas | December 4, 1976
Elvis Presley December 8, 1976
Elvis Presley Las Vegas | December 10, 1976 | Midnight Show
Elvis Presley Las Vegas | December 11, 1976
Elvis Presley Las Vegas | December 12, 1976
Elvis Presley New Years Eve Concert | December 31, 1976

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