Elvis Presley January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977

Elvis Presley
January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977
Illustration by Guy Peellaert, text by Nik Cohn
from the book Rock Dreams,1974

Outside the pool hall, standing in the sun, I was minding my business and combing my hair, when along comes a carhop and called me dirty names.

First the length of my hair, then the cut of my clothes, and then the way that I curled my lip - he stared into my eyes, and spat on my blue suede shoes.

Right there on the pavement, with one foot in the gutter, I cut him all to pieces.