November 8, 2016
His love for music was instinctual; he drank it in, allowing it to flow through his veins like a drug; he had a channel stuck in his head hooked up to the divine gods of music.8
He was passionate even at a young age and to be this passionate, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. The sounds he would hear around him affected him to make his sound, to find what he did or did not like.Elvis soaked up all the musical sounds around him, the train whistle, the white country singers, the poplar sound on the radio, the jamboree performers at the courthouse, the gospel music at his church, the flux of sounds in Shake Rag, the gospel at the African American churches and the tent revivals.9
Wherever he went, he always found a sound that intrigued him. The hold music had on him would prove to be the most powerful bond he had ever felt in his life. Continue to Part IIElvis Presley
Jasmine Jaramillo
Reading this article was very interesting I learned a lot about Elvis that I didn’t know before. First of all, I had no idea that he had a twin brother. It’s sad to think about how he didn’t have the chance to meet him since he was stillborn. I also found it interesting how Elvis felt the need to grow up fast to help his parents and to find ways to support them. It was cool to read about his early music experience and falling in love with music and sound at an early age.
26/01/2018
1:20 pm
Maria Esquivel
I love his music but I never knew much about him besides that he was an incredible singer and a great dancer. I didn’t know about his twin brother or how close he was to his mother. Also, I found it interesting how passionate he was about sounds and how they inspired him to come up with his own sound. This was a great article on the King of Rock N’ Roll!
26/01/2018
1:20 pm
Jason Garcia
You had it spot on when you asked if someone can give details their favorite artists before they were famous. Reading about his early life and his tragic birth has given me insight as to who Elvis was. Its hard to believe that someone with that much talent and drive had such a traumatic childhood. Elvis is known as one of the greatest Rock and Roll legends of all time and his story will forever be remembered
11/02/2018
1:20 pm
Lewis Wilson
This was an interesting read because I told me a lot of things I never knew about Elvis before. For example that he was a brother of twins. Also he just lived at normal life until he went to school and found his love for music when he was there. Then from then on he became more and more passionate about music and from then became more and more confident then started performing. This shows me anyone with drive and determination can achieve there goal.
15/02/2018
1:20 pm
Saira Castellanos
I think that because of his traumatic past it led him to have such great passion for something. Tragedies end up in great disaster or into something amazing like Elvis Presley and Oprah Winfrey. I love reading about past lives of famous people because it reminds the world that they weren’t always famous and that some used to live worse lives than we are living, but they did something about it to get themselves out of that situation.
15/02/2018
1:20 pm
Marlene Lozano
I had heard of Elvis but never knew his childhood and background. I find it interesting how he took an interest in music at such a young age, starting with his church choir. I also did not know that Elvis had a twin the had pasted at birth. It is sad that Elvis was not able to grow up with his twin and always felt half of him was missing.
25/02/2018
1:20 pm
Kimberly Simmons
I never knew of Elvis’ past, let alone his childhood. Reading that his twin brother was stillborn just broke my heart – I can’t imagine carrying around that burden for my entire life. I can understand why he was so close to his family now. His passion for music seemed to give him a way out of his own mind; he was truly a legend.
27/03/2018
1:20 pm
Destiny Leonard
This was such a great article, throughout my whole life I have always known about Elvis and his music yet I never really paid attention to what his background was like. It amazes me to think that he had a twin who was stillborn, that must have been such a difficult thing to live with knowing how different his life could have been. I am sure that in his case he used his traumatic past to motivate himself to become the successful individual he was.
15/04/2018
1:20 pm
Sienna Guerra
Always knowing that Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll, nobody knew his background and personal story. Learning in this article that Elvis not only had a twin named Jesse but carried the love for his twin brother as he did not make it to live with him. Seeing how passionate Elvis was to carry his brother was reminds me of the love I have for my older sister, although we are apart at times and disagree at all times, the love for a sibling remains strong through it all. Elvis basically lived his life carrying love and strength for his brother and became a successful artist with that motivation.
16/08/2018
1:20 pm
Anna Guaderrama
I always liked Elvis’s music, I just never really knew much about him, like his personal life and stuff. I never even knew his twin died before he could even meet him, but its great to see how the family gained strength through such a sad thing – it just shows that family really is important. I loved reading this article, it was very well written and gave me a fairly good insight into his life.
22/01/2018
1:20 pm