MEMPHIS-BASED BLUES/ROCK AND ROLL PIANIST/GUITARIST JASON JAMES

On this episode of Once Upon A Time in Graceland, it's Memphis based rock & roll performance artist/and friend of legend, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jason James. Jason discusses how he ended up in Memphis, how it's shaped his musical career, and all the iconic artists he has gotten to meet, play and work with. With almost 30 years of music behind him, Jason has held residency at Jerry Lee Lewis's club on Beale Street in Memphis, Played on stage with Bo Diddley, and has performed Graceland over 50 times. 

Also discussed here, going inside Graceland for the first time, hanging with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting pulled over by Elvis, and 6 degrees to Jim Morison, the story of Elvis being handed a song by The Doors that he never recorded. Great interview and amazing performer. 

Jason will be making an appearance at the Elvis celebration in Boston March 18, 2020 called Once Upon A Time In Graceland at the Once Ballroom. If your local or feel like a road trip, it's an event no Elvis fan wants to miss.

MEMPHIS-BASED BLUES/ROCK AND ROLL PIANIST/GUITARIST JASON JAMES

Once Upon A Time In Graceland is a podcasted exploring the life, legacy, and mystique around Elvis Presley, the music and musical roots, and the importance of his relationships with Family, Friends, Fans, and himself. 

ONCE UPON A TIME IN GRACELAND: GRACELAND'S FIRST OFFICIAL ELVIS ARTIST: JOE PETRUCCIO

On this episode of Once Upon A Time in Graceland, we speak with Graceland's first official Elvis artist, Joe Petruccio.

Joe discusses his background and study of expressionist and pop culture art forms and how they have played a role in painting some of today's most iconic images of Elvis Presley. It takes a fan to express such gratitude for his legacy, and that is all Joe has ever been when it comes to Elvis. 

In this discussion we talk about the image, above the persona and music and it's influence of pop culture, as well as the life, work, and legacy of Elvis and why it still matters... 

The last ten years of Elvis's life, some call it a decline, were just as iconic as his rise to fame. In regards to tributing, The last days of Elvis comes with a heavy head for many Elvis fans, and those who get inside Graceland have experienced the glory, the presence, and  perhaps the loneliness. It's in between these shadows that we discuss where Joe's art comes from, and how we as spectators, identify with the image, persona, music, and most important, the man. 

ONCE UPON A TIME IN GRACELAND: GRACELAND'S FIRST OFFICIAL ELVIS ARTIST: JOE PETRUCCIO

To see more of Joe's work and bio, and to purchase these great works, visit: www.joeypaints.com
Get to Graceland if you haven't already and see Joe's work on display