#deadelvis

[musicainextenso]

Nothing is more revealing than the composer's own description of his work, and so is the case of Michael Daugherty:   “Dead Elvis (1993) was commissioned by Boston Musica Viva and Chuck Ullery, principal bassoonist with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. It is more than a coincidence that it is scored for the same instrumentation as Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (1918) in which a soldier sells his violin and his soul to the devil for a magic book. In Dead Elvis, the bassoon is Elvis (or perhaps an Elvis impersonator). Does this rock star sell out his Southern folk authenticity to the sophisticated professionalism of Hollywood movies, Colonel Parker and Las Vegas in order to attain great wealth and fame? Dead Elvisgoes far beyond this romantic Faustian scenario. For me, the two clashing Elvis images (the hip, beautiful, genius, thin, rock-and-roll Elvis versus the vulgar, cheesy, fat, stoned, Las Vegas Elvis) serve as a Sturm und Drang compositional algorithm. Further, my use of the “dies irae” (a Medieval Latin chant for the Day of Judgment) as the principal musical theme of Dead Elvis signifies yet another aspect of the Elvis myth: some people believe Elvis is dead, while others believe he is alive and well in Kalamazoo. Perhaps the question is not whether Elvis is alive or dead, but why the phenomenon of Elvis endures beyond the grave of Graceland. Elvis, for better or worse, is part of American culture, history and mythology. If you want to understand America and all its riddles, sooner or later you will have to deal with (Dead) Elvis.” – Michael Daugherty

From Russian folklore to Faust and beyond, the tale of an every-man selling his soul to the Devil for riches and subsequently suffering eternal damnation remains one of humanity's greatest paradoxes – simultaneously a greatest wish and a most dreaded nightmare. Daugherty clearly states that Elvis fell prey to the Faustian trap, and as a consequence lost his artistic essence. But even more profane than questioning the infallibility of an American pop icon is another question: is Elvis America's Christ figure?  As an exceptional boy raised by a single mother in poverty, he was propelled into stardom by embodying in a pelvis-swinging, dreamy white boy the soul of Negro songs.  Elvis' meteoric career eventually sapped the young singer of his authenticity, leading to his inevitable fall from grace and into a dangerous cocktail of drugs, alcohol and debauchery. Forsaken by all but his most ardent fans, the destroyed singer's death is mysteriously unclear – and many continue to believe in his continued life beyond Graceland. 

(Elisabeth Askren, source: ligetifestival.ro)

Gottfried Rabl - conductor  Cristian Avram - bassoon  Ensemble Ad-HOC ”and Friends”

Enjoy! 🎃 - Editor-in-Chief

[deadelvis-blog1]

It's a monster masquerade..!! #deadelvis #onemangrave #deadelvisandhisonemangrave #hisonemangrave #vinyl #lp #monstermasquerade #12inch #monstermashrecords #mask #masquerade #records #record #vinylrecords #recordplayer #vinylmonster https://www.instagram.com/p/BzJMncRgPiI/?igshid=154y00pl9uk1z

[bobbystevenson]

The House Where Dead Elvis Lived

The House Where Dead Elvis Lived

Now I ain’t saying this story is true, but I ain’t saying it’s a lie neither – mainly ‘cause I don’t want to be sued by any of you folks out there. I am just saying that it is, what it is. If you push me on it, I’ll just have to say that it’s the rabid memory of an old man and leave it at that. So let me start the story by telling you about the house. From the outside, it weren’t nothing…

[fraserfineart]

Day 325: “The Bassoon King”. #craigfraser #craigfraserstudios #sketchaday #pencilsketch #bassoon #thebassoonking #deadelvis #elvis

[smartbrandi]

Done last night, on one of my favorite artists in Atlanta who I finally met, @kevegan thank you so much for hanging out and trusting me with this 🙏🤘. Friends out there be sure to catch Dead Elvis at 529 on Nov 8th! #deadelvis #529 #atlantahistory #silverscreamspookshow (at Memorial Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4BWtnEJTD_/?igshid=1jt7l971md21b

[houl]

The King is Dead: Tales of Elvis Postmortem edited by Paul M. Sammon. ‘The King is Dead’ is an elegy to one of the most long lasting and influential musicians of our age, Elvis Aaron Presley. Each story comes from a place of love and adoration, albeit drunken, degenerate love and the sort of adoration which leads to your house being raided by the police where they discover a hidden shrine in a back room filled with pictures with no eyes, messages scrawled in unknown fluids and unidentifiable remains wrapped in lace and dribbled in candle wax. From alternate histories where Elvis didn’t truly die, or died before his time, and tales of bizarre cults attempting to bring about Elvis’s spiritual return, to touching accounts of funeral home preparations and essays by rockers still living today, the book explored everything Elvis was, is, could have been and may one day be. . I should say that I picked the book up solely for Joe R. Lansdale’s ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’ in which an elderly Elvis who traded lives with an impersonator years ago teams up with a black JFK to fight the soul sucking Mummy preying on other residents of their nursing home, yet the collection surprised me with the depth and breadth of the countless other stories written by people who seem to have both a fascination and reverence for a simple musician from Tupelo, Mississippi, now dead some 40+ years. #thekingisdead #talesofelvispostmortem #paulmsammon #minimonotonebookclub #booksivereadin2019 #booksivedrawnin2019 #booksreillustrated #bookstagram #elvispresley #deadelvis #houlart #houl (at Graceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwiNvs0hUcl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c098o1r46tnc

[johnny7089]

A gift to @onemangrave #painting #deadelvis #ぷあかう #lowbrow #lowbrowart #elvispresley #king #ratfink #creepy #vintagetoy #garagepunk #thecramps #onemanband #hasiladkins

[steam-on-steampunk]

Happy Hour | DeadElvis

[deadelvis-blog1]

A while back.. Aloha from Shanghaii..!! Picture by Abram Deyo #tbt #throwbackthursday #onemangrave #deadelvis #deadelvisandhisonemangrave #onemanband#monobandas #shanghai #china #tour #abramdeyo #deyo #rockandroll #monsters https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxz9AOBofrf/?igshid=b4y0dfga0sr6

[deadelvis-blog1]

More beer for the deadman..!! #onemangrave #deadelvis #deadelvisandhisonemangrave #onemanband #monobandas #monster #monstermashrecords #beers #beer #rocknroll #hopf #1manband #deadman #mash https://www.instagram.com/p/BztWPe9opQ7/?igshid=1gqrhzitkv6qn

[necrosuit]

If you love Ash vs. Evil Dead, you'll love Ash vs. Dead Elvis! #evildead #ash #ashvsdeadelvis #deadelvis #elvis #halloween #halloweenparty #halloweenparty2015 #zombie #zombies

[deadelvis-blog1]

Have yourself some quality comic time!! Get your Dead Elvis comic with a FREE 7" vinyl record at www.monstermashrecords.com!! #rockandrollcrimefighter #onemangrave #deadelvis #deadelvisandhisonemangrave #monstermashrecords #comics #monobanda #onemanband #aztecskull #comicbook #vinylrecord #7inch #vinyl #photonovel #diy #comic #pearlsoftheaztecskull https://www.instagram.com/p/BxbT2TQImvs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vhpm0953y0fz