in der aktuellen ausgabe des englischen musikmagazins MOJO (nov. 2010) findet sich ein recht gutes interview mit rock'n'roll gitarrero duane eddy, in dem er über die frühern jahre erzählt, als alles noch frisch und neu und unerforscht war und er mit dem songwriter & späteren countrysänger lee hazlewood bei einer radiostation in phoenix, arizona arbeitete:

"one day we were in the car park at the radio station and this local country singer came up to us and said, 'there's this kid who's tearing this up down south. i brought you some records, lee. maybe you want to play him.' so we all trouped into the studio and heard elvis for the first time.
lee loved him but he almost lost his job for playing him all the time on a country station. people would call up and say, 'what are you playing that race music* for?' and they couldn't learn his name. the lady at the local record store called up one day saying, 'lee what are you doing to me? who's this guy arvis barsley? and where do i get these records from?' in early '56 elvis hit with heartbreak hotel and it became a real monster..."

(* race music = die musik der schwarzen)

später erwähnt duane noch seine erste persönliche begegnung mit elvis 1971 in vegas. elvis war bestgelaunt, sah blendend aus ("wie ein ritter"), und eddy schließt:
"he was everything i wanted him to be, but he did have a naive side to him."

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