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\nSometimes a piece rattles around in your head for years and you finally get an opportunity to just go ahead and write it. For my monthly column at Liberties magazine<\/a> I wrote about Marion Keisker, and how I think she\u2019s the one who saw and recorded Elvis first. a year before Sam Phillips did. in the world of Elvis-ania, this is a slightly controversial opinion – Peter Guralnick, who interviewed them both, agonized about it in print – in his Elvis book, in his Sam Phillips book … but … it just makes more sense to me that Marion was the one who first recorded him. I made my case. <\/p>\n Marion Keisker Loved Elvis First<\/a><\/big><\/p>\n And thanks Baz Luhrmann for … agreeing with me!<\/p>\n \n \nOf all the deep cuts in the Elvis movie, the treatment of Marion Keisker was most gratifying. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes a piece rattles around in your head for years and you finally get an opportunity to just go ahead and write it. For my monthly column at Liberties magazine I wrote about Marion Keisker, and how I think she\u2019s … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tumblr_b3ddada5a1d4f09ae8952b21545e273f_e5f13a05_1280.webp\")
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