Elvis appeared this evening at The City Auditorium, San Angelo, Texas.
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| "Alvis Presley" Newspaper advert from the San Angelo Standard Times. Info and image from "Elvis In Texas" by Stanley Oberst |
Peach Seed Jones as mentioned in the ad was really Tillman Franks under his comedy alter ego.
Jerry Naylor became lead singer of The Crickets in 1961.
"Rock and a Heart Place: A Rock 'n' Roller-coaster Ride from Rebellion to Sweet Salvation" (2015) by Ken Mansfield and Marshall Terrill:
This book mentions that Jerry says his entertainment career was truly launched on Wednesday, January 5, 1955 when Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black took the stage at the San Angelo City Auditorium.
Jerry Naylor was singing four songs while the Blue Moon Boys were warming up a few feet away. When Jerry finished his set, Joe Treadway introduced a relatively unknown singer from Tupelo, Mississippi.
"I watched Elvis from backstage from San Angelo, Texas, and literally saw this amazing trio change the world. Watching him move while roughly slapping the strings of that acoustic guitar and following every note he sang made me realised I had to ditch country music right there and then.
I had just seen and witnessed the future."