13th November 1955, Sunday

[Graeme]

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      On Sunday he played Ellis in what was billed by the Press-Scimitar as a rare local apearance. He was the headliner, with his name above Hank Thompson and Carl Smith, and that new boy from Jackson, Carl Perkins, the bottom of the bill. Both his parents were present — Colonel made sure of that, and that they were well treated. Both Colonel and Hank Snow had been calling Mr. and Mrs. Presley regularly to reassure them that everything was all right, that this new RCA deal was really going to come about, and they had even stopped by to visit once or twice at the little house on Getwell. Gladys still didn't like the Colonel, he knew that, but she was finally getting more used to his ways, and while Vernon didn't ever say much, he seemed to know which side his bread was buttered on. At the show that night Elvis wore his oversize red suit and climbed up on top of Bill's bass fiddle with him after popping three or four strings on his guitar. “Scotty's onstage to keep order,” said someone in the audience, and after the show was over all the performers signed autographs while still onstage, with Elvis prowling around on the balls of his feet, like a caged tiger, one observer noted, unable to find a release for all that energy.