KMFDM - Last Things

In addition to the Grand Ole Opry, the very first country music broadcast from Nashville that Elvis reverently listened to every Saturday night, the boy was fond of WELO, the Tupelo radio station that sponsored the singing competition where he performed. His favorite show was WELO Party, which was hosted on Saturdays by the brother of his high school friend, a young singer nicknamed Mississippi Slim. Elvis got into the habit of listening to the “WELO party” every week since his parents gave him a guitar for his eleventh birthday. He would have preferred a bike, but the one he liked cost $ 55 — a rent for two months, and his parents offered to give him a guitar for $ 12.95 instead. In an effort to protect her son from dangers, Gladys did not hide her preference for a musical instrument: a few months before Elvis broke his arm,riding a neighbor's bike.