Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary

This program was made possible by contributions to. Use like you. Thank you. Oh. Oh. Oh. She. Was. Making. Elvis live in concert is a phenomenal concert have been reunited this

back on stage once again with this original backup singers and band members. This concert event has been all over the world including Japan the United Kingdom Australia and Germany. It's ignited the passion of a new audience many in their teens their 20s and 30s. It was great. To. Hear. From you from getting that it was all good. A-plus. Elvis Presley's passionate fan base now encompasses all ages from the very old to the very young age. I see it five times. Like how old are you. I'm 16. Elvis experience is an amazing thing that has continued all these years. The fans who saw him never forgot and they in return have shared him with their children their

friends and extended family. In commemoration of the twenty five years since his passing. This magnificent concert event was presented at the pyramid Coliseum in his hometown. Memphis Tennessee. Elvis is still there. I.

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own. At this point. Many in the audience. For the first time maybe you just don't. All right let's get started. His vocals were taken and lifted off the Masters. It never sounded better. And then the instrumentation and the vocals on stage are live at this moment. OK. Is it better than the recording. Is it better than what you've got on your CD somewhere. It is bad. I mean you know I

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on. My. Own. I mean. That's why. Let's show some of the guys on that show the first time anything ever went around us

along romance all night. The song going around the world. What a feeling that was. That was one of the biggest events that ever ever happened before satellite was the first satellite launch of the world. Well. Tomorrow. You. Are going to happen. To him. On. My.

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see it. Oh. I don't. Mean. To. Go. On. I. Mean. I'd like to introduce the members of my group to. Work on it further. Thank you.

First of all the stamps quartet. The lead guitarist James Byrd. Is running. For the. Jury. Ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Joker show. A rod and tell him about how you put the souls in here. First night I heard you guys do that. Blow me away. I just took the song and rerecorded it with an apparatus that allows you to duplicate. The verses in the courses and just keep doing it this way. We decided on doing so it

allows us to actually go off to be able to play the solos. On a. You. Some.

Of the solos on life when you see this show live. And how do you get back on track I listen for him to do a show like it does because he's not listening for the track at home but he just goes straight on. And every time he makes it I applaud. All right. You've made it every time so far so far in. The.

Think. Elvis lives in a special 25th anniversary concert only on your public broadcasting station. I'm Chris heartily along with Jim IGR in a very special guest you'll need in a minute but right now I need for you to go to the telephones and the number you see on your screen and support your public broadcasting station. Remember it's public TV and it's only going to stay that way if you support it with your dollars. Just stop and think about this great concert that you're enjoying right now and all of the wonderful music that's on PBS everything from Grand Opera gospel and the Grand Ole Opry and

everything in between all the great shows like the opera and the classical performances on great performances. The music that you hear on Austin City Limits in the sound stage. All the great music on public TV plus the great concerts that we have and that we offer you think about that and then make that telephone call and support your public broadcasting station with your dollars. We can't do it without you if you enjoy this kind of programming and you owe it to yourself to make the telephone call right now. Let me quickly go over some thank you gifts that we are offering during this Elvis lives. A special the 25th concert anniversary concert at $90 you can choose the Elvis live CD. It features 20 of his favorite and your favorite songs. At $120 It's the companion DVD or VHS of the Elvis lives special which you're watching right now. Plus the DVD has 30 minutes of performances additional performances and over 30 minutes of interviews that's two hours of concert performances and for dollars you get the companion

DVD and the Elvis laad CD. Call the number you're seeing on the screen right now. You've got to call that number. I'm here with Jola scale. He's a dashing guy that you saw on the screen just a few minutes ago not Elvis. This is Jeremy Scahill. He's the executive co-producer of this program. And we're delighted to have you with us what you have done in this production is just phenomenal put together all these elements and it just preserves the music and culture of Elvis for a long time. It's exciting to watch it. You know I've been a part of it and in the studio and in the editing it for so long but now to see it going out on the airwaves is pretty exciting as well. You're telling me something that was rather extraordinary and that is the appeal of Elvis now to the age group and the demographics. Yeah. The exciting thing that we see when we take this big screen show around the around the world that half of the audience 50 percent of the audience are under the age of 35. It's just amazing how well this is continue. Elvis's music continues to live in the hearts and minds of a lot of people Elvis lives and

it's got to be doing that as long as you do extraordinary work like this with the TCB band right there. Oh yeah and Elvis on the screen and had to coordinate that was just phenomenal. It was it took a lot of work and that's why it took so long to get it out. But it was a technical challenge believe me a lot of a lot of different camera shots in the editing. But it's you got it out. Yeah. OK. Call the number on your screen. More of Elvis lives is coming up so stay with us. But right now you need to go to the telephone call the number you see on your screen and support your public broadcasting station is a great reason to do it. It's because this is viewer supported TV and we can't do it without your help. Let's quickly go over in detail a little bit about our thank you gifts at the $9 level we're offering the Elvis live CD. It features 20 favorite songs. Now the song list includes many of the songs that you're hearing right now such a sushi writer Johnny B. Goode which we just heard great version but it's got plenty of extra songs. Mystery Train in the ghetto. Polk Salad Annie. I just can't help believe in burning love and Unchained Melody all on this CD for $90

at the $120 level we have the companion DVD or VHS of Elvis lives the 25th anniversary concert. Now it has an additional 30 minutes of performance in it and an additional 30 minutes of interviews. As my friend Joe is a part of the interview so you'll want to watch that part as well. Great to have for your library you can take it out and watch it anytime you want. With 30 minutes of bonus songs 30 minutes of interviews it's two hour total concert experience. Now at the $200 level you get the DVD or the VHS of your choice plus the CD can come your way. It's a great way to support public television. It's easy to pledge. Just use the phone number on your screen is a fact. You can even pledge online just go online and make your pledge and support public TV or call the number you see on your screen. All right my friends call that number on your screen. I'm with Joel McHale the co-executive producer of this marvelous program but also a member of the Imperials and you perform with him in which one of these concerts.

Well in the second part the first part is from Hawaii from the Hawaii satellite special. And the second part is from the Vegas years from Las Vegas when we made the. That's the way it is the movie. So you'll see a lot of that and the Imperials were a part of it. But you know let me tell you those are some fun times. Well they had a piano once before we did a show and you were talking about the grand experiences in Las Vegas and how much Elvis cared about everybody that was connected with the show and had such empathy and such such loyalty to everybody there. And in the music I when we edited it we tried to put in the favorites of every everyone you and over the years and you're going to see some really good stuff coming up here. Well you know Joan Lesko keyboard man and vocalist with the Imperials. I think you've done just that you have captured a marvelous potpourri of everything that was Elvis. And I really am fascinated by the fact that so many young people are drawn to the music and to the culture of the Elvis phenomenon. Yeah. And when they come where they come to listen and to learn but they are all dressed up and you can see his influence in the culture as you said the way they dress. I mean you know it was

bigger bigger than life all over the world. His influence was something else. You call that number on the screen influence lives. For your membership pledge of $90 dollars you may choose the Elvis life CD which contains 20 favorite tunes including Johnny B. Goode. Suspicious Minds an American churlishly. How great thou art in the ghetto. And more. A pledge of one hundred twenty dollars will bring you the DVD or VHS of the Elvis lives 25th anniversary special or for a pledge of $200 you receive both the Elvis live CD and the DVD or VHS of Elvis lives the 25th anniversary concert. You know recently there was a poll done by the Roper organization and for the third year in a row. Guess what PBS is again number one in public trust number one and public trust. The majority of Americans think it's very important to have public television and PBS remains the network with the most trusted

news and public affairs program. Is it any wonder it's all here on public TV. But you make it possible and that's why your telephone call and your pledge is important right now. Let me go over in detail quickly about the DVD and VHS. This of course is the concert you're enjoying right now. You can have it for your library but it has 30 minutes of extra concert material but you're not seeing in the show. Songs like Mystery Train. Are you lonesome tonight in the ghetto. The wonder of you I'll remember you all on this DVD and all for a $120 so call now. Call the number you see on your screen. You are telling me a great story on scale because you are with the Imperials on this upcoming segment they do suspicious minds of course you and the Imperials are introduced in this but you are on the stage with him when he does suspicious minds. And how would he go from time to time. Oh my goodness and suspicious minds was. We never knew what to expect because it was. It could be a three minute song or it could turn into a ten minutes on he would carry on that ending

depending on how well how much energy he had and how good at the time he was having and you know he did all these karate moves and everything but he was all over the stage and sometimes it would last maybe 10 minutes and the crowd just loved it. And so you're going to see a really good segment coming up here where you can tell from time to time that this was a performer who just fed off of the the vibrations that he got from that audience and really the adoration of what what he was doing it himself. And I can imagine that this thing could just go on and on almost endlessly. Yeah. And you had to stick there with him now. Yeah. We were there with him we watched his every move and he he'd look over at us just as he said off his group too. I mean we gave him a lot of of our energy to him. What an absolutely phenomenal experience that must have been and what an experience to recapture that all again with so many of the people that were with him at that time. The original cast call the number on your screen. Thank you so much for calling. Now let's go back to Elvis lives the 25th anniversary concert. Don't be too good to.

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no. Golf is going to make it quick. And we asked him if we couldn't do it and I've always regretted it. He called his group Imperial. You felt that three years after the cold snaps we thank you for not going to Vegas because we had a good time. Of your. Own. I. Mean.

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You. When you're watching the show. You're drawn in to this whole law. Of it being a live experience. The big screen in the middle is Elvis and the two sides screens are actually what's going on like I. Do. I. Don't.

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Them. And it really is I had the opportunity to see the very first concert held for the 20th anniversary and it is a tremendous live event and it still comes across on videotape as a tape concert. I'm Chris Hardaway along with Jim Eidur and special guest Joe Muskingum of the Imperials who will be here in just a minute. Right now we turn to you. You need to go to your telephones. Dial the number you see on your screen and support your public broadcasting station with your dollars because it's your dollars that make the great programs possible. We can't do it without you. You know PBS is the one place on your dial where you can go consistently for quality programming. Public Television has always been dedicated to nothing but quality being non-commercial. We don't have to rely on. Pleasing our commercial advertisers. We don't have to program to them for commercial purposes. Instead we value the programs themselves and that's what PBS and your public broadcasting station is all about. What a quality program. Hope you're enjoying it if you are. Let me go over some thank you gifts that I know you will appreciate if you're an Elvis fan at the $90

level. We've got the Elvis live CD that's featuring 20 of your favorite as well as his favorite songs at $120 the companion DVD or VHS with 30 minutes of extra concert programming and 30 minutes of interviews and for $200. It's the companion DVD and the Elvis CD. So go to your telephone and call the number on your screen. Music defines us it inspires us. It entertained and PBS has it all. Whether it's rhythm and blues or gospel in grand opera or Broadway it's here whatever you enjoy about music genres. It's going to be on PBS so why don't you call us. Tell us gay of the Imperials co-producer of this show is with me. And you said that Elvis would string out that suspicious mind as long as he could tantalize the audience. That was a short version. And you played the hand it had to go everywhere everywhere where Mark James the composer I saw gave him something and he gave his figure against it that's one of the most requested songs in the show even even then of course you're right.

You know with the Imperials you sang backup and you of course played keyboards and when did you first start with Elvis. Well we got the call from RCA in 66 to work on the how great though our album. And Elvis wanted to have like a choir sound so he had to Jordan Ayres and the Imperials and some female voices backing them and then they doubled those voices so it sounded like a choir and then lo and behold he goes the Las Vegas concert. And there you are and you're sticking with him this basis 11:51 your boss boy. Right now it's coming up in the next segment called the number on your screen. You know one of the mainstays of public television and one of the things that I think as parents or grandparents we like most about public TV and value most is the kids programming PBS Kids has always been a part of public television shows like breakthrough shows like Sesame Street for example or Arthur or Clifford. These shows are made possible. I will remind you by your donations it's your support that makes these shows possible and doesn't PBS do a great job of helping

teach your children helping them grow up ready to learn and to go into school. If you value that then you need to call the number you see on your screen and support your station. It's public television only because you're the public. You've got to support it. You've got to make the telephone call right now. Let me see if I can enhance you by recapping some of our great thank you gifts that we are offering you at the $90 level. We have the Elvis live CD featuring 20 of his favorite and your favorite songs all on this CD at $120 It's a companion DVD or VHS to the program that you're watching right now with 30 minutes of extra concert performances and over 30 minutes of interviews and that's two hours of concert performance on this DVD. And then at $200 you can choose the companion DVD and the Elvis live CD can get both of them for $200. A great reason to make the telephone call and get the public TV. But the most important reason is the great programming and knowing that you're supporting it and helping to pay for it. So call the number you see on your

screen right now. Joe the scale. All levels of giving are appreciated. You know it really is television. On the honor system with PBS and it's what a person can afford is what they pay. And right now we hope that everybody out there will pay just as much as they possibly can because this is a marvelous show. Coming up is going to be how great thou art. And that has to key and one thing Elvis's love of gospel. You know the thing that we appreciated we know the Imperials are a gospel group. We appreciated the fact that Elvis would would give his platform and his stage of every night to gospel music and exposed gospel music to an audience that was your thing of course. Yeah. And it was so good of him. And and in it those songs are so popular sweet sphere and how great the word they're all in this in this you know call now and enjoy it. Yeah. You were mentioning that the one Grammy that he actually was for gospel. He got three Grammys only three Grammys and they were all for all of those guys. Yeah yeah. Of course anti-Sony was just such a grand show for on PBS and gorgeous was our

calling him on your screen we need to hear from you. I'm with you on the scale and we are having a great time talking about the marvelous experience that this had to be putting this together. The technique of having the TCB band they are the people that work there with you. This is all very gratifying. We're delighted to have you with us and delighted that you took part in this. Thanks Jim. I'm glad to be here. Call that number on your screen. It's so important. This is a great show so keep those telephones ringing. Support your public broadcasting station with your dollars to make sure that great shows stay on your television set. Let's go over some of the thank you gifts in a little detail at the $90 level I've been telling you about the Elvis live CD with 20 favorite songs. Now some of these songs you have heard or will hear in this concert that you're enjoying right now songs like Johnny B. Good suspicious minds bridge over trouble water an American Trilogy but there are X-server songs on this CD mystery train in the ghetto the wonder of you. You've lost that loving feeling. I just can't help believing and what now my love burning melody a burning love Unchained Melody. All on this

Elvis live CD for $90 now for $120. You can choose the DVD or VHS of the concert that you enjoy. The 25th anniversary concert special. Now it's going to contain all the material you're seeing on the show right now. But on the DVD there's 30 extra minutes of bonus concert material songs like you've lost that loving feeling. Are you lonesome tonight in the ghetto. The wonder of you. Plus there's 30 minutes over 30 minutes of interviews that's on this DVD. So make the telephone call now and get one of these. Great thank you gifts. You want to keep it in your library so you can listen to it and watch it whenever especially if you're an Elvis fan. If you have never called to support your public broadcasting station then now is the best time for you to become a new member. New members are so important to public television station they helped broaden the membership base and give stations more money to work with the more money the station has and the budget to work with. That means the more programming they can buy. And programming is what it's all about. It's your investment the dollars that come into your public broadcasting station. Come back to you in the form of

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It's coming from everybody. So go get the surround sound. It's worth it for this. And by all means. Oh and get your your Elvis DVD for this and you can experience that surround sound. That's better than being in the arena there that you didn't have surround sound if you were paying for those seats. You know you didn't in this. This really sound is good. We did a lot of work on this to really bring it up to the State of the art so that when people brought it home that they could enjoy it that the maximum. So that's the property of the DVD that you're about to get. When you call and make your pledge Djalma scale pledges that you're going to enjoy the surround sound effect and even if you don't ask around. And obviously if fidelity is just absolutely marvelous. So call us what you need to hear from you Joe. They use with the Imperials. How long how many years. Well we were we were there a total of six years. And then you know we had to move on. But maybe some the stamps and coins came and they were there until the end. So he always had a gospel quartet around them the Jordan there's the Imperials JD and the stamps so it was a great US insisting on a gospel song with Ed Sullivan when he appeared.

He did. Oh wow. That's something. Call that number on your screen Monty right now. I know you're enjoying the Elvis lives 25th anniversary concert special. If you are you might like to have a great thank you gift to help you remember this special. Don't forget the 90 dollar level the Elvis live CD featuring 20 favorite songs some of the songs that you're hearing right now in the concert plus many many more at $120. It's the companion DVD or VHS to this show that you're enjoying. The DVD has an additional 30 minutes of performance and over 30 minutes of interviews so that's about two hours worth of concert performance. A lot more material than you're getting. And just in this concert special tonight and then for $200 you can get both the companion DVD and the Elvis live CD so you can have those in your library. Watch them whenever you want. And I'll tell you as Joe has mentioned the sound is tremendous. It is just tremendous. And not just the live music portion Elvis his voice is so crystal clear. Technology has been able to do a lot with it and it's just it's just wonderful if you're an Elvis fan you will

absolutely love this. And don't forget we want you to call but you can also pledge online. You can even charge for contribution or MasterCard or Visa. So please take advantage of it support your public broadcasting station. That's what this is all about. It's almost time to go back to the next segment of Elvis lives and 25th anniversary concert he's going to be singing a big hunk of love my way how great they aren't an American Trilogy but you need to call the number you see on your screen to support your public broadcasting station. This program was made possible by contributions to the station. Viewers like you. Thank you. Get. Me

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Elvis. Concert. Coming your way right now. Like for you to go to telephone to support your public broadcasting station because it's your dollars that makes great shows like this possible anchors Hardaway along with Jim Minder and special guest Joe scale. They'll be joining us in just a moment. Right now we'd like for you to call in support your public broadcasting station. Just think about all the wonderful performance pieces that you have seen over the years on public TV everything literally from Grand Opera to gospel to Grand Ole Opry united. And some things you've seen for the first time on public television. What about the Three Tenors. First time we saw them was public TV or Grand Ole Opry in fact first time it was televised live. Public television did it. If you enjoy music if you enjoy the great performances if you enjoy the arts and public TV is where you need to be and you need to support it with your dollars. I can't think of a better reason for you to call and support your public broadcasting station than to support music in the arts on public TV. So

the telephone now is the number you see on your screen. Pledge online if you want. Let me give you a quick gift summary of thank you gifts that we're offering right now at $90 you can have the Elvis live CD featuring 20 favorite songs all on this CD at $120. It's the companion DVD or VHS to the concert you're enjoying right now with extra bonus material. And at $200 you get both the companioned DVD and the Elvis live CD for your library. Great thank you. Gifts for Elvis fans make the telephone call now. Call the number you see on your screen. So what is the largest single source of revenue for Public Broadcasting. Well it's you and that's a pretty big responsibility. You have the future of public broadcasting and programs like this right in your hand. So Rietz that hand out and grab the phone and call the number on your screen. I would tell Scahill the executive co-producer of this program which is just absolutely astonishing. You had Joe the Jordan there's the Imperials you had the stamps quartet these giants of gospel and you had

the TCB band Elvis's very own band for all the sweet inspiration all together. What was what was the vibrant feeling there. Well it was like it was like a homecoming. It was like a family reunion. It's like we've never we never left the bus. You know we we just it's a it's a great group. I wanted to Cissy Houston was there you know with Whitney Houston and Gordon Stoeger the original Jordan years. It was just amazing this everybody together and we're just all working for for you know just as if Elvis was there because we want him to be proud you know. And it's just it's great to see this on television because it sounds and looks so good. But you had indicated that that sound technology here is such that much better than having been there in person. Yeah I think so. Well all of the back up folks that were there have just done such a yeoman's job and you can tell that they were so proud of being a part of this. You said it was like you just stepped off the bus. Exactly. You hadn't missed a lick where you been.

You indicated that there's continuity of the experience that was working with Elvis. That has to be absolutely remarkable. And not to make a big deal out of Jim but it is a you know there's about 50 of us that worked with Elvis. I mean it's like 50 out of three billion people. It was a great honor and a great I mean you know it was like the highlight of your life. Of course you had the right place at the right time. How that happened but you'd be in the right place at the right time on that phone call the number on your screen. You know if you're enjoying the show you might want to take a little piece of it home with you. And there's when you can do it. Our thank you gifts. Let's take a quick look in some detail. I think you can set the $90 level. It's the Elvis live CD featuring 20 favorite songs. Some of the songs that you've heard already on their special songs like Bridge Over Troubled Water on American Trilogy which we just heard. But there are a lot of extra songs songs like in the GET HOME. Walk a mile in my shoes. I just can't believe in burning love and Unchained Melody all on this CD or for Nahid dollars. You can also choose as a great thank you gifting $120 companion DVD

or VHS of this 25th anniversary concert special. Now this has additional concert footage about 30 minutes of extra song songs like you've lost that loving feeling. Are you lonesome tonight. Get home. The wonder of you. If I can dream all on this DVD. Plus. There's 30 minutes of interviews on this CD a lot of extra material that you're not seeing in this concert. And that can be yours for $120 contributions to your public broadcasting station. You can charge it on MasterCard or reason. You know if you have never made a contribution now's the best time to do it. To use the telephone numbers you see on your screen and call become a new member of your public broadcasting station and all you have to do is make a basic membership call and contribute what you can support the station with the dollars what ever you can afford. But the important thing is here you go and call the number you see on your screen. You know it's such an investment you make an investment in your community when you invest in public broadcasting is the best kind of investment job because you get immediate

dividends in the form of marvelous programming and you share your investment with everybody in the community. Are you going to beat that. Can you share something marvelous with us that the length of time this was in the making and the techniques it took to put it together. Talk to me about. Yeah you know it happened in 2002 at the pyramid. That was the 25th anniversary right. Took a long time for us to just be able to to edit it to do the technical work to synchronize everything. And that's why I to tell you the truth Jim we ended that bonus track where you see Ronnie Tutt the drummer. Gordon Stoker Joe Gershwin the conductor and myself and these when we take the show on the road to Europe everybody has questions. How does that happen. He's up on the big screen and all you guys are live in. How can that. So we wanted to answer some of those questions so that this material is one that goes to explain all of that. I'm not going to let the cat out of the bag. We'll have to get the bonus material when you call the number on your screen. Well it's just a marvelous gift. I know you're up on the stand just really responsible.

They do. There's so many. Every country has its own fan club with thousands of members and we're going over there every year and I'll make the trip to Memphis. We do call the number on your screen. For your membership pledge of $90 You may choose the Elvis leide CD which contains 20 favorite tunes including Tilney be good. Suspicious Minds. An American Trilogy. How great they aren't when they get out and more a pledge of $120 will bring you the DVD or VHS of the Elvis lives 25th anniversary special which contains the program you're watching now. Plus an additional 30 minutes of performances or for a pledge of $200 you will see both the Elvis live CD and the DVD or VHS of Elvis lives the 25th anniversary concert. One of the most important aspects of public television has always been and will always be kids programming children's programming on public television with breakthrough shows like Sesame Street. Arthur Clifford all of the shows that your children watch and

enjoy. PBS has always been and always will be committed to helping your child get ready to learn and go into school ready to learn. But you know you really make that possible. It's your support of your public broadcasting station that makes these shows possible. And I know as a parent myself and I know you as parents and grandparents you trust public television when you turn on the TV and you turn it to your public broadcasting station you know that there's going to be something that your kids can watch. So if you want to keep your public television station on that dial on the number on the dial you need to call right now and support the station with your dollars. All levels of support are appreciated. In fact you can make the telephone call of course but you can also pledge online go online charger contribution or MasterCard or Visa. But the important thing is to support viewer supported TV. Your station can't do it without you. It needs your help because the dollars that come into the station go to buy great program. That's what it's all about. Call the number that you see on your screen and support your public broadcasting

station. And why pledge to your public broadcasting station because it's a real measure of your devotion and your zeal for your community. Because PBS in every community is dedicated to making life just to elevate the quality of life. So it's important for you to call you know gem of scale that we saw an ad once it was great and it showed a remote you know by use of the remote to change people use the remote to change channels. Well this channel changes people. That's the great thing about public broadcasting has a very strong ad and it's very strong having you today. This has been very wonderful. We have an encore coming up and you were talking about Elvis the way he could play an audience and he'd get to American Trilogy and what would happen. Wow. You know it was to be onstage with Elvis and this music was so exciting. But when it came to toward the end you almost hated that the show was coming to an end but the people stood up from the American Trilogy as as you know they would but they never sat down again all the way to the end of the show and then did and then they wouldn't stop

applauding. They wanted him to come back in. Yeah. But it was amazing. It really was so American Trilogy was the drumbeat that brought them to their feet. And you know he just thrived all ensure sat on it and it was it was his life's blood. And then they work extra hard toward the end just. And they stay right with them the whole time. That devotion of fans out here the fans loved we need for you to be devoted to the concept of public broadcasting the fact that public broadcasting wants to bring you just the very best and certainly jealous you have brought us the very best of all of us with technology that's extraordinary that made it better than even being there in person. Well it was a pleasure and I hope everyone enjoys it called the number on your screen. There you go. You make it up. You sound like a pitch man. I think we've got him I got it working. OK everybody go to the number. Got a call the number on your screen that's all so very vital that you do so for programs like this for American experience for the News Hour With Jim Lehrer. Sesame Street the future of those programs right in that hand.

Put it on the phone call the number on your screen. We'll be going back in just a moment to the finale of this 25th anniversary Elvis concert but you still have time to make the telephone call and get one of these great thank you gifts at the $90 level is the Elvis live CD that's featuring 20 of his favorite songs. Some of the songs that you've heard already in this concert but plenty more for example in the ghetto Polk Salad Annie. Walk a mile in my shoes these are all bonus tracks on this CD along with I just can't help believing. Never been to Spain what now my love. All on the CD. All $490 at the $120 level you have the companion DVD or VHS to the problem you're enjoying right now so you can have it in your library. Watch it and enjoy it whenever you want. This contains a lot of extra bonus material there 30 extra minutes of concert footage with songs like Mystery Train just pretend to walk a mile in my shoes Polk Salad Annie in the ghetto. I'll remember you and plenty more 30 extra minutes of concert material as well as 30 minutes of interviews with some of the guys that played with Elvis some of the people that

made this concert possible for 200 dollars and you get to go find a DVD and CD. You are the one that really makes things possible because you support your public broadcasting station. That's what this is all about and we want to say thank you for that support. We appreciate it. Also want to thank Joe my scale for being here. We appreciate him we also appreciate our volunteers on the phone. But you need to call the number you see on your screen to support your public broadcasting station. Thank you very much. Gentlemen. Really a. Good chance. And now. There's a song we did in Hawaii. We did hear about 10 years ago. On a song especially for you. OK. Miss. The.

Show. You want to do. In this song you. Guys. Should. Go do. Something. Else. Yes we.

Can. See an end like Elvis in. Church. Might. These songs even today alone that people are affected as. I. Never would have dreamed that these records would be felt and still like they're selling. Everybody on stage is aware of his vibe. There's a vibe going on there. You know we're lucky to be associated with all of these. Ladies and gentlemen. Elvis has left Graceland.

Thank you. And good night. We are. In