Running On Empty

I feel like writing about this song, "Running On Empty" by Jackson Browne. It's been heavy on my mind for the past couple of months. I guess I could say "not sure why", but I am not going to pretend that it doesn't hold some sort of meaning for my psyche or where I feel like I am in life and trying to make sense of getting older. 

Some know, some don't, but my dad chose to take his life a few years ago. We were not exactly estranged, but we weren't exactly close. The relationship was complicated for reasons that don't really matter in context of the writing I am doing. There is no need to get into that very deeply, but he holds a place in what the song means to me and why I feel impacted by the lyrics. 

His timeline coincided with the lyrics of the song. In '65 he was 17. In '69 he was 21. I never got the sense he was satisfied with his life or how it played out. Like there was something he was consistently missing out on. He would change his life several times. He would want to be Jimmy Buffett, then Neil Young, and then Waylon Jennings.....chasing something other than what he had. 

My dad wasn't much of a Jackson Browne fan and to be honest, outside of about 10 songs, I can't say I am either. Just never made that move, diving into his music. I certainly respect his songwriting ability and those handful of songs, I really do enjoy, but let's stick with the task at hand; "Running On Empty", which I consider to be a masterpiece of a song. The music flows well, it's catchy, the lyrics are really on point, and Browne has the only voice that should ever sing it.  

So, why does my dad tie into this, a song that I am wanting to explore from my point of view? Well, he spoke highly of this particular song and when it came on, and we were together, he never failed to make mention of how he felt in tune with it. I didn't really get it. Yeah, I love music and feel very emotionally attached to a lot of bands, albums, and songs, but I didn't really "GET" what he felt. I think I do now. Maybe. At 56, I have been coming to grips with a couple of things; I am going to die, sooner rather than later and time will strip away the people and places you have attachment to. Life has been rushing by and I only now have started understanding it's like a road. Plowing forward, never really sure of the destination. Well, not sure until you realize that the road has an eventual end, if not a destination.

At 17, he was close to being married......at 21, just a few years later, he was married and I was a year old. Life changed fast for him at that age, but it was all in front of him. Adult life. It was the start of his real journey. You don't know that you should be clinging to childhood while it's happening. You spend the first 15 or so years in a state of learning and a carefree existence. You don't yet have your wheels on the pavement. You are still in the middle of feeling that childhood even as you are becoming an adult with responsibility gaining on you. 

It's only when you reach a certain age that you say "Oh shit.....it's here. Life is here. Time is not on my side the way it once was." At different times you take stock the best you can. Knowing that you were too young to appreciate what it meant to have youth. "Youth is wasted on the young" as the man in a great movie once said. So, what we can do is stop and see where we are now. At 40. At 50. At 60. At 70. In my case at 56. Closer to 60 than 50. Where did that time go? Regrets are useless unless you can make amends for any pain you have caused. For the things you can't "fix", you have to let it go, but not really. They will visit. In the middle of the night or at times when you are alone and perhaps digging into some music that brings up a memory that perhaps would be best left buried. We have to let those things go. The things we can't do anything about. Pray, meditate, do a little Gestalt work.....whatever it takes to put those things (the demons?) to rest. 

The flip side is taking stock of it all and where are we going to go from here. To this point, I have mixed up the personal with the figurative "we". The "we" that may have commonality on those things. Hell, if that's not you, stop reading. It's OK. Don't create concern, worry, or thought that isn't a positive. 

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields

'65, I was 17 and running up 101

I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on

Running on (running on empty)

Running on (running blind)

Running on (running into the sun)

But I'm running behind

Life will pass you by. Browne immediately takes stock in it from the opening lyrics. It's rolling on and you can't hit the brakes. He is on a path, but he doesn't know where it will eventually lead. Do any of us? You start having the realization that the road is going to end, but we are all running hard, chasing the sun and that sun is eluding us. Always in the distance, as if it's a destination. He didn't care at age 17, didn't give it a thought. The road went on forever. 

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive

Trying not to confuse it, with what you do to survive

'69, I was 21 and I called the road my own

I don't know when that road turned into the road I'm on

Running on (running on empty)

Running on (running blind)

Running on (running into the sun)

But I'm running behind

Growing into adulthood, responsibility takes hold. You get into the "I have to" pretty quick. I have to get a job, because I have to pay for the house and I have to take care of my wife and child. The carefree road of 17 has changed, no longer can you be carefree. You still don't know where you are going to go ultimately. What will life bring? It's all in front....still chasing the sun. Not catching up. You grab material, you grab relationships, you start making sacrifices for comfort. You settle in a little. 

Everyone I know, everywhere I go

People need some reason to believe

I don't know about anyone, but me

If it takes all night, that'll be all right

If I can get you to smile before I leave

At some point, we start understanding that it's life. This is what is happening for everyone, to varying degrees. We search for meaning in our loves, possessions, work......we are in the middle of it all. Browne recognizes that and states it with "people need a reason to believe", but immediately follows up with "i don't know about anyone but me", recognizing that he's not sure that everyone else feels the way he does and doesn't want to speak for them and comes to the point of knowing his best life is being a positive presence. I have only recognized that in the last few years. I have tried to change my persona. My internal "Freddy" can sometimes feel different than what I project. I have awoken to the realization that the only thing I will really leave is how those that knew me will think of me and even how they feel or think about me now. The need to be better, despite any external stimulus and events. Make a positive impact and make certain those that I love know that I do care for them and love them. I don't have a lot left in the tank, but it's enough to make people feel better about their lives and who they are. Be the things I have gotten and try to be the things I needed, but perhaps didn't get. 

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels

Look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through

Looking into their eyes, I see them running too

I started realizing a short time ago that the road (life) is rushing under my wheels....I am still plowing on towards the sun that I seem to never catch up to. When I finally do, it will be setting, won't it? I don't know how to make sense of it all, other than to take stock. Part of that taking stock is hitting me a little harder than I thought it might. My grandfather built his families home when I was a baby. The house is "home" to me, even though I only lived there for short periods of my life. He hand dug the basement. He built it solid. He made it to please my grandmother and did it out of love and to make sure she had a solid foundation and surroundings to raise a family. That's leaving. The house is being sold. It's the right thing. It's time for someone else to love the house, the property and forge memories around it. It's time for new people to love it. My family and I will be ghosts. 56 years of ghosts that the new owners won't see. They won't know the love, the hardship, the pain, the hugs, tears, kisses, and arguments that made that place home and a factor in lives that still move on. Soon, it will all be memory...like it wasn't already, right? 

I always had a fear that I wasn't keeping up. That my friends were adults with lives that they had carved out, knowing what was ahead and enjoying the moment. Like they had arrived. In recent years I have come to understand that they are sharing the same feelings I am. They are chasing the sun with life rushing past them too. Taking stock. Being uncertain. Still trying to find contentment. Waiting for a life to begin that they know already has and they just didn't hear that starting gun. I'm not alone. We are all in it together. 

Honey, you really tempt me

You know the way you look so kind

I'd love to stick around, but I'm running behind

(Running on) You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find

(Running blind) Running into the sun, but I'm running behind

Standing still isn't an option. Many of us like the thought of that. Personally, I have to come to grips with change and change that I wasn't prepared for. Losing pieces of my life that I never thought I would. Knowing that ultimately, that is going to happen for everyone....but somehow, I didn't think it would apply to me. Right now looks pretty good to me, which I feel in the lyric "the way you look so kind". But, like every passing year behind me, this is going to be fleeting also. It's going to rush past me. I'd love to stick around, but I'm running behind, right? I don't know what I'm moving towards, but the inevitable is leaving this consciousness. Leaving my family, friends, co-workers....all the connections. Or, I last long enough for them to leave me. 

I still feel like I'm moving forward, but I sure would like it to stall out for awhile. To be able to enjoy my family as they are. To express love to my wife in a way that I may not have been able to as a younger man. To enjoy my daughters before they start hitting those "I have to" stages and begin to realize they are also running on empty and the road is rushing under their wheels. To give companionship and love to my friends and try to make their lives better in the rare times we spend together. I always say I hate getting older, but as a couple of friends have told me "Freddy, it beats the alternative.". I guess they are right.

 I'm "running on empty"....always have been, I just didn't know it. Do any of us, until we hit a certain age or point in our lives? 

Taking stock in it all without dwelling in it feels like a positive, but it's not easy. Emotions are conjured up. Memories. Some good, some bad. If I knew that I would miss my past this much, I would have appreciated it more, but here I am, still running on empty and I don't even know what I'm hoping to find. None of this is feeling sorry for myself at all. Just a look at where I am and sometimes I like to share that. It's a snapshot of my mindset just having turned 56, and losing the feeling of "home". Many more years behind me than in front. 

Thanks for reading if you made it this far. I suppose it's become evident that I'm not writing about the song really. I'm writing about my feelings and the song is just a facilitator for my expression. Hmm...OK....

Freddy's Rock Hall of Fame : Honorees/Inductees February 2024

LINK: List of All Inductees/Honorees

HONOREE

Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan may not have any direct ties to the music industry as a musician writer, producer, or performer but he was very important to bringing rock n roll music into the homes of  mainstream America. Sullivan hosted the highly popular variety program The Ed Sullivan Show from 1948 to 1971 and it was a staple of Sunday evening television for American families. Sullivan introduced many rock n roll acts to the American public, such as Elvis, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. His importance to "normalizing" the rock genre for the older generation can't be minimized as it paved the way for many young people to be impacted by the rising popularity of rock music and to make many artists and bands into household names. 

INDUCTEE

The Rolling Stones

Like the Beatles, there isn't a lot that I am going to educate anyone on or information that I can pass on about the group that isn't already commonly known or hasn't been looked at exhaustively. My personal thoughts are, the Rolling Stones are the second greatest/influential band of all time, and I have probably listened to them more in my lifetime than all but 2 or 3 bands. The "yin" to the Beatles "yang", they were always a bit more raw and obviously more "bluesy" than the Fab Four. This lent a certain credibility to just playing music from the "balls" rather than labor over it. They are still going strong and I thought the recently released "Hackney Diamonds" was a fantastic record for a group that has stood up to time. 

Freddy's Rock Hall of Fame : Honorees/Inductees September 23rd 2023

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HONOREE

Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem is one of those people that were kind of dyed into the wool when it came to rock music for those of us of a certain age. His voice is instantly recognizable and if you listened to the radio very much, it was impossible to miss at least part of his American Top 40 Countdown every week. 

Kasem hosted the American Top 40 Countdown for 18 years before moving on to doing a similar show called Casey's Top 40, which lasted another 9 years. He revived the American Top 40 Countdown in 1998 and there were spin-offs of that which included country music. He also created the American Video Awards in 1983 and hosted it until it stopped being produced in 1987. 

His journey in radio started in high school, covering the sports teams and he took that up a level when he went to Wayne University and did voice work for children's programming. In 1952, Kasem was drafted into the US Army and went to Korea where he worked as an announcer for Armed Forces Radio. He took his turns as a disc jockey in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, as well as Cleveland, Ohio. Kasem also worked at radio stations in California. He did quite a bit of voice over work, including his most famous role as "Shaggy" on the Scooby Doo cartoon show. 

Casey Kasem had a passion for broadcasting and was the most recognizable voice on radio for a generation. He is a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame, has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and was the first recipient of the Radio Hall of Fame's Lifetime Achievement Award. 

INDUCTEE

The Beatles

What can I write about The Beatles that hasn't been written already? Anyone that loves music knows the great songs and anyone that is a hardcore music fan already knows how they changed the game. Pop and rock music started to be thought of as an artistic endeavor. Musicians were free to experiment by crossing genres, using different mic techniques, exploring the studio, expanding the roster of instruments and as important as anything The Beatles paved the way for artists to use their own songs and be a big part of the production process. Album covers got colorful. Wearing long hair became a staple. The topics that songs could be about became a little more overt, but they also maintained the ability to hide song meanings and be about nothing at all but phrasing and cadence. 

At any rate, the very band I could talk about most is one that I don't really feel like I have to talk about at all. They have stood the test of time in many ways and they were the right guys at the right time to push the envelope and allow others to take it to the next level. 

Freddy's Rock Hall of Fame: Honorees/Inductees June 12, 2023

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HONOREES

B.B King

Although BB King can probably be best described as a blues artist, his impact on rock n roll is felt not only though the influence of his songs on the likes of Eric Clapton, Paul Butterfield, and the Rolling Stones, but in his guitar work as well. His string bending and distinct solos were to be emulated and adopted by many guitarists who followed. King toured tirelessly, playing upwards of 200 shows a year, won 15 Grammy's over a 39 year period and recorded 43 studio albums. He routinely had his songs in the top 10 of the R&B charts and sold over six and a half million records. All Music states that King "is the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century." 

Dick Clark

The seemingly ageless Dick Clark was a true ambassador for rock n roll. His greatest claim to fame may be the Dick Clark Rockin' New Year's Eve specials he hosted every year, but his most lasting impact was as the host of American Bandstand. American Bandstand was a popular program that highlighted Top 40 pop music every week for 37 years. Artists would promote their music by lip syncing their songs while teenagers danced, after an enthusiastic introduction from Clark. In its' earliest form, American Bandstand as a local program wasn't integrated, so only white audience members were allowed, but Clark insisted on integrating the program when it went national. Clark and the program were responsible in part for launching the careers of artists such as Prince, The Jackson 5, and Aerosmith, with their TV debuts being made on the show. For many "baby boomers", Dick Clark is synonymous with rock n roll and was a memorable part of their exposure to music and also to their favorite artists in a visual format. 

INDUCTEES

My second set of inductees are similar to the first. Both had a profound impact on budding musicians and performers. While their styles and tones couldn't be more different, they found a common ground with the passion they inspired from their fans and the musicians that emulated them in both style and substance. 

Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas during the height of the Great Depression. He came from a family that embraced a gamut of music, including gospel, country, swing, and R&B. Holly started out opening for acts such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley when they would come through Texas. Holly was enamored by the thought of making a living playing music and was discovered by Decca records. He formed a band called "The Crickets" with Niki Sullivan, Jerry Allison, and Joe Maudlin and they recorded their first hit record "That'll Be The Day" in 1957, peaking at #3. The Crickets were the basis for many rock bands to follow. Instead of just being a backing band for a singer, musical groups started being consistent in their members, with each musician bringing their own talents and production efforts to the music. While Holly was only able to take advantage of his rise to stardom for a couple of years, his three albums and songs would inspire singer/songwriters that created some of the greatest rock and country music ever made. His best work still holds up over 60 years later, as "True Love Ways", "It's So Easy", "Rave On", and "Peggy Sue" are familiar tunes to almost all music lovers. 

Buddy Holly made only 3 standard studio albums, but his music spawned some 29 compilations after his untimely and infamous death in 1959. Holly and The Crickets have sold over 2.5 million records worldwide and as a side note, one of the first two compact discs I bought was "Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits" (the other being Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"). No need in pouring over the details of his death, as you can find more on that from better writers, such as this article at ALL THAT'S INTERESTING. His star burned briefly, but left a legacy behind to be picked up on by countless musicians such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Elton John, and so many others that came of age in the years following Holly's death. The nature of his music and story has led to a feature movie on his life and of course the great Don McLean song "The Day The Music Died". 

Freddy’s Buddy Holly Playlist: 5) Oh Boy  4) Brown Eyed Handsome Man  3) Maybe Baby  2) Everyday  1) That’ll Be The Day

Chuck Berry

While there are plenty of musicians and artists that led to the rise of rock n roll music, Chuck Berry may well be the single most important and influential "Founding Father" of them all. Berry took his love for blues to another level, bringing the tempo up, and showing a flare for the dramatic, he was as great a showman as he was an artist. 

Berry planted his musical roots though gospel, country, and blues, getting his start singing in his church choir in St.Louis. After completing a short prison sentence for armed robbery while still in high school, he began his music career by performing at small clubs. He decided that he wanted to make a career of music and left for Chicago, where he befriended Muddy Waters and was eventually signed to a recording contract in 1955. In that same year, he recorded the top 5 hit "Maybellene" and over the next few years had massive hits with "Roll Over Beethoven", "Rock and Roll Music", "Sweet Little Sixteen", and "Johnny B. Goode". These up beat songs about teenage life touched a nerve with young audiences and almost every rock band formed and performing around the early 1960's had at least one if not several Chuck Berry tunes in their playlist. His career didn't stop with those 50's staples, in 1964, he had a hit with "No Particular Place To Go" and in 1972 scored a #1 hit with "My Ding-A-Ling". 

Berry continued to do shows through the 70's and 80's and his impact can be measured in the artists that covered his songs and praised him as influencing their own music and motivations for wanting to be a musician. Elvis, The Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, and The Rolling Stones were all disciples of Berry and we may not know them as the musicians we enjoy today without the role he played in their love for music. 

Berry recorded 20 studio albums, 12 live albums, and over 30 compilation records of his music have been released. He charted 25 singles (3 of those making the top 10) and 5 albums. 

Freddy’s Chuck Berry Playlist:  5) Roll Over Beethoven  4) Johnny B Goode  3) Rock n Roll Music  2) No Particular Place To Go  1) You Never Can Tell 

Freddy's Rock Hall of Fame : Honorees/Inductees June 1st, 2023

 LINK (click here): List For All Honorees & Inductees

HONOREES

I am starting off with the first set of "Honorees". This group boosted "rock n roll" into the public consciousness. They were early pioneers that molded western swing, rock-a-billy, and rhythm and blues into a new sound which Alan Freed described as "Rock and Roll". 

Bill Haley and The Comets

Bill Haley sold over 60 million records and had the first rock song to ever hit the American Billboard charts, hitting #12 with "Crazy Man, Crazy" in 1953. Bigger things were ahead though, Haley and his Comets kick started a craze with "Rock Around The Clock" as it hit number 23 on the charts in 1954, but was re-released due to inclusion in the film "Blackboard Jungle" and went to #1 in 1955 and stayed there for eight weeks, becoming the first million selling record in Germany and Britain. Other notable songs include "Shake Rattle and Roll", "See You Later Alligator" and "Dim, Dim The Lights". Bill Haley & The Comets emergence opened the door for rock and roll radio airplay and ushered out the dominance of crooners such as Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby, among others. 

Fats Domino

Fats Domino was a very popular pianist/vocalist in the era that birthed rock and roll. He is credited by some music historians as having released the very first rock single with "The Fat Man", which would be the first rock record to sell over a million copies. From 1949 to 1955, Domino released five gold records, including "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Ain't That A Shame". In 1956, he released his biggest hit and song that may be his most recognized, "Blueberry Hill". "Blueberry Hill" reached number two on the Billboard charts and was number one on the R&B charts for eight weeks and is among the Rolling Stone magazines top 500 songs of all-time. In his career Domino sold in excess of 65 million records and had a major influence on Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Elton John, and John Lennon and many other musicians.

Alan Freed

Alan Freed was among the first disc jockeys and concert promoters to push rock n roll music out to the masses and in particular targeting young people. While he may not have invented the term "rock n roll" he is widely thought to have popularized the term and attached it to the up and coming musical phenomenon sweeping the country in the 50's. Not only was he important in promoting rock music, but he also is credited for exposing white audiences to "black" music, paving the way for people of all races to embrace the rock n roll art form. 

Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips was a DJ, musical engineer and record producer that was instrumental in the emergence of rock and roll as a popular art form with both white and black audiences. He came to own several radio stations in the south and in 1950 opened the "Memphis Recording Service" which allowed amatuer musicians such as Howlin' Wolf and BB King to record their first records which were subsequently sold to larger record labels. In 1952 Phillips launched his own label called "Sun Records". During its' 16 years, Sun Records produced 226 rock and roll singles, more than any label in the same time frame. Phillips work with Elvis helped launch his career and it would be the "home base" for some of rock n rolls earliest heroes, such as Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. 

INDUCTEES

The first "Inductees" are a pair of rock legends that catapulted the genre into the mainstream and influenced countless young people all over the world to start singing and playing instruments. Both, Elvis and Little Richard were popular but also could be polarizing for older audiences. Was this new, loud and bombastic music just a fad? Hardly.....Elvis and Little Richard lit the first torch to which many others would pick up and run with. 

Little Richard

The influence of Little Richard can be felt not only in rock music, but also permeates through R&B, hip hop, funk, and soul. Not just a great musician with a powerful and distinctive voice, he was a showman that gave extra energy to the music he played. He began his professional career in 1949, leaving home and performing for Hudson's Medicine Show. Often times Richard would perform in drag and sometimes be billed as "Princess LaVonne". He also would be in and out of different bands and vaudeville shows, picking up a lot of flair and wardrobe preferences along the way. Richard would find his footing in 1955, recording "Tutti Frutti" in just three takes. The record would climb to #2 on the R&B charts and crossed over to the pop charts in America and Britain (#21 and #29 respectively), eventually selling a million copies. His follow up "Long Tall Sally" was even more popular and his songs would become cross-over sensations, covered by the likes of Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, and many more. The Beatles opened for Little Richard on several European tour dates in the early 60's and his influence on Lennon and McCartney was pronounced as McCartney would channel him more than once on Beatle recordings. Among his many accolades, Little Richard is a member of the Songwriting Hall of Fame, The "Rock and Roll" Hall of Fame and has several liftetime achievement awards for his contributions to music. During the 50's, he appeared in several "rock n roll" film productions at the behest of Alan Freed and continued his assault on the music charts. 

Richard's popularity and career had ebbs and flows over the years, which even involved his putting music on hiatus to work as a minister. His various comebacks included a tribute to Otis Redding, movie appearances, and several dives into children's entertainment. In a career that spanned nearly 70 years, Little Richard released 19 studio albums, 3 live albums, and 77 singles. He charted nearly 30 times in the top 20. His value to rock music is unquestionable and his body of work and influence put him in a deserving spot as one of the first two inductees into Freddy's Rock Hall of Fame. 

Freddy's Little Richard Playlist

5) Tutti Frutti 4) Keep A-Knockin 3) Lucille 2) Good Golly, Miss Molly 1) Long Tall Sally

Elvis Presley

What is there to say about Elvis that hasn't been said before? Not much. He isn't called the "King of Rock N Roll" for nothing. Everyone knows Elvis, despite his being dead for over 40 years. The scope of his influence went well beyond rock music. He is an icon, a legendary figure and is still felt in our culture today. As a performer in the 50's, he captivated teen audiences and pissed off their parents. As a performer in the 60's and 70's, he became an icon and blessed his fans by dipping his toes into R&B, gospel, and country. 

He began his career barnstorming through small southern towns and recording songs for Sam Phillips and Sun Records. Phillips knew he couldn't get Elvis to where he should be going and Tom Parker and RCA took over managing Elvis and releasing his records. In 1956, "Heartbreak Hotel" became Presley's first #1 hit and by the end of the year, Elvis would be selling upwards of 10 million records for RCA. 

Elvis became a star like few other people have ever experienced. He was known world wide, and he took that up a notch when he started doing films. The movies are not generally that great, but it was a vehicle in which Elvis could keep the momentum of his music going, while also appealing to a larger audience and try to keep up with his fans as they matured. I'll admit my fandom of Elvis is passive, but I enjoy his music, from the early days right up through the end of his life. My favorite Elvis album is "Moody Blue" and "Way Down" almost always finds its' way on to music mixes I create.

Elvis inspired and influenced countless musicians and singers and will likely continue to do so as young people continue to discover his music by following the trail of influences that their favorite artists today took after. 

Guinness recognizes Elvis as the greatest selling solo artist of all time, with up to 500 million records sold. Presley released 23 studio albums, 8 live albums, 18 soundtrack albums and 117 singles. He place 109 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 with 30 #1 hits across all charts. You can't have a Hall of Fame for rock, pop, general music, or rock n roll without Elvis being at the top of your list. So, here he is, along with Little Richard, cutting the ribbon. 

Freddy's Elvis Presley Playlist

10) Crawfish   9) Like A Baby  8) Always On My Mind  7) Little Sister

6) In The Ghetto  5) Burnin' Love  4) Moody Blue 

3) Kentucky Rain  2) Suspicous Minds  1) Way Down