Outback Elvis : the story of a festival, its fans and a town called Parkes / John Connell, Chris Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connell, John, 1946- author.

Gibson, Chris, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parkes Elvis Festival--History.

Parkes Elvis Festival.

Festivals--Australia--New South Wales.

Festivals.

Elvis Presley impersonators--Australia--New South Wales.

Elvis Presley impersonators.

Manners and customs.

New South Wales--Social life and customs.

New South Wales.

Physical Description:

214 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Where do thousands of people in wigs, jumpsuits and fake Priscilla eyelashes go each January to swelter in 42-degree heat as they celebrate The King? Parkes, of course - 365 kilometres west of Sydney - for the annual Parkes Elvis Festival. But how, and why, did this sleepy town get all shook up by Elvis? Written by two long-time fans of the festival, Outback Elvis introduces the local characters, the lookalikes, the impersonators and the tribute artists - and the town that made this big hunk o' Elvis love possible.

Contents:

This is the story: prologue

It's now or never: Elvis and Parkes

Suspicious minds: the birth of an idea

The wonder of you: the boom years

I feel the temperature rising: Saturday morning fever

Always on my mind: tribute, artists, impersonators and wannabes

Stuck on you: the fans and the fanatics

A little less conversation: schoolies for grown-ups?

All shook up: an economy reinvented

Follow that dream: Elvis and the universe

You gave me a mountain: epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781742235295

1742235298

OCLC:

957122754