Elvis - A Lighted Candle

Lighthouseseeker · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject: NEW RAY WALKER INTERVIEW

Some parts of the Ray Walker interview..

" In 1970 Elvis came back through Nashville after a tour and we did some overdubs to fix up the backing vocals on his Country album because he didn’t like the way it sounded. There were 3 girls with us and the four Jordanaires and we actually recorded that live with him at the big RCA Studio ‘A’. That was a large studio built for concert recordings. We would always come in by the door at the end of the studio room 150 feet from the control room. I had gotten there early and all of a sudden I see this form running towards me. Running really fast! I didn’t get a third of the way in before he ran his arms up under mine and he picked me up and swung me around in a circle. It was Elvis and he says "You know, I’m so glad to see you. Are the other guys coming?" I said "Yep, they’ll be here in a little bit".

One of the guys said that Elvis had been sitting in the control room listening to some playbacks that he was studying and as soon as he saw me coming in the back door he had jumped over the back of the chair that he was sitting on and also this dividing rail and bolted straight through the two doors of the studio to greet me. You talk about being warm-hearted! We never really had the time to capitalise on that but he so respected mankind, his family and close friends.

" That was a great session with ‘A Big Hunk O’ Love’ as well. We were there a little before he arrived. When he walked up they introduced me to him and I shook his hand. We looked at each other and all of a sudden the fame disappeared. I saw a person there that I really liked. The expression on his face showed that he was totally interested in me. I say that because when he spoke to somebody he was totally engulfed in the person in front of him. He made you feel so good about yourself and I could tell right off that he wasn’t looking through me and all of a sudden he didn’t have to be famous. I saw a man there and thought "This man is in for a lot of heartache because he was so tender"
HERE'S THE LINK..
http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_raywalker.html
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Blue Moon · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Zey, for the quotes/link.

This part reminds me so much of a little boy, full of a big heart and so much excitement, not holding back.

Wanda June Hill · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:54 pm Post subject:

It's so nice to know there were people like Ray Walker who could see the guy, didn't see the image and loved him....cared about him and appreciated the man, not just Elvis Presley. wjh
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Sarena · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:11 am Post subject:

Beautiful and heartwarming!

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Amanda Viola · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:28 am Post subject:

Thank you, Zey!

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Rainbow Light · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:04 am Post subject:

Bringing this interview round from earlier so anyone that may have missed before can have the chance to check it out! Ray's a real nice guy and a great bass voice! Razz

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MaryInTheMorning · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject:

Rainbow Light · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:32 am Post subject:

[quote]My heart is so thankful that Elvis also knew someone like Ray who liked and cared about the MAN as opposed to the IMAGE like you said dear Wanda[code]

AMEN, dear Mari! You're welcome for my bringing this back on around too! Smile

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