When Elvis first moved to Graceland, he kept three or four donkeys somebody had given him in the swimming pool. He didn't have any other place to put them because they hadn't finished the fence. Oh, they had all kinds of animals out there. A couple of horses, I remember. And Vernon had two hogs, so he could kill 'em for ham, bacon, and sausage throughout the winter. He kept the pork out back in the old pumphouse, which he used as a smokehouse. Elvis had peacocks and ducks and a turkey he called "bow-tie," Because he was solid white except for three black feathers right under his neck on his breast. The feathers made the turkey look like he was dressed formal all the time, 'cause one hung down straight down and the other two went out on each side. Maybe it was Aunt Gladys who gave him that name bow-tie. The turkey was a pisser- he was always floggin' somebody in the rear end.
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Elvis And The Memphis Mafia By Alanna Nash
Non-FictionA monumental oral biography filled with raucous joy, aching loss and terrible poignancy, Elvis and the memphis mafia is the first book to capture the king - the man and the phenomenon- in his full complexity.
