Radio 2 Elvis Season - Suzi Quatro's Elvis

In a Memphis hotel room back in 1974, Suzi Quatro answered the phone, expecting another routine query about her tour or current hit, and heard a version of Elvis Presley's All Shook Up. A huge Elvis fan, she was surprised, amazed and a little nervous to discover that the call was actually from the King himself, inviting her to visit him at his house, Graceland. Suzi couldn't accept the invitation and she never went to Graceland..until now. 35 years after the event, Suzi travels to Memphis to make that long-delayed visit. She explores her life-long obsession with Elvis, the connection she feels with him, and his influence on her career. On the way to Graceland, and in an attempt to discover the man behind the image, Suzi visits Tupelo, Elvis' birthplace. She meets some of his childhood friends who share some of their precious memories, including the reason why Elvis was hopeless at fishing and the moving story behind the final resting place of his still-born twin brother Jesse. In Memphis itself, Suzi sees the council flat that was the Presley's first big city home, his school and the places where he made his first music, and meets the girl who Elvis walked home from school every day for four years. Then it's on to Beale Street where Elvis found his musical direction, Sun Studios, where he made his first recordings, & Audobon Drive where he bought his first house. Life long friend George Klein offers his own personal insight into the Presley psyche, before Suzi finally makes the long-delayed - and highly emotional - visit to Graceland itself.