Scotty and Elvis: Aboard the Mystery Train

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259 NOTES CHAPTER 1 The postcards exchanged by Scott and Mattie Moore are in Scotty Moore’s possession. James L. Dickerson visited the old Moore homestead in 1996. It was then owned by James Lewis, who generously took time from his schedule to give Dickerson a tour of the house. Lewis’s daughter lived in the house at that time. Lewis has since passed away. CHAPTER 2 All of the letters and telegrams referred to in this chapter can be found in Foreign Relations, 1948-1950, volumes VIII, IX and X. These volumes, which are made available to select university libraries by the government, contain State Department communications no longer considered classified. In a telegram to the Secretary of State on October 14, 1948, Ambassador Stuart, who was assigned to the embassy in Nanking, complained that the naval command was interfering with his efforts to organize an orderly evacuation. Facts On File contains excellent week-to-week summaries of developments in China during the months referred to in this book in its annual publications. CHAPTER 3 All of the quotes from Marion Keisker in this book, not otherwise identified, were taken from interviews in the Jerry Hopkins Collection at the University of Memphis. Also in the collection is the letter to Hopkins from Keisker that challenges Sam Phillips’s version of early events at the studio. In response to his query, Tammy Wynette called James L. Dickerson to talk about her memories of Scotty. At the time she called, she was out on the road in her tour bus. An earlier conversation between Dickerson and her husband had been disconnected when the mobile phone on the tour bus entered a different cell area. This time, Tammy pulled the bus off the road to make the call on a land line. She said she was in the middle of nowhere. To Dickerson, it sounded like she was calling from a pay-phone booth. 260 Ħ NOTES Ħ CHAPTERS 4–8 Unless otherwise stated, all quotes in this book attributed to Bob Neal were taken from interviews in the Jerry Hopkins Collection at the University of Memphis. A financial statement made out by Bob Neal for Scotty Moore and Bill Black is still in Scotty’s possession. Comments from Jack Clement were taken from interviews done by Dickerson in 1986 and 1995. Comments from Frank Page were taken from an interview done by Dickerson in 1995 and from interviews in the Jerry Hopkins Collection at the University of Memphis. Comments from D. J. Fontana were taken from an interview done with Dickerson in 1995. He was most cooperative and offered to assist with the project in any way possible. Comments from June Carter Cash were taken from interviews done with her in 1985. Bobbie Moore was interviewed in 1995. Evelyn Black Tuverville was interviewed in 1995. Carl Perkins’s account of the hospital visit was taken from the 706 ReUnion album recorded by Scotty Moore and Perkins in 1992 at Sun Studio in Memphis. In addition to music, the album contains conversations between Scotty and Carl. All comments from the Jordanaires, unless otherwise identified, were taken from a 1995 interview with Dickerson at Scotty Moore’s house, where the singers had gathered to do overdubs on a tape in Scotty’s home studio. The account of Elvis Presley’s fight at the service station was taken from published press reports. Fred Burch was interviewed in 1995 and Gerald Nelson was interviewed in 1996. Comments from Reggie Young were taken from interviews done by Dickerson in 1985, 1986, and 1995. Sharri Paullus was interviewed in 1995. The account of Elvis’s meeting with Marion Keisker was taken from interviews on file in the Jerry Hopkins Collection at the University of Memphis. Hal Kanter was interviewed in 2000. Vikki Hein was interviewed in 1995. CHAPTER 9 Dickerson came across Scotty’s blond Gibson in 1985 when Chips Moman moved back to Memphis after living in Nashville for a number of years. Dickerson wrote a story for The Commercial Appeal about Moman’s ownership of the guitar and arranged for Moman to be photographed with it. Herb O. Mell, Moman’s assistant , told Dickerson the Smithsonian Institution had asked if it could display the guitar and had appraised it at 400,000. When the story was published, and 261 Ħ NOTES Ħ Moman saw the price tag that Mell had attached...