Thank you Jeff for your first-in-a-series “Great REALTORS are Great Dancers!” What looks easy from the outside, is carefully ‘choreographed’. Jeff has gone beyond dancing to choreography:

  1. Another Day of Sun – La La Land Opening Scene,
  2. Listen to the warning from the great Aretha, the Queen of Soul:“You better think about the consequences of your actions.Ah, shut up, woman.”Aretha Franklin – Think (feat. The Blues Brothers),
  3. Stanford Viennese Ball 2013 – Opening Committee Waltz,

Jeff’s metaphor of ‘the dance’ is an apt description of the real estate agent role in a transaction involving many players. And I love the way he wove all the ‘dance’ references and videos in. I’m looking forward to the next in the series.

Since Jeff ‘mentioned’ blue suede shoes,

I’ll go off on a tangent on “Blue Suede Shoes” written by Carl Perkins. Carl wrote the song and performed it on ‘The Perry Como Show’ in 1956

Elvis also performed the song on ‘The Milton Berle Show’ in 1956.

While the Carl Perkins’ version sold 1.2 million copies, Elvis went on to even greater success. So much so that some people think that it was Elvis’ song and that he wrote it.

Perkins recorded this in Memphis for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. As he was driving to make his first national appearance to promote it (on the Perry Como Show), he got into an accident that seriously injured him and killed his brother. “I was 85 miles away from being the first rockabilly on national television,” he recalled.

Perkins never fully recovered, either emotionally or career-wise. With Perkins unable to tour and promote it, Elvis’ cover version became a massive hit.

IVAN THE GREAT

Ivan Greathouse started playing guitar at five years of age, had his own radio show in Texas at age nine, and joined the ‘Louisiana Hayride’ shortly after that. At age 13, Ivan went on the road. Here’s is Ivan reminiscing about his past, including his work with Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley.

Ivan on steel guitar (lower left) with Waylen Jennings at “Mr Lucky’s” in Phoenix in the 1980s.

Some have called him ‘the best’:

“Jimmy Walraven 2 years ago”

Best steel player and vocalist I have ever heard”

Here’s Ivan singing “You’re Something Special to Me” at “Mr Lucky’s” in Phoenix in 1989:

Thank you, Ivan. We plan to hear more from you.