The USPS official First Day of Issue for The'Elvis Postage Stamp' held at Graceland, January 8,1993--Elvis's birthday.
JERRY LEE LEWIS is in attendance as Guest of Honor, and toward the end of the evening, under umbrellas, he is INTERVIEWED BY GEORGE KLEIN, who asks questions regarding his and Elvis's relationship. Jerry Lee, WHILE HOLDING son, JERRY LEE LEWIS III [about 6-years-old], responds candidly to KLEIN, an old friend of both his and Elvis'.
Jerry Lee Lewis AND KERRIE McCarver LEWIS'S son, JERRY LEE LEWIS III, SPEAKS ON MIC WHEN PROMPTED BY KLEIN TO SAY 'GREAT BALLS OF FIRE.'
J.W. WHITTEN, JERRY LEE'S LONGTIME ROAD MANAGER, WHO AT THIS point WAS more ON-AGAIN-OFF-AGAIN, also is present ON CAMERA AND SPEAKS only ONCE.
JERRY LEE IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND HEALTH [ONLY 15 YEARS AGO, HE LOOKS 30 YEARS YOUNGER THIS NIGHT], ANSWERING KLEIN'S QUESTIONS SINCERELY and enthusiastically.
GEORGE KLEIN, OF COURSE, IS THE FAMOUS MEMPHIS DJ WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO PROMOTE PRESLEY AND LEWIS among those INCLUDED IN SAM PHILLIPS' SUN Records STABLE OF PERFORMERS. HE LATER BECAME A MEMBER OF ELVIS'S 'MEMPHIS MAFIA,' while keeping a FRIENDSHIP WITH THE KILLER.
KLEIN ASKS A QUESTION ABOUT AN EVENT WHICH JERRY LEE ANSWERS REGARDING AN UNUSUAL and UNPUBLICIZED JAM SESSION, WHICH OCCURRED AT GRACELAND sometime IN THE 60s notable for JERRY LEE's participation.
GK WAS PRESENT, AND RELATES THAT WHEN JLL LEFT THAT MORNING, ELVIS REMARKED, 'THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE TO PLAY PIANO THE WAY THAT HE DOES.'
GK ADDS THAT ELVIS ENJOYED ONE OF THE HAPPIEST NIGHTS OF HIS LIFE THAT NIGHT, TO WHICH JERRY LEE appears moved.
*THIS IS A LITTLE-KNOWN, UNDOCUMENTED EVENT AMONGST THE ELVIS AND JERRY LEE FAN/FORUM COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS YET TO BE DOCUMENTED OR ASSIGNED AN EXACT DATE OR YEAR.
UNIQUE FOR THIS, AS WELL AS FOR THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF JLL III WITH HIS FATHER ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
