Thank you Sooo Much! I attended that show as an 8 year old with my Mom who recently passed away. A flood of memories, all good, came rushing in. It meant so much for my Mom to get to take me to an Elvis show and I was in awe of the King. The radio station, either KLRA or KXLR, played non-stop Elvis for day or so prior to the concert and I recorded a lot of it on a cassette recorder back then. ❤️😎
I knew a young woman from Fayetteville, Ar., who told me that she and her girlfriends went to Little Rock, for that concert. She told me that Elvis was wearing the red jumpsuit. Hope this will help settle this. Forever Elvis!
Tracing his tours is so great and im sure you guys are making special memories for yourselves, as well. Once again, Elvis bringing people together. Thanks so much for sharing! 🕺👑❤️🔥
As a history teacher I must say y'all do a fabulous job... I have been a Elvis fan for most of my 59 years.. I saw Elvis on tour as a kid in the theater... Loved it so much..thank you for these very interesting and entertaining videos..
Great video! Elvis performed this concert April 17, 1972 on my 10th Birthday. I have now just turned 60. But Elvis will always be Forever young and beautiful.
That was...fantastic! Good work, detectives! And I would like to also say thanks to Will from the arena for letting you guys do your detective work for us Elvis fans! Have a great Sunday! 🐰
Completely absorbed watching this, the detail is incredible. The mix of footage where he sings the "Never gonna cease my wondering" gave me chills..I always loved that moment. Thankyou so much. 🇬🇧
Good video, for years and years I too was always under the impression that footage was shot in Richmond so it's nice to learn something new about Elvis even in 2022
This was a awesome video. This one yet hit close to home. My grandparents lived at 2620 Howard street at gate 5 entrance right by Box Office. Grandfather worked with Barton for 30 plus years on maintenance items. Grandfather was there for rehearsals and told me stories of how they road golf carts around the day before show and being in arena during setup and meeting Elvis. My grandfather told so many stories and things about the doings of the Coliseum. Glad that you finally got to tour the Arena. All the best!
Fantastic again guys! It must be the same feeling as I had when I was in Graceland in 1999...shit we just missed him🙂 we are just too late!☹ But there is still that feeling of being a bit closer to him again when you're in the same space as he was.🙂👍🏿
Hi yes are brilliant and what yee say and show is spot on keep your videos coming love watching them yee do get to the point no messing that's what I love about your channel elvis back on tour thanks paddy
Can't stress enough how much I appreciate what you fellas do! A glimpse into the magic of Elvis past. You help recreate his presence and footsteps of the greatest human being, musician, entertainer and humanitarian.
Hopefully since you brought it to the building manager's attention they will put up some type of Memorial plaque to commemorate that dressing room area...... have been on a similar Quest myself ... since about 1978 to revisit some of these forgotten about locations across the country........ The Vibes that one gets from being in these locations our incredible....... the only thing that separates us from these events.... are time. I know you guys Focus primarily on the 70s but I've always enjoyed the occasional 50s locations that you visit....... I tend to gravitate more towards the fifties and sixties locations in my personal Quest but obviously any Elvis location is fantastic...... 1972 was a great time and a great period for Elvis and marked by many Fantastic performances......... I had a blast that summer as well.
I was there guys as a 6 year old. I was hooked on Elvis after that. Also saw his performance in Pine Bluff in 76. Hope you go there as well for a look back.
I have an interesting story, but long: my mom's roommate in college was Elvis's step brothers wife, I currently live in LR, but my mom and dad went to college in Jonesboro Arkansas, they're no longer with us, RIP mom, dad and grandma, anyways, my mom was invited to the wedding which was in Memphis, (Jonesboro is only about 1 hr away from Memphis),my grandparents were EXTREMELY religious and knew that there would be alchohol and drugs at the wedding and forbid my mom to go. My mom was understably upset. But in return, she received a pair of golden earrings with a letter that was signed by Elvis, his stepbrother, and his wife saying "we wish you could have made it!" Pretty cool. I found it a few months ago after my parents passed away.
That’s so cool! 👏 I’m from Little Rock, it’s my first time hearing this! I was born in the 90s so the only correlation I have with this building/area is the state fair lol
Two of my girlfriends and I attended that concert. As we were leaving, the guys on stage motioned for us to come up. They invited us to go to an afterparty with them, which we did. My friends were obsessed with Elvis and they ended up meeting two of the band members later in Chicago and Las Vegas. Those were the days.
Very well done! I love Barton Coliseum and got to see many great shows there in the 80's and 90's. Wish I could have seen Elvis but I was a baby then. That place has so much amazing history!
Great job guys once again I love these videos of you guys getting the king back on tour I can tell you guys have researched this heavily fantastic job please keep up the good work I hope you guys make it out to the los Angeles forum and the Long Beach arena one day to investigate Elvis’s playing out there in California keep up the amazing work you guys do and for setting those know it all Elvis fans straight ---- Anthony
I kid you not I had just started watching Elvis on tour a half an hour ago. Paused it were Elvis's is backstage in the dressing room. Picked up my phone for a second to see if I got any messages or new uploads and your video popped up that pertains to the exact same dressing room........ how's that for a coincidence........ great job on hunting down the exact location and ending the debate. That has to be one-in-a-billion coincidence...... on top of that it's fifty years ago tonight !...... pretty wild.
Elvis looks amazing 😍 in the burning love 😘 jumpsuit. Elvis always being very giving 🤑/generous 🤑 and trusting to a fault 😢 humble ❣️ considerate funny 🤣 very talented, hardworking, handsome, down to earth 🌍 and a compassionate human being.
Excellent job. Elvis performed at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah Ga. In the 70s. The building is unchanged but is up for demolition soon it would be great if you guys would do a story there. Thanks for keeping the spirit of Elvis alive.
Nicely done. Very cool. That imperfection in the column...a line that's about 2-3 inches long and just over your head...is visible in the original footage and your current video. That's incredible.
Awesome video!! I’m from Little Rock and so glad you came to Barton Coliseum! Also, another bit of confusion I’ve encountered relates to editing of Elvis on Tour. As Elvis arrives backstage at Barton, the documentary goes to a clip of Jackie Kahane talking about being in San Antonio. There’s a book called Elvis , His Life from A to Z, that lists T.H. Barton Coliseum as being in San Antonio. But it was indeed Elvis backstage at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock!
It's fascinating to go back in time to April '72. Your explanation is very clear on the alteration to the room seen in the film and the extensions made to the building. I've seen the film many times, had a friend who didn't like the split screen technique. Yes, do remember the reversed image, Elvis photos are prone to that, no idea why! Elvis came and went and we hang on to the memories. Very nice video.
It even looks like at around 10:07, you can see a couple notches/dings in the beam that appear to match up to the current video. One is right around Charlie's mid-section and a second one is right about the top of Elvis' head.
I seen ac/dc and kiss at Barton coliseum in the mid 1980s we lived in Russellville I was in my 20s years later I had the movie “Elvis on Tour”on VHS,the warm up comedian (Jackie?)was telling a joke,and Elvis tells someone Don’t slam the door in the dressing room..I should order that movie again..RIP 👑 of Rock.
Such a great video and I want to ty soo much for these videos. Amazing that some of these building's are still standing and you are able to do these kind of videos. Look forward to seeing more and good luck and be safe in you're travels and ty for keeping the Elvis history in concert alive for us.
How anyone could question that the footage from backstage was shot in Little Rock is beyond me. It has been established for ages that it was from T.H. Barton Coliseum. Anyway, it was nice to see the building as it is today though.
Congratulations on the research work. It's really amazing to be able to revisit this place after 50 years. It's like I'm there. A sense of nostalgia... fantastic!
Wow, I was lost watching this fantastic film. Many thanks for sharing. Truly remarkable to think Elvis played there and what a fabulous venue with so much history relating to the king. Tremendous, well done!!
Yep you've got it exactly. the concrete piller 10:14 mark has the exact same mark (from when it was formed) on it (about 3/4th up) as in the Elvis dressing room shot.
That's really cool !! I would have loved to went to one of his concerts. I wish they hadn't of torn down the Omni. There was a lot of history there too. It's such a shame when they do that.
Yes yes, it is incredible. There is the white column that is the reference and it is the same and you think that if you stay there next to that column and in a chair of time you give the lever and you go to 1972 and suddenly you are at the Elvis's side. Gives you to think a lot and imagine and it's incredible. Time can do everything.
I’m a huge fan of elvis Presley’s I love 💕 elviss music and flims too elvis will always be the king 👑 of rock and roll 🎸 my dream is to visit Graceland and communicate with elvis elvis was an amazing entertainer that ever lived tcb all the way 11:36am