Owning Elvis's House on Audobon Drive
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Before Graceland, Elvis bought a house on Audobon Drive in Memphis. It was smack dab in a middle of an upper middle class neighborhood that was home to the Junior League and its members. We talked to Mike Freeman about what it was like for Elvis and what it was like for him owning this house.
Cindy Hazen, Mike’s wife at the time, gave me a tour of the inside of the house. Oh man, what an experience seeing some of the old original light fixtures, etc that EP had installed. In every nook and cranny there were photographs of EP being in that nook and cranny. It was great.
I was so sorry years later that the house had been sold and during some remodeling there was a fire. Not sure what exactly happened after that.
It was such a privilege to visit that house and get to see the interior. I remember Cindy telling me that they had accidentally bumped into a wall and accidentally tearing the wallpaper…only to discover underneath some wall paper that EP had installed…of musical notes. They were working on uncovering further sections of it without damaging it. That was history and felt so surreal to me.
I was fortunate enough to be able to tour through the house with my wife while Mr. Freeman owned it. What a fantastic feel for the Fifties! My wife and I have been to Memphis five times.
HA! I love that last story about how the Presley's were more wealthy than the neighbors xD
I love country folk with money, they're a hoot!
I got a personal tour of the house from Mike and his then wife, Cindy in 2002 during Elvis week. They were very kind and courteous and allowed me to take lots of photos. I also bought a big box of memorabilia from them, mostly newspapers from the month of Elvis' death.
Did they divorce? Did she pass? Why are they not together now?
Went on a fabulous tour of Memphis with this fella Mike Freeman, he is a fantastic tour guide, if you want to hear the truth and nothing but the truth go with Mike, he is amazing.
The Spa Guy did a video on you tube about this home that is great. Elvis was the best entertainer of all time and noone will ever top Elvis.
@Brenda Booher I see your comments on literally every Elvis video I watch on CZcams lol.You are a devoted Elvis fan for sure,as am I
Hello Brenda,
I've got my own story of Elvis from about 1974 or '75. Let me know if you want to read it and I'll send it to you.
I have visited this home from the outside only in Sept of 2011 and May of 2016. It is in a very upscale neighbourhood. I have a picture from a magazine with many teen age fans standing outside the little gates back in the 50's. No one that I know of lives here. It is back from the road and the shade of the trees gives it a private look. A lovely home.
I’m glad Elvis bought Graceland cause it’s more suitable for him and his family! It was perfect fir the king of Rock n Roll! It’s great that you have it and that Graceland is open for people to tour it!
My grandma when she was a child used to live there in that house before elvis
Joanna Dearman
I was curious as to the history of the property and the original state of the home.
If you have any reference materials, please share a link or directions.
Thanks - it's an architectural example of MidCentury that I'm quite interested in and actually use in my own home decor design, in combination with current elements, textures, and colors.
... a treasure ❤
Joanna Dearman any pics?
Joanna Dearman thats a great story have you any stories about selling it to the ?presleys
“Prior to Elvis living here, this was the house my Grandma lived in when she was a child.” - Sounds a little more believable!
Is that true?
Mike Freeman once gave wonderful, informal tours of this home. I was lucky enough to go on one of them! Thank you, Mike! - JG @ CBSEye
I stopped by the Audoban home, E.W. 2015. Very cool, and Quaint... Graceland, is more Elvis' Style...
RIP Mike, thanks for all youve done for Elvis fans and the Elvis world.
Thanks so much for posting this. I visited this location when I was in Memphis and it had just sold for a million dollars!
Man,did Elvis really think he was going to have privacy away from the fans by buying this house? I mean its a nice little house,but its the kind of house that regular people would live in,not a guy like Elvis.Its a bit on the small side and didnt have a big fence or wall around it back in the 50's.Also,its not hidden by a lot of trees in the front either.A nice place,but definetly not the type of home for a rock star.I'm a bit surprised Elvis bought this place.
I'm not sure he was thinking about being mobbed by fans. His success was a relatively new experience and this house was a huge move up from public housing. The crowds did make it untenable and as his success grew he moved to what would be called Graceland. It is a rags to riches story.
I don’t care who you are if the neighbors came knocking at your door wanting to buy you out so you’d move that would be offensive to anyone.
Gregory Hughbanks Elvis showed them thou , possibly thought they were better than the Presley's
The Presley Home was the only home paid for on the block.
Great video and stories about Elvis and his family and what they had to deal with at the time from the music business and from a public that couldn't accept their rise from poverty to gaining more wealth than their so-called well off neighbours. I think nobody can really understand how difficult it must have been for Elvis and his family to go from extreme poverty to amazing fame and wealth. It must have been really difficult to adjust to and possibly Elvis never really did!!!!!
From one extreme to another extreme
it had to be extremely hard for ELVIS
and his parents, especially GLADYS,
going from "rages to riches" overnight.
ELVIS quickly, was able to bring the three
Of them out of poverty with his first movie
earnings. He didn't want his mother to ever
need to work again. ELVIS MADE THAT DREAM A REALITY FOR SURE❣️ ELVIS
WAS ALWAYS TCB⚡TLC⚡❣️
BE AT PEACE SWEET 😇 🙏🙏 9-28-2021
I was there last year, just me and my wife. As a lifelong Elvis fan (since Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel), it was absolutely surreal. One neighbor did walk by with his dog. I guess I expected some kind of Southern friendliness (being from the Northeast)…not a chance, I guess the snootiness never left.
good for Elvis to say '' i would buy them off''.i would say the same to them.
I can understand the neighbors not appreciating crowds, traffic, over parking, trampling their lawns, blocking driveways, noise and disturbance. Would you like it?
Thank you Mr. Mike Freeman for preserving everything you Love allright bye,bye
Mr.Freeman was my tour guide once.
Same here in May 2000 !
@@SuperBeachbum74 he got a traffic ticket right after sun studios......about 5 yrs later a saw him in tupelo waiting on a group. I told him I remembered him and the ticket. He told me that was a bad memory for him.
Great video.
Imagine owning a house Elvis owned.
This was the one before Graceland too.
George Vreeland Hill
George Vreeland Hill Elvis never owned Graceland Too...
Great video...
@Humes53 You're right it wasn't Lauderdale Courts. The family had moved several times since living there but they hadn't owned a house.
I Drove by this house so many times i love this house i didnt know you could go inside im going back i been there 22 times!!!!! By the way im from buffalo.n.y!!!!!
So
So, there has been a fire at this house and now it’s been remodeled. No more pool. Added addition.
Nothing like when E lived there.
Do you have links?
Good story very accurate.
Interesting vid.
Wow! very very interesting! You were both so so lucky!!! Thanks for your infos,Margaretha.
Very interesting thank you Lisa for sharing :-)
Margaretha Rydberg Hi there, thank you so much for sharing this information with everyone ❤️ I’m going to Memphis next year for Elvis week alone unfortunately as my friend I was supposed to be going with can’t make it for health reasons! So I was going to advertise to try and get someone local (an Elvis fanatic like myself) who could keep me company and take me around all of the various places Elvis used to frequent. I would obviously pay them for their trouble and hopefully make a lifelong Elvis friend along with the bargain too 😬 this guy seems to be exactly who I’m looking for, if I give you my email would you possibly be able to give me his contact details OR if your not comfortable in doing that maybe give him my email please?! It would be greatly appreciated if you could do this for me if possible. Kindest regards Louise x ⚡️T.C.B ⚡️
I love this house. Looks a lot like our lil green ranch 50's home. :)
And for the conclusion of the story, when Elvis got back home and found out how “greatly offended” the surrounding neighbors were, about “his kind”, he said “Hell, if the whole neighborhood’s so damn uppity about my family living on their street than we don’t need to be getting the Hell one of here how!”
Elvis only owned that house for about 1 year...
So?
One year is more than enought.
This is for the serious EAP fan.I got to see the property from the pavement back in 2006.Ditto Jerry Lee's former House on East Shore Drive.
Can you elaborate on jerry lee?
@@sarabritt5212 Jerry Lee Lewis. I have been a fan since I was a teenager in the mid 70’s. Jerry lived at the East Shore Drive is the property he lived in with his 3rd wife Myra and their children. The property is featured in the bio pic ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ staring Denis Quaid and Wyone Ryder
Interesting
Discrimination is evil.
Mike Freeman could have made millions buy owning this house.
Damn neighbors
Wow how terrible these people were to the Presley's......
Interesting ... upper class .. to good for the PRESLEY family ?
Well none of the neighbours will ever be in his league in terms of class,generosity,humanity,and charitable donations and spirit.
I guess he showed them now ... how embarrassing for those who opposed the PRESLEY family.
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AS THEY SHOULD HAVE!!!!
There alparently was a class difference between the Presley's and the other people on Audoban Drive. The Presley's had class and the other people in the neighborhood didn't.
These neighbours were snobs.
why did elvis not live at beverly hills or miamie beach i would if i was him p/s i am from australia and i am going to buy holiday unit at galveston texas
He did have a home in Beverly Hills, never in Miami, but this was the first home that he owned. He really bought it for his parents. It was quite a big move for them to be able to move out of public housing into their own home in a really nice neighborhood. A dream come true.
do you know the address and its a shame the house he bought for the cook mary jenkins is in disrepair new owner has no respect for item elvis bought i saw it on google maps
@@KingRoseArchives right !
Elvis couldn't buy his neighbor's out because The Colonial took most of Elvis's Money 😁 $
Elvis could have bought every one of those houses and Elvis would have done that to piss them off.