Patsy Andersen Productions

With great sadness…

Patsy Andersen — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:11:19 +0000

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Megan Murphy’s Father passed away last evening. Information for the service follows:

G. Keenen O’Brien Funeral Home

984 Avenue C

Bayonne New Jersey 07002

Phone: 201-339-0220

Saturday March 2 2013

10AM-12PM

Please pass this information to other Elvis Fans and Friends and let Megan know we love her.

Thank you

Patsy Andersen

Send your condolences to John Wilkinson’s wife

Patsy Andersen — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:22:14 +0000

If you would like to send a card to Terry Wilkinson John’s wife please send to:

Mrs. John Wilkinson

Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home 1947 East Seminole Springfield MO 65804

You can also sign the guestbook that have online for John:

gormanscharpf.com

Vicki Palma Teeter

Patsy Andersen — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:44:33 +0000

“Patsy

One of our close friends Vicki Palma Teeter is seriously ill and is in ICU at Baylor Hospital in Texas. She is on a liver transplant list. At this time she is on dialysis since her kidneys shut down. She cannot talk on the phone but can receive texts. Her # is 972-822-5947.

Please put her and her family on your prayer list.

She is an Elvis fan from the time he came on the scene and has been a member of Oklahoma Fans For Elvis for over 20 years. Her husband Jim was also an Elvis fan and member of the club. He passed away with cancer in August of 2011.

Thanks

Judy”

Elvis Ring for Sale

Patsy Andersen — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:25:57 +0000

Elvis Ring for Sale. Letter from Sam Thompson…

“In November of 1972 I was introduced to Elvis Presley by my sister Linda Thompson. I became a part of the “inner circle” of friends and frequently traveled with Elvis on road tours. I often traveled with Elvis on concert tours and witnessed many performances and was his friend and companion until the day he died. I ultimately became a personal bodyguard to Elvis and worked for him until his death in August of 1977. From 1972 to 1977 I visited Graceland often and Elvis was a guest in my home many times a home which Elvis had purchased for me in July 1973.

During this time between June and August of 1977 and while at Graceland I admired a pinky ring that Elvis was wearing. He took it off and said “it’s yours” and handed it to me. The ring is nugget style yellow gold 14K 8 grams in total weight with a 25 point diamond. It has been in my possession since that day in 1977.”

Asking $4000 and includes a letter of Authenticity

For more information Contact Patsy.

Elvis: “The Lighter Side”

Patsy Andersen — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:13:12 +0000

Elvis: The Lighter Side” is a new book written by a good friend of Elvis’ Mr. Will Bardahl McDaniel. To order the book send a check or money order in the amount of $20.00 plus shipping and handling of $3.95 for USA and $11.00 for outside of USA to: Will (Bardahl) McDaniel at 8360 Greenbrook Pkway Southaven MS 38671.

Eternally Elvis Tribute show – Jan 19th – Paramus, NJ

Patsy Andersen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:49:24 +0000

Saturday January 19th Mike Moat and the Golden Reflections will be doing an Elvis Tribute show at the Paramus Elks Hall in Paramus NJ. Doors open at 7:30 PM and show starts at 8:20 PM.
Come join local Elvis fans from the tri-state area for a night of fun & great music!
Mike’s band includes a 4 pc horn section. We hope to see many of you there!

Mention BackinMemphis for discount tickets @ 20 each!

Call: 201-637-1423 or email: mike.moat@yahoo.com

Mike Moat

Original Source: Back in Memphis

John Wilkinson has Passed Away at the age of 67

Patsy Andersen — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:24:56 +0000

By Associated Press Published: January 11 | Updated: Saturday January 12 1:42 AM

KANSAS CITY Mo. — Rhythm guitar player John Wilkinson who performed with Elvis Presley more than a thousand times has died at his home in southwest Missouri. He was 67.Wilkinson passed away Friday at his home in Springfield after a fight with cancer according to a family spokesman and the Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley offered their “deepest sympathy” to his family saying in a statement that “John and the beautiful music he made with Elvis will live forever in our hearts.”

Wilkinson first met Elvis Presley when he was 10 years old after sneaking into his dressing room before a show at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield. He amused Presley when he told him “You can’t play guitar worth a damn.”Family friend and spokesman Gary Ellison said a Springfield history museum recalled the pair’s meeting in an exhibit that ran until about three weeks ago.

“John loved to tell that story” Ellison a fellow musician said Friday.

After the chance meeting Wilkinson developed a name for himself as a singer and guitarist performing with such groups as The New Christy Minstrels.

He was 23 when Presley saw him perform on a television show in Los Angeles in 1968 and asked him to join the TCB Band — not knowing he was the youngster who insulted his playing a decade earlier Ellison recalled.

Wilkinson went on to play 1200 shows as Presley’s rhythm guitar player until the legendary singer’s death in 1977.

“John considered Elvis more as a friend than as a boss” Ellison said.

Even after suffering a stroke in 1989 that left him unable to play the guitar Wilkinson continued singing with fellow musicians including the old TCB Band (the acronym stood for Taking Care of Business) and also made a living in retail and airline services management.

“He was honestly one of the best acoustic guitar players I’d ever heard” Ellison recalled adding that Wilkinson kept in touch with many of the performers from the folk music era in the late 1960s and early ‘70s.

A statement from the family released through Ellison said Wilkinson also was proud of the fact that he never turned down a request for an autograph.

“It didn’t matter if he was meeting adoring fans joking with Chuck Berry about keeping his B-string in tune or if he was talking to a neighbor about her dog people were people to him” the statement said.

“Folks were folks. John would look you square in the eye and accept you just as you were. There was nothing phony about him.”

He is survived by his wife Terry. A private graveside service is planned.

“NANCY” TURNS 80

Patsy Andersen — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:00:18 +0000

“NANCY” TURNS 80 – YET STILL A LITTLE GIRL

Famed comic strip character turns 80 years old;
Cartoonist of the daily comic strip Guy Gilchrist set to celebrate

Nashville TN (January 2 2013) – Nashville Tennessee resident Guy Gilchrist the cartoonist who took over the famed comic strip “Nancy” in 1995 is celebrating the character’s 80th year in existence since first being introduced on January 2 1933 as Fritzi’s niece Nancy. Nancy a slightly chubby and precocious eight-year-old first appeared in the strip Fritzi Ritz about the airheaded flapper title character and continues in 2013 as an American daily and Sunday comic strip.

Nancy and her friends live in a warm comical nostalgic carefree world of love and laughter which contributes to its appeal well over half a century later. The mythical town of “Three Rocks” is somewhere just down the road from there.

CHARACTERS OF NANCY:
Nancy Ritz is a tomboy an angel and a brat! She is optimistic moody loud and loyal. She loves her Aunt her friends her rescued dog and cat her goldfish her teddy bear ice cream the fair snow days music and days with no homework! She is in 3rd grade at Three Rocks Elementary School.
Aunt Fritzi (Fritzi Ritz) is an Entertainment writer for magazines newspapers websites and blogs. Fritzi is a dedicated single parent who makes her 8 year old adopted niece the center of her life. Fritzi is in her late fifties.
Sluggo Smith is an orphan as is Nancy. Perhaps that is their natural bond. He is lazy but dreams that impossible dreams are possible. But not if you know he has to actually work “too hard” to achieve them! He loves to nap play the guitar nap fish nap sing nap meditate…..and nap.
Rollo the stereotypical but nonetheless friendly rich kid. In the early 1940s the rich kid was known as Marmaduke. It is possible that the name was changed to avoid confusion with Marmaduke an unrelated comic strip by Brad Anderson that debuted in 1954.
Irma Nancy’s nondescript girlfriend.
Spike (aka Butch) the town bully who frequently knocks out Sluggo. Sluggo occasionally gets one over on Spike however.
Oona Goosepimple the spooky looking child who lived in a haunted house down the road from Nancy’s house. She only appeared in the comic book version of the strip during John Stanley’s tenure in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Marigold Sluggo’s tomboy cousin.
Pee Wee a neighborhood toddler.
Poochie Nancy’s nondescript dog. In current strips Nancy also has a cat named Rocky and a goldfish called Goldie.
About NANCY:
On January 2 1933 Ernie Bushmiller introduced Fritzi’s niece Nancy. Soon she dominated the daily strip which was retitled Nancy in 1938. Comics historian Don Markstein detailed the evolution as the readership of Fritzi Ritz increased. Bushmiller’s bold clear art style combined with his ability to construct a type of gag that appealed to a very broad audience brought the strip to new heights of popularity—and his introduction of Fritzi’s niece Nancy in 1933 carried it higher yet. Two important developments occurred in 1938. Sluggo Smith Nancy’s friend from the “wrong side of the tracks” was introduced in January; and later that year Aunt Fritzi’s name was dropped from the title of the daily strip which continued as Nancy.

At the same time Bushmiller’s Sunday page underwent a similar change. Formerly half of it had been devoted to Fritzi and the other half to her boyfriend Phil Fumble. Phil’s half was taken over by Nancy. Years later when newspaper space became tighter and cartoonists were no longer allowed whole pages to themselves Fritzi’s half disappeared and the transformation was complete. Fritzi Ritz was a bit player where she had formerly been the star. Phil Fumble made a reappearance in the November 27 2012 strip. At its peak in the 1970s Nancy ran in more than 880 newspapers.

Al Plastino worked on Sunday episodes of Nancy in 1982-83 after Bushmiller died. During that period David Letterman showed on TV a Nancy panel with Plastino’s signature and made a joke about Plastino as a superhero name. (Letterman’s writers were apparently unaware that Plastino was known for his superheroes.)

The strip has continued to the present day by different writers and artists. Mark Lasky briefly handled the strip in 1983 before handing the strip over to Jerry Scott (1984–94) who drew the strip in a much different more modern style than other adaptations. In 1995 Guy and Brad Gilchrist assumed control of the strip returning the artwork to its traditional forms. The strip has an international popularity especially in Japan and South America. It runs as Periquita in several dozen Spanish-language newspapers.

To view the daily Nancy comic strip visit www.gocomics.com/nancy.

About GUY GILCHRIST:
Guy Gilchrist world-renowned cartoonist has been writing and drawing the NANCY comic strip for almost 20 years. Guy’s history includes the endorsement and opportunity to draw and write for Jim Henson’s Muppets Muppet Babies Fraggles Looney Tunes Tom and Jerry The Pink Panther as well as twice receiving the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Category Award for “Best Book and Magazine Illustrator”. Guy also writes and illustrates the daily panel Today’s Dogg. Guy and everyone at “NancyNation” are also supportive and dedicated to causes that promote second chances at happiness and life for children of all ages and animals.

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND TO RELEASE HOT NEW DANCE SINGLE

Patsy Andersen — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:43:36 +0000

LEGENDARY KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND RELEASE HOT NEW DANCE SINGLE WITH FAMED UK PRODUCTION TEAM BIMBO JONES

Miami FL (November 28 2012) – From the man who created some of the world’s most beloved and timeless dance songs like “Get Down Tonight” “That’s the Way (I Like It)” and “Shake Your Booty” the iconic KC & the Sunshine Band joins forces with UK dance music super duo Bimbo Jones to release the band’s first single in over a decade “I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind” (Sunshine Records). The infectious dance mix is available on iTunes Amazon and all other digital music services.

Comprised of producers Lee Dagger and Marc JB Bimbo Jones has worked with a series of high profile artists and produced several #1 dance hits. Its first week of release “I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind” debuted at #35 on zipDJ Charts the world’s most elite subscription-based DJ music pool and promotional music service and quickly climbed to the #16 position with a bullet. The new single is currently being played in clubs all over the world.

“I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind” is the first single from KC & the Sunshine Band’s upcoming album releasing March 5 2013. The two-disc compilation will feature new dance music mixed by the genre’s top DJs as well as reinterpretations of classic songs of the ‘60s. The new year marks KC & the Sunshine Band’s 40th anniversary creating music that continues to move generations.

“It has been exciting to work on this new project; I feel as if I have awakened from some sort of coma musically” says Harry Wayne Casey. “Lyrically this is the best I have ever done and musically the different collaborations have brought new styles and variety to this project. It’s provided a new excitement for the classics that influenced me and a renewed energy to the dance music which I started 40 years ago.”

To learn more about KC & The Sunshine Band and to find more details about its upcoming tour dates visit www.heykcsb.com.

KC & The Sunshine Band is booked by William Morris Endeavor.

About KC & the Sunshine Band:
Formed in 1973 KC & The Sunshine Band aims to serve a single purpose: to create instant happiness through music. For nearly 40 years the group has done just that topping the charts with seven No. 1 singles and three triple platinum albums winning three Grammy Awards including Album of the Year for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack an American Music Award and becoming the first act since The Beatles to score four No. 1 pop singles in one 12-month period in 1976. In 2001 KC was honored with the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences Governor’s Award the highest honor given by a chapter of the Academy. The band’s infectious sound gives life to countless ad campaigns and hundreds of movie soundtracks. KC & The Sunshine Band has defined disco and forever influenced music with its timeless sound and mission of getting people out of their seats to celebrate which is still being fulfilled today.

The Blackwood Brothers Celebrating 78 Years

Patsy Andersen — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:41:57 +0000