Elvis Presley - 1974-03-01 - Tulsa OK (SBD)

Elvis Presley
1974-03-01
Mabee Special Events Center
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa OK
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra 
02. See See Rider 
03. I Got A Woma > Amen 
04. Love Me 
05. Trying To Get To You 
06. Sweet Caroline 
07. Love Me Tender 
08. Johnny B. Goode 
09. Hound Dog 
10. Fever
11. Polk Salad Annie 
12. Why Me Lord? 
13. Suspicious Minds 
14. Introductions by Elvis 
15. I Can't Stop Loving You 
16. Help Me 
17. American Trilogy 
18. Let Me Be There 
19. Funny How Time Slips Away
20. Can't Help Falling In Love 
21. Closing Vamp 
22. Announcements 

Elvis Presley - 1974-03-01 - Tulsa OK (SBD)

Elvis Presley was part of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame's inaugural induction class in 1986. What else would you expect for the man nicknamed "The King".  Also in that class were Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, James Brown, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis - every one of them a no brainer. 

This soundboard recording captures Elvis on March 1, 1974, a half century ago today, on the first night of a tour of the South.  He would play 24 shows in 20 days, a grueling pace that did little to help a man already addicted to a host of drugs. Nor did the size of the entourage that travelled with him help his condition.  At the next stop in Houston, they took up 32 rooms at the Shamrock Hilton and another 25 at the Astroworld Hotel! All those folks wanted a piece of Elvis, further contributing to his deteriorating health.