Graceland could be considered the mecca of american mid century kitsch but the.
The jungle room.
Jungle room podcast and youtube channel team member greg webb gives us part 1 to his visit to cape girardeau and shows us a former hotel elvis may have stayed in july 1955.
The jungle room also became the king s final recording studio where he recorded much of his last two albums.
A majority of the jungle room material was released as from elvis presley boulevard memphis tennessee in the spring of 1976 featuring the top 10 hit hurt a year later in july 1977 more of these sessions were paired with overdubbed live material and released as moody blue.
Elvis bought the furniture on a whim in 1974 supposedly to rile his father vernon had said it was the ugliest furniture he d ever laid eyes on.
The jungle room was loaded with exotic plants animal prints and floor to ceiling shag carpet in what can only be described as an african motif.
Graceland is a mansion on a 13 8 acre 5 6 ha estate in memphis tennessee united states once owned by singer and actor elvis presley his daughter lisa marie presley has been the owner of graceland since his death in 1977 graceland is located at 3764 elvis presley boulevard in the vast whitehaven community about 9 miles 14 km from downtown and less than 4 miles 6 4 km north of the.