There's an entire legion of websites out there devoted to the King, and we haven't been to nearly all of them, but here are some of our favorites so far. We'll update the list from time to time, and if you have a suggestion please drop us a line.
Scotty Moore - the official Scotty Moore website and a real treasure trove of early Elvis information. Scotty was instrumental to Elvis' early sound and his rise to fame, and he influenced a generation of guitarists, myself included. This website would likely not have been possible without the work James Roy has done for the Scotty Moore site.
https://www.elvis-collectors.com - The FECC (For Elvis CD Collectors) message board in particular has a wealth of information, and despite the oddly specific name, spans anything and everything Elvis-related.
Elvis Presley In Concert - Francesc Lopez' wonderful site includes a trove of newspaper scans that are invaluable when documenting exactly when and where Elvis appeared, as does Keith Flynn's also admirable site, Elvis Presley - Live 1954.
You could fill a library with the number of books that have been written about Elvis, but we don't have that kind of money, so here are some of our favorites:
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick - This one is pretty much the gold-standard of modern Elvis biographies.
Elvis Day by Day by Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen - a wonderful coffee-table sized book that, as the name suggests, gives a day-by-day account of the life and times of the King, and is also replete with amazing Elvis photographs and documents.
Scotty and Elvis: Aboard the Mystery Train by Scotty Moore and James Dickerson - Just about everybody that had even passed Elvis on the street wrote a book about him after his death, but for our money, Scotty Moore's are the ones to read. Aboard the Mystery Train is the second James Dickerson/Scotty Moore collaboration, with the first being That's Alright, Elvis in 1997. Elvis' post-fame relationship with Scotty and Bill certainly left much to be desired, but Scotty gives an honest take without too much blame.
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