In 2013 our friend Hazel of St Catharines shared some great memories and astonishing photos with Scribbles. Back in the day when Hazel’s husband Maynard was alive, the happy couple loved to travel and were huge fans of Country Music stars.
Hazel told of us a 1972 excursion in which they saw Elvis Presley and met Johnny Cash.
They were taking pictures of Elvis Presley’s mansion when all of a sudden “the man himself” drove past them on his Harley Davidson motorcycle. Hazel says she was shaking so much when she tried to take a picture that all she got was the front of Elvis’ bike.
“We were there to take pictures of the house, never thinking we would see the great man himself” Hazel told Scribbles. “[When] down the driveway he comes in his Caddy with his wife June Carter Cash and little boy John Carter Cash.”
“They stopped to chat, asked where we were from and said it was nice of us to drive that distance to visit Nashville.” said Hazel, adding that little John was eating a raw hot dog while sitting on his dad's lap.
As if that weren’t thrill enough, “[Johnny] shook hands all around, even the boys, then said they were going over to visit his daddy who just lived a half mile away.” added Hazel. “[It] was nice to see him and he had no gate or security at his driveway, a good old Country boy.”
Hazel told us they saw Johnny Cash in concert several times and we’re pretty sure after meeting him in person those shows were more memorable than ever.
What an amazing story, an experience of a lifetime, complete with the photos to prove it really did happen and we really want to thank Hazel for sharing them with Scribbles (talk about a real ‘exclusive’!)
Hazel told us she could easily write a book about Country stars. If those adventures are anything like this one, we’d be thrilled to hear all about them.
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