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Authors: Graham Thomson
The Coward Brothers: Elvis and T-Bone Burnett wear their influences on their sleeves, 1985.
Scenes from the opening night of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook, Beverly Theater, Los Angeles, 4 October 1986.
Credit: Byron Wilson
The Beloved Entertainer, 1989.
Credit: Redferns/Rob Verhorst
Deep in the ‘Beard Years’, 1991.
Credit: Redferns/Rob Verhorst
An uneasy truce: The Attractions reunite in 1994.
Credit: Red ferns/Keith Morris
Elvis brings
Brutal Youth
to the world in 1994.
Credit: Tony Sacchetti/Mike Bodayle
King of the South Bank. Elvis curates Meltdown in the summer of 1995.
Courtesy: The South Bank Centre
The final night of Meltdown, 1 July 1995, featuring Jeff Buckley
(below).
Credit: Mary Ann Hauser
Elvis and Cait on tour in 1996.
Bruce and Elvis edge closer to the end of the line.
Note the difference in body language.
Credit: Masanori Saito/Keiko Sunata