Was Elvis known to be a decent pool/billiards player?
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I would doubt he played at all. He couldn't even play the guitar.
There is a pool table at Graceland. Pictures of it can be googled. I like the lights above it.
Ringo Starr played on it when the Beatles visited Graceland in '65.
Ringo Starr played on it when the Beatles visited Graceland in '65.
If he could play pool you would have seen films of him playing. He loved to show off, like with his karate and those phony films of him beating like 5 guys as they just fall down when he just touches them. That guy was really sick in the head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-_Mxqb6hHo
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Elvis was a very good rhythm guitarist. He probably only knew about 20 chords (but you only need 7 for early rock n' roll), but his sense of rhythm was so good that it didn't matter.
It was The Colonel who screwed up Elvis. He was a huge talent, dragged down by a two-bit manager.
I heard Elvis could play pretty sporty, until you ran a couple racks on him....
.....then he'd get 'all shook up'.
Booooooo suede shoes.
Talent to do what? He could not act, he could not play his guitar very well. His singing was mediocre at best. He didn't write the songs he sang or music or books. He was basically a product, that was carefully package and sold.
As time went by he became delusional, he began to believe his own hype and self important BS. What went wrong with him was it was not true and it is very hard to live a lie. At a point reality sets in.
I can only imagine what he saw near the end when he looked in the mirror. It must have been terrifying for him and to at the same time have no idea what to do.
Back to pool though, you can't fake playing pool. I have never seen a film of him playing that leads me to believe he never could play
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Would you be able to play well in this room!?
I took my wife there last year for our 40th anniversary. There is a tear in the cloth and a sign said the tear was from a guest trying a trick shot.
I doubt if he played much except to entertain guests.
They need to move the balls up to the foot spot.
Kind of a crappy table to boot. If he had any interest he would have a better table then that. At the time he was alive and using that table it is like a $600.00 table. I actually have a table just like that in storage.
Here is a picture from 2014 and it looks like a tear at the one corner
https://amandaelsewhere.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/2014-07-30-14-17-28.jpg
Would you be able to play well in this room!?
from this angle, it appears the couch behind the table is too close. Therefore, no, I couldn't play well in that room... I needs my space
First of all, when I saw the title of the thread I thought I was gonna be reading a comedy bit; nevertheless, ...................ELVIS WAS A MEDIOCRE SINGER AT BEST!!!! Sure; and I guess Louis Armstrong was a mediocre trumpeter, Buddy Rich couldn't play the drums worth a damn.....hell; Michaelangelo was fumble fingered while holding a chisel! You're forgiven if your older than seventy five, as I suspect you and a few previous posters are; but if you were younger than 15 in 1955 ........ please make provisions now to, upon death, donate your ears to science. There's a good chance they'll identify the abnormality.You'll be helping humanity!
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