Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Elvis is everywhere (in Collingwood, anyway)

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In the early 1950’s a poor kid from Mississippi was scratching around for every copper he could find.

He picked up a guitar, and the rest was history.
More than half a century later, a South American miner scratched his way out from beneath several tons of copper to become perhaps, the most famous Elvis fan in the world.
And Friday in Collingwood, Scot Urquhart saw their two paths converge, at one of the most unusual venues in Canada.


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