Elvis Graceland Name Toof Mary Jenkins Memphis Recording The Spa Guy

In this Video The Spa Guy takes you to Historic Elmwood Cemetary in Memphis to see Grace Toof and Mary Jenkins' graves and also takes a look behind Memphis Recording Service known as Sun Studios now.. Don't forget to subscribe..

[@TarheelTad64]

I have learned a ton of information about Elvis I never wouldn't imagine I really appreciate you sir thanks

[@lynlovett4280]

Thank you Mr. Spa Guy. You always find the most important and interesting things connected to Elvis. Thank you for your very hard work for we the Elvis fans. Looking forward to more interesting videos. Tighten up and Lord bless.

[@MorningMary67]

I always appreciate how you show us the graves of these people. They deserve to be recognized and remembered. I have seen a video on KZbin where Mary is talking about Elvis and she is at the house he bought for her. She loved him very much and you could see the sadness she felt because of his death. She said that he called her "May-Wee", I thought that was so cute! Also, thanks for the great info about Memphis Recording Service/Sun Studio. Very cool!! Thank you Billy!

[@nashkairo4863]

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[@blizzardbaby]

I parked behind Sun Studio too when I went there, so the first thing I saw was the back of it and the back door! I absolutely loved being there and doing the tour. Very cool to see that photo with Taylor's Good Food!!

[@drphil1949]

I have got to get back to Memphis! Left Millington in 1971 and haven’t been back since. Didn’t realize all the stuff to see when I was stationed there in the Navy! I did see Graceland standing at the gates, though! Thank you, Mr. Spa Guy! Love your work! 👍🙂

[@David-hn7zm]

Wow amazing you point what the little original pieces of that time .. you are the best thanks sooooo sooooo much !!!! God bless you and your family my friend !!!

[@kerrywilsonia9723]

Spa Guy 🙋 you are the man. I toured Graceland in 1994 August I wish you were doing this back then.

[@veganvintagegeek935]

This is going to be interesting, looking forward to learn more about the Toof family. I recently read in Nancy Rooks book, Inside Graceland. When Elvis bought Graceland it was pretty much an abandoned building that needed a lot of work. And the church next door used the house to store canned goods, and hold other meetings. And one of the rooms upstairs over the door way had a painted Boys and Girls club sign on it.

[@denn4u]

It's. Amazing. How. You. Find these things great work

[@myelvischannel1992]

Again thanks for the information seen sun records a few times but like most people never been down that side entrance keep the stories coming spa guy. ELVIS is always TCB

[@rontillbrook6455]

the memphis recording studio is a place ive visited many times personally and the feeling you get when doing the tour is just one of the best feelings, all the music history in the place makes your hair on your neck stand up, memphis was rocking in late 80s but now its not so good shame really. some locals told me years ago that the city never recovered from martin luther king being killed there.

[@braddarnell2498]

I visited last summer and took the tour. I parked right in the back in the very same spot. I enjoyed the tour and recommend it.

[@PennysLifeWithLove]

Memphis Tennessee has Elvis written all over it . Ty Mr. spa Guy xx

[@3BricksHigher]

Never seen the original site of the Memphis Recording Studio. Wish the vid showed more, but happy you peeked through the glass LOL I was saying, peek through, peek through! LOL! Awesome vid SG

[@faustojacques2471]

Loved this vídeo, Billy. Very interesting as always. Keep doing a great work.

[@johnllewellyn7085]

SG hot stuff, before and after is to cool, really nice to see what was there so long ago, then 64 years later, wow cooll stuff, sG king of Elvis Presley information, time well spent 👈👍

[@jefflanham1080]

Thanks for posting these...I spent nearly two weeks of nights there in December of ‘94 recording an album with Bobby Whitlock (Derek & The Dominos/George Harrison fame. We put a great album in the can and maybe some day it will see the light of day?? A few years later I left to work with Buddy Miles and other acts but I still think about those nights at Sun often...it was magical beyond belief!! Jeff Lanham

[@toddtr5520]

your the king of yutube spa guy!!!!

[@karolinesmail489]

Interesting learned the toof now! JK great video keep em coming! Tighten up!😎

[@garagedweller7159]

Went for the tour of Memphis recording studio this year and it was awesome,but when you finally get into the studio where Elvis recorded and also Johnny Cash, it is like a step back in time. I actually got a chill when I got to stand beside and touch the actual microphone used. Thanks for the video!

[@jansorensen]

Very interesting as always Billy.Keep doing a great work.

[@sylviabell499]

I love everything about him. The more information about him makes me happy. Thanks

[@esthersacilowski641]

Alright !! Thanks for all the history of the Sun studio ! Also the Toof & Mary's grave ! 🎸🎵Esther from N.Y.

[@stephensonbenita]

Awesome.. can't wait for the Toof video..I've always wondered about the history n layout of Graceland when Elvis bought it..God Bless

[@deehickman6417]

I learn so much & love all the cool info you share! The photos from the 50s keep telling me I was born in the wrong decade! I appreciate, that thanks to you, I am no longer "toofless". :)

[@memphistenn77]

Thanks so much for your awesome videos, my little story i thing it was the 80s?? Me and my brother-in-law went in back and the door was open a young guy looked at us and said do you want to come in and check this out , we looked at each other and said heck yeah! We went in and nobody else was there it was our private tour I guess I shouldn’t say the next part but I will god forbid me the young man asked if we wanted to smoke a j .... we said yes and we smoked it right were Sam Phillips sat in the booth no lie !! I’ll never forget that moment !!!

[@lynells3060]

A absolutely fantastic video Mr. Spa Guy...Sun Studio. Please keep them coming as long as you possibly can. Especially the Elvis trivia, lol. Also love the videos with your family. You and Ms Ashley do a fantastic job as usual. Bless you both. Tighten up.

[@plmillerda]

thanks, a great way to start my day today. defiantly interested in the Toof family considering I'm a dental assistant.lol

[@_CoolHandLuke_]

We all need to tighten up on our toof...

[@veronicacohen1110]

Well again it's always great to listen to everything that you have to say and fine. God bless all of you for all the hard work you do

[@glencop]

Thankyou Billy for your dedication.

[@robg8784]

Thanks Spa Guy Awesome Video's

[@shycheyenne9460]

Thank You Billy For Another Great Interesting Story.

[@paulam1837]

You're amazing! I love how you go into so much detail. Thank you Billy The Spa guy! I know you spend a lot of time researching and driving. Your fans appreciate you!

[@marticiab.7010]

Nice to see you again spa guy keep up the good work, MARTICIA

[@srgrahl]

Thanks for the history you provide, it is appreciated!

[@hayesman76]

Anyone know if Elvis ever visited Sun again after his famous “Million Dollar Quartet” visit?

[@annasearcy4046]

Thank you for that information spa guy you showed us Mary Jenkins house I think it was I think it was her house you showed us and that was good information and this is good information thank you so much for good information. I grew up in Memphis and you showed me some things that I never knew like the sun recording studios I never knew where that was it exactly I just know where the places were to go dance I was into the Beatles but I like Elvis to some back then but now I love Elvis better late than never.

[@tupelomiss8315]

Hey Billy.aww so appreciate everything you do.loving this.what a real treat to see all these things.you amaze me.quite how you find all these things for us Elvis fans is fantastic.thank you so much for the tour round.so exciting. 😮 Wow xx Uk 🇬🇧

[@wendycushenan4907]

Very interesting Billy... thankyou...EP forever 💞

[@alainpatenaude8995]

thank you Billy for your work

[@vicentpeinado1460]

Hello from Albacete (Spain)👏👏👏

[@hayesman76]

Vicent Peinado Hola amigo, encontré mi esposa en España. Una hermana mayor trabajò con Julio Iglesias y su esposa Isabel Prysler y otra con los padres de Julio.

[@vicentpeinado1460]

@@hayesman76 el gran julio iglesias!! Cuanto me alegro que tu esposa sea española!! Un saludo

[@hayesman76]

Vicent Peinado Saludos de California. Actualmente ella es Filipina LOL Encontramos en Madrid.

[@bonniebarnett7202]

Hi Billy.. thanks for sharing video today.. Enjoyed!.. looking forward to Future video on the Toof's. Your friend Bonnie

[@MrRoach-yo3mz]

There used to be Double Doors in the back of Sun Studio. The double door area was cinder blocked in and replaced by a single door. NICE VIDEO!

[@barbaraprivate7081]

Barbara private its all very nice to show those graves the little baby so sad just to be remember

[@rickray5884]

That a Boy Spa Guy keep them great Videos Coming!!!!!!!!!!!

[@martin77722]

hello friend thanks for another good video keep them coming the number one spa guy

[@agostinoieraci8986]

Thank you Spa guy interesting. WONDERFUL WORK.

[@marycampbell3107]

Thanks Spa guy a great video

[@joesteadman7008]

always enjoy your info. Keep it coming.

[@mrDCunningham]

More pieces to the puzzle. Keep on tightening up Billy. Great info. Excellent vlog friend👍😎

[@jennifernapoli8172]

Hi Billy😊Thanks for Sharing!! I’ve learned so much about Elvis I didn’t know since watching your videos. Really Appreciate all you do😁 God Bless and Tighten up❤️

[@christopherarnold1568]

great job-thx for showing Mary Jenkins grave!

[@Trevitravels]

Spa Guy, your attention to detail is awesome. keep up the good work!

[@jameskyker3239]

Is there any old pictures or videos you have of Graceland before elvis bought it you may have covered it in previous videos, sorry im new to your channel.

[@KountryStateOfMind]

Dead in the center love it, only you Billy. Great video as always!

[@valeriefelitto6336]

You go places I wish I could. Great video as always

[@ForensicsOnTheScene]

Mary was very protective of Elvis. If you see interviews with her there’s one on Geraldo where the step mom accuses Elvis of having an inappropriate relationship with his mother and Mary wasn’t having it. Mary laid into the step mom for making those allegations. You can find the video on KZbin. Another great video SpaGuy!

[@curtbutterfield1966]

Spa Guy and ashley drew good video thank you. I have never been to sun but always wondered what the backside looked like.... God bless you guys. ... curt

[@electricgeorge5589]

Another good video. Like the digging up. Thanks BTB E G.

[@sammy5714]

Thank you! 💐 ~ ~ Merci!

[@bobvires9650]

Thanks for the great info and the next time I pass ya in my Tj, I will give you a wave!

[@AnthonyKiyola]

Thanks for the great video. Sun Studio's very quiet: I thought there'd be fans/tourists hanging around outside..... apart from yourself of course.

[@conniepresley7601]

Awesome video!!!

[@swinde]

Where was the original Sun Studio, or did it actually exist as a building? I know that when I lived in Memphis, that building did not have the guitar and the Sun logo. I drove up and down Union Avenue for years. This boulevard had reversible traffic lanes in the 1960s until at least the 80s or longer. It was normally three lanes each way but from 7-9 AM weekdays it was 4 west and 2 east, and 4-6 PM it was 4 east and 2 west. There was a 10 minute period that traffic was not allowed in the reversible lanes prior to the switch. It was best to avoid this street near the transition time.

[@URfriendD1313]

Great video!

[@leovandenberg848]

Cool video . I was there 4 weeks ago at night. I was in the control room and the backdoor was open.Nice to see it by daylight. Today the cafe and studio are connected.I wonder if it was always that way.Very special place. Here it all started. Great video Billy! Greets leo

[@alicemilling3706]

Great info Billy!, ya know I have to wonder ...If Elvis would even recognize Memphis or Graceland area Seems as with everything there have been lots of changes to the area I have been to Graceland 1 time back in 2008 I'm going back next month from looking at the videos wow there's been lots of changes Thanks Billy 😀👍❤

[@barbaraprivate7081]

Barbara private the recording of thats ok mama I was only 2 yrs but its a great song way to go great shoots billy u do a great job

[@imaculadaconceicao6892]

Elvis Presley, o Quarteto Millionário e a San Records. Histórico.

[@HerbWalker]

Billy, You B Crazy brother LOL When you say that "TOOFLESS" line, us musicians know that you need a 'Rim Shot" there. Hahahaha (I told my drummer, to give ME a rim shot when I told a joke, THAT way the crowd knew it was FUNNY!) :P Mrs. Mary was such a wonderful person, in the few videos Ive seen of her. I would have LOVED to have tried one of her Banana & Pea Nut Butter Sandwiches. She needed her OWN logo "TCE" ..Taking Care of Elvis" LOL

[@shanenorris1983]

There’s a KZbin video done on the Toof family. Because they showed what Graceland looked like when they lived there and showed home movies. I think they have it at the Graceland archives.

[@shanenorris1983]

Type in Graceland before Elvis Presley

[@debroy3262]

Toofless! Hahahaaha! I almost spit out my coffee. Took a big sip as you said that!!😂

[@chestergood4035]

I believe they are referred to as adjacent angle buildings. Roy Orbison upstairs, wow!

[@chuckmadden2251]

As small as the main room is, the control room is like an airplane cockpit. Hard to imagine all of the magic came from there. Spa and Ashley you Toof are the best!

[@gussygatlin3093]

Can we please get a story on Ginger Alda... Then and now??? That would be interesting since there are so many different 5akes on that situation. Thank You SpaGuy!

[@SpaGuy]

I have worked on Ginger's story but don't have all of the elements to complete the story yet but have filmed some..

[@shannonwhite3721]

Oh Spa Guy you are Toof cute😉 I was kinda shocked that Roy Orbison woulda had an apartment on the second floor. Wasn't he visually impaired. Just seems ground level would have been a safer choice lol. Anyway, I don't know about you but I get a little giddy just looking at the studio. Knowing that's where the magic Began.

[@virginiadesanti2351]

Gracias por el vídeo.Lastima por no entender.Soy de Argentina ❤️🇦🇷 besos

[@tanyadavis6187]

Hello from Virginia

[@SpaGuy]

Hello!!

[@conrad6302]

Interesting video billy. I wonder if elvis ever visited there again after the sun days

[@debroy3262]

Ive read about the Toof family. Would love to learn more!

[@williamlivingston2542]

We Use To Eat Lunch At Miss Taylor’s Cafe Next Door When I Worked At Chip Barwick Chevrolet In The Early 70s.On The other Side of Union Ave Was Joe Schaffer Bluff City Buick…Back Then Union Ave Was Auto Row with Madison Cadillac Just Up The Street….

[@williamlivingston2542]

Sorry I Missed You A Couple Of Weeks Ago When You We’re Pigeon Forge,Maybe Another Time,Thanks Doc Livingston….

[@presley17]

👍 Was Elvis aware of the fact and the history of the Toof family ? Thank you Spa Guy 🇫🇷 👍

[@gb7_347]

Demaissssss

[@CMoore-rr4ju]

Memphis📀👍

[@ubiq6348]

I’ve never been to Memphis, and I wouldn’t want to anger anyone who live there, but on these videos it comes across as quite a bleak city. The environment looks like urban sprawl, almost entirely asphalt. Big wide featureless highways, barely any green spaces. Memphis is actually considered to be one of the most undesirable cities to live in America. It’s a reminder that the greatest singer that ever lived came from a bleak industrial city. Once again, I’m just describing what I’ve seen on Billy’s superb videos, but my visual senses are telling me Memphis lacks glamor.

[@hayesman76]

tony Falla I visited Memphis and Graceland in 1984. Memphis has always been a gritty working-class town. However, and very sadly, it’s now a VERY high-crime city, probably one of the worst in the nation. Memphis is on the New Madrid Fault, which produced the strongest recorded earthquake in U.S. history, so powerful that it made the Mississippi River change direction. I have tried to get the word out to Graceland officials that it seriously needs to come up with a plan to defend the mansion from feral looters in the event of an earthquake that partially or completely destroyed it. I’ve personally lived through two major riots/looting events, one in my native New York City (1977 blackout) and Los Angeles 1991. I do NOT want to see swarms of ghetto looters stealing Graceland’s treasures blind if, God forbid, the city was hit by another major quake. My STRONG advice is to organize a “posse” of local Elvis-loving ARMED good ole boys to defend the mansion the way Korean businessmen in L.A. defended their stores during the LA Riots. If anyone reading this has connections among the Graceland Estate’s higher-ups I’d be much obliged if they’d pass along my concerns and suggestion to them. Thanks.

[@ubiq6348]

Hayesman In the unlikely scenario of an earthquake, the national guard would be deployed to protect Graceland; so there’d be no need for armed vigilantes to form posses.

[@hayesman76]

tony Falla What makes you think an earthquake would be “unlikely”? As for deployment of the National Guard, you’re not considering the behind-the-scenes political and racial realities that might lessen the likelihood of them being assigned to protect Graceland. The fact is that Memphis is now majority black. Depending on who’s in the mayor’s and governor’s offices calling the shots I can definitely imagine the Guard to be told to STAND DOWN by black politicians who, like many blacks, not only don’t give a damn about Elvis Presley but who are actually antagonist towards him for various reasons which I won’t go into.

[@hayesman76]

The U.S. Geological Survey puts the likelihood of a major quake on the fault at 40%-60%. That’s hardly “unlikely”.

[@ubiq6348]

hayesman76 Yes, I’m aware a lot of black folks are antagonistic towards Elvis. False rumours have grown up about him being racist and some have even accused him of what’s called ‘cultural appropriation’ which infers he stole their music. But only the uneducated and ignorant ones perpetrate lies about the king. I find it sad in a way, given their history; you’d expect better from people who have been discriminated against than to discriminate against others themselves. All the evidence of Elvis’ racial harmony is there to see in his admiration for great black artists like Fats Domino and Ray Hamilton and BB King, but to name three, who had nothing but good things to say about Elvis. And it’s their opinion which counts, people who interacted with him and knew him, not the ones who spread false myths.

[@robertturak7547]

As another commenter asked, I wonder if Elvis ever went back to the building after '56? Elvis never struck me as a sentimental person in the sense that he felt the need to revisit places and locations from his past.

[@SpaGuy]

I think you are right Robert, Elvis went places and moved on... I am very sentimental which is part of what drives me to see places and also go back to places again that I have been to.. I think many of us are and that is part of why these videos work..

[@robertturak7547]

@@SpaGuy I'm the same way; in fact one of my favorite videos is the one where he is at a dealership and 40 years later you can still see part of the line on the pavement. Good work! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rprZqnd8fpWZp8k

[@cherryclift6914]

The buildings not being straight is strange, however in England we call this Scew wiff

[@rickpeterson1089]

The street lights look to be original too

[@MattJ1977]

Elvis connections Orbison and Carl Perkins. Just an idea😊 GO SPAGUY!!

[@SpaGuy]

I am working on Orbison and Perkins stories they will be out in the future..

[@nightowl4137]

How many cooks did Graceland have over the years?

[@ronniecline1393]

“Toofless”.....😂🤣😂 boy you ain’t right😂😂

[@darronnelson953]

@ 2:28 “...this is in the very back of the cemetary, dead in the center.” 🤣🤣

[@mochs3869]

I've always wondered about the history of 706 Union, but there's not much info on it. In most books, it doesn't seem to have existed before 1950 when Sam bought it. I wonder what year it was built and what it was built as originally...who's owned if over the years, various business before and after Sam that were in there, what was there before the present building...why Sam picked that particular building, etc...I've never heard any of that stuff..

[@SpaGuy]

Mike, All Great Questions.. I know some of those answers but not all but I will work on that it will make a Great Story.. Thanks, Spa Guy

[@christhompson7049]

I’ve just recently discovered your videos, and have been going back to watch the older ones. You had been laughing hard when you referred to he child as “baby Toof. Then as I was recovering from that one, you explained that Mary Jenkins’ was “in the dead center” of that section as if people in other sections weren’t dead.😂 (No disrespect intended just amused at the choice of words.)

[@AlanCofer]

Where was Mary Jenkins house which Elvis bought for her?

[@waynelougee9528]

What cemetery is this?

[@ssb753]

I heard that Elvis built his aunt a church Is this true?

[@marilynadams349]

El Hill cemetery

[@timothycaudill6896]

the shape of the buildings is due to the shape of the lot its on you can only build so many feet from property lines any where im a concrete worker we deal with it all the time if the lot is not square and you want all you can get to build in that happens

[@SpaGuy]

I agree with you that could be part of it but there are not a few buildings like that there are 100's.. All off the properties can't be skewed like that..