Charlie Hodge

Charlie Hodge spent 17 years being a tempo guitarist and backup vocalist to get his Military pal Elvis Presley. Delivered in Decatur, AL, on Dec 14, 1934, Hodge afterwards graduated in the Stamp College of Music, executing within a gospel quartet alongside fellow pupil and potential Christian music pioneer Costs Gaither. Hodge and his following music group, the Foggy River Guys, went on for some fame throughout their stint on nation star Crimson Foley’s ABC tv range series Ozark Jubilee, however in 1958 he was drafted to serve within the U.S. Military, befriending Presley during simple trained in Fort Hood, TX. Their romantic relationship continuing in Germany, so when their tour of responsibility ended, within the springtime of 1960 Presley asked Hodge to Memphis to focus on his LP Elvis Is usually Back! Hodge continued to be an integral person in the so-called “Memphis Mafia” for near two decades, actually living due to Presley’s Memphis mansion, Graceland. He was also a crucial part of Presley’s stage displays, handing the vocalist the scarves he tossed in to the target audience, and in 1968 he made an appearance alongside guitarist Scotty Moore, drummer D.J. Fontana, and bassist Alan Fortas during Presley’s landmark NBC tv comeback unique. Hodge was present at Graceland during Presley’s August 16, 1977, loss of life and in 1984 released a memoir, Me ‘n’ Elvis. After spending 15 years to get Elvis impersonator Lou Vuto in the Pigeon Forge, TN, location Memories Theatre, Hodge passed away of lung malignancy on March 3, 2006.