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Date Posted: 17:37:57 06/19/02 Wed
Route 66 Elvis Across America Roadathon 2002
FOR RELEASE JUNE 15, 2002
ELVIS PERFORMER TO PAY HOMAGE TO ROUTE 66 IN 2,448-MILE
JOURNEY
Mark W. Curran, 44, a California-based Elvis Presley
impersonator, author and filmmaker, will embark on an
unusual journey beginning June 29, 2002.
Starting in Chicago, Curran will drive the entire length of
Route 66,
stopping in each town every 100 miles to extol the virtues
of Americana and its ever-diminishing vistas.
The 2,448-mile, 30-day journey, dubbed "The Route 66 Elvis
Across America Roadathon," will take Curran through eight
states, doing radio and newspaper interviews and performing
free shows along the route.
"Route 66 was the lifeline of this country," Curran says.
"It was the road of dreams. Elvis exemplified that dream, a
poor boy becoming a legend in the world of rock and roll.
These two concepts are symbols of a lost era, and the late
fifties was a time when America was open to boundless
possibilities. We may have bypassed and destroyed some of
old Route 66, but we need not abandon it."
Curran certainly hasn't. Not only has he made "being Elvis"
a full-time occupation, he has even recorded a CD of songs
about Route 66. One of the tunes, "Keep The Flame Alive," is a ballad written for Elvis. He's built his own Web site,
'Bookelvis.Com,' to tell people where he'll be appearing and how to order his CD. The site also will provide details
about his trip.
With his dark, bushy sideburns, 1950s-style hairdo, and
replica 1970s-era shades made for him by Presley's original
optician, Dennis Roberts, Curran looks a bit like a
latter-day Elvis. Add to this a few moves and a voice
borrowed from the King of Rock and Roll, and Curran plans to bring the memory and the magic of Elvis back to life on the Mother Road, Route 66.
"We need to preserve our national heritage, and the Mother
Road is a slice of that heritage," Curran says. "My goal is
to invite Americans to revisit its roots, to rediscover
rhythm and blues, and to open themselves up to the
possibility that our greatness as a country and as a people
is still ripe with opportunity. That's what Route 66 is all
about. This roadathon is a celebration of that."
For more information, visit Curran's Web site at
<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.worldmar.net/Route66.">http://www.worldmar.net/Route66.</a>
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