I AM ON THE PORCH SWING OF A tiny wooden house, creaking to and fro and contemplating where I am. Inside this two-room ‘shotgun’ house, is where it all began for one of the world’s biggest stars. Standing in the bedroom, I have goosebumps as the guide tells us that this was where Elvis Aaron Presley came into the world, along with his twin brother Jessie, who sadly was stillborn.
Sitting in a tranquil part of leafy Tupelo, Mississippi, the house is part of a bigger precinct – the Elvis Presley Birthplace – that also includes the church where Elvis had his first taste of gospel and performing. The man who would be king lived in Tupelo until he was
