Elvis Slept Here...Clinton,Oklahoma, Route 66

so welcome back to another episode of raw ecology here we are in Clinton Oklahoma at the Tradewinds in on route 66 and believe it or not Elvis and his entourage have stayed here not once not twice not three times but four times and up above me here is room 215 or suite 215 rather and Elvis and his entourage have stayed here as I've mentioned four times as they traveled back and forth with Elvis's tour bus from LA to Memphis in between film shoots so of all places here we are kind of in the middle of nowhere middle America Oklahoma Clinton is a small town now and it certainly was a smaller town in the 60s there was not much here but the hotel a diner to my left and then a bowling alley and Elvis in his entourage would stay here park the bus right where we're standing and the follow up vehicles which would have been a station wagon or two and the Memphis mafia and Elvis stayed here let's go up and check out the room [Music] [Music] this is the sweet this would be the back entrance porch entrance got imaginal and Elvis stayed here the Memphis mafia the entourage would have hung out here smoked cigarette tossed football in the parking lots it's quite fascinating really this is a classic example of the decay or the decaying properties that you'd see on route 66 from the 50s and 60s this one's still standing and as you can see it's certainly seen it maybe better years but over to my right was a diner that was here existed here when the hotel was here when Elvis would have stayed here in the 60s possibly as late as 1972 but that has not been definitively confirmed but the diner is here and over to my left on the other side of the hotel is a bowling alley and it's very possible the guys if Elvis sustained in the suite sleeping the guys might've maybe got some food at the diner possibly Elvis was at the diner and then possibly went over to Bowl in staying here and route back to Memphis or enroute to LA but sweets right here 2:15 let's check it out Wow so here we are Suite 215 really the only suite in this hotel this is a basic hotel really to kind of have this luxurious of a suite in a hotel in Middle America small town Clinton Oklahoma on route 66 has always been a bit unusual to me I was here thirty years ago long before the internet and before research was readily available at your fingertips I had gotten on to this place and it heard that Elvis had stayed here so I came in town to research and I spent the night here that's crazy it's been like 30 years ago but everything I was told then and as it remains today most all the furnishings are from the period in fact when I was here 30 years ago the TV was original to the era was here and it's now gone of course been replaced with more modern versions but the furnishings as you'll see certainly is 1960s decor when Elvis would have stayed here and again he stayed here four times now as we you know in the Internet age this is becoming more of a known place and as you can see the hotel is decorated with some Elvis pictures on the wall and it's becoming a little bit more known that Elvis stayed here thus Elvis fans will seek it out as they cross America much like when Elvis did but again he would have stayed here for nights to my left here would be the kind of a screen door going to the patio look out the bus would have been parked out here and this is all documented based on some interviews I had done quite a few years ago I got a hold of a lady that had worked here during the time that Elvis stayed here and then I ended up speaking with her son her son was a kid at the time hanging out with mom while she worked during the day and Elvis was here at the time and he said that he got to past football out on the parking lot with Elvis and the entourage which is way cool and naturally as we all know with Elvis's habits it would have been the tour bus and of course there's film footage of Elvis cutting across America with the tour bus that have been a couple follow-up vehicles with the luggage etc and the entourage the Memphis mafia the guys probably would have hung out here and smoked cigarettes and cigars and then of course there is a diner in a bowling alley but this would have been a place that Elvis slept in this room and it always kind of strangely reminded me of Graceland a bit gold and the red was very reminiscent of me to Graceland in the 70s which it's interesting because Elvis had the home redecorated by Linda Thompson at Graceland in the 70s in when he passed it was the you know the gold in the red he would have seen this golden red decor before that was decorated and I've often wondered for the fact that he stayed here four times that maybe the decor had some influence on him a bit and it translated to Graceland and again this predominantly dates back to the 60s this whatever you call a loveseat or whatever but is really indicative of the sixties Dacor so I'm really thrilled that they've maintained this from the period even though it might seem a little bit outdated the fact that the building is still here the hotels still open and this suite has virtually been unchanged over the decades is rather fascinating I think so just wrap your head around the fact that Elvis slept here not once but four times so buddy mine has stayed here recently as have several Elvis fans and he shared with me a photo and he's a nice guy is a great guy his good buddy mind he's not the type of guy who looked for notoriety and of course I know some people would feel differently about the paranormal and that sort of thing but he took a photo and in that photo there is somewhat of an apparition on the curtains and it's that typical kind of a cloudy apparition but it does look like to me there's a silhouette there possibly of Elvis's face here we are on the suite this is the bed that Elvis would have slept on I believe possibly the mattresses let's hope would have been changed by now and replaced but it appeared as I looked under the bed that the foundation on the bed could be from the era but the bed has always been here as I had mentioned I slept here about 30 years ago and the placement of everything in the room has been the same over the years so Elvis would have slept here and very possibly Priscilla would have been with him on one of these John's for the fact most of the criss-crossing would have been done in the 60s and we do know Elvis traveled with not only the entourage but Priscilla would accompany them as well on occasion in route back and forth to Memphis to LA so as they say on MTV Cribs this is where the magic happened you [Music]

Channel: Rockology

Views: 7,271

Rating: 4.9293284 out of 5

Keywords: Elvis, Suite 215, Route 66, Clinton Oklahoma, Stephen Shutts, Elvis slept here, Trade Winds Inn, Memorabilia

Id: jW9ByIwsCq0

Length: 7min 54sec (474 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 13 2020