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'Graceland Too' offers nightly tours

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, USA: A combo photograph of the "King," show Elvis Presley back in 1956 (R) as young, slender and agile, when he did what he called "jiggling" while he sang. On the left is how he looked on 20 June 1977 in Lincoln, Nebraska, during a performance less than two months before his death in Memphis on August 16, 1977. cc/files UPI
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, USA: A combo photograph of the "King," show Elvis Presley back in 1956 (R) as young, slender and agile, when he did what he called "jiggling" while he sang. On the left is how he looked on 20 June 1977 in Lincoln, Nebraska, during a performance less than two months before his death in Memphis on August 16, 1977. cc/files UPI | License Photo

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HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss., July 6 (UPI) -- A 68-year-old Mississippi man said his home, which he has dubbed Graceland Too, offers nightly tours as an alternative attraction to Elvis Presley's home.

Paul MacLeod of Holly Springs said his Elvis-related collection, which he began giving nightly tours of in 1990, includes items ranging from a vinyl recording he was once offered $1 million to sell and a collection of panties thrown at his front door by female fans, The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported Wednesday.

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MacLeod said the plastic blue trees representing a "blue Christmas" and the electric chair representing the set of "Jailhouse Rock" are part of his attempt to make his house "resemble" the real Graceland according to his perception of Elvis' tastes.

"I'm trying to preserve a piece of history," he said. "This guy wasn't born in Russia. He was born in Tupelo (Miss.)."

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