TCB Band TCB Band - Still Taking Care Of Business

(Memphis Mansion) softcover, english, 29,5 x 21 x 1 cm, 142 pages, photobook (b&w and color) Photos: Eddie Michel Azoulay - Words: Thomas La Cour

When listening to Elvis in the 70s, you're not just hearing Elvis, you're just as much hearing the TCB Band. In the almost 40 years that have passed since Elvis died, all members have remained involved in musical projects and on special occasions come together to recreate the spark we know from Hawaii, Madison Square Garden, Las Vegas and concert and studio recordings from all over the United States.

The Danish city of Randers has been a regular venue, since Henrik Knudsen (concert organizer and owner of the largest Elvis Museum outside the US) invited them over for the first time in 1999. 25 shows on Danish soil to date (plus the big screen concerts "Elvis: The Concert"), and when Glen, James and Ronnie returned at Elvis' posthumous 80th birthday in January 2015, the idea arose to photo document the show. The documentary and reportage photographer Eddie Michel Azoulay, who is also a devoted Elvis fan, was assigned with the task and when the TCB Band returned to Randers in 2016, Eddie was back with his cameras in place. Backstage. On stage. During the waiting period.

Initially, Henrik and Eddie didn't really know what the photos should be used for. Perhaps an exhibit. Perhaps a booklet, or a book. Slowly the idea took shape and the result is what you're holding in your hand: A photo essay for and about the TCB Band. A tribute and a thank you to the band and all its living and deceased members through the years —and James Burton, Glen D. Hardin and Ronnie Tutt in particular.

We owe them a heartfelt thank you, because they to-gether with Elvis created the songs that have become such an essential a part of the soundtrack of life.
And we owe them a lot of gratitude for not calling it quits a long time ago and instead keep coming back. Again and again. So that all of us who didn't get to see Elvis live, can have a musical experience that comes quite close.

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Thomas la Cour