it’s finally here: launch day. king me, the rock ‘n’ roll royalty tour travel app is now available in the itunes store.
back in april, my uber-talented & precious friend sally walker davies called in a request. help her with a few photos and a little research for a travel guide? absolutely! as the days unfolded, the project became more detailed, fascinating, challenging and fun than we’d imagined…in the 21 years that memphis has been my adoptive hometown, there were sights and streets i’d never seen until now, and it’s given me (and all the joneses) a new appreciation for our city and the music heritage here.
and now, 1200 photographs later, the app is finally polished up, licensed by graceland, and ready to roll (or to rock ‘n’ roll – sorry, couldn’t help that one!)….so please indulge me just a moment for a few gratefuls and acknowlegements:
first, of course, to sally, for the confidence and the opportunity…margaret, for riding shot-gun…bill oates at oates design for our fabulous icon…rodger motz at prudential realty for the personal tour of the circle g ranch…liz at lansky’s…tim sampson and his team at stax records…cora at sun studio…josh at the rock ‘n’ soul museum…alicia dean at graceland…jon hornyak of the memphis naras chapter…maxwell concessions for the funnel cake…john mccommon for lending his yearbooks…principal barber at humes middle school…alan and miranda at lauderdale courts/uptown apartments…all the apples for venturing to coletta’s for barbeque pizza…my lovely friends (and you all know who you are) for support, enthusiasm, and carpool coverage…my family, for putting up with ever more ridiculous detours and schedule changes and being willing to “suffer” through several rounds of arcade-burgers & milkshakes for the sake of a single photograph.
with the establishment of the facebook and twitter presence for king me, me & mrs. jones will get back to our regularly scheduled programming here. just a few favorite snapshots before we go: