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I sat at Elvis' piano then stood on the stage where Johnny Cash made his name ; The Great Escape TOE-TAPPING ADAM SMITH FOLLOWS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE STARS IN AMERCIA'S MUSIC CITY

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From: Birmingham Mail
Date: 20080227
Author:ADAM SMITH

MY fingers quivered over the keys of Elvis Presley's 1947 Steinway piano as my audience waited in anticipation.

The King recorded countless classics on the unassuming Joanna in the corner of RCA's Nashville studio and I'd barged passed a few people to take a seat at the piano first.

I looked up nervously at those expecting a tune and decided to bite the bullet.

"I, err, can't play the piano," I stuttered, admitting I was a fraud.

The emotion of being in the recording studio where Elvis spent so much of his life had got the better of me.

Perhaps it was the famous faces looking down at me ...

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I sat at Elvis' piano then stood on the stage where Johnny Cash made his name ; The Great Escape TOE-TAPPING ADAM SMITH FOLLOWS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE STARS IN AMERCIA'S MUSIC CITY

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