Herrington: Memphis needs more ‘Elvis fans’ like Tommy Kha
Elvis Presley tribute artist Dean Zeligman performs for a crowd of die-hard fans at the Graceland Exhibition Center on Aug. 15, 2019, during the annual Elvis Week events. Columnist Chris Herrington argues for more irreverance when celebrating the singer. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
The controversy over Tommy Kha’s photography was about art at the airport. But it was also about the living legacy of old, dead Elvis in the city that made him.
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