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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.

"The only time I had a similar feeling was when I photographed the pope"

By Kevin Fischer
Friday, May 23 2008, 05:45 PM
How do you lose a bunch of famous Elvis photos?

George Kalinsky didn’t exactly lose them.

He told the Elvis Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio that photos he took of the King simply wound up in a file for over 35 years.

Kalinsky was working as the photographer at the legendary Madison Square Garden in June of 1972 when Elvis played his concerts there. 

Pictures he took have now materialized and are the subject of a new exhibit at Graceland that opened today.


Elvis performs at Madison Square Garden in June 1972.



Prior to those 1972 shows, Elvis gave a rare news conference. Here are some excerpts. Note the atmosphere, more buzz and excitement than any Presidential press conference:








Unfortunately, there's very litle, if any, quality video of those Garden concerts (There are albums and CD's). Here's a video clip from one of the NY shows from June of 1972:





 
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