{"id":4043,"date":"2017-06-24T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T18:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=4043"},"modified":"2018-08-20T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:57:42","slug":"elvis-presley-fight-madison-40-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/elvis-presley-fight-madison-40-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Presley broke up a fight in Madison 40 years ago today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given all the conspiracy theories and urban legends surrounding his death, for all we know Elvis Presley today could be hanging out\u00a0on an uncharted island somewhere, playing poker with Tupac Shakur and Andy Kaufman. However, we do know <em>exactly<\/em> where the King was 40 years ago tonight: performing at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/elvis-presley\/1977\/dane-county-coliseum-madison-wi-4bc6733a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Dane County Coliseum<\/a>, hours after b<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">reaking up a street fight in Madison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the early morning of June 24, 1977, Presley was on his way to the Sheraton Hotel when he noticed a scuffle going on between three young guys at the Skyland Service Station (which is now Schoepp Motors Northeast, on the corner of Stoughton Road and East Washington Avenue). Seeing this, Presley did exactly what you\u2019d expect any A-list megastar to do: stop the car and get out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/host.madison.com\/news\/local\/elvis-was-memorable-in-fighting-scene-here\/article_eff039c8-638a-52bf-9364-9d8057ff40ac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So the story goes<\/a>, the King\u2019s limo was stuck at a traffic light when Keith Lowery, Jr. \u2014 the son of the shop\u2019s owner \u2014 started throwing down with two other men, one of whom was a former employee who was recently fired for stealing. Elvis then jumps out of his limo and says, spectacularly, \u201cI\u2019ll take you on,\u201d before showing off some of his \u201ckarate moves.\u201d As a plus, he was wearing a glittery stage outfit under a DEA jumpsuit while doing this. You can\u2019t make this up.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, Elvis Presley died a couple months later on Aug. 16, 1977, but he\u2019ll forever be immortalized <a href=\"http:\/\/wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/elvis-presley-fight-scene.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with a plaque<\/a> that sits in a grassy area in front of Schoepp. And when it comes to Madison lore, \u201cElvis breaks up fight\u201d is right there at the top along with \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feelnumb.com\/2009\/11\/03\/van-halen-thanks-the-madison-wisconsin-sheraton-on-the-van-halen-ii-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Halen trashes Sheraton Hotel and blames it on Journey<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t0Hj5oZbwLc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given all the conspiracy theories and urban legends surrounding his death, for all we know Elvis Presley today could be hanging out\u00a0on an uncharted island somewhere, playing poker with Tupac [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5155,5151],"tags":[2178,19,2175,2233,54],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.3 (Yoast SEO v18.5.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elvis Presley broke up a fight in Madison 40 years ago today | The Bozho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On June 24, 1977, the King was on his way to the Sheraton Hotel when he noticed a scuffle going on between three young guys at the Skyland Service Station.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/elvis-presley-fight-madison-40-years-ago-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elvis broke up a fight in Madison 40 years ago today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;I&#039;ll take you on,&quot; the King said.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/elvis-presley-fight-madison-40-years-ago-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bozho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-24T18:01:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-20T21:57:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ElvisWSJ.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Elvis broke up a fight in Madison 40 years ago today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"&quot;I&#039;ll take you on,&quot; the King said.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ElvisWSJ.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thebozho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thebozho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Whitcomb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Bozho\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thebozho\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebozho\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Bozho\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Bozho\",\"description\":\"Seeing things. 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