21-05-2005 23:00
Soul great AL GREEN had a bizarre one-off meeting with ELVIS PRESLEY - at a urinal.
The TIRED OF BEING ALONE legend was stunned on a night out clubbing in Memphis, Tennessee, when he dashed to the toilet to relieve himself - only to find the JAILHOUSE ROCK legend standing next to him.
And despite his eagerness to shake hands with Presley, Green deemed it an inopportune moment to make physical contact with him.
He recalls, "I was standing there at the urinal and I thought this fella looked like Elvis, so I asked him. He said, 'I am Elvis Presley and you sure look like Al Green.'
"I'd liked to have shaken his hand but it didn't seem like the right time to be getting so close and intimate. That's the only time we ever met."
The singer also reveals he once unknowingly ate his beloved pet goat in a stew his father had cooked up.
The soul great's disobedient childhood pal BILLY regularly caused chaos around his family's land, so one day his dad took revenge - and added him to the casserole dish.
And Green recalls with horror the moment he realised why his dad was laughing maniacally at the dinner table.
He says, "My dad told me to keep him tied up. But he'd get away and cause more mischief. So we were having dinner one night and I'm thinking, 'Hmm, this stew tastes good, not like anything I've tasted before.'
"So I ask my mother what kind of meat is in it. And my mother is saying nothing. I ask my father the same question and he says nothing. So I kept chewing. Then I stopped because my dad was cracking up with laughter and at that moment I knew it was Billy I was eating.
"I've never eaten goat since that day. But my love for that goat is still there."
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