The Colonel Tom Parker Management Office on Gallatin Pike in Madison stands as a testament to the old cliché,  “if these walls could talk.” As confined within a cluster of unassuming stone buildings, the walls would tell of unconventional business dealings, old venues booked, and colorful stories of how a Dutch immigrant managed the phenomenal career of Elvis Presley, arguably the most significant and charismatic recording artist to ever grace a stage.

Today, the property, located in an unassuming suburb on the ouskirts of Nashville, is available to the highest bidder on ebay.

Now a law office, Parker once brokered some of the biggest deals ever made in the entertainment business at the stone residence (located at 1215 Gallatin Road), making it a “holy grail” for the most discriminating “collector” and Elvis Presley / music afficionado.

Parker maintained the offices even after Elvis dominated the entertainment world. Meanwhile, he also managed such legendary “Country & Western” recording artists as Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow.  Photographs and books document their casual “drop ins” to see the Colonel. The home has been well preserved over the years, decades from 1956 and 1957, when Elvis would swing by following recording sessions at RCA or en-route back to Memphis, to Audubon Drive or his new mansion on the hill….Graceland.

Just minutes from downtown Nashville, the Grand Ole Opry on Briley Parkway, and Hank Snow’s Rainbow Ranch in an adjacent neighborhood, the property remains extremely well maintained, having retained MUCH of the original 1950’s charm, as noted in the knotty pine paneling, entertainment bar, and pink-and-black and aqua tiled bathrooms.

The marketing of the property will be handled by Rockology’s Stephen M. Shutts. Upon a meeting arranged by pop culture author, Alanna Nash,  Rockology — which will be featured in a new TV Series on CMT —  has arranged to market the property to a worldwide audience. This is not the first significant marketing endeavor for Rockology when Stephen M. Shutts and Grammy Award Winning Mavericks bass player brought international attention to Elvis’s Audubon Drive Home in Memphis, Tennessee. The home appraised at $286,000 was sold for 1 Million dollars to then music mogul Mike Curb.

“The property is easily one of the five most significant music based properties in greater Nashville if not the single most significant,” Shutts said. “This is a vault of music energy when you consider Elvis monumental career was strategically built, negotiated and managed from within these walls from 1955 to well past Elvis’s passing in 1977. Colonel Tom Parker captured musical lightening in this very building that eventually influenced the world as we know today”.

The property will be showcased on ebay with strict bidding criteria, starting the second week of October. Private tours will be available to a select qualified few during the duration of the sale. The property is zoned for multiple use.

Original source: http://www.cmrnashville.com/news-details.php?id=17655