Matt Wheeler from Enniskillen quite simply lives and breaths Elvis. From the moment he wakes up and turns on his Elvis lamp and checks the time on his Elvis clock, every day is dedicated to 'the King'.

This obsession, which has taken over his life, all started with a simple karaoke rendition of 'Suspicious Minds' eight years ago. From this, Matt has extended his love of the rock and roll star into his profession as he works as a, very busy, Elvis impersonator.

This week, people across the globe marked the 30th Anniversary of Elvis's death, and Matt believes that all of the hype surrounding this event is more than justified, 'There'll never be another like him," he explains.

One look at Matt and there is no disguising where his passion lies. From his sideburns and jet black hair, to his gold sovereign ring and to his seven inch-long tattoo on his forearm, his dedication is obvious.

Although there is a more serious side, as Matt explains: "I've got about £20,000 worth of memorabilia, mats, flags, CDs, tattoos, clocks, everything. I've five collector items LPs, about 50 CDs and near enough every film, bar, 'Kid Galahad', so if you know of anyone who has a copy?"

Strangely, Matt's love of 'the King' didn't develop as a teenager, in fact, he had a rather late conversion to the Elvis way of life.

"It was about eight years ago and a friend got me up to sing 'Suspicious Minds' at karaoke. Now, I do a set nearly every weekend at various events around the country. The most popular requests from the crowds," he explained, "are 'Suspicious Minds' and 'The Wonder of You'."

Of course, Matt has one burning ambition, which he hopes to achieve in the next year, and that is to visit Graceland: "I would love to have been there this week, but it would have cost about £2,000 to be there for the Anniversary, but I hope to go some day soon. To get into Graceland do the tour, get into the Lisa Marie plane, the whole lot.

"If he was still alive and singing at 72 and playing in Dublin I'd pay anything to go and see him."

So, what about his long-suffering wife, Jackie, and his children, do they share his love?

"No, they're not really into it," Matt admits, despite the fact that the whole family have to live in a house with a plaque at the front door reading, 'Elvis fan lives here'.

However, it is definitely a musical house, as Matt explained: "The wife is more into Country, one daughter likes heavy metal, another pop, one son is into dance and rave, and the other likes High School musical at this stage."

So, what do the teenagers make of having an Elvis for a dad?

"You don't want to know," he laughs.

However, Matt is adamant that there is only one true god: "No, I'll never get sick of it. I remember I was about nine when he died. We were living in Kilmacormick at the time, and a woman across the road came out of the house crying. I said what's this eejit crying for, and she said, 'the King is dead'. I says we don't have a king, we've a queen. She said, 'no the King Elvis'. I hadn't a clue what she was on about. But I understand now."

Of course, there is one question that has to be posed to every Elvis fan, and that's 'do you think he's really dead?' and being the die-hard addict that he is Matt refused to commit himself: 'That's debatable', was all he would answer. And with that, Matt, and Elvis, left the building.