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- Elvis Presley Marty Lacker Interview by Joe Krein Part 3 out of 4
Part 3 out our series of 4
This was done on an old telephone to cassette tape so exspect noise
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Marty Lacker, a member of Elvis' famed Memphis Mafia and one of the best men at Elvis' 1967 wedding, died Monday after suffering from kidney failure. He was 80. He's the second member of the Memphis Mafia to die in recent months, following the November 2016 death of Joe Esposito, the other best man at Elvis' wedding.
'He went to school with (Elvis), that’s how they met. My dad was from New York, the Bronx, and he dressed just like Elvis did. They just formed a bond of friendship through that. They always took up for each other. Both of them went into the army and afterwards, a good friend of his re-introduced them and he went to work for him', said Mr. Lacker's son, Mark. 'They were like brothers. They respected each other'.
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Rest in peace, Mr. Lacker. Thanks for your "no bullshit" approach to sharing your memories of Elvis!
Marty Lacker Rest in peace! You were a true friend of the King! enlightening testimony! Thank you
Marty is the best! When I first read "Elvis and the Memphis Mafia," Marty came across as being totally forthright and knowledgeable. I get the same impression from this interview. It's even more enjoyable because you get to hear the inflection in his voice, but the information that he presents remains the same. He certainly brings clarity to what transpired behind the scenes. He truly cared about Elvis the Man.
I just loved hearing Marty's personal stories about life with Elvis. What a great friend he was to him. So appreciate him sharing with us.
Really am enjoying this interview with Marty, looking forward to PT. 4. Marty was a class act and didn't sugar coat anything.
Thank you Its good to hear them again. . My family would have tossed them .
Mm, ĺ
I don't believe we know the whole Truth too many stories so Much media and Tabloid and lies!!
Marty was one of my favorites of the bunch ..told it like it was !
He gives us his (interesting) point of view. Everything is so complex (and fascinating) about Elvis, we'll never know how it really was.
Thank you ♥️
Marty and Billy are my 2 favorites
I like marty
Agreed!
The best interview of all of the interviews. Marty just tells it like was. Sounds to me like a very strait shooter.
The second part was just as good or maybe even better. Great interviews!
A lot of this was his own opinion though too!!
I'm sure there was a lot of them that were jealous of each other Marty lacker for sure!!
One of the best interviews from an original MM member.. awesome!💯👌
Glad you enjoyed it!
My own experience of reading the memoirs of all those who worked with or were involved with Elvis through family was like hearing the voices of an American South I had never heard before. I feel gratitude for the Presley family for allowing these writers to tell their stories without interference.
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@@jkrein82Marty was way better and more patient with your questions than Lamar was. 😂
You got that right . lol@@boogitybear2283
I never saw Elvis smoke. Big suprise to me!
Loved Marty...a straight shooter....thks for this!!!
I knew this about Larry Gheller... I'm SO GLAD Marty set the record straight.... I CRINGE listening to Larry spewing lies. I truly believe people telling lies about Elvis are messing with history in a terrible way. ❤
well get ready
Ok, the story about Marty paying Elvis back made me cry 😭
Thank you for posting part three! Looking forward to part four. Marty gives great interviews.
Glad you enjoyed it
@jkrein82 great interview marty straight shooter no sugar-coated
Love hearing the stories they tell! Ty for posting this! Looking forward to part 4! 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Marty straight shooter no sugarcoat
I sure hope Elvis’s granddaughters heard this very truthfully insightful Marty Lacker interview.I’m sure they heard a different story from their grandmother.
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Absolutely!
Sorry to say marty lacker didn't like Priscilla he had a vendetta with her!! I also heard lisa marie did not like marty at all!!
I believe marty was full of himself he talked bad about the Other mafia guys!
Great interview. Love hearing his perspectives.
Marty was very honest and realistic.
Great interview with Marty Lacker. Thankyou for this one and all the rest.
Awesome!!! He shines some light on several issues.
Marty was True Friend to Elvis much Love ❤️ TCB
This are awesome interviews. Appreciate your work transferring these from tape Sir.
Glad you like them!
I love hearing marty talk he knew elvis like a book he told it like it was
I loved Elvis Presley then now and forever! SINCERELY, KAREN JETTERS
Love this sincere interview
Great historical interviews , well done for getting so many people in Elvis life to speak about their times with Elvis .
Thanks again for all the videos 👏👏👏I love them
Awesome. Keep them coming Canada
Serbia too.
Thanks! Will do!
Marty didnt go on funeral because his wife was so upset when she heard that Elvis was died.
Great interview. I’ve never heard this one.
Glad you enjoyed it
Not our business really but we listen
Marty was a straight shooter!
True blue!!
Nice,nice,I hope that you have more mm.
More to come! One more with Marty
Ty for sharing this great interview admire Marty’s honesty a classy guy ❤️🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it
Best interview
Elvis 😇❤️ also bought a house 🏡 expensive vehicles 🚙🚜 new 🆕 clothes expensive jewelry 💎💍 and other valuables for Joe Esposito 🤩 The Memphis Mafia 😈 said that Elvis 😍 gave them large ⭕ bonuses 🤑 after every tour and Elvis 😇 have them bonuses/money 🤑 and expensive gifts 🚙🚜💎💍 such as vehicles 🚙 🚜 and jewelry 💎💍 every Christmas 🎄⛄ . Elvis also paid for The Memphis Mafia 😈 and their wives 🤩 and girlfriends lavish vacations 🏖️⛄❄️ to Hawaii 🏖️ Colorado ❄️⛄ and other places during numerous times.
17:27 Did not like joe at all.
Joe I can’t thank you enough for sharing these interviews stunning bud take care
My pleasure
Thanks for posting. Great interview...Keep em coming!
In the CBS 1977 tv special Larry Gellar can be seen behind Elvis before he enters the stage !
I appreciate you posting these.
Please Subscribe There will be more
Why didn't he quit?
Marty was the best friend Elvis had!
That's why he died lonely if Marty was the best!!!!! LMAO 😂😂😂
@@freemanreed5228 So ridiculous, he didn’t die lonely. What a crock.
I don't think so
@@shelacox9381 Oh I do…..because he really cared about Elvis’ career choices, where he recorded etc., and he wanted Vernon to set up a tax shelter for Elvis. Vernon told him to mind his own business, instead of being grateful. Vernon was a complete jackass.
@joannemcclure3546 If you're talking about Marty, he didn't, he wasn't the original mafia people either. He was out for his self!!
This stuff is gold!
I wish Marty had actually named names. Lots of people around Elvis hinted at things, but never named them. Even today, Billy Smith and Jo, hint at people who were only around for what they could get, but don't say who. I know Marty didn't like Priscilla, but I wish he'd have given examples of why.
Nobody dont like Priscilla 😅
Because he didn't kiss her ass
To hear how little were paid.. is surprising,.. but most took part in th overprescribed pills/ drugs/ meds, that were easily accessible. And yet he showered girlfriends, strangers, w/ gifts, cars, jewelry, cash , vacations,
Mostly all took advantage of his generosity
MM didn't like Ginger, called her an " opportunist", he paid off her mom house mortgage,.. she didn't like touring, & El already had another lined up,..shoildve stuck w/ Linda, she would never go to sleep before knowing El was safe asleep.. & had saved him many times from OD. Ing ..
@@Memow-pk1ngThat should be no one else’s business or problem. Elvis was a grown man and didn’t need anyone babysitting him. 😊
@@FrankieLovesElvis Th last couple months before his death , he had around clock nurses, to monitor his intake of pills/ drugs, he was in no shape to do so himself,. Idk where was th one , on duty, when Elvis got th 3rd packet..??
Merci 🙏🤗
Plus give us the rest of the tape it’s so awesome
I have to transfer it from tape. I am always scared the tape will break . Like Sonny talked for 2 hours . He would just not shut up ! lol Im worried about Yvonne Craig as well.
I love the video are amazing love to here Marty telling the truth about how it was
@@jkrein82 she was Elvis co star in Kissin Cousins, died 2015
Marty is smart and a good friend to our dear elvis❤❤❤❤
I agree. Elvis should have never gotten married period, unless he wanted children, but even that wouldn’t benefit him as children want both their parents in the same house full time.
I'm always surprised when Elvis' close friends do not only talk about events they lived with Elvis, but talk about the same few events they only heard about but were not there.
Thank you for sharing this with us. How can I watch one And.
2.
Thank you for the interview with very enlightening.
I love all the guys.
www.youtube.com/@jkrein82/videos
As he died in 2017, if u Google Marty Lacked, u can get many old interviews .
* LACKER*
❤ Ma'am, wish you could interview them all.
I wish i could have
J.D. and Joe were friends till the end.
Looking forward to Part 4! When will that be released?
Great interview! I haven’t heard any of your other tapes listed here but I’m looking forward. Hearing oral histories from a group of people who have a shared interest, occupation, community etc, can be very fascinating. I hear Marty’s opinions on fellow Memphis Mafia members, and accept them as being sincere. It won’t surprise me however , to hear other Memphis Mafia brothers give opposing views.
offer contradictory perspectives.
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@@nightbloomer4739 czcams.com/channels/SKUDE0fIQVeQ_AjoIqv4Xg.html
I was lucky enough to get him to autograph a picture before he passed away
Great interview; thanks for uploading these.
Must comment on Geller: He probably meant well, but Elvis was a professed, although imperfect, Christian (as am I). Geller encouraged Elvis to dabble in false religions, and I believe the Holy Spirit will not give a Christian true peace when they are dabbling in false religions. Geller should have respected Elvis' Christianity instead of filling his head with crap. He did not help Elvis and hindered his quest for inner peace.
Elvis said he embraced Christianity first. his interest in knowledge about other faiths is not crap but evidence of a curious mind that explores. Other religions are not fake as you call them. people all over believe in them. millions. don't be ignorant.
@doriemckay6935 agree
All religions are wrong. Each has a part correct but not one owns the truth.
Being worried about not being allowed Home because you said certain words or didn't say them is pure foolishness.
We return to Heaven regardless of what we do or say because that's where we come from.
We had a life before this one. We knew we were coming into life on earth. We were full grown people before we became who we are now.
If some darn thing would actually prevent you from returning Home, no one would be here now.
They'd be too afraid.
Not going Home is as silly as thinking you're going to get lost in your dreams one night and never wake up.
We are eternal souls having a human experience.
You're absolutely correct. The world hates the truth.
i believe this man 1000% only under EP himself🥰🥰
IF anyone knows Ginger Alden i would love to interview her
Red and sonny knocked that guy up real good he was in a room too
I love Elvis! Great interview!! However, I would have walked off the stage too...being a woman, that is NOT funny insulting women. Kathy and the Sweets did the right thing:))
Brilliant when will part 4 be available please?
Go to main page please
He's dead so there all talking trash on him, just unreal!
He's not dead... Google "Pastor Bob Joyce."
Interesting stories but there’s a lot of hearsay and he she said the infighting was always going on … lol
Elvis would have been sued into bankruptcy if he would have been treating employees this way today. You can’t live or employ people under this kind of delusion, that you would mistreat or abuse your employees like this and get away with it, especially when you get on a mic and humiliate someone in front of a criwd. What an awful unforgivable way to treat people in front of thousands of people. That’s an ego run amuck! It’s far more humane and decent to settle your problems off the stage. Paying customers who spend a lot of money to buy a ticket to see your performance deserve a heck of a lot better than to feel like they have just been put in the middle of a fight or to be forced to watch an employee being publicly humiliated or berated in front of an audience.
Marty was 2 faced
5 faced.
Elvis did not want any to name his namesafter any kid but his own
Would love to know the stories about JD??oooh I thought he was a very religious good man?
Please take well about him and her they werev decent people
Well Elvis wrote a cheque for Marty for 5ooo sooo
I love the way Marty tells us what scum Priscilla and her family was and believe me he knows.elvis knew she hooked him by getting pregnant and he did not know what to do so he gave Priscilla to much power and we know the rest of the story
You are so wrong about that!!
@@shelacox9381hmmmmmm.........
I think she was pregnant when they married. No first pregnancy is 9 months. They're usually closer to 10. She could've been up to 4 weeks along.
Why did she pick the style of wedding dresses that women wore when "with child" ?
Why make it a secret but then not be secretive about it ?
There's too many clues towards that being the truth. Plus, it's the one reason Elvis would go through with it.
She just got lucky to have Lisa Marie 9 months to the day of their wedding.
Maybe Priscilla is bitter towards Elvis because she was pregnant. Her father threatened to expose him for living with a minor. I think the entire deal was planned. The father allowed her to live with Elvis because she would be famous and wealthy her entire life.
@@lorimiller4301I think so too!
Is Marty still alive,I know most of the Memphis mafia have passed,besides, schilling,Thompson.
He died in 2017, Kidney failure.
@erielac they all seemed to have died with kidney. ,cancer,different diseases. What about the heavy guy,Elvis picked on,lamar, 🤔 what did he die of.i know red and sonny,died of cancer,I believe.
On facebook his daughters have page the official Memphis mafia group 0:03 0:03
@@shirleycarr5387 Hodgskins lymphoma, type of cancer . 2011 , age 75
Sonny , lung cancer, 2017, May, age 77
Red. Hart attack , Jul. 2017, age 81
@@erielac Hodgskins lymphoma, type cancer, May, & Red. in Jul.
What would his Mother say if she saw Elvis smoking?
I think what Elvis did on stage to Kathy and the sweets was extremely rude and not ok. We all know if the roles were switched, Elvis would absolutely go feral and take out his gun. I can understand wanting to make jokes, but there is a line and you shouldn’t crack a joke on someone else‘s butt and bring them down or shame them in that way. I hate people who do that in general. That‘s not a joke just a lame excuse to make on. People get mad when you tread others how they tread you and I think that resonates a lot with Elvis. I think it was disrespectful what he did truly and I can promise a lot of people would have even slapped Elvis on stage for what he said. Absolutely awful.
Well I know he was kept drugged up by Dr Nick on orders of Col. He was a jokester, & expected get his humor..
Haven't u heard X rated version of " Hurt", uses a lotta foul language..
Don't remember if was mentioned here.. when had tirade on stage about being Strung out, he is in rage. "I've never been( strongly empathizes) STRUNG OUT!!
& when I find sonnabitch said that, gonna rip his MF ers tongue out !!"
He had such mood swings. , due to all those pills drugs. meds..
I love Elvis but he shouldn't never had an affair with k
athy
@Memow-pk1ng Dr nick didn't keep him drug elvis kept himself drug up 😢
Love how everyone else KNOWS what happened but the one that was there doesn't 🤦♀️🤷♀️
Only time payed back
I read his book and he did not trash Priscilla at all, in fact he seemed ok with her. I wonder if something happened after he wrote the book came out, like an argument or something. And why didn’t Lisa like him?
I believe Elvis said Kathy doesn't like the way I introduce her not that she was easy and make it with anybody. I believe that is on tape.
Marty didn't like JD Sumner. Hilarious.
It sounds like Elvis was not very well thought of by Marty and others in the mafia. It seemed also that the guys didn't care much for each other either.
Jealousy. They were all goefers he treated them with respect, showered them with gifts.
@stellapatchouli2730 that's always been my understanding but this interview just sounded that way to me.I was surprised when he said they weren't paid well either...I think he
said $45.00 a week...anyway maybe I was reading too much into it.
Had to be hard living together so much
@@susyq810That was good money back then plus they didn't pay for anything!
@sandralybrand9425 thank you ...I knew Elvis was so generous and was surprised that Marty said he didn't get paid very much.
Plus with time difference and jet lag
❤ He could have just paid $50 a month to the hospital. Instead of taking all his cash, tell me.
ML sounds like he had some prejudice of his own
toward white gospel music. Elvis had influence from
white gospel, as well as black, according to most
reference sources. ML doesn't impress me.
sorry here we go
They were wired to the gill in the photo above
Elvis ne fume pas 🤷🏻♀️
I believe everything Marty Lacker has said.
Everyone leaves out the fact that the person Sonny West assaulted in Lake Tahoe was literally handcuffed and he beat the s**t out of him. He was literally defenseless
No he was stoned he started again all time here
Or maybe why do the stars go on shiny why there's a moon rush to don't they know it's the end of the world...
So whats the stories on j.d. somner? I read he had groupies like Elvis did.
Well it was red and sonny going to fire soooo
It was all except Three ' but thats a different video.
Interesting story / life was not perfect
So Marty doesn't like JD Sumner and the Stamps!!!!!! Marty the Judas of the Memphis Mafia.
To bad Marty didn't keep this to himself instead of trashing and spilling his guts about Elvis. Lisa Marie was right about all of them. Jerry was the only one she respected.
Shame on you Marty. Elvis trusted you.
I always thought this guy had a big mouth and spoke rudely about everything. Such a pessimistic. I never liked him from day one. His daughters are also just like their father, very loud and brash. They’re all riding on Elvis coat tales.
Typo for the word HAVE 😇 Meant to type and and say the word GAVE 💰🏠💵🚜🚙🏖️❄️⛄🎽🥩🍔💎💍
Isn't part of this interview missing?
what part?
4 parts
@@jkrein82 Ha....where he says the N word. lol
Then tho why didn't they quit 45$ a week cant feed the kids
Why didn't he leave, he often went on about getting paid $45
Elvis was soft as muck but he cottined in to late his money was gine
All I'm going to say, unless someone replies with something that needs a response is this: JD Sumner and the Blackwood Brothers were Gladys Presley's favourite Gospel Group and they (including JD) sang at Gladys Presley's Funeral. Given this I would believe JD's recollection of knowing Elvis Presley since he was 14 years of age over Marty Lacker's bullsh*t attempt to wholly discredit him and White Gospel Groups. The Blackwood Brothers were huuuuugely popular back in the day. Makes me question a lot of what Marty Lacker says, especially the jobs he supposedly held in regards to the Entertainment Business, because he sounds like he knew nothing at all; or is it simply his hatred of certain people that blinds him to the facts? Take your pick.
Mr. Lacker also worked in the music business both during his time with Elvis and after The King's 1977 death. In 1967, Lacker helped launch 'Pepper Records' and went on to become American Studios' vice president and business manager. In the early '70s, Lacker also helped co-found the local Grammy chapter and also served as the chairman of the original Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission.
If not for Marty Lacker, Elvis might never have gone to American Studios in 1969 to record the landmark 'From Elvis in Memphis' record.
If not for Mr. Lacker, then, the world might never have had such Presley hits as 'Suspicious Minds' - The King's last chart-topper - and 'In the Ghetto', among many others.
@@jkrein82 This will be long and I explain why it is long and will be split into parts.
*PART ONE: *
Do you know the strangest thing about all of that? No-one ever questioned Marty Lacker on what he said about where he went and what positions he held before, during and after his work with Elvis Presley. It’s all simply been accepted as the truth when it really needed questioning.
Marty Lacker had this innate ability to give you a smidgen of the truth so that when you do a cursory look into whether or not he is telling the truth, you will initially think ‘Okay, yeah that appears up front and the truth’ but when you look just beyond that, and not very far beyond that, you discover that in truth it is only his truth and not the actual truth.
What I have noticed over the many years is that there has been very little, if any, corroboration between one telling to another, so Marty Lacker has been able to embellish, exaggerate and downright lie about many things for decades without being questioned.
Over the years I think so many of the Elvis Fan Community appear to go from one interview to another, one book to another, one video to another, one documentary to another and so on and so on without corroborating what has been said in each telling and also the tellings of other members of “The Memphis Mafia”, as well as friends and working associates of Elvis Presley’s (I don’t blame them because it is hard work to corroborate and unpack all the shit that is out there). Still, simply because of that, it leaves someone like me, who can be arsed/assed/bothered, a lot to unpack when responding about Marty Lacker, so please be prepared because while I could simply inform you that ‘largely what you have stated is questionable’, I believe you should have context for why I would say that :D
I give you examples as we go along.
In Part 4 of your interview with Marty Lacker, he states he started up his own Company after he “left” (it’s up for debate) Elvis in 1967 (this too is up for debate) and at that time was contacted by someone he knew at Pepper Studios (Marty being contacted by Pepper_Tanner Studios is up for debate) to help start up Pepper-Tanner Studios
www.goldminemag.com/articles/marty-lacker
Here Marty tells a different story. Firstly that he left Elvis in 1968. To be brutally honest, if you use your interview as a basis for your quote and the links I can supply that contradict Mary Lacker, then this interview at this link is complete and utter bullshit, but what you have quoted that appears in this interview you’ve quoted as being the truth.
From what I have read elsewhere, around the same time, Marty Lacker has stated that when he went to Tanner-Pepper he also started up a Company called “Mempro Incorporated”, which represented Publishers and had a department called ‘Artist Management’ - _Artist Management is not what I believe most people think it is - they could possibly have thought he ran a company that Managed Artists which would be erroneous. Artist Management is someone who would advise UP-COMING Artists to help them make informed decisions in regards to the Music Industry_. (I put up coming in Capitals because established Artists would have no need for Artist Management because they would have their own Managers, Business Manager, Road Managers, Producers and so on).
Marty had also stated that he had been Managing The Gentrys at that time. This is simply not true. The Gentry’s had reformed in 1969 with Jimmy Hart as their lead Singer - but three attempts at singles never got them into the top 40 - No hits. To associate himself with a hit making group, such as how The Gentrys had *once* been, Marty attempts to associate himself with being with Chips Momon when he produced “Keep On Dancin” at American Sound Studios, but that hit was in 1965 and got to Number 4 in the Charts - Marty was nowhere near it at the time - he was with Elvis Presley as his Co-Foreman of The Memphis Mafia.
What’s also interesting is that you will not find any evidence anywhere of Marty Lacker being The Gentry’s Manager, nor will you find any evidence of Marty Lacker producing The Gentry’s
Let’s start unpacking this bit in PART TWO
@jkrein82
PART TWO:
Marty knew someone at Pepper Studios because he had previously worked there as a DJ playing their jingles before he had met Elvis Presley and joined Pepper-Tanner Studios not to help set it up but as a General Manager in 1968. Since there was a year gap from leaving or being fired from Elvis Presley to joining Pepper-Tanner Studios, I would say it seems far more logical for Marry to have been contacting them, since he had worked there in the past as a DJ playing their jingles, rather than the other way round, since the Pepper-Tanner studios would have been up and running for the entire year of 1967 (this can be found online).
The first year Marty was at Tanner-Pepper Studios (1968) he produced 4 records for a Group called *“The Shortkuts”* - the records were _One Way Street, Your Eyes May Shine, Hold It Baby & Loosen Up_. The same year he produced one record for _*_“The Avantis”_*_ called _You’ve got a Funny Way_, and then Co-produced with Charles Chalmers _Just a Little While_ for *“Ollie Jackson”*. NONE of them were hits, baby or otherwise.
Also, Marty never produced anything for anyone after that year but in your interview he states he PRODCUED AND DISCOVERED Rita Coolidge.
From what I have managed to gather is that Rita Coolidge started out making Jingles at Pepper Sound Studios (Pepper Studios and then Pepper-Tanner Studios later on) when Marty was a DJ there playing those Jingles. Rita moved on, Marty didn’t. Rita went to Los Angeles and was discovered by Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Rita became a backing singer for people like Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills etc. That’s Rita Coolidge’s beginnings.
Rita did go back to Pepper-Tanner Studios in 1969 to record a couple of songs through Chip Momon’s American Group Productions, but as General Manager of Pepper-Tanner Studios Marty would NOT have been responsible for producing her records he would only been responsible for the booking and overseeing her recording sessions. So, Marty did not discover her, he did not produce her (Chips Momon was producing her records) and Marty was not her Manager. The extent of their contact would have been Marty booking Rita’s sessions for her and insuring they went as smoothly as possible.
However, did this put Marty in Contact with Chips Moman at American Group Productions, as it was known at that time? Yes it did, but wholly not in the capacity Marty has bragged about over the decades.
All in all, what it all boils down to is that there is a smidgen of truth in what Marty Lacker had stated over the decades, however, the lies are within the embellishments and exaggerations. For instance, did Marty have contact with Rita Coolidge during his times at Pepper Sound Studios and later Pepper-Tanner Studios? Yes he did. Was that contact in the capacity of discovering her, producing her and managing her? No to all of them
Another example: Did Marty Lacker produce some records at Pepper Studios? Yes he did in 1968. Did any of them make the top 100 Hundred? No they didn’t. Did he produce other groups or singers, particularly Rita Coolidge or The Gentry’s? No he didn’t. Did he produce Dionne Warwick? No he didn’t, but his Company Mempro Incorporated did get some publishing rights on a song she recorded.
This is a link to Pepper Studios and Pepper-Tanner Studios - www.jingleweb.nl/index.php/w-b-tanner/
Marty Lacker was employed as a General Manager at Pepper-Tanner Studios. His duties would have included co-ordinating with Artists and overseeing the daily operations of a recording studio.
ONTO PART THREE....
@jkrein82
PART THREE:
Lastly,
*_If not for Marty Lacker Elvis MIGHT never have recorded at American Sound Studios. If not for Marty Lacker the world MIGHT never have had such Presley Hits as Suspicious Minds, In The Ghetto, or others
If not for Mr. Lacker, then, the world might never have had such Presley hits as 'Suspicious Minds' - The King's last chart-topper - and 'In the Ghetto', among many others_*
All we have is what Marty Lacker says about how he got Elvis to record at American Sound Studios, but even so, despite his proven embellishments and lies, let’s still take his word for it.
In your interview Marty states that Elvis Presley had the songs in his folder ready for recording and that he was going to record them in Nashville. If Elvis Presley had them in his folder to record, then Elvis Presley was going to record them. Period! More importantly though, if Elvis Presley already had them in his folder ready to record, then how did he get them if, according to Marty Lacker, all the songs getting to Elvis was through Hill & Range and nowhere else - and that all the songs from Hill and Range were shit?
_ 1) Chips Momon states in an interview that it was he (Chips Momon) who introduced Elvis to “In The Ghetto”, because he had produced Mark James’ release the year before and played that release to Elvis - who, despite Parker and RCA’s concerns, fell in love with it and demanded to record it
2) Even if we were to go with what Marty Lacker had to say, given what we know about Elvis and his choosing songs and so on, if the songs were already in Elvis Presley’s folder to be recorded, he would have recorded them regardless of what Studio he recorded them in
3) That they were recorded at American Sound Studios put American Sound Studios firmly on the map and forever intertwined with Elvis Presley, it didn’t change anything for Elvis, since Chips Momon has stated they would have been hit records regardless
By the way there is no record anywhere of Marty Lacker becoming Vice President and Business Manager at American Sound Studios. Absolutely nowhere
Lastly, for me, I think the truth of the matter is this below:
www.goldminemag.com/articles/marty-lacker
*Marty Lacker states:* _So Elvis leaves and Freddy (Bienstock) looks at me and said, “I notice Mr. Lacker you keep playing him songs from a certain publishing company, Screen-Gems. Are you making money off of this?”
I looked over at him and said, “Yeah.” See, that was part of my company (Marty’s Company being Mempro Incorporated)_
This alone, for me, explains such a lot. For me, it not only tells me Marty Lacker’s motivation but it also tells me WHY he would ferociously attack Joe Esposito and Tom Parker and Priscilla Presley (I don’t blame him in regards to Priscilla - she is a money grabbing lying piece of shit that cares for no one or anything other than her prestige and fame in her own head).
As for Marty Lacker’s importance in the Music Industry, if indeed he was so important, (George Klein was doing things in the Memphis Music Industry waaaaay before Marty Lacker arrived on the scene - that can be verified) after what I have found out, it appears to me that Marty Lacker did not get where he did through expertise or knowledge, he got where he did simply because of his associations with other talented people such as Elvis Presley and Chips Momon.
All in all, what it all boils down to *for me* is that Marty Lacker’s only VERIFIABLE claim to fame is that he was in Elvis Presley’s Company sometime during the 1960’s. For me, everything else is up for considerable debate and considering how Marty Lacker in this interview could not keep his “facts” straight on this subject even for one minute (let alone throughout the entire interview on other things) I’m deferring on the side of there being a hefty load of bullshit stinking up the entire telling.
By the way, when Marty “left” Elvis in 1967 he either left or was fired depending on what you read/hear and by whom, because Billy Smith states that in 1967 there was a culling of people at Graceland and Marty was one of the people who got their pink slips - Billy wasn’t happy about that and left the same year because Billy and Marty’s wives, Jo and Patsy, were inseparable.
*As a side note:* It was Red West who left of his own accord in 1967 because he was livid about what happened at the Wedding (I don’t blame him but thankfully he got over it) and he was also breaking out into films doing stunt work and bit parts and also acting parts. It was also Red West who would come back periodically to work as a Bodyguard in between dry spells in the Movie making world, so he could still be making some money for his family. This is ALL verifiable from Red West himself.
However, from 1967 Marty Lacker is nowhere to be found in anything regarding Elvis Presley other than what he claims; not home movies, not behind the scenes, not fans photos, not anything - not even from the other members of the Clique, especially BFF Billy Smith.
Sorry this is so long but this is why I think it is all questionable. I think it is worth a read, but it is all up to you if you want to or not 🙂
Elvis had alot of room to talk about someone being easy!
He shouldn't talk about Vernon like that. Vernon at least never badmouthed about Elvis, tried to advise Elvis and to protect Lisa by adding 2 co trustees beside Priscilla. Vernon behaved like a caring father, they did not always behave like caring friends or employees.
Screw Vernon, another opportunist loving of his son’s wealth and fame. 😊
@@FrankieLovesElvis the difference is that Vernon and his own mother took care of Elvis since day one, and lived with Elvis until his last breath, including during the army years in Germany
@@user-kt6uw8fm8l Yes and? Vernon was no better than any of those pigs, even Parker, his buddy.
@@FrankieLovesElvis without Vernon, no Elvis
@@user-kt6uw8fm8l Damn you’re dumb. 😊
Marty always had alot to say and write about others 'Portrait of a Snitch