Elvis Presley phone call with Red West in October 1976
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- Red West, Sonny West and Dave Hebler got fired in 1976, so they wrote a book about Elvis called " Elvis what happened"...this conversation was recorded before the book was publiced. Only audio and pictures ( from Elvis' life )
It doesn't make squat difference what people write about him, we all love him
Elvis's voice sounds like an.old country boy which, in the end, is what he was. RIP, Elvis, we fans will love you forever 🎶
Elvis was the most beautiful, innocent, kind, gentle, compassionate, loving soul ~ and the whole world saw exactly who he was. And is.
Elvis was very forgiving to have made this call when he knew that they were writing the book. What we do know from this call is that Elvis was lucid and was having health and financial problems. It was good to hear him quote scripture and show so much concern about his daddy. Elvis was truly a good soul. God bless him.❤️🎵🎵🎵🎵
It was hard for me to understand half of what was said.
To me that doesn't even sound like Elvis....
@@lillygoulet2093 it is Elvis, but it sounds like he was tired, you can hear it in his voice. I think this guy had him, on speaker. Plus, he shouldn't had done that. Without his approval. This guy just wanted more dirt, to put in his book. I wander if this conversation, was mentioned in the book? Then Elvis knew he was recorded. This guy, was just waiting to see if Elvis, was going to buy him, a house & a car. Elvis, did not said anything. Elvis, knew he had become a bank.
@@Existentialnausea
There should be a link below the call on utube with the translation.
@@ginadee4142I believed they were totally wrong and were trying to get him to agree to there BS on recordings. After all he did for these people…
This is a betrayal of friendship and loyalty if I’ve ever seen one. I have never read this book… been a fan since I was 4 years old. He passed when I was 17.
All I know is these people betrayed him in my opinion from what I have heard about the book and at his lowest times.
Imagine what that did to him ….people he had loved and trusted and lavished. I will never read this book … people that are mad or jealous over you tend to make up all kinds of stuff. GOD BLESS ELVIS. WE LOVE HIM For SO MANY REASONS….these people or none others could ever take away from what ELVIS GAVE TO THE WORLD.
HE WAS THE BEST SINGER AND ENTERTAINER IN THE WORLD. HE STILL IS AND FOEVER SHALL BE. ❤️🙏🙏🌹
The fact that Elvis was even on the phone with him that long is a testament to me, most people wouldn't even deal with a person they just fired... Couldn't make out a lot of it but I don't see anything damning hear. Man had a good soul
***** Red West abused fans to the tune of millions of dollars in lawsuits that Elvis had to settle out of court. The firing wasn't the problem, waiting so long to fire them was the problem.
***** Yes, there were actual lawsuits from several fans that added up into the millions I know they didn't say a word about it in "Elvis: What Happened?" but Sonny mentions one of them thirty years later in his second book "Elvis: Still Taking Care Of Business" on page 320. This is probably because so many people talked about these lawsuits over the years and he (Sonny West) was trying to clear up the lawsuit that was over $6 million dollars. Bill, all I can do is go by what they are saying and look at their contradictions from one book to the next; from one interview to the next. They were fired for the right reasons; they should have been fired sooner to avoid those lawsuits.
Joyce, FAKE NEWS. There was one...a SINGLE lawsuits. People look for money from rich celebrities. It happens. Only one ever got money.
@joycevaughn5913 they got fired because they confront elvis about his abuse of pills had his dad fired him
Despite everything, Elvis offers to help out Red and his family. Nice guy.
Elvis's rule of thumb was he just tried to be good to people. Red's wasn't.
Dan O'Malley You know you are right but it occurred to me, who else did EP have as the one constant in his life? His Dad and all those guys and they all lived that weird lifestyle at Graceland. I know EP had problems but these guys lived like that willingly, that is weird folks.
@@MTknitter22 they were living the dream life .. when Elvis was getting tired... They got up set... Wanting more then he could give...
Right !!!
Also says he knows Red tryed protect him Red Loved Elvis
The only person who did not violate Elvis’s privacy was and is dear Ann Margret. Thank you Ann Margret 🙏🏻
What about Judy Spreckles? She never disclosed anything about him either. Many people have kept their relationships with him private.
@@rakittymeow8406LIAR
Prove it, bitch
I TRIPLEDAWG DARE YOU
Agree
Wrong. Ann just had to finally get that book out with intimate details of their affair. She was too consumed to be a star which Elvis did not want for his woman..so really she's just L ke the rest.
Elvis without Red West was Elvis. Red West without Elvis would be what ??? Nothing !!
+Roberto Munhoz Well, he also wrote You'll Be Gone and Separate Ways. Not a bad feat.
Rubbish Red west would have made it in the film industry with or with out Elvis he was talented to actually, a stuntman song writer actor you obviously dont know what your talking about you idiot
NOTHING🙃
@@robertwilletts4122 no ...u are the idiot...from the time Red was let go he made money off Elvis name...guess he wasn't that talented or maybe just a bad actor.😉
@@blancamiranda7424 Red west was a trained actor and musician before he met Elvis you idiot do your research moron he was a songwriter to and a stuntman you think you know everything but you know fuck all
"I think I became a dollar sign..." - that is definitely Elvis speaking and he ain't no fool.
blizzardbaby hi, he was the col.’s golden goose, tragic!
He was carrying the whole Memphis Mafia; plus his relatives an wife an baby....these bums been selling their stories for yrs an yrs.....shaking my head""⭐
That makes it so sad..... He knew he was surrounded by leeches. He must have been so lonely not knowing who to trust.
@@judithtjed
That's why his daddy did what he did, when he fired them! IDC what nobody say's, you didn't mess with EP's fans, he loved them!
Red, sonny and Dave sold Elvis out period !!! Pretty sad for them to do that 😭💔🤬
Fact they were fired because they try to help him get off the pills
@@thomasandersen2938wrong way to go abt it !!!
@@hollywinningham6375how else can u help elvis wouldn't listen they were trying to save him
We will never stop loving him.
We will Always love and miss you so much Elvis. The world is a better place for you being born and sharing your precious God given gift and love with us. Rest in peace our sweet, sweet Elvis.
True friends will stood by him instead did what they did to him at his lowest point. That book upset him so much Elvis just went down and eventually killed him. Poor Elvis did so much good things to his friends and their families. God is forever with Elvis.
If Elvis' mother had not died, I believe he would not of gone so far with the medicine. She was his earthly rock.
Most definitely. Something died in him when he lost her. A passion for life. It's like he went on a very slow suicide from that time.
Don't you people realize how big elvis was so no one should say if I was or this or that If my aunt had balls she would be my uncle
The bottom line is Elvis was an adult. He was responsible for everything that happened to him.
Hard to find a picture of her smiling
Wasn't she an alcoholic?
With friends like Red West you don't need enemies.
You got that right.
@@michelbilodeau3256 right
I agree with you completely! To hear him spin his book into something noble. Is sickening to me. And him recording this conversation is more betrayal. This is no friend.
Poor Elvis...
He was a cash cow for too many people and when they tried to downsize they still were grabbing for money.
You are 100% correct. I couldn't stand the way they tried to spin the book that I believe contributed heavily to Elvis's death, to that crap of "trying to help him." No one in their right mind believes that. They were mad they got fired and wrote it out of revenge...period. That's a friend?
He never talked bad or negative words against these guys.
This is why he is Elvis and they are known to be ... some of the numerous Elvis' guys 😊
This tells people more about Red West's character than Elvis. Whatever happened to loyalty and integrity? It shows that no one should ever trust Red.
What Red did is idiocy! He cannot be trusted for some reason. Maybe Red have resentments against Elvis that made him do this!
No matter what Elvis did at the end...red would've never been anything special if Elvis hadn't hired him all this yrs before. Instead of the anger spilling over to such resentment red should've just remembered the good ol days with Elvis and all the fun and all the notoriety of being Elvis best friend.
I like red. But, this book was unnecessary and mean spirited to do to a man like Elvis. Elvis was a good man who just got torn asunder by drugs. He's not the first person not will he be the last that it happens to.
@@bravesoul5743
He needed money to pay his morgage. Plain and simple. Vernon stopped the gravy train. And he had bills to pay.
100%. Total sell out bullshit artist !
It’s weird hearing Elvis say “I’m still here”. He’s been gone for so long, and he’s not around anymore.
You see what a great guy he was, even after what they did!
Elvis said many times if you need anything I'd be happy to help. Also says this is a private line. Not knowing red was recording the call. Some friend red was.
Elvis left town and let his father fire longtime friends with no warning and a weeks pay. Some friend Elvis was. You see? It can go both ways. The guys big crime: stopping the drugs from getting to Elvis. God bless them for trying but an addict needs his stuff.
Exactly..Elvis fans are blinded by their obsession with him. They cannot see a anything else truly sad. All these guys wanted was for him to get better. But you cannot save a man from himself.
@@shigsho and where was the salary they had received over all those years before? they get fired and bam, next day broke? come on. and i do believe they were kinda worried about elvis taking all those drugs (damn his doc) but i'm not so sure if it was really because they cared so much for him or because they also in part that the cash cow is gonna die. besides that, writing a tell-all book - and red admitted, he also did it for the money cause he was broke at that time - is not exactly what a person in a fragile state of mind and health needs. might have just pushed him over the edge, this time for the final time.
And how exactly were they helping their friend..by hanging all his dirty laundry out for the world to see....that's not what friends do...they were pissed!
@@shigsho
Go take yours now!
Elvis may have had faults but I don't think writing a book about him and exposing him to the public is an act of a friend.
IMO , it was a cry for help (albeit much too late) :(
WHY NOT LET PEOPLE KNOW THE TRUTH HE WAS A DUG ADDICT ,AND WHEN YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES "DEATH"
Joe U B-low. Your such a unoriginal Ass
What is a dug addict?
You remember that cartoon called 'Doug'? He was addicted to watching that.
I wish this conversation could be typed out on the screen so we can "read" exactly what he is saying CLEARLY!! (WOW! thank you for sharing with us this taping) INCREDIBLE........
I think this is a very sad conversation elvis seems to be only now realizing that most of he so called family and friends saw him only as a money making machine no one seemed to care what he was going through he was after all just a man who made mistakes and sometimes got it wrong like we all do at some pinot in our lives why should he be any different . True friends would never of done that book friends true friends should forgive and help I will love elvis forever he did so many good things that you only get see about when go into graceland he helped so many charities and also many individuals and he never told anyone .he was the greatest intertainer but also just a man everyone should try and remember this before they judge him xxx
Linda Rossati this really is sad, he was so alone.
He never took his success and being who he was and thought he was better than ANYONE, he gave all his thanks to the man upstairs and his fans ,
Help him how though? In this call you hear Elvis say he was hurt that they said he was fucked up and he says he isnt. Problem is he is slurring when he says he;s not fucked up. They did try to help him and they were fired for it.
@@troymcclure4971 red got fired because he was cruel, he threated tons of fans bad causing sues to Elvis resulting in him fired
@@SamuelVII Red and the other 2 were fired for several reasons. But they were his oldest friends. If he really wanted them around he could have given them other jobs where they would never encounter the public. But he didn't want anyone around that was going to question his lifestyle. It is impossible to deal with an addict until they realize they have a problem and want to stop. He was not in that state and didn't want to hear it from anyone. Fire them and it goes away and the others won't say anything for fear of losing their job.
I wonder if Priscilla has ever heard this? It’s literally Elvis admitting he didn’t want to marry her and was pressured by the colonel, that’s crazy 😅
Even at her young age Im sure she knew Elvis was pressured cause the wedding was over in what 15 minutes?
Agree! It was a ridiculous wedding day Colonel Parker came up with. Elvis and Priscilla didn't peak and choose anything at all... They just had to be in the room and say "I DO" when asked. Nonsenseless. The most prestigious guy in show business marrying in a rush and at a Las Vegas chapel without even all of their friends there? This pretty much shows how it was not really intented getting married at that point. They deserved much better in their first wedding ever (and the only one for Elvis afterall). I still think why Priscilla specially didn't foght for a perfect wedding day, since Elvis was who he was and they could have performed the wedding of the century.
Not to mention they got married at a hotel in Vegas ?! Red flag 🚩
I think Elvis fell for Priscilla, when he first meet her. But as he got to know her, things started to change. We all do that, we find out, that person is not, whom we thought. He made a mistake, by telling her father, he would marry her, when she came of age. Priscilla, her father, & the Colonel. Put Elvis in the corner, it was more like a shot-gun marriage. I think he may had loved her, but not the same way. Once, you're push to do something. You're perspective, changes about that person. Priscilla, too just saw him, as bank, just money. Being 14, when she first meet him. She wanted to look older. That was puppy love, she didn't know what love was, not even at 16. Once he invited her to come to visit. She got it in her head she would do everything to move in there. She was all about money, & appearance. Opposite of Elvis, even thou he was the one that had the money. I think she was fake from the beginning. Pretending, to be something she wasn't. This reminds me of Samson & Delilah. His power was in his hair, & she claimed, she loved him. She sold him to the Romans, for money. Well Priscilla, betrayed Elvis with another man. Cause by the time she left him, she didn't love him anymore. I wander if she ever did.? Look what she's doing to her granddaughter, now? This woman is cold & calculating. All about her, money, fame, being in front of the camera only. She was the worst that ever happened to Elvis.
@@ginadee4142 I agree with everything you wrote except that she betrayed him. He was cheating on her right, left, and center.
He also didn't want to be with a woman who had had a child. That's crazy. It's not normal to turn down your wife because she had your child.
He had issues and she wanted to have a normal type of life.
I think she used him from the start though. She might have loved him for awhile but obviously not enough.
They didn't love each other enough.
WE LOVE YOU SWEET GORGEOUS ANGEL ELVIS😇
Elvis knew at the end he was a money sign to all of them not family that he thought
Elvis cried when Marty gave him back money because he was the only one who ever did that. It was in the 60s.
I didn't hear Elvis say anything bad.. I think what it all boils down to is Red, Sonny and Dave was mad because they got canned so they attacked Elvis. RIP Elvis You're the man and always ways will be. Long live the king!
amen.
As I understood it ( maybe wrong?) Vernon Presley was the one that fired the Memphis Mafia??
Elvis wanted them fired because they were trying to stop his drug use
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES I also understand that VERNON Presley didn't like the bodyguards for some strange reason? Can You help me with that? Thanks
@@jtc1947 Vernon wasn't in the greatest condition at that time of his life. He was having health problems. Vernon didn't dislike them. And the bodyguards actually saved Elvis from death twice. Elvis almost died and would have actually died if not for the bodyguards.
Elvis had his issues as we all do, but lack of heart was not one of them. Shame on Red for taping this and uploading it to a public space after Elvis's death.
Yes I can understand Sonny and Red when they said "How can you save a man from himself?", but Elvis was in the throes of addiction and when that happens, it takes a lot for the addict to acknowledge the severity of their issues. Sadly, Elvis realised that too late.
Anyways, a book publicising someone's private life will not help a person. It will throw them into further despair. Elvis was a private man and Red and Sonny knew this. Heck Elvis even offered them $50k each to not write the book, but they did anyway. Shame on the Wests. So sad Elvis didn't act on his plans to clean up and make big changes in his personal and professional lives. RIP, Elvis. You will never be forgotten and your legacy will live on forever.
So....were they after the money or not? Sounds like betrayal on both sides
@@yeetnama9094, of course it was betrayal on both Sonny's and Red's parts and other course money was a factor, too. Sonny and Red were suddenly out of work and were in need of money, but Elvis had been generous to them for two decades and even offered them about $50k each so they wouldn't write the book and to tire them over. For them to betray Elvis like that would have been a massive dagger to his heart. Elvis was a private man, who rarely granted interviews. Sonny and Red knew this. Despite this, Elvis was able to forgive Sonny and Red and still offered to help them. Elvis was simply too soft to tell the users to eff off, so consequently, they continued to use him. It's a sad story.
@@yeetnama9094 don't forget it was in the Seventies. Back then, there wasn't any real knowledge on the dangers of substance abuse and depression. It was all so highly stigmatised, so that stigma further hurt Elvis. Elvis didn't just die of drugs alone, he also died of ignorance.
@@alexcarratu5554
EP, was far from ignorant I got news for you, BTW where did you get your genius degree! He was smart enough to become Elvis Presley, who are you?????
@@naomiwarner7117 I never called Elvis ignorant. He wasn't. He was smarter than most of those who surrounded him, including those who were meant to help him.
Also it's apparent that his bodyguards, the guys who were around him for decades sat back and watched him take thousands of pills and never once threatened to quit unless he stopped, they were getting so much money they would have never done that, but yea write a denigrating book about him when he was at his lowest point, they were quick to do that.
Exactly, to make money off him! They would have told anything to sell that book!
They took the drugs and lived off of and used Elvis to their own ends.
This was a good listen and I appreciate the person who transcribed the conversation further down in the comments as it confirms what was suspect; Didn’t read the book, but this conversation tells a lot about where these two were in the end. Red admits they did this book bc they were hurt and broke. Lots of stuff that didn’t get said during this conversation bc neither felt comfortable enough to put it out there. Nobody confronted Elvis about his drug problem as they claim, instead they just tip toed around the elephant in the room using his “concern” for Elvis health problems instead of just coming out with it. I mean, at this point, what would he have lost by just laying it all out there? Elvis was quick to shut it down by insisting he was a-ok, even bringing up the twisted colon issue saying it had rectified itself (even though we discovered post mortem that E had putrid old food stuck in his colon and intestines). Red had a perfect lead in and instead he just said yeah ok, and dropped it. That was his chance and he let it slip away. What killed Elvis was his denial of how sick he was and the fact that everyone around him was too afraid of being shut out or cut off to help him. He needed gut surgery and drug rehab. He wasn’t as wealthy as people thought and Vernon was probably right by getting rid of them, and probably should have gotten rid of them all.
@@joycevaughn5913 what do you think is way off ?
What awful, awful People!!!! Judas comes to mind.
You don't protect your best friend by making money off of their problems. Just my opinion though so worth nothing.
That's what I'm saying....
You’re 100% correct
Can barely understand a word. But recording Elvis, (and Red, as a friend and Elvis, the biggest star in the world) is just another betrayal, just one more slap in the face before his death. With friends like these who needs enemies. Is there a transcript of this disastrous sneaky betrayal?
yes I had it at one time....i cant remember where I found it....but it is out there....
Just goes to show you what kind of people these guy's that were fired were and, why Vernon fired them!
Did Elvis know he was being recorded? (Can't hear it clearly)
Inauthentic RW…. Taker… deceiver likely anticipated receiving huge financial gain off the Book release…. Boomerang …. Merely showsed thevtrue colors of the authors.
Okay...it is Elvis however i stand by what i said.So sick of people bringing up the tablets he was taking,the man had a heart of gold and needed a huge break away from it all...thanks for transcribing it to us,photo's are great.
I cried. The world lost ELVIS. Mr. West lost a friend.
He was more than a friend to them! After EP passed, they were sorry they did it, too freakin late!
I read the transcript (it's on the net) and Red lied to Elvis when he told him it was all good stuff in the book.
Larry Blong And Elvis didn't lie to Red? Elvis said he was in the best shape of his life! Come on man.....how many times did Elvis fire Red? The friend from high school that saved Elvis' bacon from a pack of thugs that were going to cut Elvis' hair? Time must have made that memory fade... or the drugs or the wanting the drugs without the hassle of the caring body guards sticking their nose into it = fired.
Don't state 1 sided facts. Plus, that is what is called a hyperbole ... and 'all good' is subjective. I could argue that Red thought it was all good.....in HIS opinion.....(subjective).. what is all good to you isn't what is all good to me.
that story about red saving him from a ''pack of thugs ''' was red's story AND ONLY reds story. fucking guy was as big a parasitic leech as much as the rest of him...Elvis was far from perfect...but these assholes didn't have the integrity and self worth as men to lead their own lives, Instead chose to live in another man's SHADOW . And accept every perk he gave them greedily. Houses , cars, 5 star hotels , beautiful women that Elvis didnt want. etc..fk red west and all the rest of the,m...but ultimately it was Elvis' fault for surrounding himself with garbage people.
He was a sinner just like everyone else. Romans 3- For ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
J Pep Yes I've seen people get very greedy and it sounded like some new people cane in shook it up. Like the sings E kept referring to All shook up
Who was there to confirm that Red West saved Elvis bacon ? Elvis never spoke about it only REd and what is the big deal if he did when Elvis was ganged up on ? Red wasn't there at the gas station when Elvis was attacked by two guys and Elvis fought them both off. Scotty Moore says Elvis was well capable of protecting himself as they had to do many times. And Elvis was a trained combat soldier don't forget . But even if Red did defend Elvis...ONE time in school...Elvis more than paid him back for 20 years flying first class, bought him cars and homes and $200 per week which is $1800 per week today plus $100.000 per year bonuses and RW has admitted that all his film work is bcuz of Elvis only. His only talent is that he was ELVIS's friend so called.
i don't get it. your best friends but you secretly record him and you write a book and make money off it. that's the definition of a double cross in my opinion. plus u cant a word that's said.
Writing the book and publishing phonecalls is kinda double betrayal and not the behaviour of a best friend. Important is trust in a friendship and if you talk about a friends personal business shows you are not a true friend. Seems to me Elvis was in a lonely place not knowing who he could trust.
Exactly. Brandon
Telling the world that he loved elvis like a brother, then recording the conversation & writing a book abt elvis. What kind of friend is that. lts a betrayal..
I agree w you it wasnt right fot red to do that to his best friend
I WOULDNT LISTEN TO THIS BUT COMMENTS SAID ELVIS STILL OFFERED TO HELP HIM AND HIS FAMILY AT THE END!! ELVIS IS AN ANGEL AND THIS MAN IS WORSE THAN A CRIMINAL!!
It's sad,,listen to this made me cry,,being friends for so long,just like family they was,,
Can't understand what Elvis is saying. I know that Elvis was in trouble and needed help. However, people that worked close to him wrote a book and made money off him not because they were his friends wanting to help, but they were pissed off and wanted to get even.
+Susan Peeler and why would you record a call other than to play it later to get even. What happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse.
Cmon ITS NOT EVEN ELVIS,
Don't even sound like Elvis
@@km376 Probably paid someone to do it, promising royalty from LYER'S book!
Also interesting Elvis knows more than he presents. He was very aware telling Red “we were all hurt” and didn’t like how Red was victimizing himself
Amen to this… RW no integrity, courage nor strength of character. This call shows 2things ; tge character of Elvis and the lack thereof of RW…
These people who are saying hurtful things about Elvis Presley should get a life...so sad up untill now they are using Elvis name to make money.
Every chance they get.💔
People still are to this day in 2020.
AMEN AMEN
He was too trusting and forgiving.
Yes he was. Opposite of Priscilla, she never forgave him, or their daughter, for taking her out of the trust. And now her granddaughter. A very shrewd old woman.
When Elvis told him one of the reasons why there wasn’t more v ce immunization was that his daddy was sick, my heart broke.
They did Elvis wrong period !!!!! 🤬🤬🤬 they may have loved him but writing this book was out of line in my opinion 😭
Well, he wasn't listening to them in person, what were they supposed to do?
They betrayed him before the book : Red West knew about Mike Stone but did not say anything to Elvis ( anyway John O'Grady gave informations to Elvis)
Yeah they did him wrong. They got paid 75.000 each. Which comes out to 225,000. Each in 2023. They did it for Money. Fucked up
They confront elvis about his drug issue he had his dad fired because they trying to save him😊
@@thomasandersen2938 What is written in their book proves that they were not trying to help Elvis. It's a revengeful book written by bodyguards who were fired because they were too violent with Elvis' fans.
Sad they decided to write the book. He relied on them to keep things quiet, they repaid him by telling his private business. Guess if you aint payin, the loyalty aint stayin.
That's exactly what happened!
Red West was fired, yes that had to hurt him a lot. Then he wrote a book that destroyed Elvis, a man who had given him everything. That’s a vile thing to do. End of....
The drugs too Elvis. Charlie Hodge also said Elvis has bone cancer that had spread all over his body.
@@GarlandFarms Charlie and Joe would do anything to protect Elvis legacy with white lies. Elvis was drugup addict, thats how he died from overdose. Red, Sunny all hangers should have moved on with their lives. Yet after Elvis death they stuck with Elvis till they died. Recording phone call is just too disgusting.
Great to hear the whole conversation, I've only ever heard bits of it. Thanks for posting!
In my opinion, and only my opinion, Red West and his cronies were trying to get back at Elvis because he finally wised up and fired their asses!!
Elvis was an Addict Period.
They protected his addiction.
They are what we call now Enablers
The Medical Professionals tried to help.
I have read all of this research on Elvis
For I am. Die Heart Fan.
Still get butterflies hearing him Sing.
I will always love him
Like Whitney Houston
Question
Why does Money send Rich folks to Drugs.
I just dont get it.
Elvis Drug of choice was pharmacy heroin.
Daluidid his drug of choice
Red and Sonny Tried
And all of the books i have read.
They Now say
The bodyguards were telling the truth
Priscilla walked off knew he had a problem and kept it a secret
Why?
There are a lot of questions that need to be answered still.
All of THESE folks should have said something.
They would not.
I am glad that they did it.
So What he got high.
I just hate that he turned on himself.
Sooo. Sad
Red betrayed Elvis; no excuse for what he did. This put Elvis on an irreversible decline.
I brought this book back 1977 I just took to the outhouse Elvis help out lot of people,Vernon make right decision but Elvis is now in heaven
Lol, Elvis was a very smart man. He knew he was being recorded. If it's even Elvis speaking.
With friends like this...........
Who needs enemies...
so glad u live for Jesus now Elvis! he had something special for u to do for him. Ty lord for saving Elvis..
EVERYONE made money off of Elvis... a lot of the time his life was not even his own!
He was just a nice boy, period.
Best friend? This is a shameful manipulation but I don't suppose you Red and your buddies would see it like that. If you claim Elvis was your best friend then I pity him his enemies. What a snake, taping Elvis (if that's who it is) without his knowledge? Like rats abandoning a sinking ship. Shameful. I hope it was worth it.
The hangers-on never cleaned up their own back yard. ELVIS gave them a great life and
after ELVIS died, they lived long after. 7-4-22
I agree with Elvis when he says contractors are cold hearted businessmen lol... An $80,000 secretary for what? Lol
In writing the book they proved whoever let them go was right to do so. They owed this man more respect. Seems to me their only talent in life after was to get on talk shows and tell the same stories over n over again, if they couldn't be on his payroll, they would make money off his name. Royalties for disloyalty.
So, So true!
They exposed themselves for who they truly were… hangers on vampires!!!
lts hard to believe that elvis has gone for forty years on the 16 august 1977 will always be a fan xx
Elvis trophy ìs the golden crown from above rest in peace Elvis
Red was mature enough & knew Elvis the longest to know the book would tear Elvis & Vernon up. I'm sure they never foresaw how the tragedy would play out with Elvis's death. But I bet if they had a conscience, they spent the rest of their lives being haunted by their choices/decisions. The Elvis on this tape sounds like he was trying to extend an olive branch, even though he knew in his heart the irreparable damage had been done to this friendship. Such a sad ending. Wish a family counselor had been brought in to mediate. And its too bad Elvis didn't follow thru with the colostomy.
Elvis is so sad when he hears how Red sold his house that he bought for him 🙁
Money! Sold the car's, bike, Jewelry everything EP ever bought or, gave to them for money! Just goes to show that they were living high off EP until they got fired!
@@naomiwarner7117 Exactly. The moment they realized they were going to have to be actual adults with bills to pay like the rest of us they break down and trash Elvis for breaking up their little play world.
In the real world when you get fired or laid off you just get another job!! Not try to destroy somebody that you love and respect , Elvis should've made the MM and everyone around him sign a NDA
I can't tell if its Elvis or not, doesn't sound like him at all it just makes me sad and want to cry. 😥😔
Jerry Schilling was his true best friend.
Almost every entertainer from golden era studio days in Hollywood to musicians that did more than one show a day or several in a week actors working 18 hour days; all of a sudden a Dr. says" take these they will give you more energy or take these they will help you sleep". Many have honestly admitted that because it was a doctor advising you thought at the time it can't be bad for you. In no time they knew they were hooked on pills.
very true the studios had doctors on the lot to dispense meds to the actors under contract like judy garland who was given speed to be able to work 18 hour days at 16 years of age or a lot younger but I know she was dependent on them by age 16 from what all ive read, but this was very common back in those days
GeorgiaBoy Exactly.!
I could not imagine how elvis must of felt to know that two of his closest friends were writing a tell all book about his personal life. I think they totally betrayed elvis with them writing a tell all book image how hurt & betrayed elvis felt. You can hardly make out what elvis is even saying. So sad & horrible to know the ending to a tragic story wished it could of been different. Depression is a horrible horrible thing & i just wished elvis could of gotten the help he needed. R.I.P Elvis you will always be the greatest entertainer the world has ever known.
Back then, they didn't have any rehabs!
An entourage of users , deceivers and abusers….
Don't you think there was a better way "to help Elvis" than to write a tell-all book about Elvis' personal life? That book was the straw that broke the camel's back. I do not believe that Elvis would have died on 8/16/77 if that book had never come out.
johnny tyler on ya Johnny
Larry Blong Stop worshiping Elvis. He almost killed a 17 year old. He threw a pool cue at a woman and gave her breast damage..... if he didn't want it written, he should t have done it. Why crucify the 'teller'? People are mad at these 3 for 'betraying' WHAT? Why not be mad at EP for almost killing a minor with a drug overdose? Seriously ! Worshiping idols obviously skews ones perspective... more mad at the people 'tattle-telling' about the sick abuse of a minor vs. Being disgusted in the 37 yr old grown man that abused 'a minor' and almost killed her. Think about it man. A 17 year old? Come on...
How do you protect a man from himself?
People wake up! Stop hating the tattle tale'ers and hate the one perpetrating the action....... I'm sure each and everyone of you would have a different feeling if t was your 17 yr old daughter.... because he buys someone a car or 2 means he owns them? Not in my books. If it is a gift a gift is without conditions. If he wants conditions, it isn't a gift but a bribe. They stopped accepting the bribe. Their right. Their life. They can say what they want. Elvis should have conducted himself better... then he would have nothing to worry about.
Elvis almost died four times before that. Drugs, not a silly book killed Elvis.
Richard Dockery Elvis was addicted to drugs but that doesn’t give these assholes the right to write a nasty tell all book. Bullshit they did it to help Elvis, they did in part maybe but they did it for money because they were let go. Elvis didn’t die from drugs he knew how to handle them he died because of that Benedict Arnold book that exaggerated and damaged his image. The way to help Elvis was to keep on telling him to get help not to write stuff that went on at Graceland like a tattle tale. These guys wanted revenge because they were let go simple as that. Yes traitors like Judas. If not for that book who knows how long Elvis might have lived and maybe he would have gotten help? Too bad Elvis didn’t cross paths with my brother Steve and I instead of those cut throats. That book caused Elvis’ death, no doubt! Elvis didn’t treat anyone bad. He didn’t need a three piece band once he became a movie star’. He graduated from that okay, Elvis gave to people and strangers more than half of what he earned,. Elvis was a great person so son you got it all wrong,
Elvis had a good an bad side like most people. He could be kind a d cruel at the flip of a hat.
He was a sexual deviant too. Liked em YOUNG so he could teach them. Couldn't deal with a woman who had a mind of her own.
Red West says here that he had to sell his house. Well if he was in any other job and was laid off then he would still need to sell his house.Elvis bought all his mates houses and cars let alone jewellry and that includes Red and Sonny. They had yearly bonus' of $100.000. They lived in Elvis' houses in Bel Air,flew first class with him, drove his cars. As Joe Esposito says...they lived his life at luxury level without doing nothing more than be there.. He paid for their weddings and while he was working they were busy building up contacts . In recent years Red West has admitted that any and every job he got was because of Elvis even AFTER Elvis . Only talent he had is he was supposedly a long time friend of Elvis's. They were nothing without him. Jerry Schilling was given a house in LA by Elvis. Sonny West was on $75 per week when Elvis asked him to work for him at $200 per week not including the houses and cars. $200pw then is like $1800pw now. What killed Elvis was these users and losers draining him.They worked him to death. Nothing in this tape indicates anything except what a decent guy Elvis was and what a backstabber Red was.
They suched the life out of Elvis
These guys were not friends they were takers and once fired they made up crap that would sell their books. Charlie Hodge was a true friend and explained it all.
After everything Elvis did for them this had to break his heart that he was nothing but a dollar sign.
What friend records phone calls?
There is no way this is Elvis talking to Red West. It sounds NOTHING like him!
Agree
I have no hard feelings for Red. RIP. But have never felt it was right to release this type of material without Elvis' knowledge.
I could tell at the end Elvis’s ego (not a bad thing as we all have egos) was quickly saying “not on my part” about being worried about the book because it would show weakness. I analyzed the phone call with Anita as well. Seems Elvis isn’t afraid to speak his mind. Wonder why it was so hard to get rid of the Colonel, unless he truly had the father like figure to Elvis that despite Elvis cussing him out, couldn’t leave
I think Elvis thought he owed the Colonel, he helped make him who he was and i think being loyal meant having to sell his soul for 50%! So sad, to think what Elvis could have done with his career and his god given talent :(
Can you imagine you're best friend and others you trusted writing down every crappy thing you ever did and said, embellishing it and selling the book? They left out any and all good things he ever did. These guys were fired for causing lawsuits because they kept hurting people. Then he records this conversation, that contains nothing to back their claims and releases that. Just plain rotten.
Well said !
Serpentine…
Elvis' voice sounds very young - he's using his normal Southern accent.
I don’t think that is Elvis. I’ve listened to him my entire life. Singing, speaking , acting. I do not recognize the tone, accent, inflection, mannerisms. Nothing.
@@nowayjackson he not acting during this phone call.
Sounds like a drunk old dude.
I thought the same thing.
@@nowayjackson it is him from oct 12 1976 that's a fact
Vernon Presley, Sonny West, and Dave said that Elvis 😇❤️ temporarily fired Red West, Sonny West, and Dave because Elvis received lawsuits 💵🤑💰 from the public who said that Red West, Sonny West, and Dave were physically attacking such as pushing the fans. Vernon Presley was supposed to temporarily lay off the bodyguards and give them around one or two months' pay 💵🤑💰 and then re-hire Red West, Sonny West, and maybe Dave. Unfortunately, Vernon. West did not do that.
This breaks my heart 🤧
It’s obvious Red felt scorned. Elvis had his reasons or he would never have allowed Vernon to fire him and Sonny. He would have probably hired them back had it not been for that backstabbing book.
Elvis shouldn’t have even given them the time of day. They betrayed him after everything he’d done and given them.
Thank you for the transcript...I could barely understand them.
I wish people would leave Elvis alone he did no harm to anyone he was kind and gentle he was a human being people don't look at him as a person 😢
I guess Red West thought the 30 pieces of silver was worth it...but just like Judas..I heard he was sorry after the book was published!
YES! After EP passed he tried to say they wrote it trying to help him! They were ashamed of what they had done to him over that book of 🤥
i'm not listening to this wasting my time, LONG LIVE THE KING , HELL WITH RED.
Hell with you
RW: We were all… we were worried about you. I always been worried about you, ‘bout, you know, taking quite a few things. I thought that would, you know…
EP: You worried about me so much that you turned around and tried to hurt me. But see, I know what that is.
RW: Well, that’s after you hurt me. You’d already hurt me. You hurt my… me and my family very bad, you know, left us out in the cold, so let’s don’t talk about me tryin’ to hurt you.
EP: Well, things went on that you didn’t know about.
RW: Yeah, well all I know is I was out in the cold, and couldn’t understand why.
EP: All I know there was friction was created in the group. The vibes so bad, people were scared to move and everything.
RW: Yeah, well, that’s true too.
EP: So who knows what the hell they were hearing and being told. I just know it was… it just got to be very, very tense situation whereas it should have been fun and a relaxed kinda thing.
RW: Yeah.
EP: Somethin’ went wrong.
RW: Yeah.
EP: and that on top of the racquetball thing, everythin’ else and all the personal shit. It was a fact that we did had to cut down on expenses.
RW: You did. Well.
EP: I had the feelin’…
RW: Whatever you had to do… I told your daddy, you now, I’m… you gotta do what you gotta do. If yu gotta cut down on expenses by firing me you know, it’s a little weird to me. Seemed like you could… could have cut somewhere else. I thought I was important to the organization, and I’m glad I found out now that I wasn’t. Then I… I still got a little life left and I’m goin’… I’m goin’ to enjoy that. And I can… and I’m still young enough I can find somethin’ else, you know.
EP: Oh yeah.
RW: But that was just… cuttin’ down on expenses… I just couldn’t understand that. All the other… a lot of the other guys… man I thought I… that I as more important to the organization than they were, but I guess I wasn’t. But I’m glad I found that out. So?
EP: Well, it’s just an unfortunate situation. It’s just now startin’ to get back on its feet. My daddy lost (weight)… down to a hundred sixty-five pounds.
RW: You mean now?
EP: I heard he’s up to one (hundred) seventy-eight. That’s just shocked, scared me to death. Because you know how I feel, you know how you felt about your daddy.
RW: Yeah. That’s right.
EP: Well, suspicion was cast on this group. I couldn’t figure out the source of it. Suspicion. Just like in that song that we did, “we can’t go on together with Suspicious Minds.”
RW: Yeah.
EP: So maybe I did act abruptly - first one to admit it - without thinking.
RW: Yeah. Well it…
EP: You know Sonny was never around, right?
RW: Yeah.
EP: You know we talked about that.
RW: Yeah.
EP: I ain’t got nothing against Sonny. Hebler tried to bully his way, you know, through everything…
RW: Uh-huh.
EP: … with scare… scare tactics…
RW: Yeah.
EP:… with some of these young guys.
RW: Well.
EP: They would ask questions like names and that, and they never did… could get a straight answer, they were just… they were turned down at every corner.
RW: Yeah.
EP: That’s all I needed to find out. You know, I think back, I know when I was twenty-one years old, shit, my mind was just scattered to the four winds.
RW: Yeah. I know.
EP: Without some kind of guidance, some things just weren’t bein’ done. You know, just little things just weren’t bein’ done. You know how they train people in the service - regimentation - doin’ the same thing every day, and we knew, by God, there you did… in the service… anybody ask if they really served legitimately… that, by God, at seven o’clock we had to do this, at three we had to do that, you know.
RW: Yeah.
EP: And they do that by repetition.
RW: Sure.
EP: That’s how they train.
RW: Yeah.
EP: And all that energy of their youth, without proper guidance (whistles) is wasted.
RW: Yeah.
EP: So the only reason… I just felt that I should talk to you and let you see my side of it.
RW: Yeah. Well I appreciate that, you know. That’s… that’s what I wish we’d a done at the very first, you know. Maybe I could have understood it a little… little bit better. But it’s, you know, what’s done is done. And have to go on from there. I mean, I just, believe me when I tell ya, I wish you all the luck, I hope you go right, you know, just stay right there, right on top, forty more… forty more years, man. Really do. I mean that with all my heart.
EP: Well I’m working on it.
RW: But I’d like to see you get help there, E. And you hadn’t been healthy in quite a while.
EP: Oh yes I am.
RW: No you’re not.
EP: Yes I am.
RW: Well okay, you say that, but…
EP: I just had an absolute physical, head to toe, in the last three weeks.
Thank you writing all of this down.
I have read the book (Elvis what happened) and it's quiet clear that these are nothing but privileged Disgruntled employees who tried to destroy Elvis Presley's legacy. Elvis was a gift from HEAVEN.
You don't treat "best friends" the way you treated him. He didn't need you. You needed him. Shame on you recording him without his permission. Milk it to the bone but then what can be expected from someone like you. 😡
These men who were around Elvis were vultures.
Then it was vultures around a druggie.
They didn't turn them cars away that he bought them
Or all the free pussy
Read the book what happened and was disappointed in some of the acts E did but we all have had low moments in life but to hear E at the end and was so gracious that I can now forget about that book.
46:21 may have been the reason Elvis fired Red truly. He randomly brought up how Red called him fat and clearly didn’t let it go. He even said it bothered him, so I’m thinking it was definitely personal.
Red also was passive aggressive saying he still thinks it’s weird Elvis had to fire him for budget cuts despite there being other options.
These men definitely were passing aggressive, but deep down I believe it came from both appreciating/holding onto the good times
That's not the reason it is because the confront him on the drugs
@@thomasandersen2938 when they were fired their drug supply was cut and they were ticked abt that. The gravy train and free drugs were gone.
Elvis’ father told them it was to cut back on expenses. Thing is, Elvis was still spending money on cars, jewelry, etc.
Elvis was sued many times over the West getting physical with fans
@@MMAfighter38113 This was Elvis money (personal). Vernon was trying to run a Business. You have to remember that Priscilla kept suing Elvis for more money forcing Elvis to have to sell part of his Catalog. Elvis began to tour intensity, two shows a day. He said he had a lot of people to support. With all the health issues we now know he had, he was killing himself to support a bunch of leaches.
This is what happens when far too many are on the teets. If you spent 20+yrs with a dude who's name was bigger than coca cola from each corner of the planet,you think the good times will roll on forever?..All things in life come to an end unfortunately but this ended on a very bad note.
I hope RED made his peace when he passed away.
***** well said -Elvis was only human -his own words -"an image is one thing , a Human being is another!"these twits think Elvis was a real God -theyd better get their heads out of the sand or ill done a black suit and tie and go their houses carrying a bible under one arm and a conmans donation bucket in the other! Ignoramices! LOL
I hope all 3 of them did!
This is why I don't respect Red West, the book is one thing but taping him without his knowledge was just beyond wrong.
The greatest entertainer to ever live, The King! I love you EP!
I was ten when Elvis Presley died and gosh how I would have LOVED to have seen him live in concert! I cried when my mom told me he died! WHY??? Why Elvis? Why did you have to die so young? :-( Why did you have to get into the pills? I'm sorry! I'm sorry you couldn't handle it and had to resort to the pills! I'm sorry I couldn't be there to help you! :-(
I wasn't even born...I was born in 1989 xD I love his music! my mother always introduced us to old music and she loved listening to his music...she loved Elvis when he died when she was 17 years old.
I know about that phone call but never seen this before......thanks for sharing.
I can't understand any of this recording clearly; in any event, if it is indeed Presley, this is a total betrayal, recording him without his knowledge, just as bad as Howard Stern broadcasting tapes Judy Garland thought she made in private, totally disgusting.
I agree and this does not sound like Elvis if you listen to other phone calls it a invasion of privacy
Also, against our constitutional right, taping someone without their knowledge is against the law and, a prison offence!
@@naomiwarner7117 Depends on the state.
Tennessee's wiretapping law is a "one-party consent" law. Tennessee makes it a crime to intentionally intercept any wire, oral or "electronic communication" to overhear or record a phone call or conversation unless one party consents to the conversation. So, this recording is not illegal.
Even though I always thought Red was the only MM member to truly care about Elvis,by posting this on CZcams I guess I was wrong..This is hard to listen to not only because you can't tell what they're saying,but to hear the King in such a dark place in his life..Very sad and should have been kept private Red,shame on you.
Well said!
Red ,Dave, and Sonny CRUSHED HIS HEART AND SPIRIT!!!!! 😢 Long live Elvis!
Every one in Elvis life sold his soul the price you pay when your the biggest star in the world so so sad money the root of all evil RIP beautiful Elvis 💙
The love of money is the root of all evil, EP didn't love money, he gave it away!
Red was an envious person, he wanted to be an artist like Elvis, hence he dedicated himself to composing and being in the middle of recordings. A friend never sells to a friend and less for money. Poor Elvis, he deserved that betrayal or that end. Red and his cousin were a big snakes.
At 42:00 Elvis and Red talk about "something was wrong inside of you", his twisted and inflamed lower intestine, and how he had met with a surgeon who was 'supposed to ... take part of it out'. Elvis goes on to say it's all straightened out now. It is sad hearing that as he clearly didn't solve the problem. This is part of a number of health issues not known generally about Elvis.
Red taped this hoping to get more damning quotes from Elvis to hang him with in his book. I also taped Elvis' calls with myself during the same timeframe, and into '77. I haven't published mine, maybe I should as they show Elvis for the kind, funny, decent man he was. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You may as well, everyone else has made their millions including Cilla with a lot of LIES!
And who are you? And what was your relationship with Elvis. Anybody can claim anything!
Did u ever live/visit the Jersey Shore?I'm asking cause they had an Elvis look alike thing going on here years ago and the one man I seen looks alot like you.
can't understand a word they are saying
google Elvis and Red West transcript
here a transcript of the conversation:
THIS IS RED WEST, YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ELVIS PRESLEY AND MYSELF THAT I RECORDED SOMETIME IN OCTOBER 1976 WHILE I WAS IN LOS ANGELES WRITING THE BOOK ‘ELVIS WHAT HAPPENED’, ALONG WITH MY COUSIN SONNY WEST AND DAVE HEBLER.
IT WAS NO SECRET THAT WE WERE WRITING THE BOOK AND KNOWING ELVIS AS I DID I KNEW HE WOULD TRY TO CONTACT US. I ALSO KNEW WE WOULD BE CALLED LIARS, JUDAS’, TRADERS AND ANY OTHER EXPLETIVES BY FANS AND EVEN SOME PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHO WE HAD BEEN CLOSE TO UP UNTIL THIS TIME. I KNEW THAT HE WOULD REVEAL IN THIS CONVERSATION ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT WOULD SUBSTANTIATE WHAT WE SAID IN THE BOOK.
IT WAS EVEN MORE THAN I HAD EXPECTED. AND MORE THAN I WANTED TO HEAR. BY THIS I MEAN I HEARD A SAD AND LONELY MAN. A MAN I HAD GROWN UP WITH AND WATCHED RISE FROM NEAR POVERTY TO BECOME THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER THIS WORLD WE’LL EVER SEE. A BOY IN A MANS BODY WHO COULD NOT HANDLE THE CELEBRITY THAT HE HAD NOW BECOME. I HAD A SINKING FEELING THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE MY BEST FRIEND AGAIN AND I DIDN’T.
ELVIS: HOW YOU DOING MAN?
RED: I JUST WOKE UP.
ELVIS: I WAS JUST ON ONE OF THOSE SINGING BINGES. I GOT A COUPLE NEW GUITARS AND SINGING MY ASS OFF. WATCHING LITTLE KIDS MARVEL. I’M BY MYSELF, LINDA IS IN L.A. SHE’S CHANGING APARTMENTS. WE HAD THAT APARTMENT, THE PEOPLE FOUND I WAS IN BACK OF IT AND RAISED THE RENT DOUBLE. SHE GOT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. CHARLIE TOLD ME ABOUT THE TALK YOU ALL HAD, I GUESS I DO OWE AN EXPLANATION.
RED: I WISH YOU HAD COME TO ME AND TOLD ME.
ELVIS: YOU DON’T DO THINGS LIKE THAT CAUSE THAT’S MY DADDY’S BUSINESS.
RED: NO IT’S NOT.
ELVIS: I WAS GETTING A LOT OF EXCESS PRESSURE. YOU KNOW THAT RACQUET THING. TWO COURTS FOR A MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO JUST USE MY NAME. AND THAT’S ALL AND THAT WAS THE CONTRACT I SIGNED. I DID IT AS A FAVOR FOR DR. NICK AND JOE. I’M JUST TRYING TO TELL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT LED UP TO IT. I WAS WRONG ABOUT HEBLER. JUST A BAD THING ON MY PART. HE WAS VERY UNDERMINING AND SNEAKY.
HE HATED ALL YOU GUYS AND EVERYBODY ELSE AND I KEPT THIS **. IT JUST BURNED INTO MY EAR. AND THOSE deleted - see guidelines #2 LAWSUITS IN TWO YEARS. I DON’T KNOW WHETHER YOU HEARD IT, BUT THEY WERE TRYING TO PROVE US INSANE. I’M TALKING ABOUT SOME INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE WHO WERE CHECKING PSYCHIATRIST REPORTS. THEY WERE TRYING TO PROVE US INSANE. THE WHOLE BUNCH.
RED: I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. YOU HAD LEFT TOWN. YOUR DADDY CALLED US AND TALKED ABOUT CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES AND GIVING US ONE WEEK’S NOTICE. THEY GIVE CHINESE COOLIES TWO WEEKS.
ELVIS: I DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE ONE WEEK THING.
RED: THE BOTTOM FELL OUT. I GOT A LITTLE HURT AT FIRST.
RED: BUT ANYWAY, WHERE WERE WE?
ELVIS: YOU KNOW MY VOICE IS SO LOW. I CAN MAKE J.D. SUMNER SOUND LIKE A TENOR. WE SANG SO LONG, I GOT A NEW MARTIN GUITAR, MY DAMN FINGERS ARE BLISTERED FROM PLAYING.
RED: YEAH, THAT’S THE WAY MINE USED TO GET WHEN I’D SIT UP AND TRY TO WRITE SONGS. MY THREE FIRST FINGERS WERE JUST TOO BIG. I MEAN, JUST HAD BIG BLISTERS ON THE END OF THEM. BUT AH, AH **, I WISH I COULD GET MY MIND CLEARED, JUST WAKING UP. BUT AH, TALKING ABOUT, OH YEAH.
ELVIS: I HAVE AH, AH, YUNNO, I’M OPERATING ON BUT ONE CYLINDER.
RED: BUT LIKE I SAID AH, I’VE GOTTA AH, THAT SHOW IS DOING PRETTY GOOD, I’VE GOT A REGULAR RUNNING PART IN IT. IT STARTS IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, I THINK. AND I THINK I’M JUST GONNA HANG WITH THAT.
ELVIS: WELL, YUNNO, ONE THING THAT HAPPENED WAS A COMBINATION OF A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS BUILDING UP. IT WASN’T NECESSARILY PERSONAL, OR EVEN THE GODDAMNED LAWSUITS. IT WAS LIKE A FUSE BURNING, YUNNO. JUST BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT PILED UP ON ME.
RED: YEAH, WELL.
ELVIS: AND AH, MAYBE I DID LOSE SIGHT OF... ESPECIALLY YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING.
RED: YEAH. IT WAS COLD ELVIS. (INTERRUPTED)
ELVIS: I LOVE PAT.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: AND AH, YOU GOT A GOOD FAMILY AND EVERYTHING
RED: WELL, I’VE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, I MEAN, YUNNO, I CAN SIT HERE AND PEOPLE SAY “OH, THE OLD DAYS” AND ALL THAT **, BUT IT DID CROSS MY MIND. AND ALL I’VE EVER DONE IS TRY TO AH, MAYBE SOMETIMES I OVERPROTECT YOU. AND THAT’S THE GODS TRUTH.
ELVIS: YEAH.
RED: AND AH...
ELVIS: WELL, I KNOW THAT.
RED: AND HERE I WAS. HERE I WAS. AND, BUT THAT, YUNNO, ELVIS, LIKE YOU SAY YOU HAD PROBLEMS.
ELVIS: WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. THAT OLD GUY SAID IN COOL HAND LUKE, A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.
RED: YEAH, WELL THAT’S THE GOD’S TRUTH WE SURE THE HELL DIDN’T COMMUNICATE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
ELVIS: YEAH. AND IT WAS JUST LIKE I SAID, IT WAS JUST A SERIES OF THINGS. IF I COULD LAY THEM OUT TO YOU ONE BY ONE...
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: TO SHOW YOU THE REASONS WHY THE SEPARATISM’S. LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
RED: RIGHT.
ELVIS: MY DADDY WAS SICK. NEARLY DEAD. MY FAMILY IS STRUNG ALL OVER THE FACE OF THE UNITED STATES. IT’S THE deleted - see guidelines #2 LAWYERS AND LAW-SUITS MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL.
RED: YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW, YUNNO, THAT WAS SOME ROUGH TIMES GOING THROUGH THAT. ONE LAWSUIT CAME ALONG AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE SAW A CHANCE TO JUMP ON IT. IT MUSHROOMED AND THEN BOY EVERYBODY AND HIS COUSIN WAS AFTER OUR ASS.
ELVIS: YEAH, THAT’S WHAT I MEAN. ONE GETS AWAY WITH IT OR THINKS THEY DO. WHAT THEY TRY TO DO IS ESTABLISH A PATTERN OF INSANITY AND VIOLENCE.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: LIKE CONDEMN ME FOR SHOOTING OUT THAT LAMP UP THERE IN....
RED: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
ELVIS: THE HILTON HOTEL WITH A .22 TARGET PISTOL.
RED: YEAH, OH YEAH, WELL WE WAS KNOWN AS THE WILD BUNCH.
ELVIS: YEAH, THAT’S FOR SURE. BUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE STILL A FACT.
RED: THEY’RE DEFINITELY A FACT AND ALWAYS WILL BE. I MEAN, WHAT’S DONE WAS DONE. WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD TIMES MAN, THERE FOR A WHILE, LIKE YOU SAID, THINGS GOT REAL SERIOUS. A LOT OF PROBLEMS CAME UP.
I DON’T KNOW WE JUST LOST SIGHT OF A LOT OF THINGS. A LOT OF THE GOOD THINGS. I DON’T KNOW. JUST THE FUN, THE FUN LEFT.
ELVIS: THE FUN CEASED TO EXIST.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: I COULDN’T PINPOINT IT. JUST COULDN’T QUITE FIGURE IT OUT. YUNNO. deleted - see guidelines #2, SHHHHHH, deleted - see guidelines #2 RACQUETBALL COURTS.
RED: YEAH, I PASSED BY THERE THE OTHER DAY, WELL, I PASSED BY FOR A WHILE WHILE YOU ALL WERE GONE AND IT WAS STILL PRESLEYS CENTER COURT AND THEN...............
ELVIS: THEY OUGHT TO TAKE THAT DOWN CAUSE...............
RED: HUH?
ELVIS: THEY OUGHTTA TAKE THAT DOWN.
RED: THEY ALREADY HAVE, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, JUST BEFORE I CAME OUT HERE I DIDN’T SEE THAT SIGN ANYMORE.
ELVIS: OH WELL, THE LAST I HEARD IT WAS STILL UP. I DONT KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, A GOOD CONMAN, WHEN ITS MY NAME... THEY GOT THESE BUILDERS AND THEY GOT THEMSELVES BOUND TO A CONTRACT. TWO COURTS, THERE UP TO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS EACH?
RED: THAT’S TOO EXPENSIVE.
ELVIS: WHAT THE ** MAN! POOR OLD JOE HAD HIS MOTHER TO HOCK HER HOUSE. TO GET A LOAN ON HER HOUSE, TO GET THE MONEY.
RED: I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT GOING INTO BUSINESS WITH SHARP, SHARPIES. THEY DON’T CARE, YOU COULD HOCK YOUR MOTHER’S ASS.
ELVIS: THAT’S WHAT HE HAD TO DO.
RED: YEAH. DID JOE GET OUT OF IT?
ELVIS: HUH?
RED: IS JOE OUT OF IT, IS?
ELVIS: UM YEAH, HE’S IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT. THE BUILDERS, WHO WERE CONTRACTED TO BUILD THE DAMN THING ARE THE ONES HOLDING UP THE BALLGAME. BUT I PULLED OUT OF IT, YUNNO, I JUST.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: I HAD TO. CAUSE I SAW THAT IT WAS A CON JOB. I HAD A SNEAKY FEELING, YUNNO.
RED: WELL, I DIDN’T KNOW, YUNNO, I DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WAS OR NOT. I JUST HAD A FEELING IT WAS.
ELVIS: IT STARTED OFF KINDA INNOCENT. I WAS TOLD ONE THING, LIKE I WOULDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP A DIME, YUNNO. WOULDN’T BE NO MONEY OR NOTHING.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: WELL, THAT WAS THE CONTRACT THAT I SIGNED. I TALKED TO DADDY ABOUT IT JUST AFTER HE CAME OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. WE TALKED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT YUNNO, IF IT WILL HELP JOE AND NICK, THEY COULD USE MY NAME BECAUSE I COULDN’T BENEFIT NOTHING FROM IT.
RED: RIGHT, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING TO HELP THEM OUT. NICK, YUNNO, NICK DIDN’T, I DON’T THINK NICK KNEW THE GUY THAT WELL. THE GUY WAS.....
ELVIS: I DON’T THINK HE DID EITHER.
RED: NO, HE JUST GOT SUCKED IN. HE SAW A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME MONEY, HOPING, AND JOE DID TOO. BUT THIS OTHER GUY IS THE ONE I WAS LEERY OF.
ELVIS: OH, THAT SON OF A BITCH, I DUNNO, I’VE TALKED TO MY ATTORNEY’S YESTERDAY ABOUT THE RACQUETBALL THING, YOU KNOW MR. DAVIS DIED.
RED: YEAH, I KNOW. I SAW THAT IN THE PAPER JUST BEFORE I LEFT.
ELVIS: WELL THE GUY THATS TAKING HIS PLACE. JUST AH, SAID THAT, HE SAID THAT AH, HE STARTED TELLING ME, TO HELP, ALL THIS LAWYER STUFF, AND THEN HE SAID, HE SAID, ELVIS, THIS SONOFABITCH IS A CON ARTIST, RIGGED UP. YA SEE, THEY CAME RUNNING IN AND SAID ONE THING... WELL YA SEE, WHAT STARTED HAPPENING WOULD BE AH, THEY STARTED HITTING ME UP FOR TEN THOUSAND, TWENTY THOUSAND.
RED: START HITTING YOU UP FOR IT?
ELVIS: YEAH.
RED: OH YEAH, WELL THERE’S A PATTERN.
ELVIS: THATS WHAT I THOUGHT WELL, I SAID, YOU GUYS PUTTING UP THAT KIND OF MONEY? YUNNO. THEY SAID, YEAH, WE’RE IN, SO ITS ALL MINE. LAWYERS, THEY’LL ** YOU BLIND.
RED: YEAH, I REMEMBER HE WAS ON ONE OF THE TOURS WITH US............
ELVIS: ON THE TOUR, PRETENDING TO BE INTERESTED IN NUMEROLOGY BOOKS AND STUFF. BUT IT ALL FALLS INTO PLACE. BUT WERE SMART ENOUGH TO DO THAT. ALRIGHT. THEN AH, IT AMOUNTED TO THEY NEEDED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND I SAID OK, FOR WHAT? FOR A SECRETARY.
RED: GOD DAMN! BOY I’LL TELL YOU, THOSE SECRETARIES, THEY GOTTA UNION THERE OR SOMETHING?
ELVIS: THATS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. I SAID HOW IN THE HELL IS A SECRETARY GOING TO COST EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS?
RED: **, NAW, IN THIS TOWN YOU GOTTA GET OUT OF THAT **.
ELVIS: YEAH, I MEAN I TRIED TO HANG IN THERE WITH THEM, YOU KNOW.
I DIDN’T WANT TO CRUSH THEIR ENTHUSIASM, THEIR DREAMS OR WHATEVER.
RED: JUST CRUSH THE SECRETARIES.
ELVIS: EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLAR SECRETARY.
RED: ALMIGHTY, HOW MUCH DOES THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD MAKE?
ELVIS: YEAH, WELL YOU KNOW THEY’VE GOT ALL THESE CARDS AND ** PRINTED UP......CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. IT STARTED OFF PRESLEY CENTER COURTS AND THEY CHANGED THAT TO ELVIS PRESLEY CENTER COURTS WITHOUT EVER EVEN ASKING ME ONE THING ABOUT IT.
RED: AH HA, DAMN.
ELVIS: THEY HAD ALL THESE CARDS AND ** MADE UP, PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT. STILL, DIDN’T EVEN COME TO ME AND ASK ME.
RED: OH HELL, ONCE THEY’VE GOTCHA YOUR NAME ON IT. ONCE THIS MIKE GOT YOUR NAME ON THERE. I HEARD HIM YUNNO, HE WENT TO NASHVILLE AND EVERYWHERE JUST SAYING WELL I REPRESENT MR. ELVIS PRESLEY AND THIS RACQUETBALL VENTURE. JUST ON YOUR NAME ALONE, YUNNO. HE JUST AH, GOT JUST WHAT THE HELL HE WANTED. BUT AH, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY, E. WE’VE GOT TO GET BACK TO MY PROBLEM. MAN, I’VE NEVER DONE THAT. JUST OLD RED TRYING TO DO A JOB, MAN, AND....
ELVIS: NO, I WASN’T USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. I WAS JUST TELLING YOU.
RED: YEAH, AH-NO, NO, I KNOW IT. I JUST WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW ABOUT IS THAT RACQUETBALL COURT. I JUST KNOW ABOUT MY PROBLEMS.
ELVIS: WHAT STARTED OUT AS A FRIENDSHIP AND A FAVOR AND THEY TURNED INTO A MILLION THREE-HUNDRED-THOUSAND DOLLAR PROJECT.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: DO YOU REALIZE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO REALIZE A PROFIT, AFTER PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO IT?
RED: YEAH, I AM AFRAID SO. IT WOULD TAKE...
ELVIS: THEY’D BE SO OLD, UNTIL THEY THINK THE RACQUET RESEMBLES A ****ING BANJO. HEY, WHAT IS THIS? I’M TRYING TO PLAY IT.
RED: PLASTER FALLING OFF THE WALLS. AH **, WELL, LIKE, NICK,
POOR OLD NICK, EVERYBODY’S TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK.... LIKE NICK’S CHIPS HE WENT INTO MAN, HELL, THAT WAS A FLOP. THEY HAD EVERYTHING FIGURED BUT THE DAMN TRUCK THAT HAULED THEM OVER FROM ARKANSAS. THAT FELL THROUGH LIKE.....
ELVIS: NICK’S CHIPS, **...
RED: WELL, THAT FELL THROUGH, LIKE.....
ELVIS: I NEVER SEEN ANYBODY DRIVE TO A HOSPITAL IN SOMETHING.
deleted - see guidelines #2 I MEAN, I HAD MIXED EMOTIONS; I HIT THE FLOOR THE FIRST NIGHT, JUST ROLLED THERE. NICK’S CHIP, DAMN, MY ASS. THE FIRST THING I CONJURED UP IN MY MIND WAS A GAMBLER SAYING HE WAS IN VEGAS AND NICK THE GREEK, YUNNO. HE’S THE GAMBLER. THAT’S WHAT I CREATED IN MY MIND. NICKS CHIPS, **. HE JUST DON’T. HE OBVIOUSLY JUST DON’T KNOW, YUNNO. AND THESE ****ING CONTRACTORS UP THERE ARE JUST COLD HEARTED BUSINESS MEN. I MEAN.
RED: OH SURE. LOOK, YOU START MESSIN WITH A GUY LIKE THAT, I MEAN THAT DOLLARS TALK AND THAT’S IT.
ELVIS: STILL, BUT THE WAY IT WAS DONE, I MEAN, THEY LED, THEY LED THEIR CALF TO SLAUGHTER.
RED: YEAH, WELL, YOU GOT OUT OF IT. YOU’RE OUT OF IT THEN RIGHT?
ELVIS: YEAH, I’M IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING....
RED: YEAH, I DON’T BLAME YOU ‘CAUSE...YOU START GOING INTO BUSINESS WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, IF YOU DO IT YOURSELF THEN YOU KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING, BUT YOU GET TWO OR THREE OTHER GUYS, THEN.
ELVIS: WITH MY SIGNATURE THEY ALL MUST HAVE JUST WENT STARK RAVING MAD.
RED: SURE THEY DID, I KNOW THAT MIKE DID.
ELVIS: THE LAWYER READ TO ME THE CONTRACT, YESTERDAY. WHERE IT SAID THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO IT, ELVIS STANDS GOODS FOR THE WHOLE THING.
RED: OH, OH. YEAH, WELL SEE THERE. THEY DIDN’T TELL YA (INTERRUPTED)..
ELVIS: YOU KNOW GOOD DAMNED AND I DON’T EVEN CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT RACQUETBALL.
RED: YEAH, RIGHT.
ELVIS: UM. YEAH, I WOULD STAND GOOD FOR THE WHOLE THING. SO THAT WAS NEWS TO ME. ALSO, I JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY THAT THIS GUY MIKE HAD SET HIM UP, MANAGEMENT FEE WAS FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
RED: SURE.
ELVIS: UH, EXTRA. UM, JOE DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, NICK DIDN’T KNOW A DAMN THING ABOUT IT. BUT YET, THE LAWYERS HAD IT RIGHTTHERE.
RED: YEAH. WELL, THAT’S WHAT I FIGURED, THIS MIKE CONNED NICK AND EVERYBODY ELSE INTO IT. HE’S GETTING WELL ON IT, YUNNO. THAT’S A SHAME MAN, NICK ALWAYS MAN, I THOUGHT HE WAS SMART AND I THOUGHT JOE WAS SMART.
ELVIS: NOT WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS.
RED: NO. I THINK WE’RE ON A PARTY LINE OR SOMETHING.
ELVIS: AND MY WHOLE THING, SEE, I CAN NEVER POSSIBLY REALIZE ANY KIND OF A PROFIT OUT OF IT. I DID IT JUST AS A FRIENDSHIP THING YUNNO. I DIDNT THINK IT WAS..THERE WAS NO HARM, YUNNO, IN HELPING THESE GUYS GET A COUPLE OF RACQUETBALL COURTS, ONE HERE, AND ONE IN NASHVILLE, HOWEVER IT WAS FINE WITH ME. I DIDNT SEE NO HARM.
RED: YEAH, NO, NOT (INTERRUPTED)
ELVIS: BUT YOU SEE, THE PAPER THAT I SIGNED HAD NOTHING OF THAT MENTIONED. SO MY LAWYER FIGURES THAT THIS ** WAS PUT IN THERE AFTER I SIGNED IT. YUNNO WHAT I MEAN.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW DAMN NEAR WELL, I WOULDN’T HAVE SIGNED IT. AFTER A WHILE, STAND GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF ****IN RACQUET, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR RACQUETBALL COURTS.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: THAT JUST TOTALLY SURPRISED ME TOO. A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A RACQUETBALL COURT? WHY HELL, I CAN GET EARL IN WITH A HAMMER, AND ALBERT LET HIM CONSTRUCT ONE. DONT GIVE THE WOODPECKERS LONG ENOUGH.
RED: REALLY FOR $39.98. OH, WELL THEY MUST HAVE GONE FOR THE SAUNA, THE WHOLE HEALTH CLUB BIT, OR SOMETHING. THEY HAD TO, IT DON’T COST THAT MUCH TO BUILD NO DAMN TWO RACQUETBALL COURTS. I DON’T KNOW. WELL.
ELVIS: WELL AH, I THINK IT’S GONNA BE TEN COURTS AT EACH PLACE.
RED: OH, WELL, HUH, OH!
ELVIS: I MEAN, TEN PLACES TO PLAY LIKE OUT AT MEMPHIS STATE.
RED: YEAH WELL.
ELVIS: BUT STILL......
RED: THAT’S...
ELVIS: YOU TAKE THAT, YOU TAKE A MAN AND A WOMAN’S SHOWERS, IT CAN’T ADD UP TO NO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
RED: THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY.
ELVIS: WELL **. YUNNO I GOT ONE BUILT HERE IN THE BACK, YUNNO THE ONE I GOT. THAT SON OF A BITCH WAS ONLY EIGHTY THOUSAND. YUNNO HOW PLUSH IT IS.
RED: YEAH, YOU DAMN RIGHT. YEAH, IT’S AH.
ELVIS: THESE PEOPLE JUST, IT’S LIKE YOU SAID THEY SAW MY SIGNATURE AND WENT STARK RAVING MAD.
RED: YEAH, YES SIR. EVERYBODY WAS TAKEN IN AFTER THEY GOT YOUR SIGNATURE, PLUS WHEN WAS THIS DAMN GUYS SALARY SUPPOSED TO START, ALREADY? MIKE AND THE SECRETARY AND ALL THAT **.
ELVIS: YEAH.
RED: AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THAT HUH? YEAH, BULL**, BULL**. JUST GET THE HELL OUT.
ELVIS: MERCHANDISE AND THINGS. LITTLE CARDS, LITTLE PAMPHLETS, LITTLE ADVERTISEMENTS, AND THIS AND THAT. AND ALL WITHOUT MY ACKNOWLEDGE, YUNNO WITHOUT CONSULTING ME, WITHOUT ASKING ME ABOUT IT, YUNNO.
RED: WELL.
ELVIS: SO IT JUST BUILT UP INTO A ****ING MONSTER.
RED: RIGHT. YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT THEY DID. THEY’RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU. I DON’T BLAME YOU FOR GETTIN’ THE HELL OUT OF IT. BUT AH, THEN I GUESS YUNNO ALL THAT PRESSURE AND EVERYTHING, LAWSUITS, EVERYTHING LED UP TO OUR DEMISE, YUNNO WHATEVER. BUT AH, IT WAS A SHOCK TO ALL OF US. OLD DAVE WAS OUT HERE. HE WAS FLAT ASS BROKE, WELL WE’RE ALL BROKE! COURSE I HAD SOME PROPERTY AND STUFF. I SOLD MY HOUSE, I HATED TO DO THAT, YUNNO. BUT WHEN YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING, YOU GOTTA DO IT.
ELVIS: YOU SOLD YOUR HOUSE?
RED: OH YEAH. SOLD MY HOUSE, BOTH CARS AND EVERYTHING. AND UH, HEBLER, HE’S FLAT ASS BROKE AND SONNY WAS DOWN TO THE, WELL YOU KNOW IT WAS A BAD TIME BY ALL, I TELL YA.
ELVIS: WELL, I GUESS THERE NEVER IS ANY REALLY GOOD TIME. IT WAS A BAD TIME FOR ME, TOO.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: I HADN’T BEEN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL LONG ENOUGH TO START ROLLING.
RED: YEAH, BUT UH.
ELVIS: MY DADDY WAS, I ALMOST LOST HIM. HE’S MY DADDY REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING ELSE.
RED: OH YEAH. LISTEN, I CAN UNDERSTAND. BUT AH, YEAH, WE WERE JUST, WE WERE IN SHOCK THERE FOR AWHILE. WHAT DO WE DO? YUNNO. BUT THEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND ALL THE PRESSURE AND EVERYTHING AND SAID WELL I GUESS HE’S GOT HIS POINT TOO. IT’S JUST, I WISH, YUNNO, WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO TALK, A LOT, MOST OF THE TIMES. THERE HAS BEEN SOMETIMES WE COULDN’T. BUT AH, IF I JUST HAD HEARD IT FROM YOU, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO TAKE.
ELVIS: WELL, IN DOING BUSINESS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I DON’T,
I DON’T DO THAT.
RED: YOU MEAN ABOUT FIRING US AND EVERYTHING?
ELVIS: YEAH.
RED: WELL.
ELVIS: I HAD TO GO TO PALM SPRINGS, ANALYZE AND WEIGH...deleted - see guidelines #2 RACQUETBALL COURTS. I’M STILL SEEING LITTLE FUZZY BALLS.
RED: WELL.
ELVIS: BUT UH, CHARLIE WAS TELLING, CHARLIE TALKED TO YOU AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS ON THE LINE.
RED: UH, UH. WELL I THOUGHT. I HEARD THAT....
ELVIS: I WAS OVER AT MY DADDY’S HOUSE GOING THROUGH THESE FIGURES.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: YUNNO, IF I WANTED TO HEAR SOMETHING, I WOULDN’T DO THAT. I WOULD GO ANOTHER WAY.
RED: WELL YOU KNOW HOW PARANOID EVERYBODY GETS ABOUT...
ELVIS: OH, SURE.
RED: SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I JUST, I DON’T KNOW WHY, I JUST THOUGHT....
ELVIS: OH SURE, LIKE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND NOT KNOWING WHO THE HELL IT IS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT.
RED: YEAH. BUT, UH, ANYWAY’S, YUNNO, IT’S ALL DONE AND THAT’S IT, I GUESS NOW, YUNNO, CAUSE AH.
ELVIS: HOW’S PAT AND THE KIDS AND STUFF?
RED: THEY’RE ALL FINE. THEY JUST HANGING ON UNTIL I GET SOMETHING GOING.
ELVIS: WELL.
RED: BUT AH, IT’S BEEN KIND OF ROUGH.
ELVIS: I WAS VERY DISILLUSIONED BY HEBLER. HE FAKED ME OFF SOMETHING TERRIBLE. I THOUGHT HE WAS THE WAY THE BOTH OF US UNDERSTOOD.
RED: WELL, WHAT DID HE DO, WHAT DID HE DO?
ELVIS: WELL HE JUST, HE WOULD SAY LITTLE THINGS TO ME, WHO HE HATED.
RED: (LAUGHING) WHO HE HATED?
ELVIS: YEAH.
RED: DAMN.
ELVIS: AND UH, THIS WENT ON OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS. ED PARKER TOLD ME TO KEEP HIM AT ARMS LENGTH. BUT I STILL DIDN’T CATCH ON. DUMB ASS ME, YUNNO.
RED: I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, AH.
ELVIS: WELL. IT’S HARD TO EXPLAIN. I DON’T THINK THAT HE LIKED ANYBODY IN THIS GROUP, EXCEPT MAYBE DEAN.
RED: YEAH, WELL, I....
ELVIS: I THINK THAT I’D BECOME A DOLLAR SIGN TO HIM, RED. I THINK IN THE PROCESS HE LOST SIGHT OF ELVIS, FIRST, YUNNO. THAT CAN EASILY HAPPEN.
RED: OH, YEAH, I GUESS SO, UM.
ELVIS: YUNNO, AH, WHEN THAT HAPPENED, RED, I’D BECOME AN OBJECT, NOT A PERSON.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: BUT AH, YUNNO, I’M NOT THAT SIGN, I MEAN THAT ROUGE TOURING DOWN THERE. I’M NOT AN IMAGE TO BUILD UP. I’M MYSELF.
RED: YEAH, THAT’S THE WAY I ALWAYS TRIED TO LIKE TO THINK OF IT.
ELVIS: AND UH, YOU’RE SO WRONG ON ONE THING AND LISTEN, DON’T GET PARANOID. BECAUSE I’M JUST TALKING TO YOU AS A FRIEND. NOW WE’RE ON A PRIVATE LINE AND THERE IS NOT A ****IN SOUL BUT US.
RED: RIGHT.
ELVIS: I AM NOT ****ED UP BY NO MEANS. ON THE CONTRARY, I’VE NEVER BEEN IN BETTER CONDITION IN MY LIFE.
RED: WELL, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THEN YOU HAD BEEN PRETTY ****ED UP, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
ELVIS: WELL, I WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THERE.
RED: YEAH, WHAT I WAS SAYING...
ELVIS: THAT WEDDING THING, THAT WEDDING THING, I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. THAT WAS RAILROADED THROUGH. UH, I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHO WAS THERE. IT WAS ALL IN A LITTLE ROOM ‘BOUT THE SIZE OF A BATHROOM WITH A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. IT WAS IN THERE OVER AND DONE WITH SO QUICK I DIDN’T REALIZE I WAS MARRIED.
RED: OH YEAH, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR WEDDING.
ELVIS: YEAH.
RED: RIGHT. WELL YUNNO, LIKE YOU DON’T THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS. BUT AT THE TIME, IT, IT, ONCE AGAIN, THAT, IT’S THAT OLD, I BEEN WITH YOU AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS HELD BACK AND TOLD ONE, THAT I WASN’T SUPPOSED TO COME IN.
ELVIS: I ****ED THAT UP. I COULD SEE IT, I COULD SEE IT BACK THEN, BUT SEE IT WASN’T MY DOING.
RED: RIGHT.
ELVIS: WASN’T MY DOING.
RED: YUNNO, I FIGURED THAT WAS THE COLONEL AND....
ELVIS: IT WAS A RAMROD TYPE THING. I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH...YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS GETTING MARRIED.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: YUNNO, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THAT, YOU KEEP YOUR MIND ON ONE THING.
RED: YEAH, YEAH RIGHT....
ELVIS: IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH.
RED: WELL I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THAT WAS JUST A POINT I WAS BRINGING UP TO CHARLIE, AND UH, BUT LET’S GET BACK TO, TO THE LAST COUPLE THREE YEARS. LET’S FACE IT MAN, YOU HAVEN’T ENJOYED YOURSELF. YOU JUST BEEN...YOU DO YOUR WORK, YOU GO WORK AND THEN AH...
ELVIS: I ENJOY MY WORK.
RED: YEAH, I KNOW THAT, THATS THE ONLY TIME WE REALLY SEE YOU, I REALLY SEE YOU ANYMORE. THE REST OF THE TIME, IT’S JUST AH, I DON’T KNOW. IT’S JUST AH......
ELVIS: WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TIME UP IN VAIL.
RED: OH YEAH, WE HAD A BALL IN VAIL. THAT WAS THE, MAN, THAT WAS THE ONE TIME OUT OF THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WE REALLY GOT BACK TO THE, BACK TO THE, WELL, WHATEVER, BACK TO KNOWING HOW TO ENJOY OURSELVES. AND I MEAN EVERYBODY JUST HAD A BALL.
ELVIS: YEAH, I KNOW I DID.
RED: YEAH, I KNOW I DID TOO. CAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE’D ALL BEEN WANTING TO DO, JUST TO GET OUT AWAY FROM IT ALL, MAN AND...
ELVIS: YEAH, YUNNO, THAT’S OK, BECAUSE UH, YUNNO, THEY JUST WANT ME TO HAVE A HOUSE UP THERE.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: AND THEY WANT TO BUY FOOD AND EVERYTHING. SO, THESE REAL ESTATE GUYS GET A HOLD OF THAT. I MEAN ITS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE BUT MY THINKING IS NOT ALONG THOSE LINES RIGHT NOW.
RED: RIGHT. I DON’T BLAME YOU, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO UP THERE AND RENT SOMETHING.
ELVIS: YEAH, EXACTLY.
RED: BUT UM, I DON’T WANT TO GET REAL UPSET YUNNO, IT’S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I TALKED TO YOU. I DON’T WANT TO GET REAL SERIOUS ON THE CONVERSATION. BUT, WE WERE ALL WORRIED ABOUT YOU, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN WORRIED ABOUT YOU. ABOUT TAKING QUITE A FEW THINGS, I THOUGHT.
ELVIS: YOU WORRIED ABOUT ME SO MUCH UNTIL YOU TURNED AROUND AND TRIED TO HURT ME. BUT SEE, I KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
RED: WELL, THAT’S AFTER YOU HURT ME. YOU ALREADY HURT ME AND MY FAMILY VERY BAD. YUNNO, YOU LEFT US OUT IN THE COLD. SO LETS DON’T TALK ABOUT ME TRYING TO HURT YOU.
ELVIS: THINGS WENT ON THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT.
RED: YEAH, WELL ALL I KNOW IS I WAS OUT IN THE COLD AND COULDNT UNDERSTAND.
ELVIS: ALL I KNOW IS THERE WAS FRICTION CREATED IN THIS GROUP. THE VIBES WERE SO BAD, PEOPLE WERE SCARED TO MOVE AND EVERYTHING.
RED: YEAH THAT’S TRUE TOO.
ELVIS: SO WHO KNOWS, AH, WHAT THE HELL THEY WERE HEARING AND BEING TOLD. I JUST KNOW IT GOT TO BE VERY, VERY TENSE. A SITUATION WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A FUN AND A RELAXED KINDA THING.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: SOMETHING WENT WRONG.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: AND AH, THEN ON TOP OF THE RACQUETBALL THING AND EVERYTHING ELSE ALL THE PERSONAL THINGS. I WAS UPSET TOO. IT WAS A FACT, YA KNOW, BUT A, WE DID HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON EXPENSES.
RED: YEAH, WELL (INTERRUPTED)
ELVIS: I HAD THE FEELING ...(INTERRUPTED)
RED: WHATEVER YOU HAD TO DO, YOU’RE THE DUDE. I TOLD YOUR DADDY, YUNNO YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. IF YOU NEED TO CUT DOWN ON EXPENSES BY FIRING ME, YUNNO, THAT’S A LITTLE WEIRD TO ME. SEEMS LIKE YOU COULD HAVE CUT SOMEWHERE ELSE. I THOUGHT I WAS IMPORTANT TO THE ORGANIZATION. BUT I’M GLAD I FINALLY FOUND OUT I WASN’T. CAUSE THEN, I STILL GOT A LITTLE LIFE LEFT. I’M GONNA, I’M GONNA ENJOY THAT. I’M STILL YOUNG ENOUGH I CAN FIND SOMETHING ELSE, YUNNO.
ELVIS: OH, YEAH.
RED: BUT AH, IT WAS JUST, CUTTING DOWN ON EXPENSES. I JUST COULDN’T UNDERSTAND THAT. ALL THE OTHER, A LOT OF GUYS AROUND I THOUGHT I
WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE ORGANIZATION THEN THEY WERE, BUT I GUESS I WASN’T. BUT I’M GLAD I FOUND THAT OUT. SO.....
ELVIS: WELL, ITS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. HE’S JUST NOW, HE’S STARTING TO GET BACK ON HIS FEET. MY DADDY HAS LOST DOWN TO ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS.
RED: YEAH, YOU MEAN NOW?
ELVIS: I THINK HE’S UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, EIGHTY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT JUST SHOCKED AND SCARED ME TO DEATH. BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL YOU KNOW HOW YOU FELT ABOUT YOUR DADDY.
RED: YEAH, THATS RIGHT. WELL.....
ELVIS: WELL SUSPICION, RED, WAS CAST ON THIS GROUP. I COULDN’T FIGURE OUT THE SOURCE OF IT. SUSPICION. JUST LIKE THAT SONG WE DID, “WE CAN’T GO ON TOGETHER WITH SUSPICIOUS MINDS”.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: SO AH, MAYBE I DID ACT ABRUPTLY. FIRST ONE TO ADMIT IT. WITHOUT THINKING.
RED: YEAH, WELL.
ELVIS: YOU KNOW SONNY WAS NEVER AROUND, RED.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: YUNNO, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: AH, HE’S A GREAT GUY BUT HE NEVER SHARED ANYTHING WITH US. I AIN’T, I AIN’T GOT NOTHING AGAINST SONNY. JUST AH, HEBLER TRIED TO BULLY HIS WAY THROUGH EVERYTHING WITH SCARE, SCARE TACTICS......
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: WITH SOME OF THESE YOUNG GUYS.
RED: WELL.
ELVIS: THEY WOULD ASK QUESTIONS LIKE...AND THEY NEVER COULD GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER...THEY WERE JUST TURNED DEAN, YUNNO, DOWN AT EVERY CORNER.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD FIND OUT. I KNOW, YUNNO, WHAT IT WAS LIKE, YUNNO, WHEN I WAS TWENTY FOUR YEARS OLD, **. I MEAN MY MIND WAS JUST SCATTERED TO THE FOUR WINDS.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: THEY NEED SOME KIND OF GUIDANCE. SOME THINGS JUST WEREN’T BEING DONE, YUNNO, JUST LITTLE THINGS JUST WEREN’T BEING DONE. RED, YOU KNOW HOW THEY TRAIN FOR THE SERVICE. REGIMENTATION. DOING THE SAME THING EVERYDAY AND NIGHT. I MEAN WE KNEW BY GOD, YUNNO, YOU DID IN THE SERVICE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAD SERVED LEGITIMATELY. BUT BY GOD AT SEVEN O’CLOCK WE HAD TO DO THIS AND AT THREE WE HAD TO DO THAT. AND THEY DO THAT BY REPETITION.
RED: SURE.
ELVIS: THAT’S HOW THEY TRAIN. AND ALL THEIR ENERGY AND YOUTH AND EVERYTHING WITHOUT PROPER GUIDANCES IS WASTED.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: I JUST FELT I SHOULD TALK TO YOU AND LET YOU SEE MY SIDE OF IT.
RED: YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. YUNNO, THAT’S WHAT I WISH WE HAD DONE AT THE VERY FIRST. YUNNO. MAYBE I COULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT AH, WHAT’S DONE IS DONE. YOU GO ON FROM THERE. I MEAN, I JUST, BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK. I HOPE YOU GO, RIGHT, STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, RIGHT ON TOP FOR AH, FORTY MORE YEARS MAN. I REALLY DO, I MEAN IT WITH ALL MY HEART.
ELVIS: I’M WORKING ON IT.
RED: BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU GET HEALTHIER, E. YOU HADN’T BEEN HEALTHY IN AWHILE.
ELVIS: OH YES I AM.
RED: NO YOU’RE NOT.
ELVIS: YES I AM.
RED: WELL, OK YOU SAY THAT.
ELVIS: I JUST HAD AN ABSOLUTE COMPLETE PHYSICAL HEAD TO TOE, IN THE LAST AH, TWO WEEKS.
RED: OK, WELL THEN I’M GLAD TO HEAR YOU’RE HEALTHY.
ELVIS: ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS REQUIRED BY LLOYDS OF LONDON, THE INSURANCE OFFICE.
RED: WELL, THEN I DON’T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT THEN.
ELVIS: THAT AH, THAT THING THAT I HAD, THAT LOWER INTESTINAL BLOCKAGE CORRECTED ITSELF, THANK GOD.
RED: GOOD.
ELVIS: I JUST, I WENT ON A WEIRD LIQUID DIET. THAT BIG INTESTINE DOWN THERE HAS TO HAVE BULK.
RED: YEAH, THAT’S BEEN DISCUSSED.
ELVIS: WENT ON A DIET. TWENTY DAYS WAS RIDICULOUS. THEN I HEARD THAT WAS ANOTHER MISTAKE.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: TURNS OUT THAT LARGE INTESTINE HAD NOTHING TO WORK WITH SO AS A RESULT IT STOPPED WORKING. I KEEP HEARING THAT ** ABOUT BEING FAT AND MIDDLE-AGED, YUNNO.
RED: NO, NO, I KNEW THAT WASN’T IT. I KNEWYOU WEREN’T, YOU ATE A LOT BUT YOU WEREN’T FAT, LIKE PEOPLE ARE FAT. YOU COULD TELL THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE WRONG. THAT’S WHAT I MEAN, YOU HADN’T, YOU WASN’T HEALTHY. SOMETHING WAS WRONG INSIDE. THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN TRYING...WHEN I TRY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT YOU GET MAD, JUST YOU DONE AWHILE AGO. YOU WOULDN’T LISTEN TO IT. THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT MAN. YOU WERE, SOMETHING WAS WRONG INSIDE OF YOU. WE DIDNT KNOW WHAT WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT, WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. WE NEW IT WASN’T FAT THOUGH, IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. AND YOU JUST....
ELVIS: YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT I TOLD Y’ALL IT WAS THE LOWER INTESTINE. I SUPPOSED TO UNDERGO SURGERY AND TAKE PART OF IT OUT.
RED: YEAH, RIGHT I WAS THERE I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING TO DO IT. I’M JUST SAYING...
ELVIS: THAT WAS PSYCHING ME OUT BECAUSE I DIDNT KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
RED: YEAH. WELL, I AM GLAD TO HEAR ITS ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT. I REALLY AM.
ELVIS: IT’S BEEN STRAIGHTENED OUT FOR A LONG TIME. IT’S JUST A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE. WHAT WE HAD RED WAS CRAZY. LIKE THAT SONG ROY HAMILTON DID, “UNDERSTANDING SOLVES ALL PROBLEMS.”
RED: YEAH, WE DIDNT...
ELVIS: ITS A GOOD FOLK SONG.
RED: YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH UNDERSTANDING THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
ELVIS: WELL, I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS YOU AND I AS MUCH AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN COMING FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU KNOW NEGATIVE VIBES.
RED: RIGHT. WELL THAT COULD VERY WELL BE TOO. I’M, I’M NOT REALLY INTO THE PSYCHIC THING.
ELVIS: WELL I’M NOT EITHER, BUT I DO KNOW, AH THAT AH, WE ARE CONSTANTLY SENDING AND RECEIVING. ALL THE TIME.
RED: RIGHT. YEAH, WE’VE DISCUSSED THIS. MINDS, IF THEY CAN PUT A PICTURE THROUGH THE AIR I GUESS THEY CAN PUT A THOUGHT WAVE THROUGH THE AIR TOO.
ELVIS: SO THAT’S WHY I WAS FEELING, I WAS FEELING THE NEGATIVE THINGS BUT AND I COULDN’T EXACTLY PINPOINT WHAT IT WAS. SO I JUST REACHED A BOILING POINT, HOPED THAT AH YOU’D UNDERSTAND. IT WAS A TEMPORARY THING.
RED: WELL.
ELVIS: THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS. RED SEE, I DIDN’T TRY TO GET COMMUNI-CATE WITH ANYBODY. I FELT TERRIBLY LONELY. YOU KNOW LIKE THAT NUM-BER EIGHT. THE THING THAT SAYS THEY’RE INTENSELY ALONE AT HEART. FOR THIS REASON THEY FEEL VERY LONELY WHEN IN REALITY THAT HAVE WARM HEARTS TOWARD THE OPPRESSED. BUT HIDE THEIR FEELINGS IN LIFE BUT DO WHAT THEY PLEASE. WELL, I’M A NUMBER EIGHT PERSON AND SO ARE YOU.
RED: YEAH, THAT’S TRUE. AND IT’S BEEN LONELY. IT’S BEEN LONELY MAN, I TELL YA. IT’S BEEN DOWN RIGHT SCARY.
ELVIS: WELL, I CAN SEE IT.
RED: BUT LISTEN, AH I JUST, I’M OLD ENOUGH, I JUST CHALK IT UP TO LIFE. IT’S ANOTHER STEP DOWN THAT RAILROAD, YUNNO. I HAVE TO LEARN TO COPE WITH IT. GO ON AND TRY AND DO SOMETHING. WHAT CAN I SAY. I DON’T WANT TO FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF. I’M A GROWN MAN. I CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE, OTHER THINGS. LIKE YOU SAID THERE WAS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE THERE AT THE LAST. MAYBE I DIDN’T, I WASN’T AROUND ENOUGH WHEN YOU WANTED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY OR WHATEVER.
ELVIS: WELL ALL THAT AND MAYBE I WAS ABSENT AND LISTENING TOO FAST. BUT, AH IT JUST KINDA BUGGED ME WHEN YOU SAID, THAT WAS A CRUEL THING OR WHATEVER TO CHARLIE.
RED: I CAN’T HEAR YOU, E. I’M SORRY.
ELVIS: SAID I WAS ****ED UP.
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: CAUSE I’M NOT. I GOT A DAUGHTER AND A LIFE. WHAT PROFITETH A MAN IF HE GAINS THE WORLD AND LOSES HIS OWN SOUL?
RED: YEAH.
ELVIS: I LOVE TO SING FOR MY FANS, SINCE I WAS TWO YEARS OLD.
RED: YEAH, I KNOW.
ELVIS: WE WERE SITTING HERE PLAYING THE GUITAR AND EVERYTHING SINGING SOME SONGS, “LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING,” AND ME AND CHARLIE TALKED ABOUT THAT HARMONY PART, MISSING THAT HARMONY PART.
RED: YEAH. WELL, WHAT I CAN SAY, I MISS SINGING IT, YUNNO. BUT THAT’S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES.
ELVIS: WELL, LOOK, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY. AND IF YOU NEED ME FOR ANYTHING I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP OUT.
RED: I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT.
ELVIS: I MEAN IT. I DONT GIVE A deleted - see guidelines #2, THE ARTICLES OR PUBLICATIONS OR NONE OF THAT **, THAT I’VE HEARD. I’VE JUST HEARD RUMORS, BITS AND PIECES. I DON’T KNOW NOTHING. I WAS ON TOUR AND I HAVE NEVER REALLY SAT DOWN WITH ANYBODY AND HAD IT LAID OUT TO ME. I DON’T EVEN KNOW I JUST KNOW THAT YOU AS A PERSON AND PAT, IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO, ANYWAY OF GETTING A JOB, ANYTHING ELSE. LET ME KNOW. I’M STILL HERE, SON.
RED: I APPRECIATE THAT. I REALLY DO. I’LL TELL PAT WHAT YOU SAID THAT WILL MAKE HER FEEL BETTER SHE WAS HURT. SHE COULDN’T UNDERSTAND IT. MY KIDS REALLY, ESPECIALLY (INTERRUPTED) .....
ELVIS: ALL OF US WERE HURT. IT’S LIKE THE SONG “DESADA DERAIDA,” LISTEN TO THE DULL AND THE IGNORANT BECAUSE THEY TOO HAVE A STORY. AND THEN HANK WILLIAMS WROTE. “YOU NEVER WALKED IN THAT MANS SHOES AND SAW THINGS THROUGH HIS EYES.”
RED: RIGHT, THAT’S TRUE.
ELVIS: AFTER ANALYZING THE BLAME THING, I CAN SEE IT CLEARLY. THAT’S WHY I’M SAYING, ANYTHING I CAN DO AT ALL I’LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY.
RED: OK, I APPRECIATE IT.
ELVIS: YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.
RED: OK, LET ME SAY ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU HANG UP. IF EVERYBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT THE BOOK TELL THEM NOT TO? MAN, I MEAN INCLUDING YOURSELF. WE’RE WRITING THE GOOD STUFF ELVIS. PEOPLE.....
ELVIS: WORRIED ABOUT THE BOOK? I DON’T THINK SO.
RED: OK.
ELVIS: NOT ON MY PART.
RED: OK. GOOD. BECAUSE I WAS OUT, I WAS BROKE. I WAS MADE AN OFFER TO WRITE THE BOOK. I SAID I’LL WRITE THE BOOK IF I CAN TELL ALL FROM DAY ONE THE GOOD DAYS. HE SAID ALRIGHT, WHATEVER.
ELVIS: WELL, YOU DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO. I JUST WANT YOU AND PAT TO KNOW I’M STILL HERE.
RED: OK. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
ELVIS: OK.
RED: OK.
ELVIS: TAKE IT EASY.
RED: BYE-BYE.
rené ottesen Til the end...Elvis was a Kind, Sweet, Giving, Precious, Spiritual man. And if Red and these people have to write a book about Elvis, their so called "friend", instead of getting other jobs, then that's pretty darn low! Hell, pick your asses up and get to work doing something! Elvis carried your asses long enough! Too long! You All act like babies! Needing a sugar tit. Please! They were no friends of Elvis's to do that. Not at all! At least wait til the man had died. Rip my dear, sweet Elvis. We'll see you singing with the angels soon. I have always loved you and always will. God keep you E ~
Saphire Blue OMG -Im an Elvis fan but both your comments sound like little schoolgirls! At least they said it while he was alive ! They are the group that spent half a lifetime together with him ! not you two ratty bitches!
brooksy You don't know me dude. I'm probably old enough to be your mother. So don't you Ever call me a ratty bitch! You got it? These men were wrong! I don't care how long they knew or were with Elvis. He carried them for 17 yrs. And Elvis was still sweet til the end of his life to them. He told Red to do what they had to do. I've worked my butt off all my life. NO ONE carried me. Not even my ex husband! We had one child and he couldn't even pay child support for one child?! And he made a lot of money. He's no good either. Still, to this day.But our son is...he grew up to become a police officer. I'm very proud of. And NO ONE raised him but me! And you...you sound like the ratty bitch here. What do you do? Never mind....I don't care. Are you in love with Elvis? Get a life and stop calling women names that you don't know. Red and all of Elvis's entourage were in the public eye, so that's why we can comment. Got it?
I just have 3 things to say.
1) That's definitely Elvis
2) Red West recorded that call without Elvis' knowledge (you can hear him say "this is a private line", so he had no idea Red was recording him
3) Red told Elvis the book would be all about the good things, which turned out to be a lie!
So, the last 2 things should prove that Red was a low-life and didn't give a damn about Elvis!
Agree 100%