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 )
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.
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""⭐
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.❤️🎵🎵🎵🎵
@@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.
@@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. ❤️🙏🙏🌹
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
@@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
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.
@@joycevaughn5913 I know this post is from 9 yrs ago but Red, Sonny and Dave didn’t abuse fans. I knew many fans at the time that followed the tours and went to every show and they never abused the fans. But they did have to fend off actual threats and actual people who wanted to do Elvis harm or tried to aggressively get to Elvis and sometimes things got rough and those individuals got hurt and when that happened they saw dollar signs and sued Elvis.
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.
Writing the book was revenge, using a pious cover story of trying to ‘help’ him. They lived a life of debauchery paid for by Elvis, and couldn’t deal with being fired like grown ass men.
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.
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.
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!
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........
He was trying to help Elvis from the drug dealers, he got fired. After being with him for over twenty years now put yourself in his place. Elvis was a millionaire. He was on a wage every week. Suddenly he's not working sewi Yeah, he made money. But he thought maybe if he went public, it might embarrass Elvis to clean his life up. I guess it didn't work and believe me. I'm a total elvis fan, but i'm not a fanatic
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.
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.
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.
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!
@@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.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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!!
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.
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?
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?
Inauthentic RW…. Taker… deceiver likely anticipated receiving huge financial gain off the Book release…. Boomerang …. Merely showsed thevtrue colors of the authors.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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....
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
So they get fired , they go and write this book and he still had the decency to talk with Red and offer help’ he was a good soul!!! They were all benefiting from Elvis being Rich n famous. To think he was gone a few months later :(😢😢😢😢😢
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Even though I always thought Red was the only MM member to truly care about Elvis,by posting this on RU-vid 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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.
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
@@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.
I read Sunny West book in 2007 and basically sunny red and Dave each got what’s equivalent to the year 2024 money $300,000 each to write about Elvis Presley‘s bad habits so they weren’t trying to save him. They weren’t trying to protect him they did it for the money they were bitter. They lost their job. They were friends with himfor 15 years and told all his secrets and they contributed to his death there’s no other way around it. You’re trying to tell me Elvis was going to read the book and say oh I’m gonna get better now no he’s gonna be embarrassed and he’s gonna go further into drugs, so they basically killed Elvis.
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.
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.
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 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 :(
Judasz i zdrajca. Elvis pokazał w tej rozmowie wielką klasę. On był nie tylko wybitnym piosenkarzem, ale również wspaniałym człowiekiem. Dlatego go kochamy ❤️
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.
