I met Charles Stone last month! He manages Kraig Parker (a great Elvis impersonator). It was awesome to meet someone who knew Elvis and worked with him. :)
I SPENT 4 EVENINGS WITH SONNY AND HIS WIFE JUDY. THEY WERE GREAT PEOPLE!! VERY KIND TO ME. I CAN SEE IN SONNY HOW DEEPLY HE LOVED ELVIS!! THEY ALL MADE MISTAKES BUT THEY WERE STILL GREAT FRIENDS!!
True friends at one time but that ceased and they became Judas.They broke Elvis' heart with their salacious book This book, according to both Sonny and Red West, was written for money and revenge.They said this in a video interview you can Google. Lies are packed in this book They said their book publisher told them to lie and embellish against Elvis to sell more books.Guess who the ghost writer was.None other than that "very reputable" National Enquirer..its employee wrote the book.Sonny never talked about the nine medical conditions Elvis had.He took meds just to function.Their book, along with Priscilla's $700,000 lien she placed against Graceland in March 1977, added undue stress to Elvis, who had had two previous heart attacks Their "great concern" piled on top of his financial issues killed him with another heart attack Greed is the riit of all evil.Sonny and Red and Priscilla need to be shown for who they turned into Open your eyes, so called Elvis fans.
A sweet, kind, professional and amazing person who really purely loved Elvis. Those who love you always tell you the truth, even if you don’t want to hear it or understand why at the time. I’ve met this amazing gentleman, he was so nice.
There is something about Sonny that you love to hear his stories, I remember having harsh feelings about his book with Red and Dave Hebler years ago but time and understanding has me to say well it does not matter anymore but some of these guys were better than others and even though I may not still agree with what his opinion was I did grow to enjoy hearing his stories.
Melody I am David Hole Snrs wife, nice to meet you I see you in the group..... but I met Sonny a few times for many hours and he was a very nice guy...very kind and gentle...he loved Elvis believe me...I would trust him with my life and Elvis did too
People can criticize Sonny, Red and others about cashing in on Elvis after his death but what you have realize, many of them knew Elvis from his High School days and remained with him as confidants until almost the very end. Elvis was all they knew, he was their teacher, their mentor, their boss. They all had drug habits and lived the lavish lifestyle alongside the man they were paid to protect. They wrote the infamous book on Elvis after they were fired in the summer of 1976. Some call them traitors/judases for betraying Elvis. In retrospect, Would the outcome have been different if this book wasn't released? It's hard to say. At the end of the day, only Elvis knew what he was thinking on the morning of August 16th, 1977. Even his closest of friends/aides/confidants could only speculate. Sonny, Red, Marty, Lamar were with Elvis since the 1950's, long before Priscilla came on to the scene. They knew the true Elvis. Sonny is only sharing his memories and the fans, like myself are grateful to listen and appreciate. Met several of them at Graceland years ago. Nice, humble down to earth people.
Steve G. Well said my friend. I believed for s long, long time now that Elvis did NOT have the heart to tell Red, Sonny and Dave they were no longer needed. Instead, he had Vernon tell them. Contrary to what a lot of people believe, Elvis was in fact trying to get his life together towards the "end". Red, Sonny and Dave were " in the way" of achieving that as were a lot of other "close" people that surrounded him. Things are not always as they appear. It is understandable why these three would write a book that "betrayed" Elvis. Even Elvis understood how they felt as it is evident in the recording that Red West took of his and Elvis' last conversation. If folks were LISTENING to what Elvis was saying they would realise Elvis was still there for them (Red, Sonny and Dave) in spite of the book being published. One of Elvis' last statements was 'this is going to blow this whole thing sideways'. If anyone has any doubts of Elvis' frame of mind during this time period all one has to do is ask those close to him what was the last things Elvis said to them. As much as some people despise these three, its a shame they have such hatred for them. If Elvis can forgive them, then why can't the fans? The fans are only cheating themselves out of some great memories of Elvis by distancing themselves from Elvis' bodyguards memories of Elvis. No one is perfect, not even Elvis. It is no ones place to hate and condemn ANYONE. We ALL fall short. These folks are far worse than these three for judging and hating these three for something that even these three didn't understand then or even now to this day. Maybe someday these folks will see the light..........
Sonny West got lucky in 1970 when he married. He also wrote a good book in 2008... but he does try and push the bull-crap that he wrote the 1977 book to change Elvis drug addiction. He wrote it for money and when Elvis tried to get them to stop they ignored it. The result was to cause more suffering for Elvis and a few bucks for the trio.
Matthew 7 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Hypocrites Thee Three Of Them Scumbags Right Name For Them All. The Problems They Caused To Elvis Were Horrible And Horrific For Months Afterwards. The World 🌎 Needs The Truth About Elvis Presley Not Rubbish By Hypocrites Like Them Three BUMS.
Sonny West is the guy who together with Red West and Dave Hebler wrote the book " Elvis What happened?" that broke Elvis' heart when he was near to die. Perhaps once they were friends, but when they were fired by Vernon ( yes, in a way not correct) betrayed the man who had loved them who had given them everything, gifts, money, cars, houses a thriiling life etc. and now they have still the courage to speak and make money on him. They should be ashamed!
***** I respect your opinion and you should respect mine.Obviously you believe everything the guys have written and go on saying about Elvis with the only purpose to make money and get visibility.How can you say that Elvis betrayed them? I don't repeat what I have already written in my previous comment about this point.I want to state only that Elvis didnt really mean to have Mike Stone killed but his rage and wounded proud for the loss of his family, above all of his beloved daughter,burst out into a thought expressed among friends.In fact when his anger cooled he told them to forget it. Millions of words have been said and written about Elvis,but very few are true and reliable.Before defining stupid my comment,, perhaps, you should choose better your readings.
***** If you are so kind to tell me, in detail and PRECISELY,the titles of the books, the newspapers, the interviews where you have learned all this information about Elvis, I can take your comment into consideration, otherwise it's only a waste of time.
***** Don't worry, you don't have to do all the work for me,I have read a lot about the topic,leaving out all gossips and statements of unreliable and untrue people This my final comment,because one can't comment a nonsense.Bye.
***** Could you tell me. please, how Elvis mistreated him ? And if he thinks so, why is he keeping on talking about him and earning money and visibility on him? He should just forget him.Remembering all the mistreatement he had to bear might hurt him more.
ELVIS WORLD WAS FALLING APART- AND THIS LED TO HIS DEATH. HE LOST THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM THAT TOOK GOOD CARE OF HIM AND SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH PEOPLE THAT DID NOT.
If I were having problems like Elvis was going threw...Id want friends like Red, Sonny and Dave to be man enough to step up and slap me out of it, rather than some fans that would just sit back and watch me dig my own grave.
It is very, very difficult to try to stop a loved one from any kind of addiction! Extremely difficult 😪 I'm going through that now 😪 so I also pray for her a lot!!!😢😢💔💔
They didn't have to write a book painting him to be this awful person ..when Lisa said they were doing things far worse than elvis. They are lying hypocrites according to lisa
Elvis lived an extremely unnatural unhealthy lifestyle surrounded by mostly yes men indeed.... It eventually cost him his life....Red and Sonny cared and were courageous enough to try to get through to him but he was too far gone...they sacrificed their relationships with Elvis in the process.... I salute you Sonny and Red....you were both the real deal... RIP
Esse traidor não tinha o direito de falar em Elvis depois de tudo que fez com um amigo...e quem o ouvia contar essas histórias tb não vale nada como ele..
I dont see how anyone would get of the dope by having a book written about them with everything they put in it! did they not make money of it!! Did one of them not record there conversation with Elvis and let it out to the public!!1
Its for sure Elvis was going to die sooner or later. He went so out of control. His body reached to max capacity from chemical pills over years. His last concert 1977 it seemed he was saying farewell to his fans.
The guys should have written it two years sooner. It may have helped Elvis. The man had a SERIOUS drug issue and the guys who tried to stop the flow of medications got fired. The Wests and Dave Hebler had every right to be pissed off. at being fired. If they closed their eyes to the drugs they never would have been fired and would have been there to the end.
No you people talk about the drug s*** that was on and off and they talk about that but the Americas war on drugs take over and the lies must have been and that's all it is is a drug war story to get your natural resource control everybody
Sonny and Red were genuine guys who truly cared for Elvis. Sadly Elvis didn’t take care of himself. He relied on prescriptions way too much and that was his final demise. You can tell his health was failing slowly right after the Aloha special. But to blame his death on these guys is just wrong. Elvis was a grown man with a young child to think about. But he thought about his fans too much. He should’ve taken a year off and got help. The fans would have been supportive and loved him just the same.
I met Sonny West at a convenience store in Hendersonville Tennessee is I was driving through seeing my cousin it was in 2003 I said to him at the counter I was getting a bottle of Mountain Dew and a pack of cigarettes and he was standing in front of me at the store I said to him is anybody ever tell you you look like Sonny West Elvis is old bodyguard he laughs cuz maybe I am Sonny West Elvis is old bodyguard and I was like no way shook his hand told him I was big Elvis fan and that a lot of people who said bad things about sunny and read through the years didn't know what the hell they were talking about being a former drug addict I knew exactly where they were going when they wrote the book course I didn't know that at the time I was still young but you know as I look back on it they were trying to help Alvis and sure there was a little problem what money you don't give somebody with 20 years service weeks pay and say see you later I don't blame you for being angry and about the book anybody who was in their situation would have did the same damn thing included me you or anybody else who felt betrayed so anyway we had a nice little conversation I went on about my way and sunny I just want you to say rest in peace my friend God bless you and now you're up there with Elvis looking down on the world laughing!!
personnellement je n'ai aucune sympathie pour sonny , red et dave qui ont écrit un livre qui a surement accéléré le décé d'ELVIS je ne comprend que les gens sachant cela ont pardonnés......
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Sonny West is no piece of shit nor is he trying to milk the Elvis name to make a living. He and his cousin Red West were there from basically the beginning till a year before Elvis died. He's only telling what he saw. Plus, he was the one designated to take whatever came towards Elvis with intent to harm him. I'm sure the old man in this video could go back in his day. Love hearing his stories!
Alan Haynie Sonny and Red both loved Elvis and wanted him to get off the drugs and get healthy. They more than anyone else to help him. They worked really hard for him for many years. He fired them for no good reason. I don't blame them for writing the book. They were trying to help Elvis get straight. God knows, we all wished that he had kicked the drug habit and lived to a ripe old age.
Ive ALWAYS thought George Klein was kind of a fast talking JERK! I personally felt he was around Elvis for all the WRONG reasons. Just saying that's my opinion.
Love? I don’t call with those three guys did to Elvis by writing that book love. I Collett revenge. He was so mad over being fired they all were, that they tried to destroy him. All they did was causing Elvis to go deeper into his depression. The three guys that wrote that work on worthless and are not friends of Elvis ! Good riddance Sonny !
