Sonny West talks about Elvis and Nixon. 

Yeah, I’m sure he did especially after that shit bag wrote a disparaging book about him. 🙄

Mohamed Ali is beside Elvis, not sure about the hug...

His wife must have a ravenous appetite.

That is exactly how I feel about Sonny. He was a good guy and I wish I could have met him.

John Llewellyn

John Llewellyn

iJaden, you forgot to post twice.

John Llewelly

I have seen Sonny West in a few interviews and before he started talking on this interview I could tell he was weakened it look like it but just like Elvis He had the same strength to deliver and give the best interview on the antidote on Elvis meeting Nixon you could tell they were similar in that way that is a characteristic that makes you love of man or woman even more. Those personal attributes reminds me of a song that I once heard entitled smile though your heart is . It breaks my heart and makes me appreciate men like Sonny West And Elvis Presley and many of us whose heart is aching and somehow we get through it with the help of God. I know Sonny is in heaven with Elvis

Gabriella B Sunny and Red and a David wrote a book about Elvis . It came out just a little before Elvis left us . It was the most despicable malicious book that these so called friends wrote . All because Vernon , Elvis dad fired them . Elvis told Vernon to give each $5.000 and to tell them they will be rehired-back in a few months . Vernon only gave them a weeks pay. Still that was no reason to be so vengeful and despicable to the man that gave them so much ; cars, jewels, houses and much more , His friendship . Elvis was very hurt and asked them not to publish it but they did it . And after Elvis was gone they now were giving speeches and still profiting from Elvis . No admiration whatsoever for these JUDAS : Sunny and Red West and David a new comer . Sunny and Red worked as Elvis security and were very rude and aggressive to some of Elvis fans poor Elvis was always being sued because of what these cold bloody men were doing , they acted as if they were Gods and mistreated people . Hope they pay for what they did . 😡😡😡😡

Not to disrespect the dead but the book by Sonny and Red West was written in revenge and to make money. What was said in the book was the worst of the worst of Elvis's life. Total humiliation. I think Sonny felt bad about it for the rest of his life. However, he soothed his conscience by saying that it was a "wake up call" for Elvis. It was no wake up call it was a pay back of the worst kind.

@@NancyJSimpson You don't know anything for certain because you weren't there

@@marcellaalfaro8418Вы совершенно правы.Многие здесь восхищаются этими ребятами.Вся трагедия была в том что ,Элвис был преданным и верным на счет дружбы и братства.Он так и не пришел в себя от предательства людей ,которых он считал братьями,обеспечивал их семьи ,возил с женами и детьми вместе отдыхать ,оплачивал всё и вся,дома ,машины,золото,больницы….Зачем на весь мир нужно было позорить Элвиса.?Ещё Присцилла перед смертью нанесла удар Элвису подав на него в 1977 г .апреле в суд для увеличения алиментов,и наложив на Грейсленд арест .Потом они на протяжении жизни будут только на имени Элвиса зарабатывать!!Подло.Бог им судья.Так нельзя..😢

Take that s*$t back to Mexico

I do agree with you sandra Miller. I know you loved elvis but we all did. Tcb

How can you protect a man from himself?

LARRYCORY1 He ran out of bad things to say? It's all in his vengeful, betrayal of a book!

JENNA

Hi Larry, I had the privilege of meeting Sonny West. He came to my home town during a ETA performance. I told him I was a life time Elvis fan. He then started to apologize for all that had happened with him and Elvis. He was truly a class act.

LARRYCORY1 if they hadn’t wrote the book I might feel good about all of them including the ex but I’d never write about my relatives/friends but then they aren’t famous and I’d never sell a book either soooo

and his wife too she got cancer

😔 😔 😔 😓

Shame on you sir.😜😜😜😜😜😜

Sam , if you don't what happened, you should shut up, you Just going along with what you heard, get the facts or Shut up!! It's more in the moutor than in the pestle!!!!

If I may ask, what the heck is a "moutor"? thanks.

betrayal is treason no mather the reason, the worst of all traitors is priscilla

Someone needs to learn how to spell, if they really want their statements understood. lol

when elvis fired sonny, they were at the door at graceland,,, and elvis punched sonny in the face. sonny turned and walked away.

Well because you only hear one side of the story, and as they say there are always two sides to it...

After being betrayed himself first.

Lamar was the heavy fellow who seems to be a jackass in the interviews

Lamar Fike was the fat ass that likes to talk shit in all the interviews, he was a parasitic hanger on and the other windbag asshole is Marty Lacker, he talks a lot of shit too,but is a complete fraud and user.

You know, every story has two sides to it... you've told one of them... and I'm just gonna leave it at that...

Bill A STFU

I wouldn't consider them killing Elvis, unfortunately Elvis did most of the damage onto himself with drugs.

priscilla is the worst of all the traitors

Ain't that the truth?! Just look at Michael Jackson, Prince, George Michael, etc. etc...

@@BillAnt And the list goes on and on.................

+Elvis Moux Yeah...Help him outta His Money!...The Part they Left out in the Book was how they All Cheated on their Wives...and Got just as Fucked up as Elvis did! He gave them a Life they would have never Known otherwise...Nobody would look at them twice if they weren't with Elvis! They ate the Pills and banged the Chicks..and got Paid 'Well' to sit around and not do a Fucking thing! Go to the ''Oh Happy day'' Video..Elvis is rehearsing and Joe Esposito and Lamar fike are sitting front stage and Busting Balls...Elvis looks Spectacular!...170lbs! Joe Esposito's Head looks like a ''Boar's Head Ham''...and Lamar is a 400lb Slob of a Man!...and Elvis lets him have it! The Man is rehearsing to do a Concert so he can Make Money...So they can Make Money...For doing Nothing! And when Vernon Shit-canned them for being Sycophants, they didnt know how to make a Living on their own...so they turned on the man that Fed them and wrote a Book! Disloyal Scumbags!!!

Every story has two sides to it... you've told one of them... and I'm just gonna leave it at that...

he tried to help his own pocket

@@bilvis48 I can't agree with you more. I've been saying the same for years. They betrayed Elvis and wanted revenge for being fired . If Red and Sonny and the other one had not been fired they would have never written Elvis What Happened. Love it's betrayal. No matter how what, Elvis loved them all.

@@BillAnt oh your so right. Too bad no one hear Elvis side or Vernon's side.

SONY era cugino di Red West ,e anno fatto molto male a Elvis scrivendo quel libro, e se Vernon a sbagliato a licenziarli in quel modo ,loro sapevano benissimo che con Elvis potevano parlare ,invece anno scritto il libro, loro con Elvis anno fatto vita da nababbi, anno sempre ricevuto in regalo gioielli ,macchine ,case ,soldi ,e anno spesso creato danni con i fan di Elvis, erano persone un po' rude .

Amen if God allowed"

true, but the worst of all traitors is priscilla

You do not know that to be fact. You were not there.

You are so wrong. If you've never been around addictive behavior, you'll not understand. Sonny, Red, Lamar, and Billy,...tried their best. How do you think Red and Sonny felt,...after all those years of service and friendship...to be summarily dismissed..not by Elvis,...but by Vernon...via telephone. No warning. No severance. They felt betrayed, and hurt. What is worse, is that these were no longer boys, but men with wives and family to support. They got...Nothing. To a man...they had all fought battles for Elvis. (Red and Sonny even fought physically!) To a man...they all loved him like a brother, even though they knew it was the end. If Elvis had called and said he needed Red or Sonny, they would have gone to help him...even after the firing. Truth hurts, but...it will "Set you Free." These were outstanding men, and courageous enough to call him out. He was not a god to them. He was a brother who had taken a wrong path.

I'm more fascinated with the Elvis' story nowadays than way back then... guess a legend never dies just fades away like a soldier.

i find it very unfair to criticize the boys, and spare the worst of all traitors, priscilla

Maybe

An interesting observation... who knows...

he used legal remedies, i do not judge it, he needed those remedies for their various health problems

In an interview with Memphis Mafia members Lamar Fike, Sonny & Red West and Marty Lacker it was confirmed that Elvis wanted the badge so he could travel across state lines with not only drugs, but guns as well and not be hassled..