Elvis was a Good and Nice Gentleman. In spite of what he went through, he remained calm and peacefully friendly to his aides! Long Live the King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley!!! 🙏🙏😀👍
IT WAS REVENGE, IT WAS MONEY, IT WAS ANGER, IT WAS BETRAYAL. BUT THEY LOVED EACH OTHER. MISTAKES WERE MADE. I THINK WHAT THEY DID WAS WRONG AND IT HURT ELVIS, AND DID NO GOOD FOR HIM. ELVIS WAS IN TROUBLE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT COULD DO THE MOST HAD LEFT HIM. HE WAS NOT PROTECTED IN THE END.
@@cut1986 Of course it was for the money, they even admitted to it. What was done in that area was out of fear of having steady income. They just gave Elvis 20 years of service and thought they were going to retire from it, i'm talking on a human level of 40 year old men but I personally think it would have work itself out. Vernon made things worst by firing them and Steve Dunleavy made it worst by turning it into tabloid trash. Betrayal came from both sides. They think Elvis fires them because that's what Vernon did, they write a book to cash in on working with Elvis.
Secretly recording your “friend” speaks volumes about their true character. Shady. Not to mention he lies to Elvis. He describes the book as a good-times stroll down memory lane. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
@relentlessrescue260...they knew his fans and the media would call them liars. Even today people comment on their book even though they never read it. They just instantly defend Elvis. If Elvis had not fired them with a week's pay they wouldn't have needed the money and may have never written the book.
He had a problem no doubt there were 100's before him and since with the same problem our whole country is dealing with this BUT i still feel he was betrayed by this book and DON"T tell me it was to "wake" him up it was ABOUT MONEY and his true fans know that This man was and still is the King his fans still love him flaws and all SO ELVIS WON in the end.....RIP
I think Elvis was surrounded by some good people who couldn't get through to him, people who were more concerned with money and were afraid to make him mad so they remained silent, and those who flat out betrayed him.
they should have been sued by Elvis family. it’s so sad that no one persued a lawsuit in Elvis behalf. can’t believe they were allowed to get away with that book the whole book is libel- defamation
If Red West was so concerned about Elvis and he was such a good friend then why didn't he write a book years ago? why wait till Elvis was sick and dying? and what kind of friend records a conversation over the phone of a sick and dying friend? It seems to me he enjoyed all the benefits all those years of Elvis's success but when it came time that Elvis needed a friend, friendship was no where to be found. He was betrayed by his so called manager and even this man Red West. That my friends is what I call an enemy. Not a friend. So sad Elvis died alone after all the love he gave to millions around the world. R.I.P. Elvis
A friend who knows it will be worth slot of money .. elvis prob tang sn he said I'm.just gonna go to.toulet can u rk f back in 5 ...so he was able to get the tape recorder ready to record the chat
FRIENDS DON’T “SECRETLY” do things without the consent of the other. He couldn’t have REALLY known ELVIS. It seems it was actually about RED …. Judgement of Red … God’s gift to the world through Elvis was and is “priceless.” So few it seems heard, listened, read between the lines of this profoundly deep SEEKER. Red appears to have had little to no awareness,empathy nor compassion for the man who gave him beyond snd above himself. Likely he knew little of ALL ELVIS was up against and facing … this sterile covert and “secretly” recorded conversation made my heart weep. Tragic . It was always obvious to me personally, RED didn’t live on the same plain as Elvis. His loss … he never truly knew Elvis , the man. Coming across as a rescuer, as I quote Red’s words…”I wanted in a final attempt to wake the idiot up… he had it all , man.”(said with judgement and perhaps envy, from his one dimensional viewpoint). He wasn’t grateful for what Elvis had provided for so many many years, his ego loomed larger. His book offered none of his own transgressions, and Elvis was too much of a decent man to have ever hung Red out to dry. Among the highest of these is love … To those with eyes to see and ears to hear…ELVIS IS GOD’s LOVE. All praise and glory to GOD ON HIGH.
why didn’t Elvis sue the crap out them for publishing this? its outrageous that they got away with this. I don’t understand why there wasn’t a law suit ?? Elvis died two weeks later after the book was published did he have any plans to sue them? was he too hurt to do something about it? Did he give up? Was a lawsuit never started because he died and Vernon just never persued one???
I think all those guys were riding the gravy train and they were jealous. Joe Esposito and Charley Hodge loved him but couldn’t tell him what to do. Elvis was under a tremendous amount of pressure. Too much.
@@lisap3344 Vernon was married & had his own home,. But yes,. He was there! Wonder where all those people slept? That house is not that big! I figure about 5 bedrooms,. Maybe! Lisa is in one room,. Elvis is in another room,. That just leaves 3 room! Maybe there’s 6 rooms,. But I really don’t see how!
Recording this phone call says volumes about Reds character . Many pictures of both Elvis and Red together in groups where Red is looking at Elvis the look on Reds face is very telling. I think Lisa Marie was right about his so called friends. So sad! Elvis deserved better.
There’s no way a tell all book like that would cure any drug addict, I can’t believe that’s the purpose it was written. I could never back stab someone I had been that close with, not even my worst enemy. All these people who wrote tell all books about Elvis need to fess up to their own dirty laundry and see how they like it aired.
Yeah and at the end of the taped conversation ( I’m sure Elvis didn’t know he was being taped) even stated he would always be around for Red and his wife if they need him. Poor Elvis being back stabbed by Red, a long life so called Friend. I’m sure they have made amends on the other side so let’s just bury this negativity . They are all at Peace and we are not to be the judges of anyones lives, just our own when we depart this lifetime.
I’m a huge fan of elvis Presley’s I love 💕 elviss music and flims too elvis will always be the king 👑 of rock and roll 🎸 my dream is to visit Graceland and communicate with elvis elvis was an amazing entertainer that ever lived tcb ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️🕺all the way 11:03am
Double standard. You know if you got fired at once with one week notice. After all these years. How can you earn money. Plus they just told the truth about Elvis. Elvis was a druggie. Lets face it, beautiful man, beautiful talent, the image is like perfect. But he was addicted and not so christian after all.
@WarriorBlood so do you think when people get fired from their jobs they get a notice and get money?.... most people that get fired don't get a notice and then they wait on their last paycheck!.... and you weren't there you don't know what all was going on.. none of us do!! And you think they told the truth?.. how do you know they told the truth?.... all these books about Elvis are 1 sided Elvis can't defend himself! And they get paid big money for trashing him! And your last statement.... we are not here to judge anyone!! Judge not lest you be judged!!
@@WarriorBlood777he didn't do actual drugs he did prescription drugs for pain and to help him sleep and who are you to be judgemental I see a lot of you do that today y'all are always being judgemental towards celebrities from the past like you are so perfect and like you're nothing sinful at all.
Makes me so sad to hear this.. Elvis saying he was in the best shape of his life.. Shows you, Red had no chance to get through to Elvis.. The people who never knew Elvis personally, ' people like me, 'we love him like he was one of our closest family members.. Would do anything for him.. This saddens me.. 40 dam years old.. He was in his prime! These days when most people don't even have much success before the age of 40. What could have still been! Makes me feel so angry..
It makes me sad also,it breaks my heart that he felt anything but happiness,to be at the top but yet so lonely,he deserved so much more TCB⚡️🥰❤️EP ALWAYS
Se vengaron de Elvis por dinero y también por envidia. Gente envidiosa sin oficio ni beneficio, demostraron que no fueron buenas personas con Elvis, lo traicionaron.
Red shouldn’t taped he and Elvis’s conversation ! that really wasn’t fair to Elvis ! Bless his heart all he ever tried to do was bring along Red and the other guys to enjoy his ( Elvis )!Historic life too , l wish l could buy that book ( the one Red , Sonny and Dave ) wrote , l don’t like giving my debit card number out but l could write them a check , for it lam a honest person l would love to have that book , or if someone would trade me that books for the Ginger n Elvis book , either way thank you 🙏🕺
There was more friends he has that witnessed his problems and they didn't turn on him. Except for the Sonny and red book most everybody wrote their book after he passed. That book came out 2 weeks before he passed. You know he was hurt . Plus he didn't fire them his dad did. I've read that book. Despicable fake friends!
Red could care less of Elvis . Greed was his endeavor …. But even still, you can tell the true decency in Elvis . He was the better man. The book came out after Elvis died . That should tell you all you need to know .
The book came out two weeks before Elvis died. He knew about it and tried to prevent the publication. Red and Sonny West plus David Hebler where, according to Elvis, fired because they caused problems in the hotels they stayed in which led to several lawsuits. Vernon told them that they were fired because Elvis had to cut down expenses. According to Ginger Alden Elvis got very depressed about the book of his supposed friends. Elvis had bought houses for them, cars, put their children through school, paid their salaries and took them along in his private planes, hotels, Californian mansions, on movie-sets and to Germany. Elvis Presley couldn't understand that they paid him back by defaming him for money. Red West lived on Elvis' pockets from the very beginning i.e. 1955/1956. Red West, a former school friend of Elvis, must have been very jealous because the only thing he had going for himself was his association with Elvis Presley. They are/were dishonorable men. The cousins Sonny and Red died but worthless David Hebler is still alive. Ginger Alden said she couldn't understand that these 3 traitors were allowed to work as tour guides in Graceland mooching on their connection with a generous "friend" that they blackened for money.
From history, Elvis was a generous guy. He lacked trust in most people, surrounding himself with just a few. He did have a problem with medication. He did have drs who were pumping him dry, remember, elvis did not use medical insurance for his drs. paid cash......that is part of the major problem, why those drs did not try to get him off all those meds.....drugs etc...as red mentioned, how many times did they and others try to help Elvis, but the Drs would continue presecribing him meds. Those are the ones who should be held liable........Elvis was dependent on all those meds......leading to his obesity, high BP, cholesterol. colon issues etc....and then his heart failure.
I read the book. They were jealous of Elvis. They also accepted many expensive gifts from him. They complain that they were under paid and under appreciated. They were grown men who felt they were treated unfairly, but chose to stay near him, because there was no way they could continue to live the lifestyle they enjoyed without staying close to Elvis. Red went to Germany with Elvis and left angry because Vernon did give him enough money. They got small movie parts because of Elvis. This book says much more about them than it does about Elvis. Both Vernon and Colonel Parker saw them as leeches, and didn't want them around. I see them the same way and feel sadly that they contributed to his problems.
Red joined the marines in 1956 because Elvis paid him nothing for a year or so. He worked for free up until then. Elvis didn't pay them much. They were married with children so they did odd jobs to make more money. Elvis demanded these people protect his life. They put their lives on the line. Then, Elvis would turn around and brag to other stars that his men were so devoted to him that they would die for him. Elvis was not prefect.
Elvis: What Happened? Author Steve Dunleavy Publisher Ballantine Books Publication date May 1977 (UK) 1 August 1977 (USA) ------- So was released the month Elvis passed in the US .......... HEARTBREAKING
@@shaunbat5097 PATHETIC!....He's known him forever and recorded the call! I have a link to the 45 min conversation on my Elvis channel IF you'd like to hear it!!!! It's disgusting and Elvis is so polite and forgiving
Yes 10 days before I think and I read where Elvis tried to get it stopped! But I read Elvis did read it then died soon after I think it was 10 days OK found it ------ Elvis: What Happened? Author Steve Dunleavy Publisher Ballantine Books Publication date May 1977 (UK) 1 August 1977 (USA) ------- So was released the month Elvis passed in the US .......... HEARTBREAKING
It does and doesn't sound like Elvis, regardless if it is Elvis why tape the conversations, sorry I don't understand why you'd do that , however Elvis being Elvis and saying he's always there for them. RIP ELVIS x
You are correct. it did not sound like him. the other thing Red did not like Priscilla, so I was really surprised that Elvis mentioned the wedding? why would he say that when he has Lisa Marie to think of. That is a slight to Lisa Marie his precious child from the marriage. Sir EP loved both Priscilla and Lisa Marie. So I believed you. Red did that bs to support their nasty lash back, but I honestly believe you, coz those were my thoughts when I listened to the recording. he is dead now that Ref from cancer. punishment for betrayal of a wonderful human .
It's definetly Elvis ... you need to listen to the whole convo .... Elvis didn't want to go through with the wedding ... he promised her step dad so he had no choice when he started threatening him to marry her ... then Parker got involved n with what happened to JLL ... it could of ruined Elvis' career! He said to ML five mins before the ceremony he didn't want to go through with it ... his maid seen him crying the night before n said he didn't want to go through with it ! ML hated Priscilla too he said it on EIN... At the end of the day there were wrongs on both sides .
@@jrc8640 like I said I'm not convinced this is Elvis and even if it is ...my point is more why you would tape private conversations ...don't understand that at all!!
@@dwilmath oh yes so many times Elvis paid out COMPENSATIONS of the antics roughness on fans they took drugs drank sex with underage kids beat up a 16 year old kid not knowing it was the MAYOR son .. Elvis did so much for Red, Sonny Dave and they wrote that book out of revenge and spitefulness both dead Red and sonny but Dave Hebler still living and still making money out of Elvis TODAY a shallow old Idiot
read that they were fired by vernon because red attacked and beat up a few people unjustly because he thought they wanted to hurt elvis during the show. They took it to court and Elvis had to pay them a lot of money for personal injury several times. That's why he was penniless towards the end
Personally he should have told them to their faces he was letting them go. He wasn’t obligated as he did plenty for them all, but as lifelong friends it would have been more respectful to do so. Sure part was for money and I have no doubt they really really wanted him to get it together more than anything. They were always gracious and thankful for everything g he did for them and the experiences they had together.
They were being heavy handed with the fans and Elvis told his dad to give them 6 week wages, take that time off and come back after that - his dad sacked them and they took the huff and destroyed him.
My opinion, they shouldn't have went ahead with the book, I wouldn't give it a moment and don't know a person who's read that. Doesn't fully sound like Presley but it's not a clear recording.
I was thinking the same thing. This recording has Elvis as a good friend while Red as a bad one. I think Elvis was very observant and smarter than given cresit
Red & Sonny supposedly did a lot to be fired. Yes, they were let go poorly but handled it wrong. Both were also using speed, downers and all sorts of drugs and acting erratically themselves. Red felt like Elvis owed him something more, (exactly why he recorded the conversation) that he was somehow now being excluded from being Elvis' BFF. The recording begs the question...why record it? To get more money? Negotiate getting rehired? Blackmail? Again, the theme of jealousy within the group was probably the strongest when eminating from Red, especially after the wedding to Priscilla when he supposedly smashed up a room and stormed off back home in a tantrum. Obviously why Elvis even mentions it.
Red seems to have tried to help Elvis then he left or or fired. I find Red to be a man and answer the phone and talk to Elvis If Elvis had agreed and done the movie “A Star Is Born” we would have had another Elvis. He would have made that movie more than Kris! It would have him receiving Oscars for the rest of his life
Super les amis un livre bien degueulace sur notre elvis les frères west et un gars je ne sais plus son non en tout qu'a il était malade mais ils l ont fait mourir avant de peine en parlant de son addiction a certains produit illicite .
not saying he didn't propose there is too much evidence , but he did call it off he said he was not getting wat he needed from ginger he told larry cos he asked him to marry them he went back to larry and told him forget it he had changed his mind larry had a licence to marry people in california !!
Sad to hear his denial. Maybe Elvis deep inside knew he was f up, but couldn't face it. I give credit to Red West for trying to shake some senses in Elvis,but it's a big no no to record people without the approval 😔😔Rip The King Elvis ❤️🎶
By the time Sonny and Red said anything, it was too late for Elvis. They should have said something back in 73 when Elvis overdosed. Had Elvis straightened himself out, worked on his fitness, fired the colonel and gone to Europe like he wanted, he'd have lived well past 1977. He had already demonstrated he could go off the pills and get quickly into shape for the Aloha tour - though his methods may have been a bit extreme.
Elvis Presley had severe healthproblems mostly inherited from his mother, who died at 46 and had 3 brothers and a sister, who also died young. Elvis couldn't sleep without medication and very painful bowel problems.
@@jannekedevries2360 The inherited heart problems/alpha gene has not been confirmed, just theorized by a fan who wrote a book. I don't deny it's possible just that there is a difference between what is has been confirmed and what has not. What we DO KNOW is that Elvis was taking nearly lethal doses of prescription barbiturates, opiates and amphetamines near the end of his life. This usage exacerbated his health issues and is a likely cause for the cardiac arrest that took him from this world.
@Robert Northrop no.. the genetic gene Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency was listed in his postmodernism test.. This was not speculation from someone that wrote a book.... I myself found the info by just researching.... before I ever knew there was a book out about about his family history.. the name of the book.... destined to die young by Sally Hoedel this book explains his genetic health genes.... there is also another book The strange medical saga of Elvis Presley by Forest Tennant MD. Being a physician he gives more detailed medical information.... If people want to believe all bs books on Elvis.. knowing he's not here to defend himself..... then at least go all the way and more research !!
I dont think people who are making these comments about the body guards really know what they went through. I know what its like to live with someone whos addicted. Its hell. When they dont get that high their looking for they get mean and sometimes physical with you. They say hurtful things to you. You can help all you can but it wont mean nothing if that person doesnt want to stop. It has to be that person. These body guards suffered everything from elvis when they tried to intervene. Some threatened the doctors prescribing the meds but got threatened by elvis. Some stole pills and filled them with air. So trying to help got you fired or shunned from the group. Elvis was so private no one knew this was going on. And by writing a book it told the world and the intent was to get elvis help. and when elvis fired them there was no severance pay after 20 years. Most everyone would crap a brick if it was them. Family fight now and again i think eventually elvis would have hired them back.
Elvis was mumbling and was delusional, and I know I'm going to get hate, but it's true. Red was wrong for what he did, but Elvis couldn't be stopped, his drugs took over his life, everyone was fed up, but loved him
I grew up listening to Elvis songs. The best there ever was. I admire him so much and wish I saw him live. It doesn’t sound like him somewhat but he seems to be heavily medicated. I get medication obviously helped him get through the day but how can he function properly being so heavily medicated.
Elvis was a Good and Nice Gentleman. In spite of what he went through, he remained calm and peacefully friendly to his aides! Long Live the King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley!!! 🙏🙏😀👍
IT WAS REVENGE, IT WAS MONEY, IT WAS ANGER, IT WAS BETRAYAL. BUT THEY LOVED EACH OTHER. MISTAKES WERE MADE. I THINK WHAT THEY DID WAS WRONG AND IT HURT ELVIS, AND DID NO GOOD FOR HIM. ELVIS WAS IN TROUBLE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT COULD DO THE MOST HAD LEFT HIM. HE WAS NOT PROTECTED IN THE END.
Yeah. No matter what you don't take advantage of a friend and tape them without their knowledge. I would never do that to a friend no matter what.
@@cut1986 🤔Nothing wrong with it, let's just say that's how well Red knew Elvis.🙄
Elvis was very hurt by what they said they should have protected Elvis ❤️❤️
@@Rock4UNow You always "Know" people you are that close too. Doesn't make it right. It was for the money.
@@cut1986 Of course it was for the money, they even admitted to it. What was done in that area was out of fear of having steady income. They just gave Elvis 20 years of service and thought they were going to retire from it, i'm talking on a human level of 40 year old men but I personally think it would have work itself out. Vernon made things worst by firing them and Steve Dunleavy made it worst by turning it into tabloid trash. Betrayal came from both sides. They think Elvis fires them because that's what Vernon did, they write a book to cash in on working with Elvis.
Secretly recording your “friend” speaks volumes about their true character. Shady. Not to mention he lies to Elvis. He describes the book as a good-times stroll down memory lane. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
@relentlessrescue260...they knew his fans and the media would call them liars. Even today people comment on their book even though they never read it. They just instantly defend Elvis. If Elvis had not fired them with a week's pay they wouldn't have needed the money and may have never written the book.
He had a problem no doubt there were 100's before him and since with the same problem our whole country is dealing with this BUT i still feel he was betrayed by this book and DON"T tell me it was to "wake" him up it was ABOUT MONEY and his true fans know that This man was and still is the King his fans still love him flaws and all SO ELVIS WON in the end.....RIP
Elvis what a heart ...Still reaching out to these men. How very very sad . They were not worth it .
vile cowards , utter leeches
I think Elvis was surrounded by some good people who couldn't get through to him, people who were more concerned with money and were afraid to make him mad so they remained silent, and those who flat out betrayed him.
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I remembered all this when it happened!
Just read about this in 'Careless Love' Elvis was very hurt over this.
@shanekingston7453...Well, maybe Elvis shouldn't have fired them for trying to help him. Red loved him like a brother.
They never should have done that to Elvis...they put things in that book that had nothing to do with Elvis prescription drug habit...It was revenge
I Agree!
Ii agree
Correct Agreed
And many years later they travel the globe and make money talking about Elvis but you don't hear any of those stories in the book.
they should have been sued by Elvis family. it’s so sad that no one persued a lawsuit in Elvis behalf. can’t believe they were allowed to get away with that book the whole book is libel- defamation
If Red West was so concerned about Elvis and he was such a good friend then why didn't he write a book years ago? why wait till Elvis was sick and dying? and what kind of friend records a conversation over the phone of a sick and dying friend? It seems to me he enjoyed all the benefits all those years of Elvis's success but when it came time that Elvis needed a friend, friendship was no where to be found. He was betrayed by his so called manager and even this man Red West. That my friends is what I call an enemy. Not a friend. So sad Elvis died alone after all the love he gave to millions around the world. R.I.P. Elvis
I’d like to know why we hear the sound of a phone call being disconnected during that conversation and what kind of friend records it
A friend who knows it will be worth slot of money .. elvis prob tang sn he said I'm.just gonna go to.toulet can u rk f back in 5 ...so he was able to get the tape recorder ready to record the chat
I agreed and the voice in that phone call is not the voice of Elvis.
Only one small part of it even remotely sounds like him
FRIENDS DON’T “SECRETLY” do things without the consent of the other. He couldn’t have REALLY known ELVIS. It seems it was actually about RED …. Judgement of Red … God’s gift to the world through Elvis was and is “priceless.” So few it seems heard, listened, read between the lines of this profoundly deep SEEKER. Red appears to have had little to no awareness,empathy nor compassion for the man who gave him beyond snd above himself. Likely he knew little of ALL ELVIS was up against and facing … this sterile covert and “secretly” recorded conversation made my heart weep. Tragic . It was always obvious to me personally, RED didn’t live on the same plain as Elvis. His loss … he never truly knew Elvis , the man. Coming across as a rescuer, as I quote Red’s words…”I wanted in a final attempt to wake the idiot up… he had it all , man.”(said with judgement and perhaps envy, from his one dimensional viewpoint). He wasn’t grateful for what Elvis had provided for so many many years, his ego loomed larger. His book offered none of his own transgressions, and Elvis was too much of a decent man to have ever hung Red out to dry. Among the highest of these is love … To those with eyes to see and ears to hear…ELVIS IS GOD’s LOVE. All praise and glory to GOD ON HIGH.
why didn’t Elvis sue the crap out them for publishing this? its outrageous that they got away with this. I don’t understand why there wasn’t a law suit ?? Elvis died two weeks later after the book was published did he have any plans to sue them? was he too hurt to do something about it? Did he give up? Was a lawsuit never started because he died and Vernon just never persued one???
Calm down, zealot. You have no idea what was happening in this world or what anyone's intentions were.
I think all those guys were riding the gravy train and they were jealous. Joe Esposito and Charley Hodge loved him but couldn’t tell him what to do. Elvis was under a tremendous amount of pressure. Too much.
@@langyd4518 You can not sue if its the truth. He was heavily addicted. hence thats why the early death.
What? Are you OK?
He was very ill he needed his friends but they left it doesn’t matter now but he died all alone that is sad to me
He had his father, Joe Esposito, Jerry, Ginger, Billy & Jo Smith, Lisa Marie, not sure how many others.
Tish his nurse lived on the property
@@lisap3344 Vernon was married & had his own home,. But yes,. He was there! Wonder where all those people slept? That house is not that big! I figure about 5 bedrooms,. Maybe! Lisa is in one room,. Elvis is in another room,. That just leaves 3 room! Maybe there’s 6 rooms,. But I really don’t see how!
@@jimcowan8770 most had mobile homes on the property
Vernon and his family lived behind Graceland on property in his own house.
I can't believe Red recorded his phone conversation with Elvis
Very devious, recording his conversation with Elvis like that. Same thing Anita Wood done.
Recording this phone call says volumes about Reds character . Many pictures of both Elvis and Red together in groups where Red is looking at Elvis the look on Reds face is very telling. I think Lisa Marie was right about his so called friends. So sad! Elvis deserved better.
There’s no way a tell all book like that would cure any drug addict, I can’t believe that’s the purpose it was written. I could never back stab someone I had been that close with, not even my worst enemy. All these people who wrote tell all books about Elvis need to fess up to their own dirty laundry and see how they like it aired.
Yeah and at the end of the taped conversation ( I’m sure Elvis didn’t know he was being taped) even stated he would always be around for Red and his wife if they need him. Poor Elvis being back stabbed by Red, a long life so called
Friend. I’m sure they have made amends on the other side so let’s just bury this negativity . They are all at
Peace and we are not to be the judges of anyones lives, just our own when we depart this lifetime.
Doesn't even sound like Elvis on the tape!!
It sounds exactly like him. The tape is authentic.
I’m a huge fan of elvis Presley’s I love 💕 elviss music and flims too elvis will always be the king 👑 of rock and roll 🎸 my dream is to visit Graceland and communicate with elvis elvis was an amazing entertainer that ever lived tcb ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️🕺all the way 11:03am
They say the book was to help him... Then why do it right after you get fired? And not do it before when you were employed??
Double standard. You know if you got fired at once with one week notice. After all these years. How can you earn money. Plus they just told the truth about Elvis. Elvis was a druggie. Lets face it, beautiful man, beautiful talent, the image is like perfect. But he was addicted and not so christian after all.
@WarriorBlood so do you think when people get fired from their jobs they get a notice and get money?.... most people that get fired don't get a notice and then they wait on their last paycheck!.... and you weren't there you don't know what all was going on.. none of us do!! And you think they told the truth?.. how do you know they told the truth?.... all these books about Elvis are 1 sided Elvis can't defend himself! And they get paid big money for trashing him! And your last statement.... we are not here to judge anyone!! Judge not lest you be judged!!
@@WarriorBlood777he didn't do actual drugs he did prescription drugs for pain and to help him sleep and who are you to be judgemental I see a lot of you do that today y'all are always being judgemental towards celebrities from the past like you are so perfect and like you're nothing sinful at all.
Makes me so sad to hear this.. Elvis saying he was in the best shape of his life.. Shows you, Red had no chance to get through to Elvis.. The people who never knew Elvis personally, ' people like me, 'we love him like he was one of our closest family members.. Would do anything for him.. This saddens me.. 40 dam years old.. He was in his prime! These days when most people don't even have much success before the age of 40. What could have still been! Makes me feel so angry..
He was 42 but yeah you’re right.
Tape does not sound like Elvis
@@virginiahenning922 this is a bad copy of the tape.
@@virginiahenning922 it does sound like him to me,just saying
It makes me sad also,it breaks my heart that he felt anything but happiness,to be at the top but yet so lonely,he deserved so much more TCB⚡️🥰❤️EP ALWAYS
Se vengaron de Elvis por dinero y también por envidia. Gente envidiosa sin oficio ni beneficio, demostraron que no fueron buenas personas con Elvis, lo traicionaron.
Elvis trust in people who are backstaberd
Because of this book he Got heart attack. They killed him
Ekunsa Nope !
What about the 20 + times they saved his life?? This time they weren't there to save him.
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Red shouldn’t taped he and Elvis’s conversation ! that really wasn’t fair to Elvis ! Bless his heart all he ever tried to do was bring along Red and the other guys to enjoy his ( Elvis )!Historic life too , l wish l could buy that book ( the one Red , Sonny and Dave ) wrote , l don’t like giving my debit card number out but l could write them a check , for it lam a honest person l would love to have that book , or if someone would trade me that books for the Ginger n Elvis book , either way thank you 🙏🕺
There was more friends he has that witnessed his problems and they didn't turn on him. Except for the Sonny and red book most everybody wrote their book after he passed. That book came out 2 weeks before he passed. You know he was hurt . Plus he didn't fire them his dad did. I've read that book. Despicable fake friends!
Sad he didn’t curb his anger … the phone call with EP did not flatter Red….a prideful ego raised an ugly head.
I don’t think that sounded like Elvis!
Red could care less of Elvis . Greed was his endeavor …. But even still, you can tell the true decency in Elvis . He was the better man. The book came out after Elvis died . That should tell you all you need to know .
The book came out two weeks before Elvis died. He knew about it and tried to prevent the publication. Red and Sonny West plus David Hebler where, according to Elvis, fired because they caused problems in the hotels they stayed in which led to several lawsuits. Vernon told them that they were fired because Elvis had to cut down expenses. According to Ginger Alden Elvis got very depressed about the book of his supposed friends. Elvis had bought houses for them, cars, put their children through school, paid their salaries and took them along in his private planes, hotels, Californian mansions, on movie-sets and to Germany. Elvis Presley couldn't understand that they paid him back by defaming him for money. Red West lived on Elvis' pockets from the very beginning i.e. 1955/1956. Red West, a former school friend of Elvis, must have been very jealous because the only thing he had going for himself was his association with Elvis Presley. They are/were dishonorable men. The cousins Sonny and Red died but worthless David Hebler is still alive. Ginger Alden said she couldn't understand that these 3 traitors were allowed to work as tour guides in Graceland mooching on their connection with a generous "friend" that they blackened for money.
From history, Elvis was a generous guy. He lacked trust in most people, surrounding himself with just a few. He did have a problem with medication. He did have drs who were pumping him dry, remember, elvis did not use medical insurance for his drs. paid cash......that is part of the major problem, why those drs did not try to get him off all those meds.....drugs etc...as red mentioned, how many times did they and others try to help Elvis, but the Drs would continue presecribing him meds. Those are the ones who should be held liable........Elvis was dependent on all those meds......leading to his obesity, high BP, cholesterol. colon issues etc....and then his heart failure.
I read the book. They were jealous of Elvis. They also accepted many expensive gifts from him. They complain that they were under paid and under appreciated. They were grown men who felt they were treated unfairly, but chose to stay near him, because there was no way they could continue to live the lifestyle they enjoyed without staying close to Elvis. Red went to Germany with Elvis and left angry because Vernon did give him enough money. They got small movie parts because of Elvis. This book says much more about them than it does about Elvis. Both Vernon and Colonel Parker saw them as leeches, and didn't want them around. I see them the same way and feel sadly that they contributed to his problems.
Red joined the marines in 1956 because Elvis paid him nothing for a year or so. He worked for free up until then. Elvis didn't pay them much. They were married with children so they did odd jobs to make more money. Elvis demanded these people protect his life. They put their lives on the line. Then, Elvis would turn around and brag to other stars that his men were so devoted to him that they would die for him. Elvis was not prefect.
Elvis: What Happened?
Author Steve Dunleavy
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date May 1977 (UK) 1 August 1977 (USA) ------- So was released the month Elvis passed in the US .......... HEARTBREAKING
Certainly was, ..I wonder how they felt.
@@shaunbat5097 PATHETIC!....He's known him forever and recorded the call! I have a link to the 45 min conversation on my Elvis channel IF you'd like to hear it!!!! It's disgusting and Elvis is so polite and forgiving
They were trying to save him from himself. No doubt
Where was Elvis at the time Vernon told Red that he did not have a job anymore in July of 1976.
The book was realsed well before elvis death
Yes 10 days before I think and I read where Elvis tried to get it stopped! But I read Elvis did read it then died soon after I think it was 10 days OK found it ------ Elvis: What Happened?
Author Steve Dunleavy
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date May 1977 (UK) 1 August 1977 (USA) ------- So was released the month Elvis passed in the US .......... HEARTBREAKING
I think about 2 weeks before.
It does and doesn't sound like Elvis, regardless if it is Elvis why tape the conversations, sorry I don't understand why you'd do that , however Elvis being Elvis and saying he's always there for them. RIP ELVIS x
You are correct. it did not sound like him. the other thing Red did not like Priscilla, so I was really surprised that Elvis mentioned the wedding? why would he say that when he has Lisa Marie to think of. That is a slight to Lisa Marie his precious child from the marriage. Sir EP loved both Priscilla and Lisa Marie. So I believed you. Red did that bs to support their nasty lash back, but I honestly believe you, coz those were my thoughts when I listened to the recording. he is dead now that Ref from cancer. punishment for betrayal of a wonderful human .
It's definetly Elvis ... you need to listen to the whole convo .... Elvis didn't want to go through with the wedding ... he promised her step dad so he had no choice when he started threatening him to marry her ... then Parker got involved n with what happened to JLL ... it could of ruined Elvis' career! He said to ML five mins before the ceremony he didn't want to go through with it ... his maid seen him crying the night before n said he didn't want to go through with it ! ML hated Priscilla too he said it on EIN... At the end of the day there were wrongs on both sides .
@@jrc8640 I have different opinions on that but respect we all have our own thoughts etc .
Elvis told red in this convo he was RAILROADED in to it ... that's enough confirmation out of the horses mouth!!
@@jrc8640 like I said I'm not convinced this is Elvis and even if it is ...my point is more why you would tape private conversations ...don't understand that at all!!
I believe they loved each other Peace to both souls...
L T when you love some one you do not do that Red was a big traitor to Elvis..
@@susiemitchell8555 agree 💯
@@susiemitchell8555 exactly. Those guys costed him more than they were worth. They needed to be gone. Low life mooches!
@@dwilmath oh yes so many times Elvis paid out COMPENSATIONS of the antics roughness on fans they took drugs drank sex with underage kids beat up a 16 year old kid not knowing it was the MAYOR son .. Elvis did so much for Red, Sonny Dave and they wrote that book out of revenge and spitefulness both dead Red and sonny but Dave Hebler still living and still making money out of Elvis TODAY a shallow old Idiot
There were WRONGS on both sides!!!
read that they were fired by vernon because red attacked and beat up a few people unjustly because he thought they wanted to hurt elvis during the show. They took it to court and Elvis had to pay them a lot of money for personal injury several times. That's why he was penniless towards the end
I'm sorry Elvis that you had such a jerk or jerks for "friends". They were friends alright as long as they were being paid!
Personally he should have told them to their faces he was letting them go. He wasn’t obligated as he did plenty for them all, but as lifelong friends it would have been more respectful to do so. Sure part was for money and I have no doubt they really really wanted him to get it together more than anything. They were always gracious and thankful for everything g he did for them and the experiences they had together.
They were being heavy handed with the fans and Elvis told his dad to give them 6 week wages, take that time off and come back after that - his dad sacked them and they took the huff and destroyed him.
His dad paid the 1 weeks wages according to them.
RED WEST WAS DISGUSTING WRITING THAT BOOK SOME FRIEND
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And it didn't end with the book. Red West was still trashing Elvis years later; just check out his various interviews & documentaries he took part in.
My opinion, they shouldn't have went ahead with the book, I wouldn't give it a moment and don't know a person who's read that.
Doesn't fully sound like Presley but it's not a clear recording.
When Elvis says we’re friends on a private line, I wonder if he knew he was being recorded. He had great intuition
I think so!!! I think this was DAMAGE CONTROL on Elvis' part
I was thinking the same thing. This recording has Elvis as a good friend while Red as a bad one. I think Elvis was very observant and smarter than given cresit
Red & Sonny supposedly did a lot to be fired. Yes, they were let go poorly but handled it wrong. Both were also using speed, downers and all sorts of drugs and acting erratically themselves.
Red felt like Elvis owed him something more, (exactly why he recorded the conversation) that he was somehow now being excluded from being Elvis' BFF.
The recording begs the question...why record it? To get more money? Negotiate getting rehired? Blackmail?
Again, the theme of jealousy within the group was probably the strongest when eminating from Red, especially after the wedding to Priscilla when he supposedly smashed up a room and stormed off back home in a tantrum. Obviously why Elvis even mentions it.
He's sounds really f***ed up to me. Sad on all accounts
Red seems to have tried to help Elvis then he left or or fired. I find Red to be a man and answer the phone and talk to Elvis
If Elvis had agreed and done the movie “A Star Is Born” we would have had another Elvis. He would have made that movie more than Kris! It would have him receiving Oscars for the rest of his life
Super les amis un livre bien degueulace sur notre elvis les frères west et un gars je ne sais plus son non en tout qu'a il était malade mais ils l ont fait mourir avant de peine en parlant de son addiction a certains produit illicite .
I don't think Elvis was fooled at all. I think he knew he was being recorded.
THAT IS ELVIS SPEAKING
ELVIS TAPED ALL TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS
No red taped it!
No he didn't. Where did you get that from. He rarely spoke on the phone.
You always make sad videos about Elvis
They were actually fired because they were being too rough with fans and causing Elvis to incur lawsuits.
No I don’t think Elvis had any intention of marrying Ginger.
not saying he didn't propose there is too much evidence , but he did call it off he said he was not getting wat he needed from ginger he told larry cos he asked him to marry them he went back to larry and told him forget it he had changed his mind larry had a licence to marry people in california !!
This is NOT Elvis speaking !
It is ... n his personality .. put headphones on
Sorry, but this does NOT sound like Elvis, even with headphones....
Celebrities can be hard to be around sometimes, Red probably has some truth to what he wrote. I'm sure THEY'RE ALL" pissed off about something?
Sad to hear his denial. Maybe Elvis deep inside knew he was f up, but couldn't face it. I give credit to Red West for trying to shake some senses in Elvis,but it's a big no no to record people without the approval 😔😔Rip The King Elvis ❤️🎶
In some states, you cannot, NOT USE a tape recording UNLESS you have permission from the other party to record. Wonder if Red violated that...
By the time Sonny and Red said anything, it was too late for Elvis. They should have said something back in 73 when Elvis overdosed. Had Elvis straightened himself out, worked on his fitness, fired the colonel and gone to Europe like he wanted, he'd have lived well past 1977. He had already demonstrated he could go off the pills and get quickly into shape for the Aloha tour - though his methods may have been a bit extreme.
Elvis Presley had severe healthproblems mostly inherited from his mother, who died at 46 and had 3 brothers and a sister, who also died young. Elvis couldn't sleep without medication and very painful bowel problems.
@@jannekedevries2360 The inherited heart problems/alpha gene has not been confirmed, just theorized by a fan who wrote a book. I don't deny it's possible just that there is a difference between what is has been confirmed and what has not. What we DO KNOW is that Elvis was taking nearly lethal doses of prescription barbiturates, opiates and amphetamines near the end of his life. This usage exacerbated his health issues and is a likely cause for the cardiac arrest that took him from this world.
@Robert Northrop no.. the genetic gene Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency was listed in his postmodernism test..
This was not speculation from someone that wrote a book.... I myself found the info by just researching.... before I ever knew there was a book out about about his family history.. the name of the book.... destined to die young by Sally Hoedel this book explains his genetic health genes.... there is also another book The strange medical saga of Elvis Presley by Forest Tennant MD. Being a physician he gives more detailed medical information....
If people want to believe all bs books on Elvis.. knowing he's not here to defend himself..... then at least go all the way and more research !!
I dont think people who are making these comments about the body guards really know what they went through. I know what its like to live with someone whos addicted. Its hell. When they dont get that high their looking for they get mean and sometimes physical with you. They say hurtful things to you. You can help all you can but it wont mean nothing if that person doesnt want to stop. It has to be that person. These body guards suffered everything from elvis when they tried to intervene. Some threatened the doctors prescribing the meds but got threatened by elvis. Some stole pills and filled them with air. So trying to help got you fired or shunned from the group. Elvis was so private no one knew this was going on. And by writing a book it told the world and the intent was to get elvis help. and when elvis fired them there was no severance pay after 20 years. Most everyone would crap a brick if it was them. Family fight now and again i think eventually elvis would have hired them back.
They were all drinking, partying and taking drugs themselves; didn't have a leg to stand on.
Elvis was mumbling and was delusional, and I know I'm going to get hate, but it's true. Red was wrong for what he did, but Elvis couldn't be stopped, his drugs took over his life, everyone was fed up, but loved him
I don’t believe this is the voice of Elvis. It sounds like a fake recording.
I grew up listening to Elvis songs. The best there ever was. I admire him so much and wish I saw him live. It doesn’t sound like him somewhat but he seems to be heavily medicated. I get medication obviously helped him get through the day but how can he function properly being so heavily medicated.
Doesn’t sound like Elvis to me.
But he was a drug addict