Elvis Presley fighting stories told by the Memphis Mafia. Love affairs drugs temper funny sad legend
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2018
- These are just some stories that I found very interesting and relatable. Hard to imagine all of these men would had set around and collaborated fictional lies in order to have relevance in life. Is there some exaggeration, or perhaps left out details? I would say yes, but the overall human side of Elvis makes him more intriguing. IN MY OPINION!
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If they really Loved Him, they would have kept some of these stories to themselves.
Why? .. these people regardless of their fame ..are still just people.. no better than you and no worse ..they have the same wants and desires u do ..except they are better equipped financially AR d ue to fame and also they are better practiced at being off the hook..
Very true.. they werent good for him
Right on. Is all about money honey. Just like is shrewd ex-wife, kept bleeding him for money, after divorce. Yes, she put Graceland, on the map. But she was also robbing Lisa, from her trust. Paying herself $900,000, a year. Doing nothing, for it. . I think she did that not for Lisa. So she can keep living off Elvis money. Look, now she thinks, Lisa's trust belongs to her. She was a user. Like everyone else that wrote a book. She also wrote a book, making Elvis sound like a monster. He was human, he wasn't a God. If Priscilla, really loved him, she shouldn't had writing that book. That's was between then 2, the world didn't had to know. What the hell happened to privacy??.She wanted more money, from the book. And Elvis, was dead, could not defend himself.
Exactly, I am sure they had angry moments, Elvis helped them out in so many ways. All they doing is rubbishing Elvis. You guys aren't perfect
What stories?
These men enjoyed the ride of Elvis’ fame + fortune until his health became so precarious that his father, Vernon laid them off. Their response was to write a book about Elvis’ flaws out of spite + for money. This saddened Elvis and his response was, “They gotta do what they gotta do.” He died weeks after. Elvis made peace with His Maker, his Lord + Saviour Jesus Christ before he died + is with Him right now. I’ve read, watched + listened enough to confidently arrive at this conclusion.
I love Elvis too, but maybe you should read the book before you judge them. Elvis was a raging druggie by 71 & if you don't believe that then you have blinders on. These are the guys that protected Elvis, not Joe or Charlie or Jerry or the Colonel who used him.
Yes why did just these certain men get fired?They were getting into lawsuits ,they roughed up a fan even.Yes the book was written to ruin him.He bought them things that we could never afford to have.I hope it bothered them after Elvis died and as they got older.
They were fired cuz they wrote the book. They tried to help Elvis but he wouldn’t listen! And it was written months before his death not weeks!
I am speechless 😢 these are truly mean people with no souls nor gratitude. 😡
This people live Elvis life 24/7.All good and all bad things...
That story with a gift certificate from McDonald’s, Joe Esposito told the same story only these guys left out that he did it as a gag and gave everyone a real gift afterwards. Funny how they left that out
C’est vraiment des chiens
That's what I said, these 5 all lie they all used Elvis the money the gifts cars etc. They were doing drugs with Elvis! They all hated Cilla they were jealous saying Elvis was made to get married he didn't want to says Marty, that's not true, I hav a interview with Elvis he stares Priscilla was the best thing that ever happened to him the happiest was the day Lisa was born, now there was 3 of them he says they were a family!❤️
Hard to imagine what the Memphis Mafia boys would have done without Elvis? Not really. They lucked into a life of excess by basking in the fame of Presley.
Sos true c Elvis can't reply sure he's pissed abit in heaven
Elvis helped a whole lot of people with money , and never got anything for it, and I am glad that some of his "Memphis mafia" group mentioned the good that Elvis did. I think Elvis appreciated loyality and unfortunately some were not loyal
Elvis was human. He had his moments. I’m sure these guys had their moments.
100% agree. The frailties in life is what makes life interesting.
@@AdrianEmbrey1979 the only one’s I. Trust and believe on stories and what Elvis did and didn’t do is family only. & others Like Mindi. & Larry 😉
Exactly. 🌱
Yeah like ending up trying to still make money off his legacy, by writing trash books about Elvis. Read any???
Nah, he’s definitely an alien of sorts. Purple velvet pants with matching cape blazer usually would be enough, but going on about how he’s studied drug abuse (while on enough cocaine to take down an elephant) and communist brainwashing techniques…… seems quite alien to me. lol. The most requested photo from the U.S. national archives.
Elvis was a man in a cage. He couldn't go any where like a normal man.
Not true! Elvis lived a good exciting life for years....of course he could not go out like other people...but being Elvis had its privileges!!! He loved being Elvis....
No he was t why cause he was sooooo beautiful n gorgeous !!!!!!! He had nadd security !!!!!!!! Jealous much ?!!!!!
@@ispy9189 yesss you are sooo right , he did !!!!!!!! He did have hatters , of course , esp the ugly mfs faje celebrities and other men !!!!!!
@@michellejimenez79 My mom worked for Elvis for many years until his death...she knew Elvis from the early 60s ...l practically grew up at Graceland....ll saw Elvis all the time as a kid. My mom lived Elvis! We know...
I’m not loving these guys talking crap after he’s gone. No thanks. Yeah he was human but at this point he was gone.
I can't even imagine the pressure and stress that comes with being the king of rock-n-roll. It had to be more than one human being could carry and keep smiling
They were jealous and Mad cause their free ride was over so they decided to put him down with fake stories for money they all pos
Lo hanno spremuto come un limone povero Elvis era troppo buono per questo mondo
In an early interview Elvis himself said "I know I have a temper on me."
Poor Elvis. Everyone was so greedy and dependent on him that they couldn't dare be honest with him and tell him they were worried about him and that he had to go to rehab.
They were scared they'd get fired.
A real friend would take the blows, and risk him getting angry, and he'd have forgiven them.
Maybe he just really needed someone who cared.
I think they did care, but it was too little, too late.
I bet they really regret losing him.
And I bet they miss him.
Heck, I miss him, and I've never even met him!
Sucker
They were blessed to be part of a world that only others can dream of. They should be grateful and not be talking about the man after he is gone and not here to defend himself. You know what they say. There is always two sides of the story.
Exactly and with friends like these who needs enemies.
These two (at the beginning) bug me. As soon as Vernon fired them, they wrote a tell-all book, even before Elvis died. Jerry Schilling wrote one, 2006 once getting permission from Priscilla. Larry Geller was the hairdresser. He and Jerry, and the cook (Mary Jenkins) were the only 3 that didn't use him.
There is nothing you could tell me about Elvis that would sway my love for him.
Same. He was an imperfect man and he did have a temper, but I’ve always known this about him. That being said, he was a lovely, kind soul and would give you the shirt off his back. 💛
I remember reading "Elvis What Happened" in 1977, it didn't stop me from being a big fan.
Exactly. I've been a fan since i was 8 years old. I'm 57 now. I will be a fan until the day i die. I wonder what Elvis would think of his so called friends and the stories they tell about him now. Especially when they werent exactly choir boys either
@@gregclark3268 exactly I couldn’t agree more!!!
Same here! Love, respect, and prayers. 🥰
I can only imagine the stress and pressure on Elvis all the time. He had all these people depending on him for their livelihood, he knew it and didn't want to fail anyone he cared about.
Elvis Presley was also a human being we all have our faults I miss him so
This is what happens when you mix business and friendship.
What a shame . The Doctors who gave him the drugs should have been stripped of everything and put in prison !
Yeah....it's the doctors fault.
He would’ve just gotten them from someone else.. he was an addict
@J Kennimer that does not excuse Dr Nick from over prescribing. He is a doctor who took an oath but he didn't have to be a part of it. Elvis was not the only person Dr Nick over prescribed. That's why he was dubbed "Dr Feel Good". He finally was stripped of his medical license.
These guys don't say all these scripts all the pills wasn't just for Elvis it was all for them too
Drugs change people. Its just so horrible that his manager got him so addicted. I would live to have seen elvis live a live a ling and healthy life.
Very much appreciated hearing about "the human side" of Elvis. Hey, i ain't perfect either. And none of us know what it's like to be the most famous person on the planet.
In the planet
Muhammed Ali was and still is much more known than Elvis.
@@plainolamerican
With all due respect, I`ve always loved Muhammed Ali, but I`ve come across a lot of people that never heard of him. I`ve never met anybody who hasn`t heard of Elvis.
@@lechat8533 Have you travelled abroad?
@@lechat8533 I have met someone who had never heard of Elvis!
A Chinese man who volunteers with me at a Red Cross shop in Auckland NZ. Don’t worry he knows really well about who Elvis is now.
Priceless stories , remember Elvis was a musical genius and genius people have their own way of doing things. I’m not justifying violent behavior but he didn’t have a private life/normal life since he was 19.
Sad
@@tonyh4966 Bro you and I were not there. Its all hearsay. Did Elvis get angry at his bodyguards ? Yeah Of course he had his character flaws like any person. Did he fire them? Yes many times. But he was also kind and generous to them and to others who worked at Graceland.He was a musical genius So if you have never had a number one hit I think you’d better shut up about someone who impacted the world like you never would. Enjoy your day.
@@tonyh4966 ego is all
@@tonyh4966 they could have walked out anytime. They lived off Elvis. Heard one of the wives saying they would miss the vacations. I think it went both ways.
@@tonyh4966 So Your point is : Elvis was unkind to the Memphis Mafia? Yes of course he was he quarreled with them he told them to kill that karate teacher that had a relationship with Priscilla. He kept them awake at night yes he probably did other stuff that you don’t like, I get it. Elvis wasn’t a saint I’m not denying that. It’s just that you never will reach the levels of excellence he achieved in his music so you really have no right to sit here and pour out your negativity over people.
He was the most beautiful man that anyone has ever seen. Inside and out. My god he was handsome. Impossibly handsome. His voice was pure heaven. He was perfect. He had everything. He had everything but his freedom. He paid a price for being the most famous and loved person on the planet. No one but ELVIS knew what it was like to be ELVIS. It would have been better if he had not have become famous. He might still be alive if he had become just an ordinary person like the rest of us. He did not deserve to go so young. Such was the price of his fame. He was loved to death.
O.D. Is what got him. Lord didn't want him back. He O.D.
Elvis was a drug addict, egomaniac, and a violent asshole.
Speak for yourself most loved on the planet lol get real
He was also a fat drug addict
"Impossibly Handsome" is a great way to phrase it!
I believe he suppressed alot of his anger and feelings which caused him to lash out at minor things, which happens to any human
Those jumpsuits were heavy, hot and when you're nervous, responsible for the salaries of several people, facing time schedules set by Col, putting up with good and bad fans and all the while being doped up to perform, doped up to sleep, I'm absolutely sure it all
made him uncomfortable and even more quick tempered. Everyone has a breaking point and he was human. I sure wouldnt have pissed him off.
Yep the dope got him. The weight, the unpredictable moods, exaggerated reactions…not even Elvis could beat dope. And since he was Elvis, he had all he wanted on demand
@@MrLaurak12 and "yes men" are dangerous as they enable and allow it all.
Well said. 😢
I get the feeling that since Elvis took care of everyone and I mean EVERYONE between his lazy family and his wife’s lazy family and didn’t wanna let anyone down that his only escape and vice was drugs. That unfortunately was all that could ultimately make him happy. Ultimately it’s what most likely killed him.
There are some tough stories about Elvis to hear/read but they don't stop us from loving him. In the end, I blame those who enabled him and fueled his addictions. He didn't know better or at least by the time he did, it was too late. Those pills can impact your mood and demeanor. Elvis was human with the same frailties and flaws we all have only with 1000% of the pressure.
Plenty of blame goes to Elvis himselvis!
Yeah he had some moments. Everyone does. He was under alot of pressure. Still love him
Did you know him?? Were you around him. You were and are in love with an image. A star. This is what Hollywood did. They made people into God's
@@leestimis9264 wrong choice of words. I don't worship anyone on this earth. I found in general people are assholes
@@leestimis9264 bro just stop
@@chrishandsome4267 were you alive when he was?? And I'm not your bro!!
I'm a woman. I watched him live on t.v.
Did you??
@@leestimis9264 I’m tryna watch you live on TV what’s up girl
Red was the biggest traitor of them all!
Real CREEP!
Who wouldnt in the world be jealous of that beautiful and sooo talented man !!!!!
Memphis mafia was just memphis leaches. Leaching off of Elvis !
I want to hear the stories where they all got together to intervene to get him off drugs.
Wonder if they ever lost their tempers? As a matter of fact Elvis fired Sonny and Red because of all the law suits he had from them ruffing up the fans. It was so bad Elvis had his Graceland in hock fighting these lawsuits. This is probably part of the reason Elvis had his heartattack. This is life and people lose their tempers. They could have quit anytime they wanted. They tell their side but Elvis cannot tell his side, isn't that convient. R.I.P Elvis.
Elvis and Vernon's arguments remind me of mine and my dad's. We'd damn near come to blows yet we always loved each other as soon as it was done.
Should never come to blows with your father regardless.
Unfortunately Elvis had a serious problem with controlled substances and if anyone has ever struggled with addiction you can completely understand the ups and downs, the terrible sleep patterns and Unfortunately the weight gain!! I love Elvis and completely feel for the life he had to manage. 💔. Miss him 😢
Family members can attest to the effects of their loved ones that are addicted. You see the personality changes and it's heartbreaking!
Elvis always had an attitude he had it from his mother
@@AnneliesRosseel narcotics make it 100X worse..
Same. 🌹
See how Jerry Schilling isn't there? The one loyal friend of the Presley's, through it all, even today.
Yes, because Jerry stopped working for Elvis in 1972. He wouldn't know anything about the last 5 years of his life.
Pump a guy full of drugs until he's a complete addict and work him like a hamster on a wheel while the whole world criticizes him in the papers and on tv, and wow! Big surprise. The guy acts unreasonable from time to time. Can't imagine how that can happen.
Look all-round you ... it's the same deal for everyone.. just flavored different ... selling your ass is selling your ass ..no matter . . What your wearing .. I'm not sure but my bet is it's like beer except lite beer of course it always tates like piss.. .. but getting on your knees is the same every where .. the taste washes out after the first few shots when your done .. cept lite beer ..it taste like piss nomatter what ..beginning middle and end... then again.. some things taste like shit at the end .. .. still .. it's b the same for rich or poor ... except .. it's easier to get whiskey for mouth wash when your rich ...
nobody pumped him full of drugs but he himself..
Elvis Presley was HUMAN
He was a sensitve Capricorn dude I know that person well
Sounds like a drugged out asshole
@@bradlott9876 YOU will be forgotten about in less than 5 years after you die. Made little to no impact in your life. ELVIS worked for a better life for his family and changed the world
@@virgiljohnson9880 he wanted to help everyone who he felt needed someone to help them. Like this lady who got hit by a car. It would break anyone’s heart but Elvis hsd the means to help so he took action. God bless him.
People have to remember that
Elvis is the king there will never be another
Chuck Berry is the King. Elvis is a subordinate.
@@markdavid4897 That title has been taken long before both of these guy's but they were great artist of there time.
Elvis shrugs that title off in a interview in jet magazine and stated he is not the king and BLK folks sings better than him !
upchurch
@@markdavid4897 thank you for the laugh I needed that today
I posted this video because I thought the stories were very interesting. Obviously Elvis done many positive things but these were some of my favorite. Reminds me of the saying: “"our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought"
I will say my favorite positive story is in reference to the lady that couldn’t walk and couldn’t afford a wheelchair so Elvis and some guys went over to her house with a brand new electric wheel chair that he helped put her in that chair personally, and I believe he gave her a kiss. The best part of that story is upon leaving her house, one of the guys said: “Elvis, I don’t think she knew who you were.” His response was: “It doesn’t matter, she knows that someone cared.”
Friends don't usually sit around sharing bad moments about the friend that they're supposed to know and loved. Obviously they're trying to get attention because we all have our bad moments that we really don't want repeated shame on you guys
Money,money money😢
Elvis was surrendered by fade friends at all that times 😱
I like those southern guys, they know how to fight and handle things
Gus W it’s definitely more so of a southern thing, not that there isn’t other parts of the us that can fight obviously
Except during wars you mean then they get their asses stomped.
Except in the ring, the cage the mat and they seem to need weapons and six to one numerical superiority in fighting black dudes. Other than that I guess they are ok. I never had trouble beating them in any format.
@@deejin25 What a foolish thing to say. You're a legend in your own mind.
I couldn't imagine all those fun times with Elvis. Lots of great stories
Fun times with Elvis sticking guns under peoples throats.
I can tell that Sonny was still very emotionally hurt by Elvis hitting him after all of these years.
Yes he is. Elvis was not himself on those damn drugs
Well Sonny was also one of the guys that wrote the book about Elvis telling the world about his problems at a time when there was no help for those certain problems and those kind of problems were very looked down upon. I think they wanted to ruin him. And if it wasn’t Elvis they were talking about, they would have. He died 10 days after the book the came out. Some of them are trash
@@KittyKittyBangBang249 EP was very tender and I bet that book truly bothered him. It is not a book to write or at least to write with him alive.
@@KittyKittyBangBang249 True. Everyone wanted a piece of him. There was a lot of infighting and jealousy within the Memphis Mafia.
I got to meet Sonny once and spoke with him briefly. I said, “I bet it was a lot of fun being around Elvis.” He said, “It was at first.
Before the drugs. After he was on drugs, Elvis was very explosive in a fraction of a second.”
Sonny said that when Elvis was in a bad mood at Graceland, that one could feel the tension even without seeing him.
Red and sunny are wrong that’s right Elvis had every right to get mad at his security people that he was paying and supporting what their house is their car as they are there to do a job it’s easy to see how they would stop that nonsense go get the drunk lady out of the theater or away from the front rows
and if he’s upset when he comes off the stage she has every right to say that to read and to sunny or to anyone that was there to do a job.
And that’s right read should not have said what was I supposed to do read should’ve done what he was supposed to do
Remember folks its all only their interpretation, have 10 people tell you the same stories you'll get 10 different versions.
Honestly this story made me like him more, flaws and all.
I even got mad at Johnny Carson for saying that about Elvis.
That type of garbage is what fueled his early death even faster. Even the Book - Elvis What Happened where his friends talk shit..released shortly before he died.
@@Gamzor DRUGS MOFO DRUGS
@@samosasosa6684 no shit
Oh boy, damn, unreal. Funny, about all these horror stories about Elvis, they are hard for us fans to just swallow. I guess, sometimes, it's just better not to know. One thing is for sure, the man worked his ass off to provide for a whole lot of people. Rest now ol' Hoss, rest.
The same could be said for biden... . .. I'm not wishing to cast negativity on elvsi he certainly wS not run of the mill or ordinary ... he did what very few have done.. then again so did hitler.... as a passing thought... realize that .. it's the nobody's the mediocre that make some people special.. .. weird thought yes .. but have you ever lived where the weather is always nice ? . The opposite of anything is equally Important...
Elvis had a heart of gold. That could never be denied.
He truly was the best singer I have ever heard. The King of Rock & Roll.
But I can't close my eyes to how he treated Priscilla. How he cheated on her.
And that was before all the addictions.
If he had treated her right, they could have been so happy. So very happy.
He really loved her. But just couldn't stay faithful. So sad. And this goes for many celebrities in the public eye, that get carried away with the stardom, and women throwing themselves at them.
But he worshipped his daughter for sure. The Apple of Daddy's eye ❤
Yes, the Memphis Mafia went along for the ride, taking care of business.
But he wouldn't listen to them. And they proved their love over and over, by taking all the nonsense he would throw at them at times. At this point, I guess they were aware of the state he was in, the pills he was on, and the way it was completely taking over his body, to eventually be his downfall.
I can't deny though - Hearing about those "pictures", and the look on his face when talking about them, didn't sound too good did it .... I hope I'm wrong.
He became so very broken hearted...god bless him
Wow! It is amazing that Elvis never got into some real trouble in some of the things Elvis did and got away with.
Shot officer Tippett in Dallas
Jennifer Myers you really have issues. If you hate him so much get off the site.
@@jennifermyers66 I never heard that before, what happened lol?
@@lilacflower9032 she recounts one episode of Elvis shooting someone and you get your panties in a bunch and say she has "issues" and accuse her of "hating" Elvis??? I think you should take a long look in the mirror and maybe you'll see who it may be with the issues.
He got away with it because he was Elvis,
At
This time these guys were angry and on their way out because they couldn’t understand Elvis’s struggles, nobody can change anyone , we can only bring awareness, Elvis was a strong man and
Didn’t want
To be told what
To do or how to do .
There not true friends telling all his secrets and all his stories in a book and mood swings. They were doing the drugs 2
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing
Elvis was taking prescribed medication. He was NOT on Drugs. These backstabbing Users should rot in ....
Elvis presley was strong he knew how to fight bad people you wonder why he got mad about For 30 mins
He was surrounded by to many wrong people ... that's something what Ann Margret also said
Those guys just wanted the money, Im sure Elvis paid them good
Elvis had to pay for everything
The main culprit being "Colonel "Tom Parker,a man who took 70 cents of every dollar Elvis ever made.If Elvis had different management he would've been substantially more wealthy.
Wrong people for Ann Margaret... not for Elvis .. .. after all .. it was his choice .. if he had an Margaret's people around him ... he wold have been a different person .. . She was famous but .. her plan dint achive the same success did it ? These people weren't
. Computer programmers. Who fuck you by jacking up people's shit they don't even know.. they were I'm your face .. loud and noisy.. rough around the edges .. strutting like cocks on the walk .. I suppose that contributed some what to Elvis being Elvis. Like a gunslinger .. daring anybody to challenge him .. testosterone.. waving his cock like a damn wand .. and it worked .. do you think if Dr Phillips were hanging around and maybe.. Martha Stewart.. gawd.. it would have been the same show ? .. lol Martha would a been walking around with one titt hanging out bad breath.. a d both legs in the same hole in her panties . . Probly not a leg hole either .. until sh said fuck it ..I'm just stay ready to keep for getting ready .. . Panties are over rated any way .. ..let it all hang out baby .. smoking a Virginia slim .. and realizing .. that was the only thing starting with a v that would be close to ..slim .. ever again ... and she b sayn .. fuck yes !! .. doc Phil be chasing her around with wet napps urging her to clean off her chin and stop crying but the way a some one spray.. her crotch with lysol after cause ..well when our the caboose .. on the train . . It's a bit icky.. .. ... lol I wasn't there and it was not Elvis.. but .. th a t was the way one gal and some band members of that Era were up against after a show .. back when yo u had to go play small clubs in small towns .. .. .. to get exposure
Also ..this was before .. sex drugs and rock and roll was a saying ... these guys were well practiced at the art of overindulgence with everything... waay before the light weights of the so called classic rock Era Era were out of diapers.. .. ask David Allan Coe.. he made an album. With Pantera.. one of my favorite songs on that album ? .Cowboys do more dope ..than rock and rollers... . . Huh? .. .. those guys back then used to run f a t girl thru the Dr's office for scripts .. . Desoxin.. .. west coast turnarounds .. also known as black. Beauties .. had BI 62 imprinted on the capsule .. amphetamines.. . .. preludin.. . .. they kept that shit in fake tunes on amplifiers some times in big fake gold rings they wore ... putting on a front .. . .. it was a circus.. .. .. trucker speed ..benzodrine precocet amphetamine.. when the coast is clear I drive with my knees .. mix it all up like a resipe.. with coca cola and coffee..to wash it down.... .. some times I feel like my wheels ain't touching the ground ... .. I been high centered and low throttled.. when I couldn't stop.i peed in a bottle .. .but I always thought.. you would be there at the end of the line ... I been beat up ..brroke down.. loaded on truck and driven in to town .. .so lonesome I made hank Williams look like a party of five .... I been doing around the last week or so with an empty truck..I don't have a load .. but I don't care ..cause to tell you the truth .. ..I think I might b d dyn.... and it's..trucker speed ..benzo drine prcocets ..amphetamine.. black beauties and west coast turn around.. some times my wheels feel like they daon be touch Tha groun... but I always thought you would be there ..at the end of the line.. Fred eaglesmith..
Nothing anyone could say would diminish my love for Elvis. ❤️❤️❤️
Living on a pedestal is not healthy for any human being. Elvis had enormous talent but his wiring, like everyone else's, was very human.
Damn right the guy should have said “sorry Elvis I’ll get security to handle a situation like that next time” Then he acts like Elvis is out of line
It wasn't unusual for a girl to throw a scarf on Elvis, that night he was just annoyed and his friend didn't know.
God bless and R.I.P Elvis Presley 🙏🏻
I wonder where that internal anger came from at that level. Everything I've read about him, he didn't seem to be like that when he was younger. Had to be the drugs. He seemed like he was a genuinely good guy by all accounts.
I think that Charlie Hodge, Jerry Shilling and George Klein were the best friends to Elvis. He was a beautiful person inside and out. I don't care what they say about Elvis I still love him and miss him ❤ and Elvis is still the best entertainer of all time ♥
Those 3 were just yes men.
I have no sympathy for these guys-they betrayed the one person who put food in their moutns-even after Elvis died they still rode his coat tails to make money
Priscilla has done the same thing. She is worse than the MM.
Er hatte kein einfaches Leben!
Wir haben Alle helle und dunkle Seiten!
Ich liebe Ihn, so wie er war! 🌟💞🌟
It was the drugs
@@jmk0574 NO! It was the tablets!!!!!
Why are they butchering a dead man that can't defend himself Elvis carried these guys for decades and they loved every bit of it.
because after 20 years of service, they've have been fired By vernon Presley, with a letter. Elvis did no fire them himself
I don't get the vibe that this is about old friends trashing Elvis, more like just telling a darker side of a man who had terrible responsibility and crippling addictions that hurt instead of helped.
Amazing! I really loved to watch these guys talk about Elvis Thank you! Thank you very much!!!
I don't think I've ever rolled my eyes as much as I have listening to these guys especially the ones that betrayed him talk about how they would've kicked Elvis ass if they chose to instead of walking away. When I heard Sonny say, "I didn't think you'd ever hurt me like that Elvis," all I could think of was Elvis saying the same thing to both Sonny and Red after they betrayed him by writing that book about him. I believe its no coincidence Elvis died 10 days after the book came out. Red even had the audacity to secretly record Elvis during a phone call and they'd both continue making money off of Elvis until they passed. Sorry sons of b*tches.
Still making livings off E.P.
Unlike Priscilla, these guys actually loved Elvis
Totally agree with you, these guys would have been pumping gas if it wasn't for Elvis, and they were milking their relationship with Elvis till the day they died they had no respect or love for Elvis.
@@philomenamannion833 100% incorrect.
I remember hearing about that book deal. Vernon fired the "Memphis Mafia" so in retaliation and loaded up with so many piss poor excuses as to why they did the book deal ... one being how were they supposed tp provide for themselves and their families. Yeah I understand very well the reality of having a job on Monday and being fired on Tuesday. In defense of the MM that is a sickening feeling...but damn don't backstab the man who's coat tails he allowed you to hang on too all those years...did Elvis even know Vernon fired the mafia? He should have fired that leech Col. Tom Parker instead. The excuse he gave for Elvis never having having a WORLD TOUR was that the security risk was too high to go outside the US. ***what a crock*** the only thing that was a security risk was Elvis's bank account. Tom was a gambling addicted carnival "carny" employee, and EP was his personal piggy bank. SMH !!!
Yall know what i dont understand.is everyone knew Elvis had a twisted colon.or so many feet of twisted colon. Why was surgery nver done on this.this could of saved his life. And He would of felt so much better an may have lived longer .I know He is up in Heaven now with his daughter.an his mama. I will Love Him Foreva
The Smith family is prone to mood swings
Yah glady’s family..
That's not all, aperantly their genes where bad too. Elvis was destined to die young
You need to read that book
Always wondered what was true & what was fabrication for their benefit. Not sure any of them were honest.
. .✨. .hearing Marty Lacker talking about the breakfast scene between EP and Vernon, I believe it . . according to Lacker everyone knew not to speak serious stuff with EP at breakfast but Vernon kept right on at it and drove EP to his breaking point . . I believe all EP ever had a mind to do was to make life right for those he cared for. . and for Vernon to test his limits is something EP could not tolerate . . Why you ask ? . . because Vernon had little to no faith, he was a hollow man with a mean streak running through his spine, something that disgusted EP about his own father . .⚡
Vernon had beaten Gladys sometimes..so of course ELvis didn't like him that much, of course !!
@@MrDgeece . .✨. .long before I heard his Mafia guys speak of this in interviews I had seen an interview with his long time girlfriend Anita Wood, she expressed how EP would call her from the road asking her to check in on Gladys, the way Wood put it EP was afraid of VP throttling Gladys while he, EP, was away from home . .but I never much cared for VP with his beady eyes and his quiet demeanor, it’s like he was too deep in his thoughts and keeping them to himself mostly, ugh- . . Tish Henley was EP’s private nurse, she lived in the back of Graceland with her family in a trailer, she stayed living at Graceland after EP had passed and taking care of VP.
I heard her say in an interview from 2020 that she knew VP to be a selfish man, greedy too over EP’s earnings and jealous of his success . . Henley’s very candid in her accounts and doesn’t hold back, a trait that EP admired, they remained very good friends til his passing ⚡
@@MsBonijoni So Gladys was a battered wife, if she did drink it was to escape the controlling ways of her husband! No wonder she always looked sad, and why EP was so close to her, he was protecting her from VP. I've seen photos of EP standing with his dad VP and there is definite tension between them. Even in interviews where VP is present there is tension. He was as much to blame for EP's early demise as that greedy controlling Parker! It makes sense as to why Elvis wanted out.
Gladys was not an alcoholic. The new Elvis movie is full of lies.
@@Elizabeth-dw6lc . .✨I agree Elizabeth, it was due to VP’s violent ways & traits is why EP disallowed alcohol at Graceland➖ Gladys’s side of the family (the Smiths) had inherited weak organs . .her brother and sister also died young in their 40’s but no one believes it was ever due to alcoholism, they had the misfortune of being born with weak organs, and the publicity surrounding Gladys’s death had it appear that her failed liver was due to drinking, it was not true. . both EP and Lisa Marie suffered the same fate regarding their organs . .
God knows how many times these guys saved Elvis’s life.
They got paid for it.
@@marilynvillegas4698 Not much
@@brir4349 incorrect. The Colonel got paid more than he was worh
and now they run their mouth for a book deal
These guys are trash...
You can beleive anything someone says, but the truth is we will never know the truth, these guys added to there stories to some extend I believe, and they also had a choice they could have left Elvis if they wanted to. If they spoke of anyone else that way they would have been fired...Let Elvis rest in peace...
I can see them speaking the truth since theirs his TV with a bullet hole. Priscilla once said if he sees someone he hates on tv. He takes his gun and shoots them (at the TV). He was known to have anger issues and rightfully so with the amount of stress he dealt with back to back shows couple hours of sleep and subscription drugs, etc.
Elvis is ALIVE! He is resting just fine and he made it right with these men and his Father! He is alive because of his bloodline. He is alive because he escaped the evil satanic cabal. Long story. You’ll find out SQQN enough. Not only is Elvis ALIVE, but so is his twin brother who was sent to another place to be raised by family members to keep him safe. The bloodlines of the DRUZE, the bloodline of Noah, Abraham and Seth and Christ! God bless and sending love and light. 🙏🏻♥️🇺🇸
@@kay8698 Elvis said to his hairdresser they stopped hanging out with him and made him feel like a piece of meat so I don't believe him for being like that the man needed friends, not friendly snakes who just wanted money.
Elvis was badass, not the typical pretty boy popstar.
Elvis was about that life 💯💯💯 he was even more about it if you pissed him off.
Mood swings and temper came from frustration and demands from others. Elvis had a lot on his plate and too many crossing the line, these guys may have loved him but there was too much ego here.
@@Maria-z3mp sad
those guys loved Elvis cause he was RICH and famous
@@kay8698 some knew him before he was rich and famous
@@lisap3344 and stayed for the money, drugs and girls
@@kay8698 a few knew him before his fame
Perhaps it was all the drugs Elvis was taking that changed his character and had explosive mood swings. He was human, and I think towards the last years of his life he gave up on himself and his life and was so unhappy. So sad for such an amazing, generous and beautiful man! We miss and love you always EP!! ♥️♥️♥️
Oh honey...knock it off..he was a mama's boy in his best day...why do you think there are so many tribute singers dressed like this guy with the greasy hair and side burns...it's because his act to include his voice is easily imitated...hence the reason there is only 1 Steve Perry of Journey or 1 Lou Gramm of Foreigner.
@@fourseasons2349 That may be your opinion, I’ve met a-lot of mamas boys and none of them could sing. There’s only ONE ORIGINAL ELVIS, like there is only 1-Steve Perry, etc….but that does not disclose the fact that he may have deep down inside been unhappy and felt caged, do we really know, that’s just my opinion. LOVE ELVIS ♥️♥️🤩
None of these guys had a problem taking Elvis' money for just sittin on their asses...
@@graysonwalker Agreed!! I believe a lot of people took advantage of Elvis’s generosity starting off with Col.Parker and so on and so forth!!
@@graysonwalker agreed
That's your buddies Elvis ... stirring up a storm , running their mouth for money , without you here to give us your side of the story ! Rip
God bless Elvis. I'm sure it was difficult keeping your "friends" around while battling everything he was. I guarantee you that all he wanted to do was to sing to the world all while keeping a low profile and being "normal"
wow what great stories! these guys go way back to when Elvis got started. old friends.
we all get angry FFS, imagine how he felt looking after all of that lot and giving more than half his income to the colonel, I'd be pissed off too
TCB baby! TCB! Love the Memphis Mafia! 💛💛💛🔥🔥🔥
Elvis shot his car interior and would shoot out TVs routinely. He almost shot his girlfriend accidentally who was in the other room. He was out of control with the drugs. That’s crazy, dangerous and unpredictable behavior. It’s a minor miracle that he didn’t hurt anyone seriously.
RIP
I built exhibits for the mansion and the museum across the street in the 80s. One that I made was when I was asked to dig the bullets out of his garage back door and make a display out of them, which I did. The flattened 38 slugs were mounted on black velvet in a plex case and stood inside the door for a while. I kept the fake wooden bowl which I was given from Elvis' kitchen to carry the slugs home in. I gave it to a guy because he was a fan, but he brought it back saying no one believed him. I still have it in the cabinet. I built all the black and plexiglass displays in the Auto Museum. Had all his stuff at the house while I built the cases. Lots of stories about that but, another time....
@@alexdarmstaedter454 Interesting story! Elvis was shooting out TV sets and almost hit his girlfriend Linda Thompson in the other room once. She was lucky she didn’t get hurt. He was out of control with the pills and had bad behavior plus he owned hand guns. Not a good combination!
When I saw Elvis’s car on Jay Lenos Garage and the guy who owned it showed the bullet holes in the interior console, I knew that Elvis was out of control because of the drugs he was taking. I mean, who shoots a gun inside a Car? That’s crazy!
But it confirmed that it happened and the Memphis Mafia covered up all this because they didn’t want bad publicity for Elvis. Most of them were enablers and kept feeding him the pills that ended up killing him.
He took pills to wake up and to go to sleep including pain pills like Percodan. Why?
He was heavily addicted to pills and took 100 a day purportedly.
That’s just crazy! The drugs made him bloated and killed him. He was only 42.
RIP Elvis
My mother was in Elvis' home room at Humes High in 52, as well. She and Elvis worked together to decorate the Christmas party. I came up next to him on my motorcycle at the light at Pendleton and Airways, prob 1971. He was on his fringed Harley. He gave me the TCB sign and turned off when the light changed. When I had his stuff at my house to make the exhibits, 1985, a Japanese man who was an Elvis impersonator came by to see his stuff. He put on Elvis leather motorcycle jacket. It was like a religious experience to him. He reached into the pocket and found a pack of Juicy Fruit gum with one piece gone. He wanted to keep it, but I declined and took it to Graceland office and put it on Todd Morgan's desk, but he was at lunch. Later on someone came by and chewed the gum without realizing.
@@alexdarmstaedter454
Well, thanks for sharing your personal story. It’s cool that you got that close to Elvis. He couldn’t exactly live a normal life after he got so famous. He ended up cooped up in Graceland a lot.
He wanted to tour Europe but couldn’t because of the Colonel. So he was hampered. And you know how it all ended. Not well!
Anyway, I had one chance to see Elvis live in concert in 1975. I was twelve years old then. My mother and I were big Elvis fans. And who went? My mother and my older sister instead of me! I’m still pissed off about it!
My mother just barely managed to buy two separate tickets. The concert was sold out. Instead of taking me, she took my older sister who wasn’t even a loyal fan!
They ended up having separate seats. My mother was further away and had the camera. She took one picture where you can see a white speck and that was Elvis on stage. That’s how far she was! My sister was much closer and had no camera. So that didn’t work out.
So my sister got to see Elvis and never mentions him or the concert and I’m a lifelong loyal fan and I didn’t get to see him.
That’s just not right! I still listen to Elvis and my sister could care less about Elvis. Ridiculous, isn’t it? I still resent it!
My sister was always first in the pecking order because she was the oldest. I was always considered last. I was like Jan from the Brady’s yelling Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.
My sister was my Marcia and I was like Jan. The second overlooked child. I still resent that to this day! I don’t agree with how I was raised but it’s water under the bridge now.
Many ups and downs in the years with Elvis, becoming more frequent as the seventies wears on. It seems to me that, no matter what the issue and the relationship these guys had with Elvis, you could never hate him or stop loving him for the kind of human being he was. Once you're bitten by the Elvis bug, it's truly love forever!
Well said. Even many, many years later most of the Memphis Mafia were on video telling us how their lives were never the same after entering Elvis' world. Several of the guys had a few "rough" times with Elvis, but they still love him. My God, it's been 45 years since he died and we're still talking about the man. People will be talking about him for centuries. Youngsters gradually discover his incredible catalog of music. People will be talking about "Elvis" long after we're gone. Think about it...
If they weren’t making money from him they would not have put up with it. No one would. If I was on his staff and he’d pointed a gun at me, or hit me, I’d wait for the situation to calm and then smack the shit out of him with one of his guitars.
@@dixonstreetdrummer1846...pure rhetoric!
He did all the things he did out of boredom . He was a prisoner at graceland
They loved him n he loved them
It's funny,nobody from the mob has ever verified that Elvis was in a fight with the mob
I'm not at all surprised that Elvis was a generous man.
Seems Elvis didn't like being told no. He may have lived longer if he listened to people saying you need to eat healthy, change your diet and stop being a megalomaniac. Or maybe they felt it was easier just to let him have his way.
Elvis has a temper ! If he didn't he wouldn't be a King.
The irritating thing are these bunch of hypocrits! Can you imagine how many legalities he bailed these choir boys out of?! Of course, that's a different story 🙄
Exactly!
I agree !
Elvis loved his men and they loved him. No one can save anyone from themselves. I cannot stand when the public blame his guys. Drugs will phuk you up n if u don’t understand addiction you will blame everyone but the person doing them .. addiction does not discriminate
Well said! This world is full of fake ass judging people who live in a fairytale. We all have faults, and we all can weigh out positives vs negatives.
Sonny West talking about "EGO"...
He is as sorry a man that ever lived. Gopher.
And funny how they are all telling stories in front of a bunch of Elvis posters on the wall.
ELVIS 😇 ❤️ was a GIVER 💵🤑💰
Elvis had so many of these hangers-on around him. Sad.
He wanted them there though. It was his choice
The deviant wanted them around so he could secretly film them having sex in his property and add to his collection. They found 2 way mirrors, secret passages, and hidden cameras all over Graceland and the tapes he made of his family, friends and employees which was a federal crime. He was gay too. Everything about the degenerate was a lie
Thank you. Thank you for your Classic Elvis Memories. I love youse very much.
He was under pressure paying free loaders salaries...
ELVIS WAS AWESOME
Awe man that just cracked me up good! Just the thought of Elvis pulling out a gun and firing into to the ceiling because he couldn’t hear himself trying to speak because of everyone else yapping away, like WILL YALL PLEASE STFU FOR A SECOND!? I’m sure that just got TF out of everyone’s attention LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣 still have love for Elvis 😎😂😂😂😂
After their tell all book of lies.. that was the final straw for Elvis. He died not long after.
Elvis was completely controled by the drugs he was hooked on
All these stories about Elvis...they won't tell you all the robbing,using,and riding off the curtail they have all been accused of .Elvis was kind and giving ,to alot of people aswell as being ripped off by his manager. He was a mortal man of course he's made mistakes and messed up but I'm sure he's done more good for all theses guys than bad
His men did not rob him. !!
Elvis was unhappy.
That’s another reason Graceland is sooo special. You get to walk through it unescorted, stand as long as you’d like and think about those times.
I really like this video