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 5th June 2007, 05:35 PM
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I'm going to get those books. The last train to memphis
and careless love. I read this one long time ago.  Makes good fiction 
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5th June 2007, 10:13 PM
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I haven't read that one, Rusty, but like you say, sounds like pure fiction to me
The two Guralnick books are my faves and I'm sure you'd love them 
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8th June 2007, 11:03 PM
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I’ve just finished reading Me and a Guy Named Elvis by Jerry Schilling. I was looking forward to reading this book as I always enjoy hearing about Elvis from the different perspectives of people who either knew him personally, or who have done in-depth research on him. Obviously, many of the stories from these books are similar, but I find it fascinating to hear each person’s version from their own individual viewpoint, although you find they stamp their own opinions on them and naturally, they are relying on their memories of a man who died 30 years ago.
That said, I enjoyed this book as Jerry included stories of his life away from Elvis and his life since Elvis passed away. Jerry is often seen as one of the good guys in the Memphis Mafia and with his close connections to the remaining Presleys and EPE itself, I didn’t expect him to expand on any of the negative aspects of Elvis’ personality and life. That’s fine though, it was a feel good book, but if I honestly compared it to some others, I didn’t find the reader got a complete view of the man. Elvis was a very complex guy, his life experiences coloured the way he behaved. What I definitely did enjoy about the book, was seeing Elvis’ rise to stardom from Jerry’s perspective as a boy, living in Memphis, hearing That’s All Right on the radio and almost by chance, getting to know Elvis, first as a simple football player in sunday games at the local park at the age of 12 and then, hearing about how their friendship developed. What I do admire about Jerry is, that even though he always knew that there was a job with Elvis, there were times when he took himself away to develop his own career, and I think Elvis always respected him for that and that was one of the reasons their friendship lasted so long. This wasn’t my favourite book I have ever read about Elvis, but, for any Elvis fan, I would recommend reading it because it’s obvious Jerry is a man who indeed did love Elvis. In fact, he ends the book, in the acknowledgments, by simply stating, ‘ E – Thanks for everything.’  |
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31st July 2007, 03:38 PM
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I just finished reading new fiction 'Eternal Flame' by Patricia Garber. Its actually very good! It was refreshing. You can read a few pages of it here..
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 28th August 2007, 09:59 PM
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I have just ordered this one >>Elvis for Everyone: The Essential Guide to the Recorded Music of Elvis Presley
 Book Description Illustrated in full-colour throughout, this is a compendium that provides data on the complete vinyl and CD releases - official and unofficial - made by Elvis Presley throughout his whole career. A truly astonishing resource, it will not only be welcomed by his vast and loyal worldwide fan base but by music buyers in general. Synopsis This discography provides data on the complete releases - official and unofficial - made by Elvis Presley throughout his whole career. The book contains 600 colour sleeves along with information about the recordings on each album with detailed track-by-track information. It is divided into three parts: part one covers the official RCA albums from 1956 to the Elvis box set "Live in Las Vegas" in 2001; part two covers the budget albums (particularly from Elvis' later movies) and the FTD collectors label; and part three deals with some of the unofficial CD releases that have appeared over the 1990s. To cover every album is impossible so this section gives an overview of what is available to Elvis collectors. Sounds quite interesting
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28th August 2007, 10:23 PM
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Looks a good one, Derick
 You'll have to let us know what it's like when it arrives
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2nd September 2007, 08:55 PM
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Looks excellent, Carole,from what I have read of it so far
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3rd November 2007, 05:25 PM
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18th December 2007, 11:06 PM
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Elvis, Sherlock and Me by Michael Hoey is an account of growing up, working in, and meeting the stars of Hollywood from the 1940’s to the present. Hoey wrote the screenplay for six of Elvis' films and there are two chapters about Elvis including some great anecdotes and interesting insights.
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 17th February 2008, 03:12 PM
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The Quotable King Books
 Set for release on February 28, 2008 is the paperback book "The Quotable King" by Elizabeth McKeon and Linda Everett. The 173 pages book will be published in the UK by Cumberland House Publishing (ISBN-10: 188895244X, ISBN-13: 978-1888952445). Synopsis: Gathers quotations from Elvis Presley on such topics as the Army, Hollywood, fame and fortune, fans, music, and concerts. Also due for release on the same date from the same authors and publisher is the 256 pages hardcover book "Elvis Speaks" with thoughts of Elvis on fame, family, music and more in his own words (ISBN-10: 1581823940, ISBN-13: 978-1581823943). |
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22nd February 2008, 11:46 PM
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"Growing Up With the Memphis Flash" (Book Review):
 EIN reviewer, Susan MacDougall, recently delved deep inside Kay Wheeler's memoir of the heady rock 'n' roll 50's and her time with Elvis. Reflecting on Ms Wheeler's book in the context of a similar release by June Juanico, Susan offers insight into Kay's observations on important issues including how Hollywood changed Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker. Susan then gives her appraisal of whether ....Kay Wheeler’s book contains matters in common with June Juanico’s. Each different perception of Elvis is part of a mammoth jigsaw puzzle. Whether we’ll ever see the whole picture is another matter..... (Book Review, Source: EIN) |
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8th March 2008, 03:44 PM
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I'm about to post this in the Book Forum here on BJ but thought we should have it here too
 Two fantastic books that no Elvis fan should be without Last Train To Memphis  Peter Guralnick demonstrated in his definitive history of Soul music, Sweet Soul Music : Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, that he has a nearly unique grasp of the singular way in which popular music and the political culture intersect in American society. Along with Robert Palmer (Deep Blues) and Greil Marcus (Mystery Train), he has helped to craft a still pretty slender body of literature which takes pop music and its impact seriously, but also places it within a larger societal context. Now, in his two part biography of Elvis Presley, he has set out to strip away both the mythology (Volume One) and the demonology (Volume Two) that obscure Elvis and to restore some reasonable sense of perspective on the man and his music. In so doing, he offers us a new and useful opportunity to understand the personal and societal forces that converged to make him into The King, one of the genuine cultural icons of the 20th Century, and to trigger the Rock & Roll Era. There are several main factors that Guralnick cites, which appear to have had a particular influence on how events transpired. First is the city of Memphis itself, which served as a nearly perfect crucible for forging the blend of Gospel, Country, Blues and Rhythm & Blues that made up Elvis's sound. A southern city, but not Deep South, there was at least limited interaction between the white and black worlds. But most importantly for this story, the city was saturated with music. Second, Sam Phillips, owner of his own fledgling Sun Records operation, was on the scene looking for a white act that could bring the black sound to a mass audience: Sam Phillips possessed an almost Whitmanesque belief not just in the nobility of the American dream but in the nobility of that dream as it filtered down to its most downtrodden citizen, the Negro. 'I saw--I don't remember when, but I saw as a child--I thought to myself: suppose that I would have been born black. Suppose that I would have been born a little bit more down on the economic ladder. I think I felt from the beginning the total inequity of man's inhumanity to his brother. And it didn't take its place with me of getting up in the pulpit and preaching. It took the aspect with me that someday I would act on my feelings, I would show them on an individual, one-to-one basis.' Finally, there was the man, actually he was more of a boy at the beginning, Elvis Presley. And Elvis was himself the product of several forces. There was the impoverished kind of white trash milieu from which Elvis came and which gave him a sense of alienation and otherness. As Phillips said of him: He tried not to show it, but he felt so inferior. He reminded me of a black man in that way; his insecurity was so markedly like that of a black person. Then there was his mother, Gladys, who--in addition to raising him to be polite, respectful, humble, even deferential--also gave him unconditional love, bordering on worship, which he returned in kind. These forces combined, as so often seems to be the case, to make him insecure on the one hand, particularly in the manner in which he approached and dealt with people, but, on the other, left him burning with an inner certainty that he was special and was meant to accomplish great things. All of these forces combined into a volatile mix in the Sun recording studios on July 5, 1954. Phillips had brought Elvis in to work with a couple of local musicians, Scotty Moore and Bill Black, because he wanted them to do some ballads and Elvis had done some demos there, which Philips was not overwhelmed by but he thought Elvis had some potential as a ballad singer. The session was pretty desultory, if not downright unsuccessful, until that inevitable, now mythical, moment when during a break Elvis started fooling around doing Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's old blues tune "That's All Right [Mama]". Phillips, initially shocked that this quiet white mama's boy even new the song, immediately recognized that this was just the type of thing that he had been looking for and got them to record it. All of the tumblers had clicked into place. It was the nature of Memphis that Elvis and Sam had been exposed to, more like drenched in, the music of the black community. Sam happened to be looking for someone who could transport that music and, most importantly, the style and atmospherics of the music, into the white community. And in walks Elvis, that quintessential hybrid of insecurity and manifest destiny. If success did not come overnight it did come quickly and Guralnick masterfully charts the meteoric rise that took them up the charts and took Elvis to television and then to Hollywood. This first volume also sees Colonel Parker take over from Sam, the purchase of Graceland, the eventual breakup of the original band, the death of Elvis's mother and his induction into the Army. Guralnick makes it all seem fresh and exciting, carrying the reader along on the tide of events. An incredible number of famous names stud the narrative and prove to have significant roles to play, including: Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Snow, B.B. King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Eddy Arnold, Bill Monroe, Steve Allen, Milton Berle and, of course, Ed Sullivan. This is a great biography. Careless Love  Careless Love recounts the second half of Elvis Presleys life in rich and previously unimaginable detail, and confirms Guralnick's status as one of the great biographers of our time and is the follow up the the aclaimed Last Train To Memphis. This is the quintessential American story, encompassing race, class, wealth, sex, music, religion, and personal transformation. Written with grace, sensitivity, and passion, Careless Love is a unique contribution to our understanding of American popular culture and the nature of success, giving us true insight at last into one of the most misunderstood public figure of our times Peter Guralnick had considerable ground to cover in his sequel to Last Train To Memphis. A lot happened to Elvis between 1958 and 1977 and it is all explored in the 768 pages making up Careless Love ... And as Guralnick explores and analyses Elvis' life, he does so with incredible detail, insight and compassion. He celebrates Elvis Presley's genius as an artist without ignoring his flaws - but even these are presented in a balanced way. Guralnick's account avoids the over-the-top expose style so evident in many other biographies about Elvis Presley. For various reasons, many readers, particularly those who are recreational readers rather than die-hard Elvis fans, will find Careless Love more entertaining than Last Train To Memphis. Guralnick's two volume Elvis Presley biography is likely to stand the test of time as the definitive account. Until Peter Guralnick came out with Last Train to Memphis in 1994, most biographies of Elvis Presley--especially those written by people with varying degrees of access to his "inner circle"--were filled with starstruck adulation, and those that weren't in awe of their subject invariably went out of their way to take potshots at the rock & roll pioneer (with Albert Goldman's 1981 Elvis reaching now-legendary levels of bile and condescension). Guralnick's exploration of Elvis's childhood and rise to fame was notable for its factual rigorousness and its intimate appreciation of Presley's musical agenda. Picking up where the first volume left off, Guralnick sees Elvis through his tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Germany, where he first met--and was captivated by--a 14-year-old girl named Priscilla Beaulieu. We may think we know the story from this point: the return to America, the near-decade of B-movies, eventual marriage to Priscilla, a brief flash of glory with the '68 comeback, and the surrealism of "fat Elvis" decked out in bejeweled white jumpsuits, culminating in a bathroom death scene. And while that summary isn't exactly false, Guralnick's account shows how little perspective we've had on Elvis's life until now, how a gross caricature of the final years has come to stand for the life itself. He treats every aspect of Presley's life--including forays into spiritual mysticism and the growing dependency on prescription drugs--with dignity and critical distance. More importantly, Careless Love continues to show that Guralnick "gets" what Elvis Presley was trying to do as an artist: "I see him in the same way that I think he saw himself from the start," the introduction states, "as someone whose ambition it was to encompass every strand of the American musical tradition." From rock to blues to country to gospel, Guralnick discusses how, at his finest moments, Elvis was able to fulfill that dream. --Ron Hogan |
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8th March 2008, 05:17 PM
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I have got Careless Love and i have also got the paperback Audio Books too.
 i have never listened to them though because they have never been opened  Alot of Elvis memorbilia that i have, haven't been opened, i don't want to spoil them
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9th March 2008, 01:35 PM
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Revised edition of "Ancestors of Elvis Aaron Presley" released:
Professional genealogist, Lorina Bolig, has released a revised edition of her momentous research into Elvis' family tree. With more than 100 pages added and a change in its title, the 2008 volume sets itself as the definitive examination of Elvis' ancestry. Book Review on EIN http://www.elvisinfonet.com/bookreview_bolig.html Author Lorina Bolig Interview http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_lorinabolig.html |
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11th March 2008, 03:31 PM
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Book Review: "Elvis' Secret Legacy":
Elvis' Secret Legacy is a gripping fictional book full of action, adventure, excitement, humour, kidnapping, unseasonable weather effects and the paranormal. Step into a world of meditation, spirit guides, white light and auras... Adding to the intrigue around this book is the author's real claim claim to having been Elvis' date at the Humes High Prom in 1952 and the book includes a photograph of the pair in support. But is all as it sems? Read Susan MacDougall's detailed review and make up your own mind. ! (Book Review, Source: EIN) http://www.elvisinfonet.com/bookreview_susan_mckenzie.html |
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1st April 2008, 10:37 PM
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'Inside Graceland' Book Review:
Published by Elvis Unlimited, Inside Graceland is an 112 page book of never before seen pictures from the collection Sherif Hanna. More than half the photos are from 1975 and they help demonstrate just how much Graceland has been redecorated since Elvis died. Apart from the unique pictures, the book also contains quotes and stories from the people who were there in the 1970s including Linda Thompson and Sandi Miller. EIN's Sanja Meegin reviews the book and decides whether so many unreleased photos of Graceland can really be that interesting. Review on EIN http://www.elvisinfonet.com/bookreview_insidegraceland.html |
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22nd April 2008, 10:02 PM
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Excerpt Donnie Sumner’s Book
 A few months ago a poster from the FECC forum e-mailed Donnie Summer with a question about Gospel Songs that Elvis may have sung after shows that perhaps we hadn't heard. Donnie Sumner kindly replied to his question and e-mailed him a chapter from his book as a way of answering the question. The book is called 'In The Shadow Of Kings". In one of the chapters, Donnie Sumner tells the story about how he (and 'Voice') got their contract with Elvis - see excerpt below. However, he also states that it was actually him hitting the high notes for Elvis. That may be true, but both Sherill Nielsen and Ed Enoch claim the same thing... "What a voice that man's got!" I know that's what everyone was thinking when Elvis came to the close of songs like, "My Way," "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," "American Trilogy," "How Great Thou Art" and other "big production" type songs. Elvis would get into his "one of a kind" stance, eight or more carbon arch spotlights would go to full white on him, the orchestra would crescendo to their loudest peak and twelve back-up vocalists would open their mouths so wide, sometimes you could almost see their socks. Together they would attack the last note and the audience would rise to their feet with admiration at Elvis' rendering of his climatic last note. Surprise! Usually, it wasn't him. It was ME! It wasn't that Elvis couldn't hit hi notes, because his vocal range was phenomenal and most of the time he did sing the last note, but more than frequently he would point to me and I would hit it for him due to the fact that he wanted to do something else. If you notice our show videos real closely, you will see that very often after Elvis attacks his last note, it appears he is still singing but he is either kissing someone or involved in a martial arts kata of some sort. This, along with arranging the backup vocal parts, was my main contribution to the Elvis show during the time I was with the Stamps Quartet and before I organized Voice Inc. It was this ability that prompted a phone call to my home shortly after I resigned from the Stamps Quartet. After leaving the Stamps, I, along with two other gentlemen, Sean Nielsen and Tim Baty, organized a group known at the time as The Rangers. Elvis would later change our name to Voice Inc. As the Rangers, we had become a part of the Grand Ole Opry doing background vocals along with a well know female back-up vocalist, Ms. Carol Lee Cooper. Arriving home on a Saturday night after a performance at the "Opry," I received a phone call. Charlie Hodge was on the other end and he said, "Hey, man! This is Charlie. What's happening?" After we "howdied" for a minute he said, "I'm calling for Elvis. He heard you had a new group and he wants you to do him a favor." “Of course,” I said, "What is it?" Charlie went on to explain why he had called. "Tom Jones is working at Caesar's Palace and the desert air is getting to his throat and Elvis wants to hire you to come out and do his high notes for him." Quickly considering the venue from which I had just returned and the offer to go be with Tom Jones and Elvis in Vegas, I swiftly replied, “Far out! When does he want me?” When Elvis wanted something, he usually wanted it ASAP or quicker. In about three hours, I had made the necessary arrangements to cover our absence from the Opry and Sean, Tim and myself were at Big Brother Aircraft in Nashville preparing to board Elvis' private jet, soon to be en route to Las Vegas. For the next seven days, three "Opry Hillbillies" got to play "star" courtesy of my friend, Elvis. The following Saturday night, Elvis closed out at the Hilton, Tom Jones finished at Caesar's Palace and several lounge acts were concluded that starred such celebrities as Red Fox, Marty Allen, Bobbie Gentry and Jack Lord. With all his friends closing their schedule on the same night, Elvis decided to throw a big party after everyone's second show and consequently all the above mentioned artists along with the afore mentioned "Tennessee Redneck's" all found ourselves in Elvis' suite on the twenty eighth floor of the Las Vegas Hilton having a most enjoyable evening. After several hours of loud and boisterous activities, the time eventually came that I was to come to know as Elvis' favorite time of the evening. Unaware of it at the time, I was about to embark upon my "first," "Private Gospel Music Concert for Elvis." From across the room someone hollered, "Hey Donnie!" It was Elvis and I responded to his beckoning that night, just like I would eventually do countless times in the future. I said, "Yes, Sir!" Elvis called me over to where he and Linda were seated between Tom Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lord and said to me, "You remember that song you sang with The Stamps that I like so much?' I knew exactly what song he was referring to and I answered him, "Yes, Sir!" Elvis smiled at me and said "How 'bout singing it for me." When Elvis smiles at you and ask you for a favor, how can you refuse! I said, "OK" and called for Sean and Tim to join me. After going to the piano against one wall in the suite we began to sing an extremely old gospel hymn called, "In The Sweet Bye and Bye". As we sang, the room got quieter and quieter. When we came to the end of the song, the room was totally silent. Tom Jones spoke first and said, "Nice! That's one of the prettiest ballads I've ever heard. Did you write that, Donnie?" "Heaven's no!" I replied. "Do you like Gospel Music?" I asked him. Tom Jones said, "I don't know too many church songs but I know 'The Old Rugged Cross’. Can you sing that?" At Mr. Jones' request we sang a verse and chorus of "The Old Rugged Cross." When we had finished, I noticed that Elvis had disappeared and I became fearful that I had offended him by doing a song that perhaps he didn't want to hear. So, I quietly settled into a big chair and began to mind my own business. In a short while I noticed Elvis coming thru the bedroom door that opened up into the living room and he was walking straight toward me. "O Lord!" I thought, "Here it comes!" As he walked up to me, I noticed he had a folded piece of bathroom tissue in his hand and I wondered to myself, "What in the world is he gonna do?" He stopped in front of my chair and reaching out to hand me the paper in his hand, he said, "Check this out and tell me what you think!" I took the folded tissue and noticed it had writing on it. I unfolded it and began to read. "I, Elvis Aaron Pressley, agree to pay to Donnie Sumner, Sean Nielsen and Tim Baty, over the next twelve months, the sum total of XX dollars for their full time service to sing at my request. Once my eyes uncrossed, I said, "Are you kidding me!" Elvis said, "No man! You wanna come back and work for me personally!" I thought for a split second about my former memories with Elvis as part of the Stamps and us being "only back-up vocalists" and now I’m being offered the opportunity to be with Elvis "all the time!" Without any further delay, I said, "I'd love to!" Have you ever tried to write on bathroom tissue with a ballpoint pen? It’s practically impossible, especially if you are excited. Never the less, the three of us finally got the document signed and after we handed it back to Elvis, he walked over to his dad, Mr. Vernon Presley, and said, “Daddy, I finally got in a quartet!” Mr. Presley later transcribed the impromptu contract into a legal agreement and once again the three of us were asked to sign it. From the looks of the signatures on that document, still in the possession of Sean Nielsen, we were all in much better states of mind and body at that point than we were at the original initiation. Never in my wildest thoughts could I have ever suspected that a contract opening the door to my highest dream would have been penned in Elvis' restroom on a piece of bathroom tissue. Starting that night and every night thereafter until September of 1976, at some point during the early morning hours, we found ourselves around the piano singing old, slow gospel tunes for Elvis, as he would request them. Often included among the songs was, "In The Sweet Bye and Bye." You would think that at some point, one would become wearied with a particular musical selection. Not so with Elvis! I recall one night when we sang, "In The Sweet Bye and Bye," eighteen times, back to back … all four verses. I inwardly declared numerous times during the next few years that unless Elvis wanted to hear it, I would never sing, "In The Sweet Bye and Bye" again. Surprisingly enough, on the first recording I made after entering the ministry in 1982, you will find a song entitled, "In The Sweet Bye and Bye!" Never say "never!" Source: For Elvis CD Collectors Forum / Updated: Apr 22, 2008 |
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15th May 2008, 10:00 PM
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The King, McQueen And The Love Machine Audiobook
Barbara Leigh's 2002 biography has been released as a dramatized audiobook. In this three-CD set, Barbara Leigh reads her autobiography and performs the dramatizations with Joe Esposito, Elvis Presley's right hand man who also introduces the book and others. Elvis is "played" by Paul Casey. Form the press-release In 1967 Barbara Leigh was a naïve 19-year-old who moved from the Deep South to Southern California. Five years later she was a world-class model, a rising Hollywood starlet and juggled three of the entertainment industry's most powerful figures of the 1970s – Elvis Presley, Steve McQueen and James “The Smiling Cobra” Aubrey – all at the same time. Leigh's relationships with these three legendary figures is the basis of The King, McQueen and the Love Machine, a 2002 memoir that is now the first dramatized autobiography in the history of audio books. In this three-CD set, Barbara Leigh reads her autobiography and performs the dramatizations with Joe Esposito, Elvis Presley's right hand man; David Hedison in the role of Jim Aubrey and Tim Tomerson as Steve McQueen. Giving “The King” the royal treatment in this mesmerizing two-hour and forty-five minute presentation is Paul Casey, one of the world's best known Elvis Presley Tribute Artists. From 1970 to 1972, Barbara Leigh and Elvis Presley embarked on a torrid love affair from the moment they locked eyes. Leigh, whose smoldering looks and stunning beauty embodied the naturalistic seventies and captured the King's heart at the same time. Add to this mix an affair with Steve McQueen, the world's number-one box-office attraction, and Jim Aubrey, president of MGM studios and the inspiration for Jacqueline Susan's The Love Machine. The King, McQueen and the Love Machine is much more than a catchy title; Barbara Leigh takes listeners on a roller-coaster ride through the heady '70s as she juggles her relationships with three of Hollywood's most powerful and influential icons while pursuing her career as an actress and model. From her poverty-stricken childhood through to the privileged lifestyle of a Hollywood starlet, coupled with life's unexpected challenges, Barbara Leigh has experienced more than most will ever experience in several life times. It is a true story of a woman's survival in a predominantly male world. Barbara Leigh was the original Warren comic book character for Vampirella. She was featured in two Playboy layouts, appeared in more than 50 commercials as well as 10 feature films, including Sam Peckinpah's Junior Bonner and Roger Vadim's Pretty Maids All in a Row. Paul Casey, world famous Elvis Tribute Artist, plays the part of The King. Tim Thomerson, one of the most naturalistic actors of his generation (Air America, Uncommon Valor, Volunteers), gives an uncanny performance as Steve McQueen. Veteran actor David Hedison (The Fly, The Lost World, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), performs the part of MGM president and main love interest, James Aubrey – The Love Machine. Joe Esposito introduces the book as well as plays himself in the dramatization. Each CD has a different photo of Barbara Leigh and includes a personally hand-signed photo inside the beautiful shrink wrapped case. Source: Google / Updated: May 15, 2008 |
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Elvis: Up Close And Personal With Sonny West
 Due for release from Ryko Distribution on June 24, 2008 is the DVD "Elvis: Up Close and Personal with Sonny West". The DVD has a running-time of 120 minutes. Source: Virgin Megastore USA / Updated: May 23, 2008 Would love to see this one. I haven't read his book 'Still Taking Care of Busines's yet but it's one book I do intend to buy. I was lucky enough to meet Sonny in Memphis last summer and found him to be a really lovely guy. I know there are still a lot of Elvis fans who can't forgive him for helping to write that book 'Elvis - What Happened', but I truly believe that he really loved Elvis and I have a lot of time for him and his cousin, Red. |
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2nd June 2008, 07:20 PM
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Alanna Nash Working On New Book
In August 2007, journalist and biographer Alanna Nash interviewed a number of Elvis' female co-stars, family members, and friends for a Ladies Home Journal article titled 'The Women Who Loved Elvis'. Now she's turning the idea into a book for Harper Entertainment, to be published in time for Elvis' 75th birthday in January 2010. Nash reports the book will be the first comprehensive look at Elvis purely from the female prospective. 'For all his maleness, Elvis was a very woman-centered man, because of his closeness with his mother', she says. 'It was women he could really talk with, and from whom he drew much of his strength. The book will look at a number of his relationships, both platonic and romantic. And part of it will consider how his status as one of the greatest sex symbols of the 20th century formed his stage act and his interactions with the opposite sex'. Anyone with information or contacts that could help with this project is invited to contact Alanna at alannanash @ hotmail.com. Source: Elvis Australia / Updated: Jun 2, 2008 Wow!! So many new books about Elvis to add to the thousands written before You could fill a library with just Elvis books
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