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A monumental oral biography filled with raucous joy, aching loss and terrible poignancy, Elvis & the Memphis Mafia is the first book to capture the King – the man and the phenomenon – in his full complexity. Through revealing interviews with three of Elvis’s closest friends, who were also his protectors and rescuers, Nash achieves the first true mapping of Elvis’s psyche.
Billy Smith – Elvis’s first cousin and the person he reputedly loved most after his own mother – Marty Lacker – best man at his wedding and foreman of the ‘Memphis Mafia’, the King’s handpicked group of gatekeepers and confidants – and Lamar Fike – the touring crew member who accompanied him into the Army – were with Elvis from his teens to his final days and provide unique access to the greatest of all rock and roll legends. The revelations cut through every aspect of Elvis’s life, from the childhood seeds of his drug dependency, through his fear for his mother’s life and his plan to change his identity, to his bizarre self-mutilation. No one who reads this symphonic blending of three proud, ribald, sad and ultimately wistful voices can fail to be profoundly moved.
A monumental oral biography filled with raucous joy, aching loss and terrible poignancy, Elvis & the Memphis Mafia is the first book to capture the King – the man and the phenomenon – in his full complexity. Through revealing interviews with three of Elvis’s closest friends, who were also his protectors and rescuers, Nash achieves the first true mapping of Elvis’s psyche.
Billy Smith – Elvis’s first cousin and the person he reputedly loved most after his own mother – Marty Lacker – best man at his wedding and foreman of the ‘Memphis Mafia’, the King’s handpicked group of gatekeepers and confidants – and Lamar Fike – the touring crew member who accompanied him into the Army – were with Elvis from his teens to his final days and provide unique access to the greatest of all rock and roll legends. The revelations cut through every aspect of Elvis’s life, from the childhood seeds of his drug dependency, through his fear for his mother’s life and his plan to change his identity, to his bizarre self-mutilation. No one who reads this symphonic blending of three proud, ribald, sad and ultimately wistful voices can fail to be profoundly moved.
Alanna Nash is also ‘responsible for the best Elvis book to date (Uncut magazine): Elvis Presley: Revelations from the Memphis Mafia. A feature writer for the New York Times, she lives in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2004, Alanna was awarded the CMA Media Achievement Award as well as the 2004 Belmont Book Award.
Acknowledgments
Prologue
The Family
Tupelo
Memphis
Marty
Star Time
The "Opry" and the "Hayride"
The Colonel
1956−Runaway Success
Hollywood
Movie Stars and Everything
Lamar
Graceland
"Damn'd to Everylasting Fame!"
Gladys
The Tilt
Germany
Fun and Frauleins
Home
Manchild in the Promised Land
Junior
Bobby
Hack Time
Scatter
Changes
Priscilla
"All Guns Poolside!"
The Female Elvis
Million-Dollar Shroud: The Movies and the Music
Hill and Range
Fallout
The Guru
Headaches and Hallucinations: The Middle Sixties
Flying High
Showdown
"Ride 'em, Cowboy!"
The Fall
"Love, Honor, Cherish, and Comfort"
New Beginnings
The Comeback Special
The Memphis Sessions
Sin City
The Final Decade: Badges and Badmen
"The Wrecking Crew"
Spiral
Meltdown, 1973
The Turning Point
Billy and Jo
"An Emotionally Unstable Boy"
"Slow Road to Death"
Broken Bonds
The Slide
"Breathe for Me!"
Aftermath
Epilogue: The Pledge
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Kunst |
| Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781845131289 |
| ISBN-10: | 1845131282 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Nash, Alanna |
| Hersteller: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 198 x 130 x 55 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Alanna Nash |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.08.2005 |
| Gewicht: | 0,655 kg |
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