The Truth About Elvis

ELVIS: IN HIS OWN WORDS
Elvis Defends Himself:
The Truth Is Told

Colonel Tom Parker, perhaps, a larger than life force behind the turmoil that arose during Elvis final year. But for those of you who prefer not to take our word for it, why not read it as told by Elvis to a few close confidantes. Perhaps you will believe the man himself. If you don't believe Elvis, why then are you here?? What you read here either had been told by Elvis to a few, or are direct quotations of his. Now we have told the story about Elvis being kept "prisoner" by Colonel Parker in the last year of his life, and it was sneered at by the followers of Jon Cotner/Larry Blong who continue to believe that Jon Cotner is Elvis Presley. Here is what really happened during Elvis' concert years, the 1970's, as early as 1970. Ever wonder why Elvis got to feeling so lonely and abandoned? Why he came to trust no one other than his father and the one dearest friend he had, Charlie Hodge? Maybe the truth will finally open your eyes:

Why would Elvis have had to "escape" from his hotel room in Las Vegas? Escape from what? From who? 1970. Members of Elvis' entourage already playing posse for Tom Parker who kept Elvis "locked" in his suite and "drugged" so he would sleep all day. Occasionally Elvis duped them and went off on his own, the "search party" always sent out to find him and bring him back. A couple of close friends were on hand to witness these trying times in Elvis' life when it was noticed that Elvis, when in his suite, was never left alone but always with an attendant. One friend tells of the time when Elvis made sure to speak loud enough for her to hear (she was on the phone) his conversation with the attending male who also spoke loudly, not realizing that someone was listening in:

Elvis: "No, don't think so...took a couple of sleeping pills."
Male: "When was that?"
Elvis: "'Bout two hours ago."
Male: "You'd better take these... you're still awake."
Elvis: "Well, I'm restin."
Male: "These will make you sleep till about seven tonight, so take them....otherwise, have to get the doc to shoot you."

Elvis had taken the medication for within 20 minutes, Elvis was back on the phone and the witness noticed his speech slurring. His exact words were: "Musta been somethin' new...man, feel...feel so weird...if I go to sleep, jus' hang up...it will disconnect in a minute or so."

The witness called back a few minutes after she had hung up the phone. A man answered but it was not Elvis. She was told that Elvis was not there and the man hung up.

TO BE CONTINUED.../Col. Tom Parker

ELVIS: IN HIS OWN WORDS
Elvis Defends Himself:
The Truth Is Told

The cruel, tell-all book "Elvis: What Happened?" was written by three who were once closest to Elvis, but who were actually the perpetrators of the lies that continue today about Elvis' drug use.

In the book, Red West, Sonny West, and Dave Hebler tell about a man who was their friend and whom they had good times with. They also tell about a man who had multiple personalities and was a drug abuser.

While the world listened to that story, they didn't hear what Elvis had to say about that book, or the hurt it brought him. Elvis' fans didn't get to hear to stories by family members and other close friends about the situation described in this horrible work based on nothing but revenge.

So while the Wests and Hebler would have fans believe that Elvis was "strange" and strung out on drugs, those who were most loyal to him remember how it really was. When fans are told about the "Moody Blue" Album and the impersonator who filled in on a few songs because Elvis was "losing it," Elvis was going through some kind of mental breakdown and the selfishness of those around him didn't want to be bothered to help him, but wanted only to continue to live off of him and, thus, blamed his actions and reactions on the "drugs." Well, here is the true story about Elvis and drugs, and when Elvis' fans read it, they will then know that something devious planned by Col. Tom Parker and members of Elvis' own entourage, was already in the works.

Elvis was so hurt by the book, and by one in particular, Red West, whom he had truly cared about like a brother. He could not understand why they would tell stories about him in that way. In essence, Elvis didn't like to hate anyone and wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. When the book came out, Elvis read it....and cried deeply because the hurt was so bad, and he never, ever got over it. Elvis knew that his loyal fans would know the truth, but he worried that the younger fans would perceive him in a bad way, an untruthful way. In Elvis' own words: "...ah don't... know why they played up the drugs so much. I never did it like they tell it..."

But what really happened? There was more going on that these men, perhaps, did not know. More that Elvis obviously knew but didn't, and couldn't, say. Elvis tried to explain it as best he could to a friend:

"Guess to their eyes it looked like I was on stuff 'cause they didn't know everything..."

Elvis even explained it to Red West, having called him one day after the book came out. From this portion of the conversation, it is obvious that something more was going on in Elvis' life than he could disclose. It was already becoming clear that Col. Tom Parker was causing a rift, creating a divide between Elvis and those around him.

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"RW: "We were all...we were worried about you. I always been worried about you, 'bout, you know, taking quite a few things. I thought that would, you know..."

ELVIS: "You worried about me so much that you turned around and tried to hurt me. But see, I know what that is."

RW: "Well, that's after you hurt me. You'd already hurt me. You hurt my...me and my family very bad, you know, you left us out in the cold, so let's don't talk about me tryin' to hurt you."

ELVIS: "Well, things went on that you didn't know about."

RW: "Well, all I know is I was out in the cold, and couldn't understand why."

ELVIS: "All I know there was friction was created in the group. The vibes so bad, people were scared to move and everything."

RW: "Yeah, well that's true too."

ELVIS: "So who knows what the hell they were hearing and being told. I just know it was...it just got to be very, very tense situation whereas it should have been fun and a relaxed kinda thing."

RW: "Yeah."

ELVIS: "Somethin' went wrong."
* source: "Elvis, Word For Word," by Jerry Osbourne publ. 1999, p. 313

Elvis final thoughts about the authors, the book and it's contents:

"...it doesn't matter what those persons will believe or not believe. All that matters is what we know is true. You know, my real friends know, my fans; they'll know...in your hearts you'll know...that's all that matters."

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THERE WERE WITNESSES
The Truth About "The Boys"

For as much as they said they loved him and were there for him was as much as they used him and stirred up controversy and aggravation for Elvis and his family.

Elvis loved having people around him; he felt safe. All he wanted was to be loved and respected for who he was: a humble man who loved life and who loved to makes others lives better. Despite all the deception and disloyalty around him Elvis never blamed anyone but himself for the turmoil that ensued. However, others who were also close to Elvis took note of many of the situations where the entourage was either present or involved in some way. Here are just a couple of stories, one told by a friend and the other a family member.

"The boys," Elvis' bodyguards, controlled much of Elvis' life without Elvis ever knowing about it. They used their positions to gain women, and they used Elvis' name and credit cards to fill prescriptions at a local pharmacy of the drugs they blamed Elvis for taking. "Elvis was their medical insurance policy." They even rumaged through his mail and his newspapers. One family member relayed the story about how Elvis had a tailor come to his home and fitted Elvis, who did not leave his bedroom. Elvis would order one dozen shirts at a clip and the order would be billed to him. What Elvis did not know was that downstairs, the boys eagerly awaited the tailor and each ordered a dozen shirts of their own, advising to also add theirs to Elvis' bill. The bill was paid by Vernon, who was getting upset by Elvis' overspending, but Elvis never knew what had been done.

Elvis shared himself with these men, shared his good times, his music, his fame...he paid for their homes, their cars, other luxurious besides giving them a reasonable salary at which they balked even though what Elvis gave them in other material goods and loans more than compensated. Elvis would give the boys loans, whenever they asked, and most often would "forgive" those loans as a form of Christmas gift. Elvis was more than generous to these men. He became their surrogate father and supporter.

In Las Vegas, if friends or family members had been given the "password" to come up to the suite to see Elvis, many was the time Elvis never knew they had come for it was his "bodyguards" who turned them away, quite often with the words: "Elvis don't feel good," or "Elvis doesn't want to see you." Sometimes if women had been invited up by Elvis, they would be greeted by the bodyguards who made sure to ask for a slight favor in order to get into see Elvis. Elvis never knew. One such victim recalled a time when Red West pulled a line that if she "took care of him first," he might then be able to get her in backstage to see Elvis.

Much went on behind Elvis' back, and much was done to Elvis that others never knew about, not even Vernon. As Elvis referred to the goings on around Graceland®, "a lack of communication."

There were many friends and family members who saw Elvis' shows in Las Vegas. They were 100% Elvis--no stand-ins--and Elvis was not "strung out" on drugs as many had claimed him to be. What is remembered most of all is how sickly Elvis often was, how exhausted, and how run down. Even the waitresses at the hotel were concerned about Elvis' condition and were quick to note that he never appeared "drugged" in any way, just sickly and feverish quite often. The lies about the drugs stop here.

Again, one witness noticed an incident rather disturbing, involving two of the boys, one, Red West. The year was 1974 and it was one of the only times Elvis was not with Linda Thompson. However, another woman who was with him, disappeared when the witness came into view. Two men, one being Red, accompanied Elvis upstairs to his suite. The witness waited for his return downstairs. The two men returned, without Elvis, and the witness heard them say that he would "sleep quite awhile." The witness had assumed Elvis had taken the usual sleeping pills to help him fall asleep. The men took up with a couple of women noted as "regulars" when the wives weren't around, and one was heard to say upon leaving: "He won't wake up...we got plenty of time."

There were more witnesses to this incident and to many others like it, some being the women, themselves, who were involved with these men.

Elvis life was not his own in many respects. It would seem, that in more ways then one, he was, indeed, a prisoner.

TO BE CONTINUED.../

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