The two teenagers had plenty in common even beyond attending the same school.
Red agreed to the spontaneous request, looking forward to the company and helping out on the road. This was before fame had taken over, of course, and one day, during a chance meeting with Red, Elvis asked him if he'd like to come along. Soon after graduating from Humes High School, Elvis was pursuing his singing career, touring high school auditoriums, taverns, and baseball fields around the South - wherever he could make his music. In the early 1950s, of course, not a soul could have imagined that Red would become the first member of what would become the Memphis Mafia, that Elvis would become a global phenomenon, and that their relationship would have the ups and downs of the Zippin Pippin. There are hours of interviews, detailed notes, and memorable photographs going into the forthcoming book about this couple who have had the experiences of a lifetime. I've had the privilege of working with Pat and Red to tell their story. The events between that moment and Red's death in July 2018 could fill a book, and that's just what he and his wife Pat were finishing up when an aortic aneurysm felled the man who was not only a friend and confidant to Elvis, but also someone who had carved out his own career as an acclaimed songwriter and film and television actor. Red, a burly athlete standing 6-1, told the bullies, 'You're gonna have to give me one first'. Red West and Elvis Presley were friends ever since the day in high school when Red broke up a plan by some punks in the boys room to give shy outsider Elvis an unwanted haircut with a pair of scissors. Sparks has opened up on a few details with the book to be release later this year. “This honest, full-length portrait paints him as he really was both in and out of the spotlight…His wife, who knew him better than anyone else, sees him clearly, steadily, and sees him whole.Red West was working on an autobiography before his death last July. Here in her own words, Priscilla Presley tells the story of their love, revealing the details of their first meeting, their marriage, their affairs, their divorce, and the unbreakable bond that has remained long after his tragic death.Ī tribute to both the man and the legend, Elvis and Me gives Elvis fans the world over an unprecedented look at the true life of the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll and the woman who loved him. The New York Times bestseller that reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, told by the woman who lived itĭecades after his death, millions of fans continue to worship Elvis the legend. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Sofia Coppola
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