ELVIS and the Colonel

by Darrin Lee Memmer

"ELVIS & The Colonel" is an A4 format, 210-page soft cover featuring groundbreaking content from The Colonel''s "For The Record" interview with 2 astute, take-no-prisoners criminal investigators (E.L. Hutchinson, Jr. and David N. McGriff) from the Shelby County District Attorney General''s Office. Rest assured this is no whitewash or rose-coloured approach to biography; nah, just the most contemporaneously-rich, fair-minded & engaging collection of material about The Colonel assembled in one place. It is thanks to the University of Memphis'' Preservation and Special Collections/Mississippi Valley Collection Department that this book honoring Marie Francis Parker was feasible. So, for the 1st time in your life, you have an opportunity to soak up a tsunami of never-before-published quotes by notable figures including Mac Davis, bodyguard Sam Thompson, Billy Goldenberg, John Hartmann, Hal Blaine, "Bones" Howe, John Wilkinson, Grelun Landon, co-star Yvonne Craig, Steve Binder, Minnie Pearl, Sam Katzman, Ron Jacobs, Red West, Jerry Schilling, Joe Pasternak, Henri Lewin, Freddy Beinstock, songwriter Jerry Leiber, Joe Guercio orchestra member/tour conductor Marty Harrell, Jo Walker, Hubert Long, Johnny Rivers, Pete Johnson, Bill Bixby, and, of course, The Chief Potentate. Two of many, many Highlights: 1. Uncovered! The "I do drugs" quote attributed to Elvis (via Colonel) - is erroneous. Col. Tom Parker''s actual words to the criminal investigators:(Quoting EP) "I DON''T. I DON''T do drugs. I DON''T. I don''t tell you what to do with your personal life. I don''t interfere with it. I don''t want you to get involved with my personal life. Colonel, no disrespect..." 1a. So, sadly for 25+ years, superfans like Mr. Geoffrey McDonnell have been led astray. 2. The most comprehensive presentation of the Guardian ad Litem''s Amended Report (Blanchard E. Tual vs. Colonel Thomas A. Parker) & the March 1973 RCA "Masters Buy-Out" to appear in a biography. OSCAR DAVIS: He is a very demanding man, but a very hard worker. Colonel Parker can read you like a book as you stand and talk with him. He is very astute. A tremendous businessman. If I had to select anyone in this amusement field - and I''ve been through it from 1912 on up - I would select him to make deals. I don''t think anyone has bested him on a deal. DJ FONTANA: The guy was a very smart man. In fact, I''d call him - to me, he is a genius. Because he doesn''t miss a trick. He does everything right. He was always around, somewhere. You''d never know where he was gonna be. The Colonel was always there. He kept the whole thing rollin''. MARION KEISKER: Oh, listen, Colonel Tom was a "Come Lately" on this deal. You better believe! I mean, this is what infuriates me when I hear him say that he discovered him... But, this was my first totally negative reaction to Colonel Tom and some practices that I thought were, well, strange and unethical.Saying one thing and doing something else, you know. Taking advantage of the situation. Colonel Tom had been working on the family for at least a year. In the most polished and Machiavellian way. You couldn''t believe it! MINNIE PEARL: Colonel Parker is the most fearless business personality of anybody in the world. Nothing fazes him. He is dauntless. An inscrutable man. GRELUN LANDON: Fast as a whip. Colonel took the rap for being the heavy-for the whole Svengali trip-that went with the title of manager. Elvis had the power in that relationship. JOHN HARTMANN: What Elvis has, thanks to the Colonel, is the most media power he could possibly have. RON JACOBS: The Colonel is "the manager." The others are punks. He''s an extension of P.T. Barnum and W.C. Fields [who] studies people and completely psyches them out. Also, from Darrin Lee on Amazon.com: ''ELVIS & KATHY - Together at the Houston Summit ''76: The Human Spirit Triumphs Over Sickness'', ''NIXON and ELVIS'', and ''ELVIS - TCB At The Houston Summit ''76: Faith, Spirit & Discipline''.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1545259240
• ISBN13: 9781545259245
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"