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My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Gotham
August 2006
Featuring: Elvis Presley
368 pages
ISBN: 1592402313
EAN: 9781592402311
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction
An intimate memoir of a friendship with the greatest
artist in rock and roll history, taking you from late-night
parties at Graceland to the bright lights of Hollywood sets
and glittering stages of Vegas
On a lazy Sunday in 1954, twelve-year-old Jerry Schilling
wandered into a Memphis touch football game, only to
discover that his team was quarterbacked by a
nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley, the local teenager whose
first record, "That's All Right," had just debuted on
Memphis radio. The two became fast friends, even as Elvis
turned into the world's biggest star. In 1964, Elvis invited
Jerry to work for him as part of his "Memphis Mafia," and
Jerry soon found himself living with Elvis full-time in a
Bel Air mansion and, later, in his own room at Graceland.
Over the next thirteen years Jerry would work for Elvis in
various capacities--from bodyguard to photo double to
co-executive producer on a karate film. But more than
anything else he was Elvis's close friend and confidant:
Elvis trusted Jerry with protecting his life when he
received death threats, he asked Jerry to drive him and
Priscilla to the hospital the day Lisa Marie was born and to
accompany him during the famous "lost weekend" when he
traveled to meet President Nixon at the White House.
Me and a Guy Named Elvis looks at Presley from a
friend's perspective, offering readers the man rather than
the icon--including insights into the creative frustrations
that lead to Elvis's abuse of prescription medicine and his
tragic death. Jerry offers never-before-told stories about
life inside Elvis's inner circle and an emotional recounting
of the great times, hard times, and unique times he and
Elvis shared. These vivid memories will be priceless to
Elvis's millions of fans, and the compelling story will
fascinate an even wider audience.
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