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Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. Guralnick paints a vivid picture of lengthy but creatively exhilarating recording sessions, nonstop road trips to play gigs in small towns throughout the South, and the mounting hysteria surrounding this young man (only 21 when he hit it big on the national scene, aided by the smarmy but undeniably effective huckster "Colonel" Tom Parker) as his fame and wealth exploded. If, on the other hand, your only image of Elvis is as a star of the insipid, cookie cutter, musical comedy (I use the term loosely) movies that he turned out after his military discharge, such as "Viva Las Vegas" and "Girls! It's the combination of movie star and rockstar with such a ridiculous omnipresence that makes Elvis unique.
The backdrop is America in transformation -- postwar restlessness, racial integration and (much needed) rebellion. Guralnick's first two books, Almost Grown (1964) and Mister Downchild (1967), were short story collections published by Larry Stark, whose small press in Cambridge, Larry Stark Press, was devoted to stories and poems. This really is THE Elvis biography and continues with "Careless Love", which I am really looking forward to reading.It is over seven hundred pages long and since I haven’t read it I don’t know how much of that is text, but I do know it is another doorstop book. Occasionally in later recording sessions Elvis would sit at the piano and sing gospel songs and hymns with his backing vocals for 8 hours. I was particularly facinated in the details of Elvis' first long-term relationships; both women were interviewed extensively. I noticed that many times people said Elvis wasn't a prodigy on guitar, in fact they say he wasn't very good. Still, Elvis repeatedly expressed his fears that he would ``go out like a light, just like I came on.
When I became a music fan myself, I couldn't hear Elvis Presley's music, either, coming as it did through my ideas about it as embarrassing kitsch. The son of a ne'er-do-well father and an unnaturally devoted mother, an only child whose twin brother died at birth, Elvis grew up sheltered and alone. You see, Elvis Presley knew what it was like to be poor, but that damn sure didn't make him prejudiced.In an August 1998 web interview, the group revealed they were already working on a follow-up that has not been released. Last Train to Memphis takes us deep inside Elvis' life, exploring his lifelong passion for music of every sort (from blues and gospel to Bing Crosby and Mario Lanza), his compelling affection for his family, and his intimate relationships with girlfriends, mentors, band members, professional associates, and friends. Seeing some details that you never get in movies shows how certain moves were made in his career It's never clear whether he actually just stays up late talking and then goes to sleep or participates in more physical activities.
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