Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley

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As Elvis signed autographs for their wives, it all came together for me… He would have ended up with some more enemies.

A couple of guys had blind-sighted Elvis, pretending to come to him for an autograph… swing at him when they got close enough… throwing a punch and then driving away. 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' abuse of prescription medicine and his tragic death. His music lives on, and, almost 30 years after his death, his life and achievements continue to have deep emotional impact on all of us. Uma opinião dele sobre o filme de Sofia Copolla seria muito bem-vinda, já que ele participou de muitos momentos importantes da vida de Elvis.They had always been supportive of Elvis, even welcoming him into their own inner circle of police officers. Schilling, I feel like I have way better understanding of who Elvis was as a human being and a singer and actor. I especially wanted to read this from one of the guys who was part of the inner circle and who continues to be so involved with the legacy to see how he might spin it and if he would have anything new to tell us.

Jerry had the keys to the kingdom, the keys to the King's houses, to the King's cars, to the heart of what made Elvis a King in the first place. He told Ed that he did not want many people around him involved in this project, but he mentioned only one by name that he did want to be a part of it: me. It’s still fairly easy to find the classic conspiracy theory that he didn’t actually die (complete with various accounts of sightings).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. This is exactly how I pictured Jerry Schilling after finishing his book "Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley". I picked this up on audiobook because I'm KIND OF excited about that Elvis biopic coming out by Baz Luhrmann (yes, Romeo + Juliet Luhrmann). Along with Joe Esposito, Red West, Sonny West, Charlie Hodge, and Marty Lacker, Jerry dedicated his life to helping and protecting his friend. One night in Las Vegas, he passed a lounge where a burly singer was "overdoing the Elvis vibrato just a bit," the author says.