05-10-2011, 07:24
nice article Gryphon....
it says somewhere in there about Elvis lacking 'confidence'....Elvis was a very shy and reserved person(due to his poorer than poor southern upbringing and humble nature,same goes for John Cash.) and only appeared confident on stage, thus the guys playing music would have got him in his element....
even when he went to RCA Studio B in Nashville(MH and i visited there) he used to play the piano and sing for a good couple of hours prior to opening up to the band and studio personell.
a recorded jam featuring The King and the Fab Four would be priceless, moreso than the famous "million dollar quartet" jams at Sun Studios....
and there aint no way Parker would have allowed Epstein or anyone to take Elvis on a UK tour or a tour anywhere else for that matter...Parker was an utter control freak who had to have 100% control over a niave hillbilly who knew no better when it came to business or money....Parker took between 40 and 60% of everything Elvis ever earned,thus if he went with Epstein to the UK he would have seen that Parker was ripping him off.
Parker was as big a sharlaton to the music industry as Don King was to Boxing
it says somewhere in there about Elvis lacking 'confidence'....Elvis was a very shy and reserved person(due to his poorer than poor southern upbringing and humble nature,same goes for John Cash.) and only appeared confident on stage, thus the guys playing music would have got him in his element....
even when he went to RCA Studio B in Nashville(MH and i visited there) he used to play the piano and sing for a good couple of hours prior to opening up to the band and studio personell.
a recorded jam featuring The King and the Fab Four would be priceless, moreso than the famous "million dollar quartet" jams at Sun Studios....
and there aint no way Parker would have allowed Epstein or anyone to take Elvis on a UK tour or a tour anywhere else for that matter...Parker was an utter control freak who had to have 100% control over a niave hillbilly who knew no better when it came to business or money....Parker took between 40 and 60% of everything Elvis ever earned,thus if he went with Epstein to the UK he would have seen that Parker was ripping him off.
Parker was as big a sharlaton to the music industry as Don King was to Boxing
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.