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

ISBN: 1592403050

Author: Schilling, Jerry

Condition: New

Commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of Elviss death, 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, "Thats All Right," had just received its first play on Memphis radio. The two became fast friends, even as Elvis turned into the worlds 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 capacitiesfrom bodyguard to photo double to co-executive producer on a karate film.Me and a Guy Named Elvis looks at Presley from a friends perspective, offering readers the man rather than the icon. Spanning Elviss meteoric rise to those later troubled years, Jerrys story offers never-before-told stories about life inside Elviss inner circle, and an insightful, emotional recounting of the great times, hard times, and unique times he and Elvis shared. Schillings vivid memories will be priceless to Elviss millions of fans, and his compelling life story will be fascinating to an even wider audience.

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