I just received my copy of Elvis Day By Day (Guralnick and Jorgenen). (By the way, any previous sources I had listed as being from Day By Day referred to the Lee Cotton book of the same name).
Anyway, this new Day By Day is not without its faults, I'm sorry to say. For example, it says the setlists for the Aloha rehearsal show and the actual telecast were the same.You'd think Jorgensen would've proof-read things like that.
Okay, so here's a very interesting couple of entries:
Monday June 13, 1977:
Elvis puts in a call to President Jimmy Carter to try to help out his friend George Klein in a federal court case.
Tuesday June 14, 1977:
President Carter returns the call at 5.18pm, but reluctantly gives up after about ten minutes when he cannot understand Elvis' rambling, incoherent conversation. Elvis places another call Wednesday morning, but the president chooses not to take it.
Anyone heard anything else about this? It's unbelievably sad, if true.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
If that is true that has to be one of the saddest stories that I have heard in awhile. What a crime that he didn't live long enough to turn himself around and gain back some of the respect that he undoubtably lost with episodes such as this.On the other hand, how easy to check the song list from the 2 shows. An amateur could check on things like that.
It's even sadder when you read Guralnick's version of this call in Careless Love, page 637...
I was going to say; that was written about a long, long time ago.Originally Posted by ruggishboo
"I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem."
Yes.....the point being if that is true, that is one of the saddest stories that ever came out on Elvis and his drug use. How sad that 2 of our Presidents thought Elvis was a little "off the wall".I was going to say; that was written about a long, long time ago.
Sadly, it's a true story....
Not really.Yes.....the point being if that is true, that is one of the saddest stories that ever came out on Elvis and his drug use. How sad that 2 of our Presidents thought Elvis was a little "off the wall".
Nixon was a crook and Carter was a tad incompetent; but a nice guy .
I don't pay much attention to some of that stuff.
That's been over 30 years ago. The shock values gone.
It's very old news.Why was it just reported today?
"I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem."
Basically everything that is discussed on this board is "old news" if you want to call it that.Not really.
Nixon was a crook and Carter was a tad incompetent; but a nice guy .
I don't pay much attention to some of that stuff.
That's been over 30 years ago. The shock values gone.
It's very old news.Why was it just reported today?I can't remember seeing a single thing that was "new" news, ya know? Good gosh, Elvis and Ali got post after post, yet there was nothing new there either.
That may be true; but since this is an Elvis site one would expect something a tad different than that.
Maybe something that happened December 1,instead of June ? ?
Well, don't be shocked, that storys been out here forever.
"I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem."
Yeah its true.
Klein had been fixing the ratings at the radio station that he worked, its a federal crime in the US and he was convicted of fraud.
Elvis wanted Carter to help get Klein out of doing jail time. Carter didn't help and Klein served his time.
Apparently Elvis offered to do something for Carter, like to be a special advisor on the youth and music scene, Elvis hoped that by offering his services Carter would be more inclined to help him.
yep Tony sure is the turth.
I saw an interview with Carter discussing this about 20 or so years ago. He said (if I recall correctly) that Elvis sounded "under the influence" of something and that Elvis would call the White House numerous times after that initial call and Carter's staff would just tell Elvis that the President was in a meeting and not available to speak. He implied they had a little fun with Elvis when they did this. Very sad, if true.
I had forgotten until I saw the picture that Getlo posted that Jimmy Carter was such a short little guy. He should recognize someone "under the influence", he heard it enough times from his brother Billy.
Here's links from Carter Presidential archive with times etc of the three phone calls:
http://gil.usg.edu:8765/jclquery.htm...&qp=&qt=+elvis
Thanks for the link. That's a very interesting site..
Pleasure.
Here's something else, by Gurallnick, 8th paragraph:
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Con...id=oid%3A14017
Right, thanks.
I knew I'd heard about it somewhere before. It's been a while since I read Guralnick.
I read so much other stuff in my line of work, I tend to forget most of what I've been over.
Thanks again.
A very sad state of affairs for Elvis, I'm afraid.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
Thank you for the link Conor. My question in all this was why on earth was Dr. Nick trying to revive Elvis to go on stage in Louisville when he was in that condition? Why did he not take responsibility of putting the man in the hospital? Just how much was money worth to these people?????
Diane
It's very old news.Why was it just reported today?I couldn't have said it better myself, utmom. At least someone gets it.Basically everything that is discussed on this board is "old news" if you want to call it that.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
I get you very well. It's why I've left the trash digging to you .I couldn't have said it better myself, utmom. At least someone gets it.
You have a way of getting to all that .Almost as good as some others I've known....not quite as good, but almost .
"I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem."
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