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By the age of 21 (1956) he was pulling in huge audiences and the music moguls were taking an interest. Guralnick does a great job with describing the alignment of hemispheres that allowed Elvis to became the huge sensation that he was. The fact that his father made little attempt to lift his family out of poverty turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because they remained just one tiny rung up the social ladder from their black neighbors—and their music. After cutting a few demos, Elvis caught a few breaks, begin playing county fairs, exploded in popularity, and frequented national talk shows while becoming a superstar singer and a very popular actor.
Having grown up when Elvis was doing his comeback tour and watching some of that on TV, this book was great for filling in a lot of blanks I had. The people that cared about him before he was famous start to melt away and even his time in the Army is a series of photo ops. To say Elvis is iconic from Tokyo to Mobile and cult like for many that hide in Dixie caves is an understatement.
In an August 1998 web interview, the group revealed they were already working on a follow-up that has not been released. The author, an early fan of the music, spent 11 years tracking down all the surviving friends and associates of Elvis and tells the story as if he were looking through a keyhole, recording conversations and first impressions and opinions from such a wide number of people that you begin to feel you are there yourself. Have you ever picked up a book and, just by the feel of it, known that you are holding something special? Zustand: in gebrauchtem, gutem Zustand, aus Privatbesitz, geringe Lese- Lagerspuren, Altersgemaesse kleinere Maengel sind nicht immer extra aufgefuehrt.
It made me look at and appreciate Elvis in a whole new way, and wish his story could have had a happier ending. When I first picked up this biography I had high expectations because the cover is beautiful and there are some great reviews about it. To find that sound and recognise something in it and nurture it into what it became, and to then repeat that process again and again with Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, unbelievable. The book pulls no punches, however, and honestly relates the decline, both personally and professionally, which occurred in the seventies, without resorting to smut or innuendo.However, I can't help but feel Elvis handled being the prototype of megastar better than many since. Guralnick continues Presley's life story in the second volume of his biography, Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley.
Le livre est si détaillé que je ne saurais le conseiller qu'aux initiés et aux passionnés de biographies ou d'Elvis, car un lecteur du dimanche se perdra dans cette multitude de détails. At the heart of the story is Elvis himself, a poor boy of great ambition and fiery musical passions, who connected with his audience and the age in a way that has yet to be duplicated. Sentimental on a Sun Recording bender that nearly drove the neighbors to nail my windows shut to save them from the pain of the thousandth play of "Its all Alright Momma" at full volume. The title of volume two is Careless Love and unfortunately, but truthfully, the subtitle is The Unmaking of Elvis Presley.Seeing some details that you never get in movies shows how certain moves were made in his career to get from one record label to another; how his contracts came about; how different managers helped (or took advantage) because all Elvis really wanted to do was to perform and make music. Also a man who seemed to prefer to leave any difficulty to the Colonel and slip out from the requirements of personal responsibility at times - not acknowedging the bitterness of Scotty Moore and Bill Black for example, until they resigned in anger at how they were treated financially.
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