es gibt ja leute, die behaupten, dem aloha-elvis die pillen förmlich anzusehen.
demgegenüber steht die aussage von z.b. marty lacker, dass sich elvis für aloha zusammengerissen habe und völlig clean gewesen sei.
allerdings nur für kurze zeit.
MARTY LACKER: ...the amazing thing about the way he prepared for this show was that he stayed off the pills. he was straight for two weeks.
...
(und nach dem konzert:)
the next morning, we were all supposed to go to the arizona memorial because elvis had given that benefit concert in 1961 to help get it built. we banged on his door, and nobody answered. finally, linda came, and we said, "are you all ready?" and she just made a face at us and shook her head. she said, "he can't go". we went in, and elvis was sitting on the balcony, on the top floor of the hotel, stoned out of his gourd. he was sweating profusely, with a towel around his neck, and he could hardly talk. he'd gone right back into it.
(revelations from the memphis mafia, p. 555)
demgegenüber steht die aussage von z.b. marty lacker, dass sich elvis für aloha zusammengerissen habe und völlig clean gewesen sei.
allerdings nur für kurze zeit.
MARTY LACKER: ...the amazing thing about the way he prepared for this show was that he stayed off the pills. he was straight for two weeks.
...
(und nach dem konzert:)
the next morning, we were all supposed to go to the arizona memorial because elvis had given that benefit concert in 1961 to help get it built. we banged on his door, and nobody answered. finally, linda came, and we said, "are you all ready?" and she just made a face at us and shook her head. she said, "he can't go". we went in, and elvis was sitting on the balcony, on the top floor of the hotel, stoned out of his gourd. he was sweating profusely, with a towel around his neck, and he could hardly talk. he'd gone right back into it.
(revelations from the memphis mafia, p. 555)
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