Hendrix’s financial and legal matters were a mess. If there is no estate or will have fun! Elvis’s father Vernon was better at bookkeeping but the colonel was taking a huge cut and losing most of us at the casino. Then there was Elvis’ spending. Poor management all around. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
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Both never ditched the manager. This is where Mick Jagger gets the last laugh. The Colonel destroyed Elvis to support his stupid gambling habit. Elvis never could get rid of him but maybe the Colonel had some dirt on Elvis or Elvis was just weak. Watch it Elvis, maybe the public would like to know about the underaged girls.
The perception I get from Elvis is that he didn't particularly care about how his earnings were funneled and was content to leave it up to Parker to handle the money. A strategy which got Elvis into debt and left him with no choice but to keep touring once the reality of how the money had been coming in (and the advances Elvis had taken on future earnings to maintain his lifestyle) was made clear to him in the mid-1970s.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Colonel Parker got half up front. That’s just obscene.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Elvis was a fuckup. I loved how he would be glossy eyed with diluted pupils telling America to stay off drugs. Then he sings gospel songs pretending to be religious while getting his Dick sucked in every town. Not much different than a 80’s evangelical preacher.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Well at least Elvis got sucked off by real women and not a band truck driver like Sam.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Yep, well, Parker probably by other management standards of the day WAS ripping Elvis off with the 50% up-front fee.
It was always within Elvis's purview NOT to remain with Parker. Elvis put his father in charge via making him his business manager. Maybe that was a mistake, because Vernon was hardly savvy when it came to money. And, yep, Col. Tom Parker was neither a colonial nor was his real name Tom Parker. He snuck into the country illegally and was a grifty carnival hustler before going into music management. Bit of a degenerate gambling fuck, too. Short of him having physically hypnotized Presley, it was always within Elvis's discretion to terminate his association with Parker. Elvis didn't. Obscene, but also tough shit.
Was never one to blame Parker for the cheesy merchandising of Presley's image while Presley was alive, because Presley always had a choice.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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He was a fuckup. Only human in the end, just like the rest of us.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Swings and roundabouts I suppose. He could sing much better than me but I've outlived him and never went after 14 year old girls when I was in my mid 20s...Comment
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