The Path To Higher Awareness
Up front, I make no apologies for placing faith in members of the Presley family over unsubstantiated rumors (spread via yellow journalism tactics) about their private/professional lives. The key to groundbreaking research, though, is to conduct a relentless pursuit of the truth. This is done by 1. parking emotion and 2. employing logic. I am an EPE “Elvis Insider” and have been for many years. But contrary to what people are posting on popular Michael Jackson and Elvis forums, I am not a professional writer secretly working on behalf of LMP. It’s my understanding she has no idea that I have dedicated the past 10 years to the noble fight to reclaim her family’s stolen dignity. Lisa Marie views herself as an Intense Protector Gladiator Lioness. Clearly, she is! But she also represents the only hope her father has to see his good name restored. For if Elvis’ little girl doesn’t believe in him, who will?
Elvis Presley – The Patriot: A Man’s Love Of God And Country. The Summit ‘76: A Triumph Of The Human Spirit (dedicated to Lisa Marie Presley) is a 200 page, A5 format soft cover featuring the stunning artwork of Night Rider Designs, beautiful photography of Mr. Bob Heis, and world class photographer Manuel Chavez’s never-before-published shot of Elvis flipping the “F” you middle finger to a heckler (the full context is revealed in the author’s interview with Mr. Chavez) at the Summit on 28th August 1976. With the release of this photograph, everybody that has called Elvis fat and especially those who trade in the use of the demeaning “Fat Elvis” – finally know what LMP’s father thinks about them. And I believe it’s a hoot. On the question of drugs, it’s really sad Elvis’ own loyal fans accept the storyline that he was “loaded” during his 1976 appearance in Houston. Another anecdote purports Elvis accidentally took too many sleeping pills prior to walking on stage for his 2:30 Summit matinee and thus performed whilst groggy and still half asleep. My research proves this simply did not happen.
The Patriot opens with “The Man In Black, The Memphis Flash & Hollywood Hokum (Walk The Line's fictitious scene featuring Mr. Cash’s intro to pills with the dialogue ‘Elvis takes ‘em’)” and “Academia & The Media Try, But Fail, To Paint A Patriot As A Pillhead” – 10 pages dedicated to Elvis’ historic meeting with President Nixon and the myth that he was “high as a kite” in the Oval Office. But it’s Chapter 3 that will leave many readers in a state of total shock. Numbering 20 pages and titled “The Hycodan Overdose: Thank God For Blonde Miracles… Enter Sandi Miller,” it thoroughly debunks one of the most widely reported/damaging drug-based allegations (he furnished prescription-strength cough syrup in 1971 to a sweet, innocent teenager from San Francisco resulting in her overdose in his Palm Springs bed and emergency hospitalization) to be lodged against Elvis Presley.
More than five of this chapter’s 20 powerful pages are devoted to Elvis: What Happened?, with two subsections written specifically as useful knowledge for Lisa Marie Presley: “ ‘Disposable’ People In EP’s Life? Providing A Deeper Understanding For LMP And Oprah Winfrey” and “EP To Whom It May Concern: ‘I am not fucked up. I’ve got a daughter and I’ve got a life.’ ” A lot of good folks admire Kathy Westmoreland and recognize her importance to Elvis, not only in his personal life as a dear friend, but onstage and in the studio. On Sunday afternoon, 20th March 2011, she spoke with me about a controversial subject (Elvis: What Happened? has been debated by the fandom for years) and its dramatic impact on Elvis & concern for the well-being of his 9 year-old-daughter.
Kathy Westmoreland Candidly Discusses EP, LMP & Drug Rumors: How Lisa Marie Presley’s Lack Of Trust In
Her Father Would Break His Heart
Darrin Lee [abbrev. DL]: “How much would it hurt or disappoint Elvis if Lisa Marie believed the accusations in the bodyguard book and elsewhere?”
Kathy Westmoreland: “I don’t believe Elvis would survive. He couldn’t live. I think it would just kill him. From my heart, I’m telling you it would crush him more than anything anyone could possibly imagine.”
DL: “There couldn’t be anything worse happen to him than for his daughter to believe the drug accusations?”
Kathy Westmoreland: “No. There could be nothing worse happen to him. I can’t think of anything. There’s nothing else that would hurt him more and Lisa was the only thing he worried about.”
DL: “Did he pretty much say, ‘What’s my girl gonna think?’ ”
Kathy Westmoreland: “Yeah. ‘What’s Lisa gonna think? What’s gonna happen to her? What’s she gonna believe?’ That was his big concern. He was just beside himself on realizing that she would be subjected to trying to figure all this out.”
DL: “In all the years that you knew Elvis, Kathy, was this the most hurt – the biggest heartbreak – that you observed?”
Kathy Westmoreland: “It’s the biggest one. It’s the one.”
DL: “Do you recall Elvis asking, ‘What if the public turns against me because of the bodyguard book?’ ”
Kathy Westmoreland: “I think he did say something to that effect, but he knew that he couldn’t please everybody and he would be the first to tell you that. He cared about Lisa. Knowing that she would believe it and be affected by it for the rest of her life – Elvis couldn’t have handled it. He’d have an instant heart attack.”
Why is Elvis’ trusted friend Sandi Miller referred to as a blonde miracle? How many eyewitnesses in Houston did the author speak with? You’ll find out the answers to these questions and much, much more in the 2nd installment of Elvis Presley – The Patriot: A Man’s Love Of God And Country. The Summit ‘76: A Triumph Of The Human Spirit’s Press Release! Be sure to bookmark this website and check back in a few days for a major announcement RE: LMP – Karma 2010: A Genesis Of Rebel DNA. ELVIS – Through My Eyes. And of course, visit www.elvis.com for info about Graceland tours, new exhibits, Heartbreak Hotel, and all of the exciting things to do in Elvis’ beloved Memphis.
A Daughter’s Love
Lisa Marie Presley: “I would never take back any part of who I am or where I came from. I would never want to be part of anything else. I’m honored and proud of my family and my dad. I knew that he was crazy about me. He was very protective, very adoring, very watchful. You know, and I knew that I was loved, there was no question about that. But it was very apparent to me. And very mutual. I remember him very well. It was a very intense feeling to have him around. He was a very powerful person spiritually. I’m looking for someone similar to him, and nobody could ever compare. He was so extraordinary a presence. That’s what he was to me as a child – this electrifyingly powerful, grand, beautiful presence. He was an incredible and enlightened man. A one-of-a-kind human being.”
Lisa Marie Presley: “I would never take back any part of who I am or where I came from. I would never want to be part of anything else. I’m honored and proud of my family and my dad. I knew that he was crazy about me. He was very protective, very adoring, very watchful. You know, and I knew that I was loved, there was no question about that. But it was very apparent to me. And very mutual. I remember him very well. It was a very intense feeling to have him around. He was a very powerful person spiritually. I’m looking for someone similar to him, and nobody could ever compare. He was so extraordinary a presence. That’s what he was to me as a child – this electrifyingly powerful, grand, beautiful presence. He was an incredible and enlightened man. A one-of-a-kind human being.”
EP: “Respect is avid. To you my father - my friend - my confidante, I have an avid respect. Thank you for giving me intangible gifts.” (Dec. 25, 1976)
