Still, as you read, then put the book down to play a tape or video (Mr. He refuses to rifle the gossip bank and fast-forward to the later years, but the reader does and the reader can't help it. Guralnick's intention was "to rescue Elvis Presley from the dreary bondage of myth and from the oppressive aftershock of cultural significance." But from our point of view this can't be done. His mother has died, his career has been put on hold and, as he boards a ship bound for Germany, he sends a last message to his fans: "I'd like to say that in spite of the fact that I'm going away and will be out of their eyes for some time, I hope I'm not out of their minds."
The book ends in 1960 when he joins the Army. Guralnick gives us is a passionate, detailed chronicle of Presley's early years and fame. He studied the tricks and manners of other stars, played with every racial style he could find (first artfully, then compulsively), and when he had done that, he went one step beyond into something that approached the extraterrestrial.īut we are getting ahead of the story. He didn't wear clothing he wore costumes set off by lacquered hair and makeup. He was precociously assured onstage and unnervingly childish off. Lisa Marie's father had done most of his best work by the time he was 25. Aren't we always told that women seek some version of their fathers in the husbands they choose? Should you seek a working hypothesis as to why Lisa Marie Presley married Michael Jackson, "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley," by Peter Guralnick, will provide one. LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS The Rise of Elvis Presley By Peter Guralnick 560 pages.
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