He was 75. I go along to most of his concerts and act as a sort of unpaid personal assistant. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Elvis Gold Piano Elvis Piano at Graceland. Lamar passed away very peacefully, Friday, January 21. Don't hike alone," said Fike. A Private "Celebration/Wake" for Lamar Reilly Fike for family and friends will be held after the service.Source: Marty LackerChildren: 1)James Fike2)Joan Fike3)John Fike, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. I would rather have that than the sugar coated stories from some people. Welcome To The FECC Forum - More than 100 Million Visitors Can't Be Wrong!!! Good riddence--anyone who collaborated on Albert Goldman's famous piece of trash will certainly not be missed. Not even Elvis. However, I believe that the stuff which is being trotted out on this site grossly underestimates the amount of hard work Elvis did. (LogOut/ He wasnt willing to keep to his place, and now he is being returned to it. And that, I think, is enough. just goes to show you how badly Elvis took care of himself , how many drugs he ingested, and basically gave up on life. Lamar stayed a close friend of Elvis throughout the years, often providing . Skip to content Goldman wastes little space on the problem: all one has to do to test that idea is to imagine how Gladys would react to such a pastime. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. True, Elvis was not naive, but he was one of the first real multimedia superstars and therefore had little in the way of precedent (no Betty Ford clinics, modern agents, lifecoaches etc) to guide him. It scared us all to death. Who betrayed the other there? The INFORMATION that Lamar Fike found out after Elvis' passing. But while Goldmans Elvis is not a serious biography, it is a very serious book, if only for what it seeks to accomplish: to exclude Elvis Presley, and the culture of the white working-class South, and the people of that culture, and the culture of rock n roll, and the people of that culture, from any serious consideration of American culture. He is survived by two daughters Angie and Sheri Lacker of Memphis and one son Marc Lacker (Brenda Stoyka Lacker),. Lamar was also very close to Elvis mother. Im not sure. I met this lovely man in Memphis 2003, he was a true gentleman and spoke highly of Elvis. Try again later. There remain only a few problems. It was essentially, you know, like I think God loves a buzzard as much as an eagle. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. I will give you a little example of a similar experience I have had. So on the one hand you accuse other posts of talking as if Elvis was an angel, but you act the same way towards the memphis mafia! Lamar was also very close to Elvis' mother. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Elvis Presley, Clyde McPhatter, and Jackie Wilson, as a mediocre bluesman. One can pause and say that Goldman has done useful work elaborating the truth about Colonel Parker (though he is not the first to reveal that Parker is a Dutchman rather than the West Virginia carny Parker has always made himself out to be), and about Parkers long-term mismanagement of Elviss career; one can say that the opening chapters of the book, set late in Elviss career behind the walls of Graceland and inside the Hilton International Hotel in Las Vegas, while clearly composites, are effectively creepy. Thankfully that failed to happen, largely because of Marcuss magnificent demolition of Goldmans hateful hack job. Having established hillbillies as a deracinated race, Goldman sets out to prove that Elviss line was the most degraded of allresurrecting the long-discredited theories of Henry H. Goddard, who in 1912 published a study of the Kallikak families (from kallos, the Greek word for beauty, and kakos, for bad). I understand Elvis liked and trusted him very much. Lamar Fike: Member of Elvis Presley's famed inner circle, the Memphis cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Maybe there was a revenge feeling from the book "Elvis What Happened". It is Goldmans purpose to entirely discredit Elvis Presley, the culture that produced him, and the culture he helped createto altogether dismiss and condemn, in other words, not just Elvis Presley, but the white working-class South from which he came, and the pop world which emerged in his wake. While it can be argued that the Wests and Dave Hebler had decent motives (Although if they really did care about Elvis why did they wait until they were fired before coming to Elvis's rescue?) Let us not forgot that the Albert Goldman book was written by Albert Goldman. Hello, isn't the conspiracy theory about Elvis being isolated, exploited and betrayed doing hima disservice? Lamar Fike, member of Elvis' 'Memphis Mafia,' dies Following their return, he became Presley's tour manager.Beginning in 1961, he alternated between being in Presley's camp and serving as the road manager for Brenda Lee. Nevernever. As Goldman says, there is absolutely no poignance in this history.. He may have been unknowing in 1955 but he was experienced enough to know the rules by 1965. Goodbye Lamar Fike. I got fired about 500 times, but it's all part of it. Fike's tales were a mainstay of the controversial 1981 book Elvis by Albert Goldman. Henry was a Beale Street promoter. 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You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. He worked for the King from 1957 to 1977 and even traveled to Germany with him in 1958. Marty". Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I know that Marty once said that he was almost as bad as Elvis. Lamar Fike's Elvis Video Blog: Video 4 - YouTube If I played Devil's advocate, I think I'd say a few things in his defence. the rest of the entourage have no such motive as Elvis was long gone before they started putting pen to paper. Were it not for the money behind the book and the consciousness of the book that money has produced, Goldmans Elvis would be little more than a 598-page attempt to prove that Albert Goldman is better than Elvis Presley, just as Goldmans earlier Ladies and Gentlemen, LENNY BRUCE!! I saw two honest books, one who had no respect for his subject and was not in awe of him and the other who was more sympathetic to a flawed genius. Larry L Fike . Fortis - Get a grip. Regarding the issue of people not being given access to Elvis at times, it is possible that Elvis knew of this and was part of the game. I have the unfortunate task of officially sadly announcing the passing of Lamar Fike as authorized by his cousin Tommy McDonald who was very close to Lamar and was with him daily in his hospital room in Arlington,Texas. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Lamar Reilly Buddha, Birdy Fike I found on Findagrave.com. If he'd wanted to meet up with Steve Binder, he could have phoned him at NBC and arranged for him to collect complimentary tickets at the International. This way, he can remain the nice guy while I am the nasty one! It is hard to know where to begin: the torrents of hate that drive this book are unrelieved. [3] Elvis, he wasnt doing nothing but what the colored people had been doing for the last hundred years. He could sing em not necessarily like a Negro, but he didnt sing em altogether like a typical white musician. Such information is missing in Goldmans book not because it is dubious, but because it conflicts with Goldmans portrait of Elvis as an unregenerate Southern redneck who stopped just short of the Klan.. Lamar talks about Elvis' mother and the sad tragedy of her death. I don't contend that Elvis's entourage are angelic. Myth, Goldman writes, is what we believe naturally. Lamar Fike also worked for Hill and Range music publishers and brought several major songs to Elvis' sessions . You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. "Memphis Mafia" Member Lamar Fike Passes Lamar Fike, an enduring member of Elvis Presley's so-called "Memphis Mafia," as well as a Music Row businessman, has died in Arlington, Texas.Mr. Lamar - Lona . I will not let anybody get backstage other than a close showbiz friend of his or a member of his family. Hello truthseeker1, some people have a need to take Elvis Presley the supreme singer and entertainer and morph him into Elvis Presley the supreme being. I was always upset by the fact that Steve Binder was blocked to meet Elvis in Vegas. These guys spoke their mind and weren't sugar sweet like Joe, Charlie and Jerry. Because his book will be the most widely read and widely consulted biography of Elvis Presley, his perversion of Sam Phillipss statement will replace the statement itself: it will be quoted in reviews, articles, among fans, and in other books, and it will defame the reputation of Sam Phillips. As I've said on an earlier post, it is very sad when someone from the Elvis story passes away but that does not change the fact that they have made careers out of highlighting and exaggerating Elvis's faults, while playing down their own. The statement is simple and elegant. Agent Kevin Eggers brought Fike together with Albert Goldman, a fifty-four-year-old pop critic and former college professor. And before you call me to account for calling Elvis a "great person" - tell me who in your view is. Elvis was in tip-top shape and stayed that way up till the 70's Lamar was never in good shape. was intended to aid Elvis rather than a tawdry attempt to gain revenge with royalties added - who's naive? Third, there are Elviss own words. How Was Ben Fike Killed? In a car accident, a Stampede defenseman I agree with what Tony and dgirl were trying to say here. Being around a drug addict for years is Hell. After attending the Columbia Military Academy in Tennessee, graduating in 1954, Fike bumped into the young Elvis in Memphis before the latter burst onto the scene, and joined his entourage in 1957, by which time Elvis was already the hottest property in pop music. I always enjoyed seeing Lamar Fike speaking about Elvis, he was a straight talking, no BS type of person. The "lure", according to Fike, worked next time around and Elvis and Wood became lovers. It is one thing to take drugs, it is another thing how your body react to it. Lamar Fike: That's one of the most important things that history has . Why on earth should EPE be obliged to pay for Lamar Fike's funeral? Fike remained one of his closest aides until the singer's death in 1977. Probably so, but it was the lifestyle of Elvis that killed him at such a young age. The Stanley boys? They did not live the same life, they did not share the same family history for example. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Colin B, what's up with Al Strada and Larry Geller these days? Rest in peace Lamar and look after Elvis for us. It was a fantasy of freedom with the reality of slavery, the ultimate validation of D. H. Lawrences dictum on what he took to be the American idea of freedom: Men are not free when they are doing just what they like. What remains for us fan is what we should focus on: the music the Memphis Flash left to enjoy forever. Death location . Are you sure that you want to delete this flower? Several members filled practical roles; for instance, they were employed to work for Presley as bodyguards or on tour logistics and . The outcome was a disaster because the most lucrative work (movies, Las Vegas engagements) didn't stretch Elvis and in some cases made him look ridiculous. Fike was 75 years old. The INFORMATION that Lamar Fike found out after Elvis' passing. Then, very sadly, before the book was finished, Lamar passed away on 21 January 2011. Try again later. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Goldman presents himself as a hipster (in fact he is a hippie, in the fifties meaning of the term: one whose only interest is to appear hipper than anyone else in the room), and perhaps to the hipster, who alone comprehends the primal genius of the black man, all non-hipster ofays are racists, but Sam Phillips was one of the great pioneers of racial decency in this century. Cause of Death: Kidney Failure He was 66. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Postby Colin B Fri Nov 23, 2018 11:39 am, Postby Colin B Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:51 pm, Postby Colin B Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:55 pm, Postby Colin B Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:26 pm, Postby Suspicious Minds Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:57 pm, Postby elvis-fan Fri Nov 23, 2018 5:39 pm, Postby Jukebox Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:56 am, Postby elvislady Sat Nov 24, 2018 7:59 am, Postby Colin B Sat Nov 24, 2018 8:33 am, Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests. There is no such thing as a fatal hereditary disposition. But the claim does have its purpose. These occasions are private matters for family members to make their own arrangements. Elvis: Truth, Myth & Beyond: An Intimate Conversation With Lamar Fike, Elvis' Closest Friend & Confidant (1) Paperback - Illustrated, September 30, 2016 by L.E. a literary pariah in his own lifetime. Officially, Elvis' death--at age 42--was attributed to "cardiac arrhythmia" brought on by an irregular heartbeat caused by "undetermined causes." In initial interviews, Elvis' personal. The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. Lamarr had lived in the Orlando area for the past decade, in Altamonte. Fike recalled the 19-year-old Wood's first date with Elvis, when she had to share the singer's limo with Fike and two other members of the Memphis Mafia, stopping off to buy "dozens of hamburgers" before going to Presley's newly-bought Memphis Mansion, Graceland, where he showed her what she called "the biggest bed I have ever seen." A system error has occurred. Welcome To Elvis Presley's World 44.6K subscribers Subscribe 12K views 1 year ago There is someone is going around saying they r. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Lamar Fike Interview Part Two - An EIN exclusive Interview Lamar R. Fike & Janice L. (Fadal) Fike Married: April 12, 1980 Status: Unknown Married at: Mc lennan County, TX Janice L. (Fadal) Fike Lamar R. Fike Child Spouse: Lamar R. Fike Born c. 1936 Friends Friends can be as close as family. He got fired for that. I have little stomach for any more: for an accounting of Goldmans countless factual errors (Hank Williamss death dated in the wrong year; James Meredith, who has surely suffered enough, being killed in 1969 at Altamont rather than Meredith Hunter), misspelled names, songs placed in the wrong movies, or the dismissal of James Brown as an African witch doctor and of Roy Brown, the voice behind B. Something's not clear here. For such a task, revelations about the moral weakness and ill-spent life of a single individual are useful, but no matter how numerous or squalid such revelations might be, they are not sufficient. There is a problem with your email/password. HEDY LAMAR: 1913-2000 - Orlando Sentinel The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Does he make the cut? He looks utterly forlorn. RIP and thanks for the memories. Lamar Fike Obituary (2011) - New Orleans, LA - The Times-Picayune Apparently he died of heart failure at Graceland, a victim of prescription drugs, fatigue, and the burdens of . Among Fike's recollections was the actress Natalie Wood drinking with Elvis in his penthouse at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Los Angeles. Even the books errors, its disregard for the most easily confirmed facts, its degraded style, and its refusal of documentation or, most of the time, even attribution, is part of this: it emphasizes that a figure such as Elvis Presley does not deserve a serious biography. By far the worst of these concerns Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records, and the man who first recorded Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, and Johnny Cash, and who made the first important records with Howlin Wolf and many other blues singers. Add friend Advertisement HOW TO DO IT To die at 42 had nothing to do with playing concerts over the last 7 years. Second (as Goldman himself will claim when he needs to find roots for Elviss later interest in spiritualism), the Presleys attended tent meetings and traveling revivals, where the preaching was often far wilder than in a settled church. This account has been disabled. Exactly who is the victim of treachery in all this? It didn't seem to affect him. He was the most unprejudiced human being I ever knew. Lamar Hunt, whose father's Texas oil fortune gave him the springboard to become a prime founder of the American Football League and who gave the Super Bowl its name, died . This is the way he wants it, but the fans have no idea of this, they think it is all my doing. was a 555-page attempt to prove that Albert Goldman was hipper than Lenny Bruce. At the time of his death, he was reportedly writing his memoir, Fike: An Uncommon Journey.Mr. Goldman has some positive things to say about a few of the early Sun recordings, though they were, he reminds the reader, nothing new (Elviss notion of what was hip was almost quaint), little more than parodies, and essentially fake: Sam Phillips attached to his new stars raw and untrained voice the electronic prosthesis [Goldman means the slap-back echo Phillips had used earlier on many blues records and used later on many rockabilly records] that masked his vocal faults while it transformedor shall we say transfigured?his vocal quality into the legendary Presley sound. After a justifiable dismissal of Heartbreak Hotel, which was less an Elvis record thanan attempt by RCA to bring him into the pop mainstream, Goldman mostly ignores the rest of the early RCA work and, when Elvis returns from the Army, jumps straight into a condemnation of such bloated (and still exciting) discs as Its Now or Never, omitting any mention of Elvis Is Back!, the powerful blues and R&B album with which Elvis in fact announced his return to pop music. Lamar had been hospitalized since last October 14th and then transferred to the physical therapy wing of the hospital. The Myth Behind the Truth Behind the Legend: Albert Goldman's 'Elvis Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, Lamar Fike was one of Elvis Presley's career-long entourage who became the singer's friends, foils, scapegoats, bodyguards, road managers, lighting technicians, punchbags, babysitters (for the singer himself) and procurers of girls, pills or sweets. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? He will then say that he is sorry that he cannot spend more time with them! 1 albums ('56-'59). may be re-printed for public display without permission. Home - Elvis Presley Photos | Elvis Presley and Friends, Copyright 2022 by www.elvis.com.au & www.elvispresley.com.au, https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/news/lamar-fike-has-died.shtml. Larry Fike . I read her Goldmans version of Phillipss statement. Outside of Red West, Lamar Fike was with Elvis the longest and he remained close to him . Maybe there's such a residue of ill-feeling, sus[picion and unhappiness following Elvis's death because his behaviour was hugely damaging to the people around him and the relationships between them. The literature suggests Elvis was an unfaithful husband, once punched Charlie Hodge, and had a liaison with a girlfriend of Jerry Schilling (sources: "Elvis and Me"; "Elvis and the Memphis Mafia"; the Guralnick biographies). . Include gps location with grave photos where possible. He got that shaking, that wiggle, from Charlie Burse, Ukulele Ike we called him, right there at the Gray Mule on Beale. That's why you will read negative things about the majority of the entourage, and based on what has been written about Elvis by these people, that criticism is entirely justified. Mutual friends say it was more to protect Presley than to make money from him that Fike volunteered for the US army when the singer was called up in 1958. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying : Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. I really think it's disrespectful and a bit twee to cast him as a naive, pitiable little boy incapable of making choices. Outside of Red West, Lamar was with Elvis the longest and he remained close to him until Elvis' passing.Lamar was also very close to Elvis' mother. If he could have done two big tours a year, that would just have been perfect. The same goes for backstage meetings, he likes to sit backstage quietly alone to prepare himself for the show. What Fike described as Elvis's "lure" did not work that night and, according to Wood, he behaved "like a true southern gentleman" and drove her home. He jeopardised the security and happiness of them all by lapsing into drug abuse. Published by The Times-Picayune on Feb. 18, 2011. And I always lost. press conference. But it's very, very hard to get at a balanced view not least because we weren't there and are left trying to arrive at informed conclusions based on inconsistent information. "He treated everybody equal. NIGGER REST IN PEACE, LAMAR. Goodbye Lamar Fike | ElvisBlog If not racism, then eugenics. The Memphis Mafia: Lamar Fike - died 21st January, 2011, in Arlington Tarrant County, Texas, aged 75. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Inspired by Goldmans example with the Tupelo minister, I picked up the phone and called Marion Keisker in Memphis. You say "You have no clue what went on between Elvis and any of those guys", well you are wrong. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Thus we have the myth behind the truth behind the legend. http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/memph names.html. Colonel Parker or Elvis? Your Scrapbook is currently empty. And, Viva, you may be right. I never heard Sam use the word `niggernothing could be more out of character. She paused to catch her breath. Possibilities Behind Marfan Mike's Cause of Death After Coma DEGENERATE I also met Elvis in '54 and began working for him in '57 although we never got paid. He first got to know him through Elvis's mother, Gladys, and it was she who told her son to trust their fellow Mississippian before she died in 1958, just as Elvis was conquering the world. But certain Americansand of course people from all over the worldhave recognized themselves, and selves they would not have otherwise known, in Elvis Presley: Americans whose culture had taken shape long before Elvis Presley appeared, and those whose culture would have had no shape, would have been in no way theirs, had Elvis Presley been willing to keep to the place allotted to him. As we can see the departure of one of these guys always brings back controversial and dark chapters in the Elvis's biography. Marty wrote:I have the unfortunate task of officially sadly announcing the passing of Lamar Fike as authorized by his cousin Tommy McDonald who was very close to Lamar and was with him daily in his hospital room in Arlington,Texas.Lamar passed away very peacefully last night, Friday, January 21. Ironically, he died of just what the book what talking about : a colossal abuse of long over prescribed pills. He could make it hard on you. He stuck with a bunch of tried and trusted friends, most of whom he looked after in huge examples of generosity - by your standards THEY were not naive, they could have left him and his money IF they wanted. Fike, who was suffering from non . When he asks poignantly, "How do you save a man from himself? During what Elvis purists believe were the pathetic years of his decline, the singer was wont to invite Fike onstage to give him the kind of "piggyback" a father gives his child. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [2] And because Goldman has placed a racist slur at the very founding point of rock n roll, and because, here and elsewhere, he works to make racism seem ordinary, matter-of-fact, and obvious, he will contribute to the acceptance of racism among rock fans, who might learn a different lesson from an honest version of their history, and he will contribute to the growing fashionableness of racism among Americans of all sorts. A young Elvis is pictured with his mom, Gladys, and father, Vernon Credit: Getty. Her . Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. An exile from the real world, Elvis Presley built his own world, and within itwhere the promise was that every fear, pain, doubt, and wish could be washed away with money, sex, drugs, and the bought approval of yes-menElvis Presley rotted. The fascination, Linda Ray Pratt has written of Elvis, was the reality showing through the illusionthe illusion of wealth and the psyche of poverty; the illusion of success and the pinchof ridicule; the illusion of invincibility and the tragedy of frailty; the illusion of complete control and the reality of inner chaos Elvis had all the freedom the world can offer and could escape nothing. It is that pinch of ridiculethe ridicule in which a great part of America has always held Elvis Presleythat is the exploitative basis of Goldmans book. . There is no need to feel revolted: American culture has never permitted itself to be exemplified by Elvis Presley, and it never will. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Finding strong reason to believe that Bob Lee Smith, Elviss maternal grandfather, may have married a first cousin, Goldman gravely informs his readers that genetics may explain why the children of Bob Lees brothers and sisters turned out well, whereas Bob and [his wife] Doll produced children who exhibited an abnormally high incidence of addiction to drugs and alcohol, emotional disorders and premature death. Goldman turns his tricks well. Gone and forgotten. Nobody (except maybe the Memphis Mafia ) expected Elvis to die so soon. While most of Elvis is written in the voice of the hipster (theys many a crazy, likah drinkin pill-poppin countrah boy that kin get hissef jes as racked-up n ragged as the craziest coon on Beale Street), in the addled syntax of a person who dictates rather than writes (envying what is beyond one), or in the tones of a man who simply cant be bothered with decent language when the subject of that language is so obviously contemptible (What really bugged Elvis was that they could never find one of those trick cars, like they have in the circus), here Goldman slips easily into the simultaneously vague and definitive cadences of the social scientist. They go on tour and play 2-3 hours a night and they are well into their 60's. He always spoke highly of Elvis and told the colonel a few home truths.
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