Dick Grob, Greg McDonald and Charles Stone at this year’s Elvis Festival in Great Yarmouth
If you want the inside story on Elvis and Colonel Parker, look no further than the “Memphis Mafiosi”, guest stars at this year’s Elvis Festival in Great Yarmouth. Featuring Dick Grob (Presley’s head of security from 1970), Charles Stone (his tour manager from the late-60s), and Greg McDonald (who worked for the Colonel for 27 years). The trio shared plenty of anecdotes, including the day Elvis spotted a street fight, leapt from his limo in his sequined jumpsuit and ordered the brawlers to break it up and shake hands.
The three stressed that The Colonel wasn’t the pantomime villain of popular perception. “The Colonel had an act of his own and it was mostly a put on,” said McDonald. Grob added: “The people who wrote the books weren’t there… and the ones who were there knew they had to lie to sell books.”
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