Elvis Presley - A Tribute To Lamar Fike R.I.P. 1935-2011

[rosechris48]

I hope Fike is burning in hell with Parker, he made some comments on Elvis that proved him to be a JUDAS, he was no true friend to Elvis, real friends would not make comments like this, he would sell his mothers soul for 30 pieces of silver.

[puakenikeni2011]

white trash speaks

[danno131305]

Shouldve flushed all the shit down the toilet! You re all complicit in his death!

Dr Nic and Vernon included.

[spinout3]

thanks for uploading this great tribute..you can see how much these guys loved elvis..so to all you idiots who are posting bad comments..you know fuck all..you never lived with the man..these guys did!..there are some great fans out there...but there are also some pathetic ones who will blame anyone for elvis's death..get a fucking grip!...

[LittleLyndsay79]

This is for red west

I know Elvis watches you you I miss him like you all do

I looked up to him like you did

I sence him when he's around

Even thou we can't see him he's

There

Have you guys ever been to

Graceland lately?

From a fan

[crazyelvis3577]

these guys make me sick. i don't believe a word they say about Elvis. why is it only thise bunch that says all these bad things about him. everybody else says how good he was. Charlie Hodge was his best friend from army days and was a friend of mine. So was Patti Parry. neither one of them ever had a bad thing to say about Elvis. Red, Sonny, & Dave only starting spreading this trash after Vernon had fired them. then they tried to suck everybody else in to the pits with them.

[keetonplace]

Oh my, I wonder into this pit and see these snakes again and it makes me puke! They should keep their mouths shut about a good man! For God's sake LEAVE HIM ALONE!

[sonnywestfan1]

Miss u Lamar proud to call u a freind. RIP Lamar Fite!

[shibby1965]

I am so sorry to hear that Mr. Fike passed. He may have not always told the real story, but I would have loved to walk a mile in his shoes. Tell E we miss him and may the reunion be joyfull. Rest in peace. The daughter of an almost "rent a Friend".....

[jitterbug121]

That's so sad to think that Ginger wasn't really into Elvis, although, I pretty much assumed that much~so very sad to the people who really loved him RIP Lamarr

[BlueDevilBlues]

RIP, Lamar. I knew him and he was a good man. So sorry to hear of his passing. Thank you for this tribute.

[LITTLEWOOPER99]

i was only almost yr old when elvis passed and it breaks my heart the more ive learned over the yrs how he struggled with so much. love u elvis forever.

[bilvis48]

what you should say is that you ''MADE A LIFE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY,THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE HAD OTHER WISE...IF IT WERE NOT FOR ELVIS...BUT ONCE THE ''GRAVY TRAIN'...AND ''MEAL TICKET'' DIED..THEN YOU CAME OUT AND SAID HOW YOU TRIED TO HELP HIM AND ALL THIS OTHER BULLSHIT!!..BUT WHILE HE WAS ALIVE..YOU DIDNT DO SHIT..BUT TAKE THAT BIG OLE' PAYCHECK THAT HE PUT IN YOUR POCKET!!..YOU ROAD HIS COAT TAILS TILL HE DIED..AND THEN SAID..'NOW WHAT AM I GONNA DO??''..SO YOU TURNED ON HIM..SCUMBAG!

[grabar20]

@bilvis48 please read books it will help with your very backward education,and sorry who are you the maid,do you know all about what happend,no you dont you daft tit.....................

[bilvis48]

@grabar20 THEY WERE USELESS, BLOOD-SUCKING SCUM-BAGS..THAT ATE THE PILLS, CHEATED ON THEIR WIVES, AND MILKED THEIR CASH-COW RIGHT UP UNTIL HE DIED!..THEN THEY REALIZED THAT THEY DIDNT KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES..BECAUSE ELVIS DID IT FOR THEM THEIR WHOLE LIVES!...SO THEY SAID '' I KNOW, LET'S RIGHT A BOOK ABOUT HOW FUCKED UP HE WAS, AND WE'LL MAKE A FORTUNE!!"..UNGRATEFUL PIECES OF SHIT!!..SO FUCK THEM, FUCK YOU, AND FUCK FAT-ASS LAMAR FIKE!!!

[grabar20]

@bilvis48 you know jack shit,you have not got a clue what went on,you queer fag,ha ha ha ha......

[keetonplace]

@bilvis48 You are soooo right!!!!! A disgusting bunch. How in the world Elvis hung with these guys, I will never know. Looks like one by one he was getting rid of them, starting with the Wests. That's the only way he would have EVER gotten straight was to have these pieces of meat gone from his life. But instead it was him with the life sucked out of him by these creatures.

[pearlsfortheswines]

What a bizarre situation, imagine someone calling you out of bed at 4:00am asking if you want to come down now to play racquetball.

[ontheguard]

Elvis once said: "You never stood in that man's shoes or saw things through his eyes. Or stood and watched in helpless hands while the heart inside you dies. So help your brother along the way no matter where he starts; for the same God that made him, made you too."

We have no right to judge these men. Elvis never did.

[kjetin99]

Billy Smith is a very good man. I wish I had cousins like that! Elvis really had confidence in Billy! By the way, Red,Sonny ,Lamar,Marty are in my opinion great guys who really loved Elvis!

[tommyboo21]

I would need meds if I had this gang around me every day.

[PAIDNFULL456]

@tommyboo21 WOW HOW CAN U SAY THAT

[PAIDNFULL456]

@tommyboo21 WOW HOW CAN U SAY THAT [[STRESS!]]

[kjetin99]

@tommyboo21 I think you need meds even without them! Dont write so stupid comments! Without these guys E. wouldnt lived as long as he did. We should be grateful that he had such men around him. Cant you see how their feelings are? Do you think they cry for fun? I guess you are just young!

[GlenQuagmireful]

Good lord....such a great man, a monumental American and a great revolutionary artist unparalleled in our nation's history, surrounded by these imbeciles. Is it any surprise they had died so young?

[Zecalran]

These guys are only potraying Elvis was a junkie when in fact Elvis gettin his prescribed meds like we all do from his shady doctor Nick! Elvis had reasons for taking those pills..he wasn't doin it to get high he wasn't a junk or a junkie never ever!

[HanSomKan1]

@Zecalran I think you're being prejudice to the memphis mafia. You don't know them so please stop drawing conclusions from your own mind. There's a good chance some greed was involved in their Elvis-relationships - but that's only human. If I had to put up a theory I'd say it should be hard/impossible to spend so much time with Elvis and not "genuinly love him" (as you said earlier)

[myfriendangel1]

did pricilla or lisa marie attend lamar fikes memorial service or any other of the m.m members

[myfriendangel1]

when the heck did lamar fike die

[JedHowe]

Red West was right... they all lived something special... they were all a part of history.

Elvis was a once in a lifetime phenomena. Something special. You can tell they all loved him.

[thedallcows]

Sooo what. These are a group of Elvis nut hangers, later turd.

[glynamus]

man, im just an OUTSIDER looking in. window shopping you know? this small group was with Elvis all the way in his career. the times, the surprises, everything. I dont blame these men for anything. May God bless them. I believe them.

[memphisdrean]

@caucus100 Why are you telling me this? Did I say he was or wasn't addicted?

[skeetabix36]

RIP Lamar. your with your boss once again

[packard400]

....this starts out as just being "good ole boys and good ole days"....but by 7:00 you can't help getting choked up because you realize that even 30 years later, these guys are freaking LOST without Elvis! It wasn't just about a paycheck....just when it can't get much sadder... @10:32..the exchange with Sonny West and Lamar takes place....(Sonny)"I will see him again.......(Lamar).....I'm sure we will have to get an appointment!!! PRICELESS!!!!)

[Zecalran]

@packard400 it's funny these guys had no genuine love for Elvis yet they are sitting there putting on a good act! priceless If i were Elvis i'll strangle them all to death and they'll be found died on their own individual toilets! :) eye for and eye baby! but liked ur comments anyways. Ginger Alden told the cameras that these guys use to grumble and complain when Elvis asked them to do something around the house for him! No real friend to me boy! :)

[packard400]

@Zecalran ....I agree with that. I am sure that, especially the last 5 or 6 years.....he was a major pain in the ass to work for. I agree they probably did what he wanted only begrudgingly....I think the cousin (the bald guy) genuinely loved him, but it had to be tough for all of them to watch the guy self destruct.

[Zecalran]

@packard400 Elvis didn't self-destruct he was under lots of pressure Elvis had the most pressure n responsibility on him! He once snucked out on his own n went to Muhammad Ali training camp to simply relieve himself from all the STRESS! He told Ali to tell no one he was there or went there! That's the real Elvis for you these guys were a major pressure on Elvis' back n he was human too. No one can take that amount of stress Elvis was takin from these selfish n self-centred bunch of guys.

[packard400]

@Zecalran ...I am always amazed when I watch ANY of the 1977 concert footage clips of him....that NO matter how sick, fat, strung out, whatever...he was....he pulls EACH and EVERY performance off......he could have very easily said "screw it all" and quit, but to the very end, he just kept on being "Elvis" for his fans....if you get a chance, check out his 1977 clip of "how great thou art".......very touching!

[HerbWalker]

Cousin Patsey rode my School bus in Horn Lake MS:)

[silenz1970]

Elvis also was very very sick.. He had 3 heartattcks and bone cancer. From 1975 you could really see he was sick and he lost his awesome look. Charlie Hodge tell this in a clip here on UT. Offcourse all medical drugs increased Elvis illness but probarly reduced much of his pain.

[ElvisFreak77]

@silenz1970 it had been disproven he had bone cancer and I don't know about the 3 heartattacks.

[Fodderingham]

@silenz1970 Elvis did not have bone cancer. Charlie Hodge spun this nonsense for years to cover up Elvis' drug addiction.

[silenz1970]

@Fodderingham actually we really dont know for sure what Elvis did suffer from.. What is is clear as water for me is that he was very ill. Maybe from his addiction do drugs. To be sure about this we need to wait to 2027 when the death certificate becomes released to the public. My guess is still heart problems and some type of cancer.

[Zecalran]

@silenz1970 and being strangled to death!

[Musicnostalgic]

These guys tell it the way they experienced it. None of us were there. This video was uploaded with respect to the recent passing of Lamar Fike, to show a seldom seen side of the man. He's been harshly critisized in the past, in part to his own doing (Albert Goldman book participation, various documentaries), but this clip shows that he really cared for Elvis. In fact, they all did, regardless of the small and big mistakes and bad judgements some of them made, before and after Elvis' death.

[Zecalran]

@Musicnostalgic these guys were only used to tarnish Elvis image!

[Zecalran]

@Musicnostalgic they didn't cared shit for Elvis they didn't know the kinda stress n immense pressure was under at this time! -(They should have seen things through Elvis eyes for a change before they open their damn loud mouths!)-

[jangraceland]

his business . There is NOTHING and NOONE on the face of this earth that will ever deter or stop my love, respect, admiration, loyalty and faithfulness and me deepest devotion to Elvis ever. Enough is enough already. I will lov"em until the 12th of Never and beyond. Iam so sick and tired of the travesty and injustice done to my hero that's right my hero. God Bless, Hugs & Smiles, Love, Jan

[ElvisFreak77]

@jangraceland I completely agree with you, Elvis was not perfect although he was so close, but we are all only human. I will go to my grave and beyond loving him, and there is nothing or nobody that can change that! I will be loyal to him for all eternity.

[jangraceland]

Thanks to my wounderful friend Lisa3577 for sharin this with me. I am sorry to hear of the passing of lamar and my heart goes out to the family, but I am sick, tired, and fed up with the drug thing and the degrading and humiliating comments of Elvis. He deserved to have a private life of his own and not have everything he did publisized and quite frankly what he did in his private life was

[ElvisFreak77]

was there really any need for telling these things? Didn't the man deserve some privacy at all, thank God he never saw these men talk about his personal business.

[memphisdrean]

@ElvisFreak77

I guess their need for talking is sort of like the same need for us watching anything to do with Elvis. He was a huge part of their life maybe more so than he was to you or me. Who can really judge them unless you walked in their shoes.

[Zecalran]

@ElvisFreak77 these guys are not good! Elvis helped their asses out and they are putting trash on someone that helped them n their family out so much! :))

[memphisdrean]

painful...

how sad.

[charlotte946]

@memphisdrean good comment, couldnt agree more