Sonny West talks about Elvis and Nixon.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Sonny West when he visited Oslo, Norway in May 2011. What a wonderful man!Sonny is just a very nice human being that loves to tell stories. I hope you will enjoy this one, about Elvis and Nixon. And if you see this Sonny; thank`s for still taking care of business! Your friend Chris.

[@rachaelleight4612]

Sonny was a good man, he really cared for Elvis. I'm sure Elvis gave him a big hug when he got to heaven!!!

[@roisindubh02]

Yeah, I’m sure he did especially after that shit bag wrote a disparaging book about him. 🙄

[@jessflint]

Mohamed Ali is beside Elvis, not sure about the hug...

[@tcbtcb7553]

I met him in his wife in 2005. He was great! Rest in peace Sonny!! Thank you!

[@GarlandFarms]

His wife must have a ravenous appetite.

[@mikenino1559]

Wish there was a video of Elvis helping himself looking through the president's things and putting them in his pockets so funny.

[@crescencianaticzon7908]

.....Elvis was natural and unpretentious, and President Nixon was gracefully kind and understanding --- both showed their humanity and common nature....the world is such too engulfed by false limelight.

[@jeanjones1846]

That the KING for ya... Miss you so much ...

[@maggieanderson3778]

I'm sorry that Sonny isn't able to read what I am going to write here. Sonny, you were there for "E" when he needed you. You as well as the other men watched over him and took care of the man so many admired for so many years. I heard him sing Teddy Bear at age 8 and have been a fan from then. I don't care what others say about anybody. I'm a grown up and I make my own decisions. My decision, Sonny West is that you are the kind of person I wish I had known. May you rest in eternal peace. Mary

[@TCB0816]

That is exactly how I feel about Sonny. He was a good guy and I wish I could have met him.

[@traceywilkins6013]

elvis legend love hearing stories about him

[@johnllewellyn7085]

I met sonny in 2009 across from Graceland, I had a picture with him, that picture hanging in my office and will until the end, things happen, no one is perfect, sonny is a good man, get well sonny, hope I can meet you again one day, TCB🤘EP forever

[@user-kl4xg3em6z]

John Llewellyn

[@user-kl4xg3em6z]

John Llewellyn

[@shigsho]

iJaden, you forgot to post twice.

[@superramigaming3173]

John Llewelly

[@RonYoungAsElvis]

NICE INTERVIEW SONNY CAME ACROSS VERY INTELLIGENTLY AND LIKEABLE GOD BLESS AND REST IN PEACE !!!!!

[@kimberlylockhartcalpito9750]

What a great story about President Nixon and Elvis with his guys! Ty

[@bosshogg1915]

Such an awesome guy. Love you Sonny.

[@LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS]

Lovely interview with Sonny. TCB & TLC.....

[@clairemooney3969]

What. A. Great. Story. And. Great. Memory's.

[@braddarnell2498]

I think he passed away just a few months back. He seemed like a good dude to me.

[@alankozak9675]

RIP Sonny West.

[@TheJhaley12]

God bless you Sonny. You will be missed.

[@driluz8929]

Red e Sonny escreveram particularidades da vida de Elvis,cheio de inverdades !!! Isto chateou profundamente Elvis, que sempre preservou sua imagem pública, sendo generoso e crédulo com as pessoas!! ( dri- Brasil )

[@dmljm2]

Great Video and Thanks For Posting ! Hi Sonny TCB DANNY

[@kjetin99]

Thanks a lot for this clip! Nice to hear Sonny himself telling this story. I wish Sonny all the best and that he soon gets healthy!

[@dianebays5484]

Elvis was DEA!

[@jodyriggs7859]

Sonny was a good man so was red and they loved Elvis they were family! They had some good times together!!

[@teeye1]

Yes, Sonny is very sick and could use your prayers. Please get well, Sonny!

[@justmytwobits]

R.I.P. Mr. West, RIP. May 25, 2017.

[@janinefarris2748]

I have seen Sonny West in a few interviews and before he started talking on this interview I could tell he was weakened it look like it but just like Elvis He had the same strength to deliver and give the best interview on the antidote on Elvis meeting Nixon you could tell they were similar in that way that is a characteristic that makes you love of man or woman even more. Those personal attributes reminds me of a song that I once heard entitled smile though your heart is . It breaks my heart and makes me appreciate men like Sonny West And Elvis Presley and many of us whose heart is aching and somehow we get through it with the help of God. I know Sonny is in heaven with Elvis

[@gabby18162]

Great! I have lots of admiration for Sonny and the rest of the M.M. that truly loved Elvis. Thanks

[@marcellaalfaro8418]

Gabriella B Sunny and Red and a David wrote a book about Elvis . It came out just a little before Elvis left us . It was the most despicable malicious book that these so called friends wrote . All because Vernon , Elvis dad fired them . Elvis told Vernon to give each $5.000 and to tell them they will be rehired-back in a few months . Vernon only gave them a weeks pay. Still that was no reason to be so vengeful and despicable to the man that gave them so much ; cars, jewels, houses and much more , His friendship . Elvis was very hurt and asked them not to publish it but they did it . And after Elvis was gone they now were giving speeches and still profiting from Elvis . No admiration whatsoever for these JUDAS : Sunny and Red West and David a new comer . Sunny and Red worked as Elvis security and were very rude and aggressive to some of Elvis fans poor Elvis was always being sued because of what these cold bloody men were doing , they acted as if they were Gods and mistreated people . Hope they pay for what they did . 😡😡😡😡

[@NancyJSimpson]

Not to disrespect the dead but the book by Sonny and Red West was written in revenge and to make money. What was said in the book was the worst of the worst of Elvis's life. Total humiliation. I think Sonny felt bad about it for the rest of his life. However, he soothed his conscience by saying that it was a "wake up call" for Elvis. It was no wake up call it was a pay back of the worst kind.

[@DoctorBrodski]

@@NancyJSimpson You don't know anything for certain because you weren't there

[@user-sq1gk9tc4u]

@@marcellaalfaro8418Вы совершенно правы.Многие здесь восхищаются этими ребятами.Вся трагедия была в том что ,Элвис был преданным и верным на счет дружбы и братства.Он так и не пришел в себя от предательства людей ,которых он считал братьями,обеспечивал их семьи ,возил с женами и детьми вместе отдыхать ,оплачивал всё и вся,дома ,машины,золото,больницы….Зачем на весь мир нужно было позорить Элвиса.?Ещё Присцилла перед смертью нанесла удар Элвису подав на него в 1977 г .апреле в суд для увеличения алиментов,и наложив на Грейсленд арест .Потом они на протяжении жизни будут только на имени Элвиса зарабатывать!!Подло.Бог им судья.Так нельзя..😢

[@wallymarcel1]

The wive’s line kills me.

[@TheBluesamp]

mr president you have your show to run and i have mine- elvis ...what a bad asz!!

[@MMAfighter38113]

RIP Sonny

[@hollielee6142]

It was Vernon who fired Sonny and Red West and Dave. Elvis 😇 ❤️ plans were to re hire them.

[@elvisgospel1]

Thank you making and for posting this video. It's great!

[@Sergigrinkovvolponyfan]

i have known Sonny for over twenty years. I heard this story from Sonny. i am anxious to see the new movie about this meeting to see how true to life it it.

[@hollielee6142]

Elvis 😇 received lawsuits 🤑💰 from strangers. The strangers said that Sonny and Red West and Dave were physically rough 😦 with them when they worked as Elvis's bodyguards.

[@chios1761]

Wonderdful! Thanks for posting.

[@pauljamieson9908]

lovely story

[@sandramiller8701]

I believe After Elvis died Sonny a red both regretted that they hurt a betrayed him , ,,,,,,

[@vickiatkins9061]

I do agree with you sandra Miller. I know you loved elvis but we all did. Tcb

[@BrendaBooher-hw4mf]

I like listening to the stories about Elvis but I regret that Sonny, Red and Dave wrote the book 'Elvis What Happened' because it hurt Elvis and stressed him out so much right before he passed away. Elvis was and still is the best entertainer of all time.

[@ralphfurley123]

Awesome story!!!

[@johncameron2545]

This shit is priceless and will never happen again. This is true folks

[@lillyd2246]

What does Elvis when he finally meets the president ? He asks to share it with his friends... 💯

[@louiseball56]

RIP Sonny....

[@LARRYCORY1]

I met Mr. West. He never said 1 bad thing about Elvis. He was so sad that he could not stop Elvis from doing harm to himself. Thats just my 2 cents worth.

[@depaola63]

How can you protect a man from himself?

[@DarkSkies72]

LARRYCORY1 He ran out of bad things to say? It's all in his vengeful, betrayal of a book!

[@user-kl4xg3em6z]

JENNA

[@mikewitcher1102]

Hi Larry, I had the privilege of meeting Sonny West. He came to my home town during a ETA performance. I told him I was a life time Elvis fan. He then started to apologize for all that had happened with him and Elvis. He was truly a class act.

[@theflossi56]

LARRYCORY1 if they hadn’t wrote the book I might feel good about all of them including the ex but I’d never write about my relatives/friends but then they aren’t famous and I’d never sell a book either soooo

[@traceywilkins6013]

Lovely man sonnyx

[@yvetteheller1083]

What a great experience for all!! Elvis wanted to get the badge, and so President Nixon gave him one!

[@zminvestllc9919]

I MET SONNY AND HIS WIFE, AND HE TOLD ME THIS STORY, BUT HE DID NOT TELL YOU THE ENTIRE STORY IN THIS VIDEO. IT IS A GREAT STORY!! I TRULY WISH THAT ELVIS, KNEW HOW IMPORTANT HE WAS TO US ALL. ONLY ELVIS COULD DO THIS. HE WAS BIGGER THEN THE PRESIDENT TOF THE US.

[@johnblack9298]

Rip Sonny Just read your book still taking care of business

[@valerielain6878]

Elvis didn't go through the President's drawer without asking first. That I don't believe.

[@imaculadaconceicao6892]

Gostaria de saber por que o Sonny West e o Red continuaram usando a corrente com o símbolo do TCB, apo terem sido despedidos dos por Vernom Presley, apos a divulgacăo do livro que escreveram e com trabalharam apos terem sidos despedidos. Voltaram para Graciland?

[@bradlott9876]

Take that s*$t back to Mexico

[@patriciahooperbivens7973]

he was such a child then having to grow up way to fast thanks sonny

[@MikaelVitalyVyacheslav-bh2fk]

Elvis was lucky to have Sonny West and Red as friends for they told him the truth about his drug dependency when no one else was. At least THEY tried. Everyone else was pretending Elvis wasn't dying.

[@laurar4465]

The story of Elvis And Nixon was fascinating! Sonny shared that historical day with them. RIP Sonny. Keep TCBing in heaven with Elvis and the rest of the guys

[@girthbrooks4730]

RIP Sonny.

[@kathrynenderby5997]

I’m a huge fan of elvis Presley’s and I love 💕 elviss music and flims too elvis will always be the king 👑 of rock and my dream is to visit Graceland and communicate with elvis 10:49am

[@IAML84aD8now]

He's dying now has throat cancer. their all dying off now Joe Esposito ,Marty Lacker, Lamar Fike ,Charlie Hodge. Red West is 81 They all had an amazing life being part of Elvis's entourage

[@susiemitchell4691]

and his wife too she got cancer

[@sammy5714]

😔 😔 😔 😓

[@jamesh2711]

Sonny and the rest of the original "Memphis Mafia" were the luckiest men on the face of the earth to be close personal friends with Elvis. Their lives were every bit as interesting as Elvis' was. Sad that Billy Smith and Jerry Shilling are the only ones that are left now

[@goldenera4ever]

I can only imagine Nixon couldn't have cared less about Elvis or who and what he was, but even he knew better to say no to the king. Lol! Only Elvis.

[@pittmanfh]

He describes the South quite well. People do like to hug one another, especially at a funeral or in church. Obviously a no-no during a pandemic like we're enduring.

[@sandramiller8701]

,president N ixon even loved a admired Elvis ,,,,,,,,,

[@warrendelay]

Anyone that has read the book knows it was not written as a wake up call to Elvis, it was written with vengeance in mind, a cruel betrayal in its rawest form. It does my heart good to see Sonny in such poor health and knowing that he died unable to pay his bills is a comfort to me. Thank you Karma.

[@vernwallen4246]

Shame on you sir.😜😜😜😜😜😜

[@ptl44]

because he and Red were fired without reason and given a week's pay after 20 years service. They had kids and had to sell their houses, cars, etc..They were getting under Elvis' skin regarding his drug use. These guys were with him from the beginning and were the only guys with the guts to nag Elvis on his drug use. He had threatened to fire them a number of times if they didn't shut up. They were tossed to the curb like an old rag. Put yourself in their shoes for a minute and think about it.

[@gloriahoyte5420]

Sam , if you don't what happened, you should shut up, you Just going along with what you heard, get the facts or Shut up!! It's more in the moutor than in the pestle!!!!

[@BillAnt]

If I may ask, what the heck is a "moutor"? thanks.

[@dalvasilvasantos6101]

betrayal is treason no mather the reason, the worst of all traitors is priscilla

[@SherrySaundersNC]

Someone needs to learn how to spell, if they really want their statements understood. lol

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

when elvis fired sonny, they were at the door at graceland,,, and elvis punched sonny in the face. sonny turned and walked away.

[@Spaceman1968]

Nixon did not have the tape until a year or two later.

[@kjetin99]

@myfriendangel1 Can you tell us whats wrong with Sonny? Its very sad if its something serious! All the best!

[@hollielee6719]

Typo for Lamar Fike 🤩

[@Kidraver555]

Yea Elvis did use it well he informed on the beatles apparently.

[@ispy368]

Mike his guilt was and is eating him up...40 years later for betraying his former bread winner.

[@DoctorBrodski]

After being betrayed himself first.

[@rmmarinesupplieschannel3678]

A friend tries to help a friend not talk bad about him, Sony and red are ass clowns they both made a lot of money after elvis died

[@debbiewolcott7662]

Hi sony

[@rexmanninger7739]

I wonder where Red was at ?

[@cstcb1974]

Amazing that so many Elvis fans give this man the time. Lots of "pray for Sonny" comments, but when Elvis needed Sonny's prayers, Sonny was busy writing a tell all book because he was upset at being laid off. As far as I'm concerned, this book was one of the final nails in Elvis' coffin. Sonny, Red and Dave Hebler are useless.

[@BillAnt]

You know, every story has two sides to it... you've told one of them... and I'm just gonna leave it at that...

[@rapman5363]

Bill A STFU

[@catalinaortoljo3523]

He was still living off of Elvis after Elvis died. Like a maggot feeding off a carcass.

[@lisa135city]

JE N'arrive pas a comprendre que les fans d'Elvis apprecient sonny red et dave les 3 qui ont ecrit ce livre minable sur Elvis avez vous oublié le mal qu'a ressentit ELVIS et le trahison de ces 3 personnes !!!

[@marilynadams349]

Sonny passed in 2017

[@debbiewolcott7662]

Hi sony this debbie..wolcott

[@RafaelAlivtres]

Tu as raison!!!

[@ros1339]

Why do I have the feeling that is Judas speaking here?

[@BillAnt]

Well because you only hear one side of the story, and as they say there are always two sides to it...

[@brownmut5518]

This guy had felt no guilt parading the What happened book around witch leads me.to believe that the whole point of the book for him was to beg his friend to please get a hold of himself and clean up for his and his young daughters sake. I've never heard him say a bad thing about Elvis. If their is an after life, I'm sure all is forgiven with Sunny. Some of the other leaches not so much.

[@doriswilliams6422]

God rest his soul he said Elvis had charizma he had it to

[@fancysfolly8937]

He seems like a nice man...I think he did care for Elvis... A few of those men in the Memphis Mafia seemed like jackasses...one was a heavy set fellow..I saw the interviews on youtube...this man, Sonny seemed like a southern gentleman...Elvis was southern gentleman....they are a breed that seems to be going extinct...I think there was so much more to the story...Elvis trusted them for many years...but I think he betrayed them in other ways...he wasn't clear at times and did inappropriate things ...things that no doubt pills are to blame for..I'd be willing to bet that Elvis...wherever his beautiful soul resides...has forgiven them a million times over.

[@fancysfolly8937]

Lamar was the heavy fellow who seems to be a jackass in the interviews

[@rapman5363]

Lamar Fike was the fat ass that likes to talk shit in all the interviews, he was a parasitic hanger on and the other windbag asshole is Marty Lacker, he talks a lot of shit too,but is a complete fraud and user.

[@wallymarcel1]

Nixon’s office wasn’t taping then.

[@EAP-TCB]

Debbie Wolcott,I don't think Sonny remembers you!Dont forget that he has some serious health problems now so I hope you don't take it personal.

[@shigsho]

Both Wests were fine men. Sadly both men have passed away. Sad that the usual bunch of hating fans show up everywhere. They hate everyone Elvis ever loved. So many Elvis fans are drama queens. The swearing and name calling is over the top and childish.

[@angelpiecesbaby7923]

Elvis Presley should have been president

[@maryjesus8536]

Amen if God allowed"

[@trevorthompson7604]

Judas all of them Elvis what happened Elvis opened his eyes and fired them they turned on him and at the end of the day instead of helping him they killed him

[@BillAnt]

I wouldn't consider them killing Elvis, unfortunately Elvis did most of the damage onto himself with drugs.

[@dalvasilvasantos6101]

priscilla is the worst of all the traitors

[@ispy368]

Dummy he wrote an whole book degrading and exposing his intimate secrets....He had no right! it didn't help Elvis! made it worst!

[@debbiewolcott7662]

hi .sony..west this debbie. Wolcott my. Dad was richard wolcott do you. ember me

[@xanther97]

I thought this was a great book. When I was a teenager, all the Elvis fans were girls who ended up all getting pregnant by age 16. They spent much of their subsequent lives as single moms smoking cigarettes. To each his own. I didn't think that West had any particular ax to grind against Elvis. Elvis was just a singer! The life of rock stars takes it's toll, and many early deaths.

[@BillAnt]

Ain't that the truth?! Just look at Michael Jackson, Prince, George Michael, etc. etc...

[@vernwallen4246]

@@BillAnt And the list goes on and on.................

[@elvismoux5979]

He tried to help Elvis

[@bilvis48]

+Elvis Moux Yeah...Help him outta His Money!...The Part they Left out in the Book was how they All Cheated on their Wives...and Got just as Fucked up as Elvis did! He gave them a Life they would have never Known otherwise...Nobody would look at them twice if they weren't with Elvis! They ate the Pills and banged the Chicks..and got Paid 'Well' to sit around and not do a Fucking thing! Go to the ''Oh Happy day'' Video..Elvis is rehearsing and Joe Esposito and Lamar fike are sitting front stage and Busting Balls...Elvis looks Spectacular!...170lbs! Joe Esposito's Head looks like a ''Boar's Head Ham''...and Lamar is a 400lb Slob of a Man!...and Elvis lets him have it! The Man is rehearsing to do a Concert so he can Make Money...So they can Make Money...For doing Nothing! And when Vernon Shit-canned them for being Sycophants, they didnt know how to make a Living on their own...so they turned on the man that Fed them and wrote a Book! Disloyal Scumbags!!!

[@BillAnt]

Every story has two sides to it... you've told one of them... and I'm just gonna leave it at that...

[@dalvasilvasantos6101]

he tried to help his own pocket

[@ornellabarbaro9419]

@@bilvis48 I can't agree with you more. I've been saying the same for years. They betrayed Elvis and wanted revenge for being fired . If Red and Sonny and the other one had not been fired they would have never written Elvis What Happened. Love it's betrayal. No matter how what, Elvis loved them all.

[@ornellabarbaro9419]

@@BillAnt oh your so right. Too bad no one hear Elvis side or Vernon's side.

[@edgee3805]

here's a perfect example how Sonny and the rest made money off of Elvis after his death. Im a big E fan and yes was Elvis his own worst enemy yes but when a man is drowning you dont throw him a brick and thats what those 3 did!

[@TheOnememphisdude]

You are so wrong. If you've never been around addictive behavior, you'll not understand. Sonny, Red, Lamar, and Billy,...tried their best. How do you think Red and Sonny felt,...after all those years of service and friendship...to be summarily dismissed..not by Elvis,...but by Vernon...via telephone. No warning. No severance. They felt betrayed, and hurt. What is worse, is that these were no longer boys, but men with wives and family to support. They got...Nothing. To a man...they had all fought battles for Elvis. (Red and Sonny even fought physically!) To a man...they all loved him like a brother, even though they knew it was the end. If Elvis had called and said he needed Red or Sonny, they would have gone to help him...even after the firing. Truth hurts, but...it will "Set you Free." These were outstanding men, and courageous enough to call him out. He was not a god to them. He was a brother who had taken a wrong path.

[@BillAnt]

I'm more fascinated with the Elvis' story nowadays than way back then... guess a legend never dies just fades away like a soldier.

[@dalvasilvasantos6101]

i find it very unfair to criticize the boys, and spare the worst of all traitors, priscilla

[@DarkSkies72]

Sonny betrayed him with the other 2 gutter rats!

[@dalvasilvasantos6101]

true, but the worst of all traitors is priscilla

[@SherrySaundersNC]

You do not know that to be fact. You were not there.

[@TheSaltydog07]

What would Nixon say about EP's drug habit at this time? Bizarre.

[@lindacorreia428]

These guys made money of Elvis for years after Elvis was gone !!!

[@user-dp9hk7dq5r]

Acho que o Elvis não foi justo com o Sony West eu acho ele mais amigo do que o Joe Espósito Elvis só teve 3 amigos lado a lado o Sony West o Jerry Schindler é o red west irmão do Sony West

[@AnnaBiasin-wo7ik]

SONY era cugino di Red West ,e anno fatto molto male a Elvis scrivendo quel libro, e se Vernon a sbagliato a licenziarli in quel modo ,loro sapevano benissimo che con Elvis potevano parlare ,invece anno scritto il libro, loro con Elvis anno fatto vita da nababbi, anno sempre ricevuto in regalo gioielli ,macchine ,case ,soldi ,e anno spesso creato danni con i fan di Elvis, erano persone un po' rude .

[@Efailwen]

Weird.

[@annafernan165]

Backstabber Judas

[@maryjesus8536]

Maybe

[@luisrobertopinoflores7753]

🖐👍🇨🇱👎

[@TheSacred55]

I always felt that the reason Elvis so desperately wanted that badge was to cover up any future legal problems he may encounter from his ever increasing px drug habit

[@BillAnt]

An interesting observation... who knows...

[@dalvasilvasantos6101]

he used legal remedies, i do not judge it, he needed those remedies for their various health problems

[@rapman5363]

In an interview with Memphis Mafia members Lamar Fike, Sonny & Red West and Marty Lacker it was confirmed that Elvis wanted the badge so he could travel across state lines with not only drugs, but guns as well and not be hassled..

[@earlgallup1732]

Worthless

[@bilebily294]

traitor

[@freddyfurrah3789]

Sonny looks sick here. He died from cancer because he SMOKED. 2017

[@WesHuntermusicman]

RIP Sonny

[@debbiewolcott7662]

Hi sony this debbie..wolcott

[@debbiewolcott7662]

hi .sony..west this debbie. Wolcott my. Dad was richard wolcott do you. ember me