Journalist Alanna Nash is the author of many highly acclaimed books including,
Dolly,The biography of Singer Dolly Parton,Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch & Behind Closed Doors: Talking with the Legends of Country Music.
She is probably best known for her award winning books on the life and career of Elvis Presley
Alanna joins me for this episode and tells me about her "light bulb moment" discovering Elvis,and talks about working with Marty Lacker,Lamar Fike and Billy Smith on the highly acclaimed book Elvis Aaron Presley: Revelations from the Memphis Mafia.
She describes her meetings with Elvis' manager,Tom Parker whilst working on her book about him and Elvis called The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley,and reveals some of the amazing things she found out about The Colonel during her six years of exhaustive research for the book.
We also cover her most recent Elvis book Baby Let's Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him and her experience of being at Graceland intermediately following Elvis death and being the first journalist to see Elvis in his casket.
Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör hgkx83. Innehållet i podden är skapat av hgkx83 och inte av, eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.
