Lisa Marie Presley
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What’s missing from her memoir and why it will shock Elvis fans to the core
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The Backstory on Lisa Marie’s memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown,
published posthumously by daughter, Riley Keough
It was announced on January 11, 2024 that Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir will be published in October 2024. The cover and title of the 272-page book were revealed on June 4, 2024. The release date was later confirmed to be Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Lisa’s oldest daughter, Riley Keough, is a collaborator on the project. Before her death, Lisa Marie asked Riley to help her finish the book. After her mother’s death, Keough began listening to tapes that Presley recorded for the memoir. Riley will narrate the audiobook, which will include some previously recorded recollections by Lisa Marie.
As the Elvis News Examiner, I reported on Lisa Marie’s plans to publish her autobiography in an article right after Lisa died.
News had surfaced starting in 2019 that Lisa Marie had landed a book deal for $3 to $4 million. She was reportedly paid an advance of up to $1 million for the book about her life story.
It was expected to be a jaw-dropping memoir with Lisa Marie revealing details about her marriages to Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage, as well as what it was like to grow up at Graceland with The King of Rock and Roll.
In her book, she was also expected to dive into dark periods of her life including her son’s death, her escape from Scientology and her addiction to painkillers. She hoped that sharing her story would help others.
The description about the book states that after Lisa’s death, “Riley got the tapes that her mother had recorded for the book, laid in her bed, and listened as Lisa Marie told story after story about smashing golf carts together in the yards of Graceland, about the unconditional love she felt from her father, about being upstairs, just the two of them. About getting dragged screaming out of the bathroom as she ran towards his body on the floor. About living in Los Angeles with her mother, getting sent to school after school, always kicked out, always in trouble. About her singular, lifelong relationship with Danny Keough, about being married to Michael Jackson, what they shared in common. About motherhood. About deep addiction. About ever-present grief. Riley knew she had to fulfill her mother’s wish to reveal these memories, incandescent and painful, to the world.”
Read more from my original article at this link:
Lisa Marie Presley had plans to write her autobiography and start a podcast (January 18, 2023)
Remembering Lisa Marie Presley who died on January 12, 2023
Watch these four Lisa Marie and Elvis Presley duets that will make you cry (January 15, 2023)
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In the days following her death, all three of Lisa Marie’s solo albums have risen to the top 20 of the iTunes music album charts.
The day after Presley died, Presley’s three albums, To Whom It May Concern (2003), Now What (2005) and Storm and Grace (2012), entered the top 20.
[Click on each album cover for more info]
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LMP Rocks the House at New York City concert
by Trina Young, Elvis News Examiner, June 2012
Lisa Marie Presley and her five-man band rocked the house last night (June 14, 2012) at Gramercy Theatre in New York City. Presley is currently on a mini-tour of the U.S. which she hopes will be followed by a major tour in the Fall, she told the audience. Dressed in an eye-catching red blazer and a long black skirt, the 44-year-old Presley seemed to be relaxed and at-ease as she belted out songs from her latest album, Storm and Grace.
The band, led by Presley’s husband, guitarist Michael Lockwood, was a great fit for Lisa Marie, bringing her personal rock/soul/ country style to life. Presley even added her own tambourine and timpani drumming skills to the mix.
Presley performed songs from her third album, including “Over Me”, “Weary”, “Soften the Blows”, and of course her heavily-publicized single, “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”, which had the crowd singing along.
One curious stage prop Presley had on stage was a throat spray which she used in-between songs. She explained to the audience that she was recently ordered by her doctor to spray her throat while performing on-stage.
The mini concert was opened by Presley’s friend, British singer Angela McCluskey, who was accompanied by her husband, a talented pianist and violinist. At Lisa Marie’s request, the pair joined Presley onstage with her band for the final number “Storm and Grace.”
Presley and her band returned for one encore performing, “Lights Out”, the debut single from Presley’s first album “To Whom It May Concern”.
For future tour dates, visit Lisa Marie Presley’s official website.
(text copyright Trina Young, Elvis News Examiner)
Note: This review was also posted on Lisa Marie Presley’s official website at the time (LisaMariePresley.com)
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Watch Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland’s celebration for Elvis Presley’s 88th birthday on January 8, 2023
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