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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2024
Below is an article about the new use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) to create new recordings that sound like the voices of known artists. This has already been proven to replicate the voice of a deceased artist singing a new song. I have listened to the replicated voice of Johnny Cash singing a song that he never sang but sounds like him. This infuriated me because I knew there would be no time until someone would try to use Elvis’ voice for this deceitful money-making purpose. So I am very glad to read this article about the new law prohibiting this fraudulent activity. Also, I am so happy to see the title of the new law is the ELVIS ACT.
APRIL 1, 2024
First-of-Its-Kind AI Law Addresses Deep Fakes and Voice Clones
Tennessee’s ELVIS Act Seeks to Protect Artists’ Voices, Names, Images, and Likenesses from the Misuse of Artificial Intelligence
Highlights
- Tennessee’s Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act explicitly includes a person’s voice as a protected property right for the first time, with “voice” being defined broadly to include both an individual’s “actual voice” and a “simulation” of the individual’s voice.
- Violations of the ELVIS Act can be enforced in a civil cause of action and criminally enforced as a Class A misdemeanor, which carries penalties of up to 11 months, 29 days in jail, and/or fines up to $2,500.00.
- Music labels that have contracts with artists may seek remedies against bad actors under the ELVIS Act, which goes into effect on July 1, 2024, and will be exclusive and limited to Tennessee residents.
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a growing concern among recording artists, music industry leaders, and lawmakers, who, for the most part, have all pushed for stronger protections over musicians’ copyrights and other intellectual property. This Holland & Knight alert explores how the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act of 2024 (ELVIS Act), expands artificial intelligence protections for the name, image, likeness, and voice (NIL+V) of artists and explores additional protections and rights for artists that may be on the way.
The ELVIS Act provides that every individual has a property right in the use of that person’s NIL+V in any medium in any manner, including use in a song, documentary, film, book, and social media posts (e.g., Tik Tok, Instagram), among other mediums.
The Tennessee General Assembly has provided a summary and the full text of the ELVIS Act.
The Importance of the ELVIS Act
The expanding capabilities of AI have outpaced the ability of regulators to establish boundaries around the uses of AI in various industries. Lawmakers are eager to address existing problems and anticipate new problems surrounding the use of AI technology to simulate or impersonate individuals, particularly in various entertainment industries.
- Protection for Recording Artists: AI voice synthesis technology has made recording artists vulnerable to convincingly accurate impersonations called “voice clones” that could confuse, offend, scam or mislead their fans and the public at large. The use of voice clones could diminish the value of a recording artist’s unique talent by mass-producing music featuring an AI approximation of the artist’s voice. For artists, Tennessee’s new law establishes, for the first time, a foundation for artists to receive explicit protection over their voices, in addition to the standard name, image and likeness (NIL) rights.
- Protection for Voice Actors, Podcasters and Others: While much attention has been drawn to its potential impact in the music industry and voice cloning of famous artists, the ELVIS Act also protects podcasters and voice actors, at all levels of fame, from the unfair exploitation of their voices, for example, by former employers after they have left the company. Individuals have a new tool to protect their personal brands and ensure the continuing value of their voice work.
How Did We Get Here?
A 2019 episode of the futuristic HBO anthology series “Black Mirror” (“Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too”) foreshadowed the nature of concerns facing artists today: the use of their voices to create and release new content over which they have no control or approval rights. These concerns have only grown as AI technologies have become more sophisticated and capable of creating deep fakes and voice clones that are nearly indistinguishable from their real counterparts. Following the recent controversial release of the alleged “Fake-Drake” song “Heart on My Sleeve” by Ghostwriter (a TikTok user), who used AI technology to create the song without consent, the subject of AI voice cloning has been a burning topic. To further highlight this growing issue, since shortly after the release of the “Fake-Drake” song, a number of music business executives have been calling for laws to regulate AI in the music space.
Support and Concerns
Before it was signed, the bill that became the ELVIS Act was discussed at length in both House and Senate committee hearings. The music industry was largely on board with the bill in these hearings, and local talents, including Luke Bryan, Chris Janson, Lindsay Ell, Natalie Grant and others, were vocal in their support for the bill. However, members of the film and TV industry raised concerns that the “right to publicity” protections covered in the ELVIS Act would unfairly restrict the production of movies and shows by, for instance, creating an undue burden to obtain the necessary approvals and or permissions to use an individual’s name, image, voice, or likeness. Despite their protests, the bill received unanimous support from Tennessee legislators in all respective committees and on the House and Senate floors (30-0 in the Senate and 93-0 in the House).
The ELVIS Act was passed on March 21, 2024, without material amendment and with considerable fanfare from prominent members of the Nashville music community.
Key Aspects of the ELVIS Act
The ELVIS Act amends Tennessee’s existing Personal Rights Protection Act (PPRA) of 1984, which was passed, in part, to extend Elvis Presley’s publicity rights after his death in 1977. The PPRA prohibited the use of a person’s name, image or photograph and likeness solely “for purposes of advertising” and authorized both civil and criminal actions for violations; however, protections were not extended to uses of a person’s voice.
Most notably, the ELVIS Act adds an individual’s actual or simulated “voice” to the list of personal characteristics that were already protected by the PPRA. It also amends the PPRA in three key ways:
1. A person will be liable in a civil action, and commits a Class A misdemeanor, if the person:
- publishes, performs, distributes, transmits or otherwise makes available to the public an individual’s voice or likeness with knowledge that use of the voice or likeness was not authorized by the individual or, in the case of minors and the deceased, a person with appropriate authority or
- distributes, transmits or otherwise makes available an algorithm, software, tool or other technology, service or device, the primary purpose or function of which is to produce a particular, identifiable individual’s photograph, voice or likeness with knowledge that distributing, transmitting or otherwise making available the photograph, voice or likeness was not authorized by the individual or, in the case of minors and the deceased, a person with appropriate authority
2. A person or entity, such as a music label, that has exclusive rights to a) an individual’s personal services as a recording artist or b) the distribution of sound recordings that capture an individual’s audio performances can bring an action and seek remedies against bad actors on behalf of the individual
3. A use of an individual’s name, photograph, voice or likeness is expressly deemed a fair use under copyright law, to the extent it is protected by the First Amendment, if it is:
- in connection with any news, public affairs or sports broadcast or account
- for purposes of comment, criticism, scholarship, satire or parody
- a representation of the individual as themself in an audiovisual work, unless the audiovisual work containing the use creates and was intended to create the false impression that the work is an authentic recording in which the individual participated
- fleeting or incidental
- in an advertisement or commercial announcement for any of the foregoing
Violations of the ELVIS Act can be enforced in a civil cause of action and criminally enforced as a Class A misdemeanor, which carries penalties of up to 11 months, 29 days in jail and/or fines up to $2,500.
State-to-State Protections
Name, image and likeness “right of publicity” protections, which protect individuals from commercial exploitation without authorization, vary from state-to-state in the U.S. The lack of uniformity among the states make enforcing an individual’s ownership over their name, likeness and voice more complicated. Approximately 39 states have either passed or proposed (or plan to propose) Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) legislation. Tennessee’s ELVIS Act is not the first to include protection for an individual’s voice (NIL+V), as California has longstanding NIL+V protections in place, but it is the first to expressly protect against uses of AI to infringe on an individual’s rights to their own NIL+V.
Federal Protections Are in the Works
The federal government is also developing solutions to address concerns over publicity rights. In January 2024, a bipartisan group of House legislators introduced the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act (No AI FRAUD Act), which aims to establish a framework on the federal level to protect one’s voice and likeness and sets out First Amendment protections. It is said to build upon the Senate’s Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act (NO FAKES Act), a draft bill that was introduced in October 2023.
Although the NO AI FRAUD ACT seeks to establish broader and more synchronized protections on the federal level, if an artist lives in a state with stronger protections than the No AI FRAUD ACT, it may be prudent to seek redress under state law.
Avoiding Violations of an Individual’s Rights in Their Name, Image, Likeness and Voice
- “Publicly available” does not necessarily mean “free to share without repercussion.” Do not copy, promote or circulate anything pertaining to an individual’s name, image, likeness or that uses the individual’s voice or a simulation of an individual’s voice without consent or that is not subject to First Amendment protections.
- Seeking permission or getting a license is always helps reduce the risk of a potential infringement claim, especially if the use is commercial in nature. If you think this might not be feasible or necessary, contact experienced legal counsel.
- Stay apprised of developments in NIL+V law. While the ELVIS Act only applies to Tennessee residents, other states may follow suit with similar legislation. National legislation may be on the horizon as well.
AI will unequivocally play a role in shaping the future of the arts and especially the music industry as AI technology continues to develop. For more information on the ELVIS Act, or for questions regarding whether your use of AI may violate an artist’s right to publicity or how to protect your name, image, likeness and voice rights, please contact the authors.
Information contained in this alert is for the general education and knowledge of our readers. It is not designed to be, and should not be used as, the sole source of information when analyzing and resolving a legal problem, and it should not be substituted for legal advice, which relies on a specific factual analysis. Moreover, the laws of each jurisdiction are different and are constantly changing. This information is not intended to create, and receipt of it does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship. If you have specific questions regarding a particular fact situation, we urge you to consult the authors of this publication, your Holland & Knight representative or other competent legal counsel.
Below is a YouTube video containing one of the Johnny Cash AI recordings as I mentioned above:
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Although I hate the book in which these bodyguards took part, I do fully believe in the concept about which they were speaking.
Elvis’ Bodyguards Said the Singer Had a Near Magic Power Over People
For two decades, Elvis Presley commanded zealous audiences. He brought people to tears with his performances and kicked up a frenzy that some found alarming. His bodyguards said he had this same effect off the stage as well. Elvis was so charismatic that he almost seemed to have magical control over people.
Elvis’ bodyguard said the singer could entrance them
Many members of Elvis’ entourage worked for him for years, putting in long hours to do whatever he asked of them.
“I often felt that I’m in the aura of some very special human being. He genuinely believes that he is a prophet and we were his disciples,” bodyguard Red West said in the book. “He demands fanatical loyalty, expects it. There have been times that I have felt that Elvis bordered on being a bit of a nut but look at the loyalty we gave the man. We broke our backs for him. We’ve risked our lives for him.”
West said he would have put his life on the line for Elvis. It felt as though the singer had some kind of power over him.
“He certainly had a power over us. He certainly had a control over me, I admit it,” West said, adding, “We didn’t do it for the money, because we never got much. We didn’t do it for the women, because we had all had that and we are all married. We didn’t do it for the excitement, because we were all a bit old for that kind of thing.”
Elvis’ bodyguard said the singer was the most charismatic person he had ever met
Much of Elvis’ so-called power over the people in his life was a result of his charisma. Bodyguard Dave Hebler said he had never come across a more charming person.
“This guy didn’t have to give me the time of day. But somehow he had that charm, or maybe it was a knack, of making me feel important at a time when it was important for me personally to be made to feel important,” Hebler said. “Perhaps, now, I see it clearer, but there is no getting away from it. I had never met — before or since — never read of, nor heard of, any man who could so totally disarm you with charm, generosity, and what appeared to be spontaneous love, as could Elvis Presley. Today they use the word charisma. Well, Presley had it to spare in truckloads.”
Hebler said Elvis wielded his charm as though he were a politician or evangelist.
His bodyguards felt he was uniquely blessed
Part of Elvis’ appeal was his belief that he was uniquely special. Elvis saw himself as someone blessed by God, and West couldn’t help but agree.
“He believes there was a master plan by God in singling him out for his fantastic success,” West said. “Now, while it does sound a little wacky, I have often given it a lot of thought and have often felt that maybe there was something to it. I mean, how does it happen that a skinny little kid from a dirt-poor family in Tupelo, Mississippi, suddenly becomes the best-known name in the world? How is it that he commands all these fortunes and has all these millions of people who love him?”
He explained that while he wasn’t religious, it appeared to him that Elvis was destined for success.
Elvis’ Bodyguards Said the Singer Had a Near Magic Power Over People
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MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024
The following magazine article was enjoyable for me because it is about some of Elvis’s appearances in my state back in the fifties. I hope my visitors will enjoy it too.
From the magazine’s web page for easier reading:
Burnin’ Love
North Carolina’s love affair with the King of Rock and Roll
By Trudy Haywood Saunders | Photos by Scotty Moore
On a March night in 1956, country music star Eddy Arnold was scheduled to perform for the Lexington Civitan Club’s annual fundraiser. But as fate would have it, a last-minute cancellation sent a young, not-yet world-famous Elvis Presley to North Carolina as a replacement. Over 5,000 screaming fans were in attendance at the local YMCA gymnasium, police reportedly turned thousands away at the door, and Lexington has been all shook up ever since.
It seems that the people of Lexington can’t help falling in love with the King of Rock and Roll, even six decades later. After the traveling Broadway-style “Elvis’ 56,” sold out, and a successful Elvis tribute concert was held in 2019, people began begging for more. With overwhelming interest, Lexington organized its first NC Tribute Festival to the King in 2022 and the town was all-in.
Lexington isn’t the only place Elvis stopped in the Tarheel State in his early performing days. In the spring of 1955, he was a relatively unknown performer when he toured with the Hank Snow All-Star Jamboree for multiple shows at the New Bern Shrine Auditorium, followed by appearances in Asheville, Raleigh and Thomasville. In February 1956, he sent teenage girls swooning at the Carolina Theatre in Charlotte, where the press dubbed him a folk singer and a “good looking youngster.” Fresh off the recent release of “Heartbreak Hotel” and television appearances, his East Coast tour included stops in Greensboro, High Point, Wilson, Burlington and Winston-Salem.
“You can’t really define Elvis … He’s such a timeless, classic figure, and had such a huge impact on not only the music industry, but the world, from his rebellion to his music—everything.”
“You can’t really define Elvis,” says Morgan Brinkle, executive director of the Lexington Tourism Authority. “He’s such a timeless, classic figure, and had such a huge impact on not only the music industry, but the world, from his rebellion to his music—everything.”
People are still fascinated with Elvis, and some people who attended that fateful 1956 concert are still in love with him, like lifelong Lexington resident Ramona Yarborough (who was 15 at the time).
“He was very new to us. He was unique,” Ramona says, now in her 80s. “We hadn’t heard all of that before, rock and roll.” Ramona attended the concert with her friend, Nancy Hunter, and remembers that it was packed, with people hollering and waving their hands, everyone thrilled that he was there. Later that year Elvis performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, and cameras would only rarely show anything but from the waist up. “Nowadays they show everything. Then, they wouldn’t even show him moving.”
“We ran up and down Main Street that night, trying to find him,” Ramona says. The concert promoters had said that he would be staying at the March Hotel, but he was actually at the Lexington Hotel. Ramona remembers being with a gang of friends, but being separated by the crowd. “Finally we invaded the place,” she says. “I guess that’s the only way you can say it.”
Her friend Nancy got to meet the King.
Scenes from Elvis’ Lexington performance
Long after Elvis “left the building,” sightings are still the subject or rumor and whispered about in small towns across the state. According to legend, he stopped in Lefler’s Cafe outside of Mount Gilead for a sandwich when the main road used to go by there. Amanda Keith, owner of Burnsville’s NuWray Hotel, the oldest continually operating hotel in the state, heard rumors around town that Elvis stayed there before buying the property, though his name isn’t in the guest book. Still, the NuWray has one of its nicer rooms decked out with Elvis memorabilia, a suite fit for a king.
For the inaugural festival, merchants and small businesses on Lexington’s Main Street decorated their windows with Elvis decor and life-size Elvises. There were glitzy, pink and sparkly displays and some were more traditional. “Everyone had a lot of fun with the cutouts,” Morgan says. “You would drive by and it really looked like someone was standing in the window.”
But it isn’t just the business owners that have a burning love for Elvis. It’s estimated that approximately 1,400 people attended the first festival in 2022, many decked out in Elvis gear, each with their own spin on it.
Scenes from Elvis’ Lexington performance
“We see all kinds. Folks come dressed to the nines, like they are going to a Broadway show,” Morgan says. “We love seeing the little old ladies that come in with blue jean jackets, blinged with rhinestones and lots of glitter — everything head to toe Elvis, Elvis hat, Elvis purse, earrings, you name it. One of the kids wore a poodle skirt to one of the shows.”
Elvis hasn’t been spotted in Lexington since 1956, but the city and the rest of the Tarheel State still love him as much as a barbecue sandwich. Well, at least almost.
Ramona plans to attend the festival this year, being held April 26–28. “I think it’s going to be something that I need to review,” she says. “I think a lot of it will come back to me.”
Even for those with suspicious minds, the Elvis Festival is worth a visit.
“I think he’s always going to be around and always have a presence here,” Morgan says. “He’s such a timeless figure, and his music is timeless. Everybody loves it.”
About the Author
Trudy Haywood Saunders is a freelance writer and author of two mysteries for young adults. She lives with her husband and daughter in Montgomery County and is a member of Pee Dee Electric.
carolinacountry.com
https://www.carolinacountry.com/issues/2024/departments/feature-story/burnin-love
Also, I saw the following photos of Elvis from about this same time frame on X. Since Elvis was shown with the Hank Snow poster behind him, I thought they went very well with the above article. I liked these rare photos very much and appreciated the X members who posted them.
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Below is another photo that was posted on X. I have never seen this photo before and it is so beautiful.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2024
This is a special excerpt from an interview with Linda Thompson. I love hearing this because of something that Jesse once told me himself. Years ago during one of our phone visits, Jesse said “I had all kinds of women but I never knew if they loved me or if they loved Elvis.” This touched my heart and I felt sad for him.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2024
I have always thought very highly of Ron Tutt and I enjoyed this short interview with him. Jesse had Ron call me once many years ago to substantiate to me for certain that he is Elvis and to ask me a few questions. One of the questions that Elvis had Ron ask me was for my birthdate. When I told him my date of birth, Ron said “He’s going to have fun with that!” He was referring, of course, to Elvis’ knowledge of Numerology. I am a number 9.
Ron Tutt – Getting The Elvis Gig
Mar 29, 2023
Check out this full interview, and more from your favorite artists on our channel! #ArtistSeries #SessionsPanel
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2024
This month marks the 32nd anniversary of the very first time that Jesse wrote to me. I am sharing copies below of the first two postcards which I received in April 1992. I have erased ALL of the confidential information that was shown in these cards to protect Jesse’s privacy as well as other people whose names he mentioned in the notes. I erased the name of the city and state in the postmarks but left the dates in place to show that it was April 1992.
Needless to say, I cried for happiness when I received them…especially the first one. I could have never dreamed that he would write to me. Nor could I have even dared to hope that he would contact me anymore after these two cards. But, that was a wonderful turning point in my life and has brought unimaginable joy to my life during these 32 years.
Because of Jesse’s security situation and being relocated so many times over the years, we have not had continuous contact. But, he has always gotten back in touch with me. Words cannot express how blessed and honored I feel.
Jesse’s second postcard later in April 1992
Below are two items that are examples of Elvis/Jesse’s friendship with my husband and me. I treasure every single word he has written and spoken over all these years…not to mention the wonderful gifts he has given to us.
Below is just one of many, many notes and letters that are so dear to my heart.
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Friday, April 19, 2024
I enjoyed the below interview very much and I think my visitors will be very happy with it also. Tish is such a sweet lady who was a good friend to Elvis and will be loyal to him all of her life. I admire her very much. She is my kind of person.
TISH HENLEY KIRK, Elvis’s Private Nurse from ’68-’77, invites us to her home to talk Elvis!
TISH HENLEY KIRK was Elvis’ private nurse from 1968 until his death in 1977. Over the years, they formed a very close bond and friendship that Tish holds close to her heart. During her time working as Elvis’s nurse, her and her family lived on the grounds of Graceland in a trailer on the property from 1972 until 1983. She often traveled with Elvis on tour and to Vegas to provide care on the road. Tish also provided care to other members of Elvis’s family, like Vernon, over the years. Being this close to Elvis, Tish’s stories are PRICELESS! As we sit and visit with Tish at her home in Mississippi, she shares memories of her time with Elvis and looks back on them fondly. She shares funny stories from Graceland, how he was as a person, his generosity, and what it was like being close friends to the King of Rock and Roll. ⚡💗🙏
Tish, we are so grateful we had this time together. Thank you for sharing your memories of Elvis with us, and thank you for opening your home to us! It was a day we will never forget!
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My dear friend Dennis F. Miller, who knows Tish, spoke with her and had her send me her two books that I received last week. She wrote her inscription and autograph on each of them for me. They were mailed directly to me from Tish’s home and I was so happy and surprised. Hugs to Dennis for thinking of doing this for me…he is such a generous friend to me. My heartfelt thanks to Tish for her personal touch in sending her two books to me.
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MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024
Below is a beautiful video of Elvis and his parents in 1958.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024
I want to explain my absence here on the website for the past almost a week. Once more the new construction around the perimeter of our property destroyed our fiberoptic underground line which provides our house phone and Internet. While preparing the land for the pouring of a sidewalk around the edge of our property, the line was cut into and our service was only restored yesterday.
Meanwhile, I continue to struggle with my broken foot, wearing a walking boot, and elevating my foot just about all of the time. The last 7 weeks of restricted activity and pain have caused a very bad flare-up of Fibromyalgia, arthritis, sciatica, etc. pains and so I have not felt energetic enough to do anything even if my foot restrictions did allow such activity. Old age and bad health…
I will do what I can when I can. I will return to the foot doctor this coming Thursday for more follow-up X-rays to determine if the break is healing or if I must have surgery.
Because of the lack of an Internet connection, I was unable to send my full weekly mail to Jesse last week. I did write my personal letter to him and sent him some items that he requested. He is still waiting to get a new phone and my only means of hearing about him has been through our go-between.
I thank everyone for your patience.
Love, light, and peace to all,
Linda Hood Sigmon
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TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2024
This is cute…
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I really loved seeing this video of Elvis on a commercial flight as he visited with the other passengers.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2024
Caffeinated By Elvis
PROOF Elvis Presley Was Alive In October 1988!
In today’s video, we are going to be viewing a clip from The Elvis Files. This is a TV Special hosted by Bill Bixby. This originally aired in 1990. In this specific clip, we are taking a look at Elvis Presley calling Gail Giorgio in October of 1988. She shares her story on how Elvis called her.
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I lived through some of the events that Gail tells about in this interview. She and I were friends back then and she shared the details with me about Elvis’ 1988 phone call and the phone call that she received from Gene Smith on Palm Sunday in 1989.
Gene called Gail and told her to have the handwriting on Elvis’ death report analyzed and it would prove that Elvis himself filled out that report. Gail did follow through by having a recognized handwriting expert examine the death report compared to the known handwriting of Elvis and the results came back as a positive match. Below, is a video from my own YouTube channel, in which the expert states that the handwriting does match that of known Elvis handwriting.
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When my husband and I visited Gail in her home in January 1990, she played the tape of her 1988 phone conversation with Elvis and I immediately knew it was really him. In fact, I heard him say during their conversation that he wanted to come back out. It was hearing him say that that instigated my work to help prove that he is alive…by publishing my own newsletter, and everything since then that I have done to this very day to share Elvis’s/Jesse’s truth with his approval. Up until I heard Elvis say that he wanted to come out, I had never done one single thing to prove to anyone that he did not die in 1977. I would never knowingly do anything that would go against his wishes.
Below is a photo of Gail and myself during our visit with her which we enjoyed very much.
Below are two photos that Gail sent to me during the filming of the Bill Bixby TV show. The man in the middle seated beside Gail is Elvis’ first cousin, Gene Smith, who appeared in a film clip in the Bill Bixby show. Gene told all the reasons why he did not believe that it was Elvis in the coffin.
Gene’s involvement in the Bixby TV show proves that it was Elvis who phoned Gail in October 1988. In the full tape of their conversation, you will hear Elvis tell Gail that he will send her something to help her. When Gene phoned Gail and told her to have the handwriting on the death report analyzed, that fulfilled Elvis’s promise. When Gail asked Gene if he would come to the filming of the Bixby show to make a statement. Gene said he would have to get back to her about that… meaning that he would have to check with Elvis before doing that. Gene obviously got permission from Elvis to appear on the Bixby show.
In the above photo, you will recognize Bill Bixby and Gail.
I do know for a solid fact that it was definitely Elvis who called Gail in 1988. Jesse told me during one of our phone conversations some years ago that he did call Gail. He later became very unhappy with Gail and lost all trust in her. He said that, back then, he thought that he could trust her. The fact that Gail did tape the call after she was asked not to do so during the preliminary call from one of Elvis’s men before he called her himself was a real problem. Still, then she subsequently sold a tape of their phone conversation with her books which was overstepping her bounds.
Below is the tape of the phone conversation between Gail and Elvis in 1988.
Below is the video of the Bill Bixby show “The Elvis Files“.
Below are two letters to me from Gail to substantiate that which I have written above about our friendship from so many years ago.
I truly enjoyed the friendship that I once shared with Gail and I feel indebted to her because it was her work that resulted in my publishing my newsletter which much later resulted in my being made known to Elvis/Jesse and his first contact with me in April, 1992. I never told Gail one word about my becoming acquainted with Elvis/Jesse because I was not telling anyone back then. She and I lost touch back in the early 1990’s.
So many memories of the past 47 years…
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