It was to become a too-frequent occurrence. August 19: During tonight's "dinner show," an apparently exhausted Elvis lies down on the stage while singing.August 18: Elvis opens his new Vegas engagement with another tired and dispirited performance that is not lost on the press.August 9: Elvis attends the second home game of the new WFL team the Memphis Southmen (informally known as the Grizzlies), and when Jo Cathy Brownlee (the Grizzlies' press box hostess who Elvis has been seeing behind Linda Thompson's back) refuses to accompany him to Palm Springs, he immediately finds another girl at the stadium and brings her instead.In the month to come, he will buy yet another Cadillac, a Pontiac Grand Prix, three more jet planes, and a fleet of three-wheeled motorcycles, and will give Dr. July 27: Elvis purchases no less than fourteen Cadillacs, most of which will be given away as gifts, including one to a stranger who merely happened to be pricing cars at the dealership.July 26: Elvis purchases yet another plane, this time for the Colonel, who, already aghast at his client's spending, refuses to accept it.Later, Presley gives one of his rings, worth $6,500, to a female audience member and throws yet another guitar into the crowd. July 24: On the last night of the tour, a bored and visibly upset Elvis berates the crowd for not showing enough appreciation, then takes audience requests as a way of smoothing things over.Nick for refusing to allow him more than his prescribed dosage of medications, Elvis launches into a tirade backstage, waving his Beretta around, which accidentally discharges a bullet that ricochets and strikes (but does not puncture) the doctor's chest. The Inspirations would return the next day, following Elvis' heartfelt apology and gifts of an amazing amount of jewelry Westmoreland would return in another few days. When the embarrassed singers looked down at the stage to hide their discomfort, Elvis declared, "If you don't look up, I'm going to kick your ass," and "Sorry for any embarrassment I might have caused, but if you can't take it, get off the pot." The singers walked off one by one. On a roll, Elvis continued, saying that he smelled "green peppers and onions" and claiming the Sweet Inspirations, his Black backup singers must have been eating catfish. In fact, she gets it from the whole band." This was apparently Presley's attempt to get back at Westmoreland, who had dated Elvis a few years previously, for declining his offer to get back together and instead date a member of the backing group. July 20: For the third time on this tour, Elvis publicly humiliates backup singer Kathy Westmoreland on stage, claiming she would "take affection from anybody, anyplace, anytime.July 19: During tonight's show, Elvis performs an impromptu version of the emotional standard "You'll Never Walk Alone," alone at the piano.July 14: An upset Elvis throws his guitar into the crowd, claiming he doesn't need the "damned thing" anymore.July 8: On-again, off-again girlfriend Sheila Ryan refuses to join Elvis on his latest tour, effectively ending their relationship.April 24: Bassist Jerry Scheff rejoins the touring band after a two-year hiatus and is visibly appalled by the rapid decline in the singer's health and the equally rapid enervation of the live show.April 21: Elvis buys a home near Graceland for girlfriend Linda Thompson.This is the famous plane adorned with Elvis' TCB logo.
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The final cost of this plane was three-quarter of a million dollars, with most of that number coming from extensive renovations: gold bathroom fixtures, a queen-size bed, and a full audio-visual system. April 17: Elvis buys yet another jet, this time a Convair that had been in service with Delta Airlines.UA never responds with another offer, but Elvis, as usual, has by this time lost interest in the idea anyway. April 14: The Colonel's counteroffer to United Artists' Star Is Born offer, which he insinuates is "a cheap deal," is as follows: one million dollars salary for Elvis (twice what was offered), in addition to fifty percent of the profits (five times what was offered) and soundtrack rights (which were never offered).April 1: Elvis and the band break into a spontaneous water pistol fight during tonight's closing show, with the Colonel, for some reason, appearing on stage dressed as Santa Claus.
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