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Elvis Presley: Enter The Dragon

Bill DeMain, MOJO, April 2002

In the early '70s, Elvis took on the beast of Las Vegas with a mean-assed backing group and a neat line in ludicrous stage-wear. But amid an orgy of guns, pills and extramarital affairs lurked the tedium of a crushing routine and a profound inner loneliness. By Bill DeMain.

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