He Don't Look Like Elvis

He Dont Look Like Elvis is a rock and roll memoir from 1978 the year after Elvis left the building for good. Its the unflinching tragicomic true tale of the author a bass player who took a chance and joined Bobby Love and the Love Machine an Elvis impersonator band at the low end of the food chain. This is definitely not the pampered plush rock-star tour deluxe. No jets from city to city no waiting limousines no caviar in the dressing rooms. No dressing rooms. They play in dive bars stay in low-rent motels in small towns lug their own equipment and pray the pickup truck and trailer get them to the next gig in one piece.The band members strive to maintain a straight face and an even keel in a traveling rock and roll fantasy circus. A fantasy fueled not only because Bobby and the band deliver some knockout performances but also because the fans can never get enough of the King - alive dead or otherwise. Bobby isnt Elvis but mob him anyway for scarves autographs and kisses.As the reality of playing in bars and living on the road sinks in - theyll never make Vegas let alone Japan - the author realizes its time for a change.