(Percussion). My Las Vegas is the incredible life story of Bobby Morris,
who arrived in the U.S. from Poland at age ten, where he shined shoes
and dreamed of being a drummer, and rose to become a music legend both
behind the drums and in the Vegas entertainment industry. Leaving home
as a teenager during the height of the Great Depression, Morris
witnessed the birth of bebop coming from Harlem, and is himself credited
with laying down some of the very first beats of rock n roll. Hearing
about a little town out west called Las Vegas, Morris arrived there in
1950 and proceeded to carve out a niche for himself in the music and
entertainment management worlds, ascending to accompanist to the
greatest stars of all time: Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Bobby Darin,
Frank Sinatra, Eddie Fisher and dozens of others. Achieving fame as the
drummer for Louis Prima's Witnesses during a golden age in Vegas, Morris
eventually became the conductor and friend of Elvis Presley. He rubbed
elbows with American presidents, playing the Kennedy Inauguration and
befriending a young actor named Ronald Reagan. Also an important figure
on the business side of the industry, Morris ran the successful Bobby
Morris Agency, Inc. from his own building in downtown Las Vegas and was
involved in management, booking and entertainment direction of many of
the major hotels and venues on the Strip. This, his autobiography, is
the inspiring and nearly unbelievable story of one man achieving his
dreams and rubbing elbows with the greatest personalities of the
twentieth century in the process. Also included are Bobby's tips on
success in the music business, preparing for an audition, business
negotiations and more.
