Here is a mail from Ed Enoch
on the future of The Stamps:
"Please allow me to explain
regarding the Stamps. In
August 2003, I applied for
the official trademark of
the Stamps Quartet name with
the United States Patent and
Trademark office in
Washington, DC. I was
granted the official
trademark of the Stamps
Quartet and I became the
owner of the Stamps Quartet
in Aug. 2003.
The billing for the concert
events in Memphis was
supposed to be, "The Former
Members of The Stamps". The
"former members" were Ed
Hill - Bill Baize - Donnie
Sumner - Larry Strickland.
Not any of these guys sing
full-time anymore.
Ed Hill hasn't sang with
this quartet (The Stamps)
since March 2004 when he had
a 4th stroke. Ed Hill was
recovering from triple
by-pass-surgery when he had
another stroke. I continued
paying Ed Hill for 3 months
afterwards - as though he
was still singing in this
group. I met with Ed for
lunch and asked how he was
feeling. He could hardly
talk. I asked if he thought
he could still sing, and he
said he had lost his short
term memory and would have
to have the words written
out and he couldn't remember
the tunes - his memory was
here and there.
I explained to Ed Hill (he
had just turned 70 years)
and I thought it would be
best for him if he got off
the road and spent time with
his family. I explained that
he had a hard time when we
went overseas six months
before and he had to be
wheeled around in a
wheelchair. I explained that
we were going back overseas
and I knew that he wouldn't
be able to make another tour
over there. I explained that
I didn't want to take him
back overseas and something
happen to him and I would
have to shipped him back
home. He agreed.
Source: The
United Elvis Presley Society
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