presents an excerpt from I Can See Clearly Now

Author's Introduction The first time I met him [Michael] was my third night there [at the Ranch]. It was a foggy, damp night, and I was out on the grounds, just standing looking around at the flowers, deep in thought, and enjoying the absolute silence. Suddenly, I heard, in a very soft voice right behind me, "Hi, how are you doing?" I jumped clear out of my skin, and spun around … to find myself face-to-face with the King of Pop. He apologized but laughed uproariously. Then he asked, "Do you like working here?" "Yes, I love working here," I told him. "It's very peaceful, and it's great that you can come out here and be safe. And it's my job to keep you safe." (The fact that he loved to climb one special tree and spend hours up there with a book worried me all the time he was at the Ranch because I did not want him to fall out of that darned tree on my watch.) I once gave Michael a book on theatrical make-up - false beards, disguises, etc. He used some of the tricks in the book to disguise himself so he could slip unknown into the nearby town of Solvang to do some shopping. On another occasion, he slipped quietly into one of my Elvis Mania shows at the Earl Warren showground in Santa Barbara. The next time we met, he was excited to tell me, "I saw your show. It was great." So I gave him a video tape of one of my shows that had been made by a crew who had previously worked with HBO. In 1993 when the first molestation allegations involving Michael surfaced, I was the only security personnel who had worked at Neverland and came out to say that this atrocity had never happened. I knew deep in my heart that this was a conspiracy relating to money to ruin Michael Jackson and his innocent relationship with kids. During that time, several TV shows and tabloids came forward offering to pay me for something perverted about Michael with kids' underwear or whatever. On several occasions, I angrily replied, "You sick bastards can go to hell," and hung up the phone. I told the regular press, "I was offered money by the tabloids to give a negative account of my time at the Ranch but I turned them down. The accusers are apparently turning on their old boss to get money and notoriety. I was not asked by the Jacksons or their employees to tell my story and never received money from any source. I just want to say, 'Leave him alone. I do not want America to play judge and jury.'"

"Introduction" is excerpted from
"I Can See Clearly Now" by Lary Glen Anderson.

Below: Lary at the Pioneer Saloon, Goodsprings, NV; Lary performs at his Elvis Mania shows

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