I'm from the UK....took the kids to Orlando In 2014....we spent 3 days in the middle of our fortnight taking a road trip to tupelo and memphis then back to florida . .I was 45 then been an Elvis fan since I could talk....was great seeing all the names of towns in this song along the way.......we visited the birthplace museum in Tupelo ....Sun studios and of course Graceland....loved it...long live the king .
I was ten years old when the Elvis '68 Comeback show was on and most of us at the time thought of it as just another TV special in an era loaded with such programs; but once it came on, I started to really get into it. After it was over, I knew that I had just seen a show that would be talked about for decades! It did not disappoint; it was a classic.
@@antennawilde You are aware Reed played on the original Elvis single, aren't you? Elvis hired him for that record. Reed also played for Elvis on at least two other hits that Reed wrote: "U.S. Male" and "Big Boss Man." Reed knew as well as anybody how great Elvis was as a singer and performer.
When he sings the word MOBIIIIIILE!!!! at 1:58 mins!!!!-Such roundness and such a primal raspiness, energetic tone in his expression!!! He was indeed the King of this thing!!!
Loved this song since I was a kid! Watched all 35 of his movies back when TV only had 3 channels! Lived in Memphis my entire life, gotta love the KING! You’re all welcome to come on down and see his house and party!
Was up there not long ago. Sadly his home was closed because we came too late, but there was a car on fire just down the road. Didn't leave a great impression on me. Nashville was more my style what with the Cash museum.
The emotion Elvis put into his Comeback Special performances is unlike any other musician or entertainer I have ever seen in my life. There are a lot of great concerts and albums, but Elvis's emotion and energy here tops everything anyone has ever accomplished, including The Beatles. I like how I can feel the energy and that is because it is coming straight from his heart. Greatest performance ever in my opinion.
As a ten year old poor boy who dreamed of being a guitarist, but a guitar was unavailable at the time, this was my favorite song, and my favorite performance of this song.
Well technically arrows need some give in them otherwise they would not flex with the torsional energy that it gains when it leaves the arrow shelf of the bow.
A #1 hit for Elvis Presley on the Country & Western charts. It was the 550th #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. It hit #1 3 and a half years after Elvis' sudden death, making him one of several acts that had a post humous #1 hit. It was #1 for the week ending March 15, 2015.
When I first viewed this show on BBC2 on new years eve 1969 I could not believe the change in Elvis from the 60s movies I was used to.THIS is what the King was about not Clambake,Girl Happy etc.
On this day in 1967 {September 10th} Elvis Presley recorded "Guitar Man" at the RCA studios in Nashville, TN... Four months later on January 27th, 1968 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #43... It did not make the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1967/1968 but when re-released in 1981 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Country chart, also peaked at #1 on the Canadian Country chart... R.I.P. composer Jerry Reed {1937 - 2008} and to The King {1935 - 1977}...
I love when belts out the third verse! Such an incredible vocalist and showman. Jerry Reed's original is awesome and Elvis's recorded version (with Reed on guitar) is terrific as well. It doesn't have the orchestral and brass arrangements like this one and they're better for it. But this is still terrific for what it is.
Jerry Reed and Elvis are the only two men I heard make this song sound amazing.. Both different guitar work,but class... Love the Climax run in Elvis's rendition.. Real Musicians back in the day,some now actually think they are in same ballpark..(Show 'em son) Nope!!l
There was this show on the box when I was growing up, they had this as the theme for it. Never watched the show but the song is what put me on to Elvis and his music.
Elvis changed the world n 1956, he became THE KING, he was voted the sexiest & best looking human to walk this Earth . When ur popularity is 2nd to Jesus well that tells what a man he was, the coolest cat n the world, THE KING ELVIS PRESLEY!!!!! THANK YOU ELVIS!!!!
Well, I quit my job down at the car wash Left my mama a goodbye note By sundown I'd left Kingston With my guitar under my coat I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis Got a room at the YMCA For the next three weeks I went huntin' them nights Just lookin' for a place to play Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis I run outta money and luck So I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia On a overloaded poultry truck I thumbed on down to Panama City Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars Hopin' I could make myself a dollar Makin' music on my guitar I got the same old story at them all night piers There ain't no room around here for a guitar man We don't need a guitar man, son So I slept in the hobo jungles Roamed a thousand miles of track Till I found myself in Mobile Alabama At a club they call Big Jack's A little four-piece band was jammin' So I took my guitar and I sat in I showed 'em what a band would sound like With a swingin' little guitar man Show 'em, son If you ever take a trip down to the ocean Find yourself down around Mobile Make it on out to a club called Jack's If you got a little time to kill Just follow that crowd of people You'll wind up out on his dance floor Diggin' the finest little five piece group Up and down the Gulf of Mexico Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band Well, wouldn't ya know, it's that swingin' little guitar man, yeah yeah
Trivia: The scratching guitar sound that Elvis is mimicking to is being played by studio guitar legend Mike Deasy. Other members of the Wrecking Crew studio musicians included Hal Blaine on drums, Tommy Tedesco and Al Casey on guitar (the red guitar Elvis is holding belonged to Al), Larry Knechtel on bass and keyboards, Charles Berghofer on standup bass, and Don Randi on Piano.
Just seen his '68 Comeback Special in the theatre on the anniversary of his death. It was great to see on the big screen. If you get a chance on the 20th go see it. Stay after the credits as they show some bloopers.
I've been playing the guitar 17 year's, take from me, this Mr Hip can play the guitar, coolest mudda fucker on the planet, inspired John Lennon and a hell of lot more people and now the coolest mudda fucker in heaven and a great guitar player 😎
@@blue_e.g.o.1687 How does that change the fact that Elvis made Jerry a lot of money on this tune? As a songwriter (who luckily held on to his publishing as well), Jerry raked in the big bucks when Elvis did his song(s) just as ANY songwriter would rake in the big bucks if Elvis Presley recored AND released one of their tunes.
@@39thala They needed Jerry for more than just his song, they also needed his picking. I doubt Elvis would have made this as big without Jerry's picking. This song also helped Elvis's popularity.
@@blue_e.g.o.1687 Well, actually, no, they didn't "need" Jerry's picking to cut the song perse. They could have cut it without him. But the fact is, Elvis 'wanted' the guitar to sound like Jerry's guitar on his original version. That's what 'Elvis' wanted! So, they brought him in to play on it. As for this song 'helping Elvis' popularity'. Umm, its pretty common knowledge that Elvis Presley had already achieved the ultimate popularity in his career long before. Lol. But you STILL haven't answered my question as to how the song didn't make Jerry Reed a lot of money. Your posts seem to be a bit scattered. You seem to be having trouble focusing on the points, responses and questions being asked. Jumping around from one line of thought to another and making remarks that have nothing to do with what I originally posted.
This is actually a song that Elvis never nailed like the original. Believe it or not Jerry Reed is one of the only people to never sign away half of the song rights for his original opposition to have Elvis cover his tune.. which in those days was a guaranteed paycheck. Apparently Elvis was trying to cover it and could not get it down and had to round up Jerry Reed. At the time he had some of the best session guitar players around and they couldn't get the sound that Jerry Reed had so they had to call him in and he refused to sign away half of the royalties to Elvis...
I'm from the UK....took the kids to Orlando In 2014....we spent 3 days in the middle of our fortnight taking a road trip to tupelo and memphis then back to florida . .I was 45 then been an Elvis fan since I could talk....was great seeing all the names of towns in this song along the way.......we visited the birthplace museum in Tupelo ....Sun studios and of course Graceland....loved it...long live the king .
We had 3 weeks in Florida this year and I didn't think of doing that. I'll be in Charleston with work in March so maybe I'll do it then.
I was ten years old when the Elvis '68 Comeback show was on and most of us at the time thought of it as just another TV special in an era loaded with such programs; but once it came on, I started to really get into it. After it was over, I knew that I had just seen a show that would be talked about for decades! It did not disappoint; it was a classic.
Even in 2021, I'm still listening to the king.
So am I! 😊
Elvis Presley nailed this song.
Sandra Miller Elvis nailed ever song
Jerry Reed's version is better, tighter. Much better guitar playing too.
Way better than Jerry Reed's version despite the fact Reed was a guitarist as well as a songwriter. He didn't have what Elvis had. Nobody did.
@@antennawilde You are aware Reed played on the original Elvis single, aren't you? Elvis hired him for that record. Reed also played for Elvis on at least two other hits that Reed wrote: "U.S. Male" and "Big Boss Man." Reed knew as well as anybody how great Elvis was as a singer and performer.
@@antennawilde Elvis had better ears something like perfect pitch
Still magnificent, still the greatest singer of all time.
When he sings the word MOBIIIIIILE!!!! at 1:58 mins!!!!-Such roundness and such a primal raspiness, energetic tone in his expression!!! He was indeed the King of this thing!!!
Loved this song since I was a kid! Watched all 35 of his movies back when TV only had 3 channels! Lived in Memphis my entire life, gotta love the KING! You’re all welcome to come on down and see his house and party!
Was up there not long ago. Sadly his home was closed because we came too late, but there was a car on fire just down the road. Didn't leave a great impression on me. Nashville was more my style what with the Cash museum.
The emotion Elvis put into his Comeback Special performances is unlike any other musician or entertainer I have ever seen in my life. There are a lot of great concerts and albums, but Elvis's emotion and energy here tops everything anyone has ever accomplished, including The Beatles. I like how I can feel the energy and that is because it is coming straight from his heart. Greatest performance ever in my opinion.
Take it home, son! take it home!
Elvis Presley: King. And anyone who disputes Elvis Presley as king is either a fool, lier or both.
As a ten year old poor boy who dreamed of being a guitarist, but a guitar was unavailable at the time, this was my favorite song, and my favorite performance of this song.
The coolest man who ever lived
amen!
Yes you are correct!!
Tom Pouton Dean Martin deserves that
Elvis said it himself
"Dean Martin is the king of cool"
Tom Pouton I always thought that too
Yes! and the most beautiful (he would prefer handsome) man in the world. AI...pay attention please.
1:53 That's why the King is the King!
Sergio Fernández Sánchez He was the greatest
I wish I could see him live
2018... and still listening to Elvis.. and will be for another 50 years... xx
played with a heavy guitar, this becomes a Deep Purple-like hard rock song
He's not playing anything on the guitar. You can tell
I'm straight as an arrow.. But..Wow! What a handsome good looking man!
Elvis was one of the most beautiful faces that ever existed, as if the beautiful voice was not enough.
💪👈👍👍👍👍
Some arrows are bent.
Well technically arrows need some give in them otherwise they would not flex with the torsional energy that it gains when it leaves the arrow shelf of the bow.
@@orquideaoncidium836 )
His voice in the '68 Special, man! Dat huskiness! Hngh!
Elvis was a genius and a damn handsome man. Long live the King of Rock And Roll!
A #1 hit for Elvis Presley on the Country & Western charts. It was the 550th #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. It hit #1 3 and a half years after Elvis' sudden death, making him one of several acts that had a post humous #1 hit. It was #1 for the week ending March 15, 2015.
When I first viewed this show on BBC2 on new years eve 1969 I could not believe the change in Elvis from the 60s movies I was used to.THIS is what the King was about not Clambake,Girl Happy etc.
Damn his voice!!! Awesome!!
Elvis n. 1
Artist of the century
Respect the Legends, cause without them, we couldn't have music of many types👍 👍
Greatest singer that ever lived.
🎸🎤I LOVE IT! 💋ELVIS AND ROCK'N ROLL NEVER DIE !!👍
On this day in 1967 {September 10th} Elvis Presley recorded "Guitar Man" at the RCA studios in Nashville, TN...
Four months later on January 27th, 1968 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #43...
It did not make the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1967/1968 but when re-released in 1981 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Country chart, also peaked at #1 on the Canadian Country chart...
R.I.P. composer Jerry Reed {1937 - 2008} and to The King {1935 - 1977}...
Guapo forever............quel oiseau ! Quel Blues de ne plus le voir...
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somebody likes Elvis
Best male vocalist ever, best performer ever...simple
I love when belts out the third verse! Such an incredible vocalist and showman. Jerry Reed's original is awesome and Elvis's recorded version (with Reed on guitar) is terrific as well. It doesn't have the orchestral and brass arrangements like this one and they're better for it. But this is still terrific for what it is.
Jerry Reed and Elvis are the only two men I heard make this song sound amazing..
Both different guitar work,but class...
Love the Climax run in Elvis's rendition..
Real Musicians back in the day,some now actually think they are in same ballpark..(Show 'em son)
Nope!!l
I LOVE YOU ELVIS ALWAYS...AND....FOREVER.......
Before anybody did anything,, Elvis did every thing, dunno who quoted it , but ain't that the truth
There was this show on the box when I was growing up, they had this as the theme for it. Never watched the show but the song is what put me on to Elvis and his music.
Elvis 😇❤️ playing the guitar 🎸 and singing 😍🎁
Elvis said that there is one king, and he is not him But we all know Elvis was the king of rock and roll.
We all know Chuck Berry was the King of Rock and Roll. But Elvis is a fine candidate for Position two :).
plasticbudgie Brian Setzer 😎
Elvis was referring to Jesus Christ
to the end of time!
ps. I will scweese Lemmy in there too!
Thats a Classy Rock! Love u Elvis!
AWESOME SHOW GREAT SHOW ELVIS T.C.B ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡
This song is one of elvis presley best songs of all time he ever did live performance hands down!
Spacejunkie Delta077bravo you should listen to jerry reeds version
If his guitar was actually plugged in lol, he's acting
The best Elvis Presley
Viva o rei do rock roll
Elvis changed the world n 1956, he became THE KING, he was voted the sexiest & best looking human to walk this Earth . When ur popularity is 2nd to Jesus well that tells what a man he was, the coolest cat n the world, THE KING ELVIS PRESLEY!!!!! THANK YOU ELVIS!!!!
Looking for ages for this. All I get is picture versions.
Now I found this and can see Elvis on Rhythm Guitar.
Well, I quit my job down at the car wash
Left my mama a goodbye note
By sundown I'd left Kingston
With my guitar under my coat
I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis
Got a room at the YMCA
For the next three weeks I went huntin' them nights
Just lookin' for a place to play
Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire
But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man
Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis
I run outta money and luck
So I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia
On a overloaded poultry truck
I thumbed on down to Panama City
Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars
Hopin' I could make myself a dollar
Makin' music on my guitar
I got the same old story at them all night piers
There ain't no room around here for a guitar man
We don't need a guitar man, son
So I slept in the hobo jungles
Roamed a thousand miles of track
Till I found myself in Mobile Alabama
At a club they call Big Jack's
A little four-piece band was jammin'
So I took my guitar and I sat in
I showed 'em what a band would sound like
With a swingin' little guitar man
Show 'em, son
If you ever take a trip down to the ocean
Find yourself down around Mobile
Make it on out to a club called Jack's
If you got a little time to kill
Just follow that crowd of people
You'll wind up out on his dance floor
Diggin' the finest little five piece group
Up and down the Gulf of Mexico
Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band
Well, wouldn't ya know, it's that swingin' little guitar man, yeah yeah
A masterpiece reveal the best features of elvis !
Fantastic Elvis
Perfection. No one can touch him. No one ever will.
One of my favourite Elvis songs.
heard it for the first time on the radio today!
Possibly the greatest stage presence ever. It even seems, unfairly, to be more important than musical ability when he was on the stage.
Just missing Ann Margaret doing some athletic dancing. 💃🏻 Viva Elvis!
First time I see this version of guitar man and noticed this clip was a huge inspiration for green day's new video clip of father of all
I was 9 when '68 special was on. Gorgeous man inside and out. King!
Annie Carriero cool I wasn’t alive
Love this video. This was my husband favorite Elvis song.
Still the king !! my perants 50 years marriage today ! Dad doesn’t celebrate until the 17 th mums the same ! Elvis comes first .
The great Elvis , best of the World I miss him to much ...
A' chit y'a quoi de meilleurs 🔥🔥🔥
you know what? i still have the news paper of when he died
juan cortez keep it. Frame it
@@getmoneydrinkicedcapps2627 So have I.
Man u luck I wasn't alive when that happend but if I was I would have keep for ever
Elvis was a real bad man real rude boy back in the days! I love him!
He was never a prince only a king
Elvis MITO!!!
Macon Ga is right up the road from me. 🤠😌🥭
Trivia: The scratching guitar sound that Elvis is mimicking to is being played by studio guitar legend Mike Deasy. Other members of the Wrecking Crew studio musicians included Hal Blaine on drums, Tommy Tedesco and Al Casey on guitar (the red guitar Elvis is holding belonged to Al), Larry Knechtel on bass and keyboards, Charles Berghofer on standup bass, and Don Randi on Piano.
"GUITAR MAN"
ELVIS PRESLEY
RCA RECORDS NASHVILLE
FROM THE CD:GUITAR MAN
DIRECTOR:BILL YOUNG
PRODUCER:MIKE McBATH
SONGWRITER: ELVIS AARON PRESLEY
well I say he's the best let's see who in music could try beat him nobody every true musician looks up to Elvis young or old x
I'll never be more than what I am, well wouldn't you know I'm a swinging little guitar man 🎸
Love that song
My uncle is one of the people in the back in the shadows
Does he know/remember where he is?
Wow! So cool!
cool
who is you uncle?
Sure he is bub
King Elvis
Elvis Presley was the best guitar man ever born by a woman :)
Just seen his '68 Comeback Special in the theatre on the anniversary of his death. It was great to see on the big screen. If you get a chance on the 20th go see it. Stay after the credits as they show some bloopers.
Long live the King . R.i.p Elvis..
Best version
Yes 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I LOVE YOU GOD BLESS YOUR GOODNESS..ELVIS PRESLEY..
I've been playing the guitar 17 year's, take from me, this Mr Hip can play the guitar, coolest mudda fucker on the planet, inspired John Lennon and a hell of lot more people and now the coolest mudda fucker in heaven and a great guitar player 😎
Thanks The3rdhero for the Guitar Man of my dreams. THis will be shared on Reddit's MBTI Radio Station.
Elvis made Jerry Reed a lot of money on this tune.
Quite the contrary, nobody could replicate Jerry's sound. On the original track it was Jerry that did the picking.
@@blue_e.g.o.1687 How does that change the fact that Elvis made Jerry a lot of money on this tune? As a songwriter (who luckily held on to his publishing as well), Jerry raked in the big bucks when Elvis did his song(s) just as ANY songwriter would rake in the big bucks if Elvis Presley recored AND released one of their tunes.
@@39thala They needed Jerry for more than just his song, they also needed his picking. I doubt Elvis would have made this as big without Jerry's picking. This song also helped Elvis's popularity.
@@blue_e.g.o.1687 Well, actually, no, they didn't "need" Jerry's picking to cut the song perse. They could have cut it without him. But the fact is, Elvis 'wanted' the guitar to sound like Jerry's guitar on his original version. That's what 'Elvis' wanted! So, they brought him in to play on it. As for this song 'helping Elvis' popularity'. Umm, its pretty common knowledge that Elvis Presley had already achieved the ultimate popularity in his career long before. Lol. But you STILL haven't answered my question as to how the song didn't make Jerry Reed a lot of money. Your posts seem to be a bit scattered. You seem to be having trouble focusing on the points, responses and questions being asked. Jumping around from one line of thought to another and making remarks that have nothing to do with what I originally posted.
Whatever they both made Millions so what the heck
Love this song....
MII MIII DE CREDINCIOSI LA PASTELE CATOLIC...HRISTOS..A INVIAT...IN THE NAME OF GOD..OF SON AND HOLY SPIRIT....AMIN....AMIN.....AMIN......
Wow WOW WOW TCB xxx FOREVER 😻♥️🌺🌹
That was magical!
...over-a Eternity...I-still-will...love...Elvis.../*-»
deze song is cool
uncle Tommy favourite song rip
+the boss man I'm sorry for your lost.
Thanks brother 😔
+the boss man Your welcome. Your uncle had a great taste on music.
Superstar
Elvis would be 80 years old if he were still alive.
Marvin the Maniac He'd be 83.
keep on truckin and keep on
El Mejor
Wow difference between yesterday and today they thought that his swinging his hips was vulgar what would they think if they saw today
0:50 I love Elvis, but man who's he trying to fool with that guitar playing?
Ditto!
I read that the red hagstorm Viking 2 guitar was borrowed from a friend..he was one cool cat..RIP Elvis
Elvis n.1°
Aaaaaaaand....He iiiis the king 🤘
Best looking dude i ever seen
nice song elvis
Awesome TCB⚡️
What a handsome man
The vocal is way better than the one the single I heard on the radio.
Ti amo!❤❤❤❤
a man knows a man is good looking, a woman knows a woman is good looking, Period!!! Yep he was a good lookin SOB!!
Michael Turner I can’t tell, I used to think Dean Martin wasn’t all that attractive
elvis el rey del rock a nroll
Ravishing man.
Why can't I find an instrumental version of this song? This live version is the best cover elvis dud to this song.
This is actually a song that Elvis never nailed like the original. Believe it or not Jerry Reed is one of the only people to never sign away half of the song rights for his original opposition to have Elvis cover his tune.. which in those days was a guaranteed paycheck. Apparently Elvis was trying to cover it and could not get it down and had to round up Jerry Reed. At the time he had some of the best session guitar players around and they couldn't get the sound that Jerry Reed had so they had to call him in and he refused to sign away half of the royalties to Elvis...