British guitarist analyses Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley's secret weapon!
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- Tonight I'm taking a look at Scotty Moore, Elvis' first lead guitarist!
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The sheer joy and admiration on Fil's face as he watches these legends perform makes me tear up. Love it
...my favorites part, to watch him enjoy the songs.
yes enjoy watching Fil's reaction.
Yes! I love watching Fil!
For all those who don`t know this yet: It was exclusively the Colonel's fault that the musicians were treated so badly. Elvis was very distressed because of that. He would have loved to pay them more. He was very unhappy to see his friends go.
And Bill was told afterwards to "hold back" on fooling around as no spotlight much be taken away from "his boy". sigh,
Elvis could have stopped the Colonel, but he allowed him to screw the band.
@@johnroberts1141Elvis himself was already screwed by contract
This is back when MK Ultra started to creep into the music industry. I think the Colonel was a handler.
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When you yourself are not directly involved in a problem, the solution always seems so easy.
Scott Moore was kick azz 🥴 And Elvis brought all the rest together in this one! 💗
Scotty Moore was a very humble man who was almost without ego. Scotty Moore's contribution to music will echo for countless millenia to come.
That lack of ego quite possibly hurt his success. I am convinced most highly successful people have a larger ego than the average person - along with particular skills and abilities, of course (and sometimes some plain luck thrown in).
Less ego, more echo.
True. Just one time, when Elvis joked in `54 that he´s gonna have a date with Scottys wife, the look on his face apparently wasn´t so appreciating :D
I met Scotty in Nashville some years ago at a book reading for his autobiography. I asked him how he came up with the solo in That's Allright, Mama. He just shrugged and said: "It was a mistake."
He also acted as Elvis' manager in the early years and he kept a record of everything, including how much money he made. From 1956 to 1969, he made $40,000. Even if you went back year through year to adjust that for inflation (which I did) it came to $400,000, which comes out to a little more than $33,000 a year adjusted for inflation, nowhere near what he should have made for playing with Elvis and basically creating his instrumental sound.
Seriously. BBC should being paying Phil a handsome fee for these incredibly well done documentaries on music and musicians.
😂
These really ARE like documentaries! There is so much background information, I get an understanding of the whole complex scene, not just an artist or a song.
But REALLY seriously... Fil’s doing a great service to educate and introduce music and musicians in a fun and interesting way. What’s even better is his attitude toward life. I’m a musician and I sometimes watch his videos just because I know they will be upbeat and positive - and to read the nice comments from the people that Fil attracts.
I’m going to keep supporting him because Fil makes UA-cam a better place.
Peace. JR
@@jonnyroxx7172 I totally agree. Fil does make the world (and the internet!) a better place, for his students, for his viewers and for all of us who feel like kind of a community because of him. Let the lad blush, it's cold in Britain.
I hope Fil steers clear of the corperate mass media bullshit!!!
Who could do all three simultaneously, dance, sing, and play a guitar? Only Elvis. What a unique talent.
These guys were PURE RAW talent ...nothing added just their bodies and their instruments!!!!
WE MAY NEVER AGAIN SEE THE KIND OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THAT ELVIS IN 1956 WAS CAPABLE OF CREATING ON STAGE. THE WHOLE BUILDING ROCKED.
Keith Richards once said, "I never thought of Elvis as a solo performer, when I really got into them in the early days, I always thought of them as a GREAT band with a GREAT lead singer (Elvis)".
Keith also said: "Everybody wanted to be like Elvis, but I wanted to be like Scotty"
Disagree, it was always Elvis. Before him teenagers did not have an idol close to their age. Rock and Roll was around then, but not popular. Elvis definitely popularized it worldwide!
@@speedracer2336 As an Elvis fan for 6+ decades, I get your point but it’s important to give credit for the band’s influence on musicians who eventually became classic rocks superstars. Players at that level see a lot more going on musically than just the charismatic lead at the microphone.
@@danc3693 I get it. Went to see Kid Rock awhile ago, not to see his band. Travis Tritt performed locally without his band, just him and a guitar. Arena was sold out.
I'm not a Stones megafan, but Keith really had an appreciation for the finer things in early rock n roll. He was crazy for the Everly Brothers yet gives a lot of credit to their original songwriters.
Keith and Alice Cooper are real rock historians.
It blows my mind that Scotty was self taught! Thank you for doing this reaction on Scott Moore! He was quite a gentleman! 😇.
I am just amazed at how much you know about all these musicians & artists. Since listening to you discuss each artist, I now have a whole new appreciation on how to observe an artist perform. You are so young & such a wealth of knowledge on these artists! I love listening to you. Thanks for what you do!.
Pretty wild stuff for 56’ 🤯 Scotty was a monster!! Great rhythm and chord changes, precise double note stops. Slap back delay; so rockabilly🤘🏻
You know your guitar techniques!
I think of the set up as , elvis on rhythm and Scotty on lead .
Yeah there was much more delay than I’ve noticed before.
For years I thought that rockabilly was "primitive," not realizing how sophisticated it was! Silly me!
Everybody’s forgetting the great Bill Black on upright bass .RIP Mr Black .
I mention Bill in this video! ☺
Thank you Wings of Pegasus .Yes I heard you mention him .He was so popular in India with his Bill Black’s Combo .I think every Anglo Indian house had a Bill Black’s collection of records .
They used to call the upright bass the doghouse bass. I believe The Bill Black combo had a #1 hit with "Smokey".
Paul McCartney owns ones of Bill Black's bass that he played on Elvis's concerts. There is a you tube video of Paul playing it singing Hound Dog.
Yes Michael Koch Paul’s late wife Linda gave it to him for his 50th birthday .
Really sorry to hear what happened to the band.They were such an integral part of the sound that propelled Elvis to stardom. As usual your analysis is spot on
It’s so sad, too, to listen to Scotty being interviewed a few years prior to his passing, reminiscing about a private meeting that Elvis had with the original band, in his home, after the massive success of the ‘68 Comeback Special, in which Elvis asked them to join him on a European tour. Sadly, as we know, probably due to Parker’s machinations, it wasn’t to be.
So this video led me to watching another video tracking down where Scotty Moore lived in Memphis (where he worked at a dry cleaner). Bill Black lived just a few doors down (he worked at a nearby Firestone plant). All three first met in Scotty's tiny living room on the Fourth of July -- a Sunday. His wife recalled Elvis performed a lot of ballads that didn't distinguish him. Scotty was impressed by how many songs he knew.
From Scotty's book:
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Finally, Elvis said goodbye and left... Bill came back to help critique the audition.
"What did you think?" I asked.
"Well, he didn't impress me too damned much," said Bill. "How about you?"
"I thought he had good timing. A good voice. Nothing different jumped out from the material he was doing."
"After Bill left, I called Sam to give him a report. I was upbeat but not gushing in my assessment of Elvis' talents. I mentioned that I was surprised that Elvis knew so many rhythm and blues songs. Sam asked if I thought it would be worthwhile to audition him in the studio.
"Sure," I said.
Sam called Elvis and set up an audition for Monday night at the studio.
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Monday night is when they recorded, "That's Alright Momma."
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Excellent posting, Copy Bloc!🎸 🍸 😎
And this is why no pyrotechnics were ever needed. These guys with their playing, rock’n roll attitude, stage performance, sound and of course Elvis WERE the pyrotechnics!!!!! Unreal!!!
You are really good at making these videos. Thank you.
People look at this, but don't realize just how radical it was for 1956. This was the very beginning of a sound that defined an entire generation. Scotty was there when it happened, just when the dam was about to break. What a story to tell. Great stuff Fil, and as always, great commentary.
Scotty Moore was a badass on guitar!
He indeed was a total badass.
Word...
My Dad was a session drummer at Sun Records in the mid 50s. He recorded some stuff with Scotty Moore (before) Elvis came to Sun. I never really found out from my Dad what he and Scotty recorded. I think it was mostly demo stuff.
Sam Philips tried to get my Dad and Scotty to back Elvis. Neither my Dad or Scotty liked Elvis or his style of music. My Dad and Scotty were more interested in playing Jazz. Scotty also liked Country music, but in the same style as Chet Atkins.
My Dad refused to play with Elvis, however, Scotty agreed to play with him and see what they could do. I have thought all my life what it would have been like for my Dad to have been Elvis’s drummer. But he wasn’t. Scotty did become Elvis’s guitarist and the rest is history. My Dad always stayed loyal to playing Jazz music until he could no longer play, a few years before he passed away in 2015 at 83 yrs old. RIP Pop!
What's your dad name?
@@patrickgueguin792 - His initials are NK. Unless you were hanging out at Sun Studios during those days, you wouldn’t recognize his name. He was never a famous drummer. He only played locally in our City.
@@strumbum946 Well,I felt in the trap.Thanks
@@patrickgueguin792 - Do you know any of the session players that used to play at Sun Studios?
@@strumbum946 of course ,no
Alvin Lee said something to the effect that Scotty's playing on Hound Dog sounded like a whole load of scaffolding poles falling off a truck! Now this was meant as a compliment- it really is an incredible sound and quite unique, too. Great solo by Scotty on King Creole and so many other early Elvis recordings at Sun.
you're right about Scotty's solo on King Creole!....if you go to you tube for that song as a film clip from the movie, EP is in front of the band playing an acoustic guitar, and while the solo plays, EP is doing all the correct fingering on his acoustic guitar for the solo, and he trurns to look back at Scotty, and they are both laughing, because it is so absurd in the film to show that fabulous ringing electric guitar solo as coming from an acoustic guitar!
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Those Sun recordings are a master class in accenting/serving the song. Scotty’s playing is just pure, simple beauty on those tracks. And to think he hardly ever bends a note!
This was a great recording of Elvis and early band. Scotty was a real talented guitarist. It is a shame the way the band got treated by management.
He still makes me smile this is what 70 years or so ago still gets me
RIP to all the "Blue Moon Boys!"
So many great 60s/70s guitarists idolized him. Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and others all said Scotty was a huge influence. Thanks for the great history lesson. I learn something new every video. Love your enthusiasm.
jEFF BECK,TOO
@@davidsmith-jj4iq Plant tells of he and Page meeting Elvis in 1974-----he said they acted like kids who had just met Santa----and he said "Elvis was ELVIS-----he looked wondeful!"
@@essessessesq NO DOUBT ,thanks Jerry.
I saw Elvis Presley perform live at the National Theatre in Greensboro, N.C. on Feb. 6, 1956. A lot of great things were happening to Elvis that year. He was already getting National Attention by performing on the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey "Stage Show" He had just signed on with RCA-Records and his new LP self titled was released the same year. Scotty Moore and Bill Black were great in that 1956 show. "Mystery Train" and all his Sun hits they played and played well! Scotty Moore is why I got my first Guitar and started learning to play like him! Thank you Scotty Moore! I am still playing my friend. May you RIP.
I just had to come back to listen to your excellent analysis and fantastic summary of what was going on back then. I`ve always loved Scotty because although he and Bill were so important in Elvis`s career, he was a very quiet and humble man/musician.
The Colonel said that without him there would be no Elvis. Well, that`s debatable, but I personally believe that without Sam Philips, Scotty and Bill, there wouldn`t be an Elvis like we know him today. In the end, it was Sam who singled him out, and Scotty Moore was the one who gave Elvis his approval, although, in the beginning when he met Elvis, he wasn`t really "enchanted" by him. Scotty just said that he guessed, Elvis was "alright". After all, Elvis was a teenager and Scotty was 4 years older than him and more experienced at that time. Four years is a lot when you are so young.
I`ve always felt sorry that Elvis, Scotty, Bill, and DJ Fontana weren`t able to stay together till the end.
Scotty was too nice of a guy to tell Elvis to "shove it" for the comeback special. But money is always needed, I get it.
Scotty was excited as hell to do that with Elvis... Listen to his interviews...!!!!
The Blue Moon Boys. Most influential rock and roll band ever.
YES.
The Beatles all ageed with that assessment!---
Fil, I just love your smile when you're watching these guys play their guitars. 💖
I absolutely love Wings of Pegasus and his in-depth and intelligent analysis. I am seriously addicted to these videos. Keep up the great work Sir. I take my hat off to you!
Thanks George!
Elvis was the motor and the Blue Moon Boys were the supercharger of that motor. Back in the 50´s Scotty´s sound was mindblowing, people just haven´t heard anything like it before. The sound he got out of that Gibson will never be duplicated.
Thank you for bringing to light the hard times that Scotty went through.
Rosie and the Originals, Angel Baby. That has a fantastic back story. Elvis and Scotty made her dream possible to realize.
And this is why EP is 👑Of 🎼 .. scotty was amazing but hey nothing without elvis' remarkable voice n his showmanship !! Scotty never had a bad word to say about EP !
Elvis Presley was Something Else
I'm a heavy metal guy, but I absolutely love watching Elvis!
Scotty was marvelous!!!! Love💋for Elvis. I wished I had the opportunity to have seen them perform!!!! Now in my era I can only see the videos. Amazingly I feel the same way people felt back then. ELVIS 💋💋💋💋💋
I wish your analysis was out years ago.We didn’t have U tube.Your music analysis has rounded out my music education.The secrets are finally revealed.
What can I say Fil.. you are the man! Sent this to my 73 yr old dad... he loved Elvis 🕺🏻 beautiful work man
In the end. I think Scotty was one of the very few persons that he really missed.
Scotty rips into a lead break, Fil smiles. Fil, and everybody else watching.
Thank you for remembering Legendary guitarist Scotty Moore; amazing video 🥰
That's probably why on tour after 68 Elvis always would introduce his band individually and what they were playing.
Fil....thank you for all your great uploads. Very enjoyable.
FIL, ONCE AGAIN, A GREAT VIDEO, AND YOUR COMMENTS, KEEP THE MUSIC AND INFO ON THE PEOPLE COMMING, YOU ROCK, COUSIN FIGEL
The background information and analysis of this time period of music is so complete. Your breakdown of these performances are the absolute best on You Tube!!! Keep them coming.
Is there anyone else who could sing, play rhythm guitar and dance like that...ever in all of history
Thanks Fil..Scotty such an innovator with his sound..no wonder Joe Perry and Keith Richards loved him and so many others.
Oops. Here is Scotty Moore. I apologize, I'm a new subscriber and still going through your vids. Thanks for doing Scotty Moore. The man is an absolute beast, extremely influential, and an early player of guitar licks that had never been heard before. Rock on with your bad self, Fil. Keep up the great work!
Your smile makes me smile!
I couldn't have put it any better, about Scotty Moore, even though James Burton is brilliant, Scotty had his own style, which was essential to Elvis, being a star, Scotty guitar playing, was what made Elvis, and what a tragic mistake, to part ways, with Scotty .
Many years ago, when I was a young lass in the 1990’s, I worked with a lady who I’d say was probably hovering around 60 then. One day in casual conversation the topic of Elvis came up (it was a retail job - probably inspired by the store music?) She told me the following story: when she was a young teenager she’d gone to a county fair. (Context: this was in north Alabama) She and her friends were excited to see the musical acts. They were anticipating some of the known names in the line up, but, as she said, she didn’t even remember who that was because the opening act was a young good looking guy with a funny name. She’d never heard of him, but once he got started she knew she’d never forget him. That young man was Elvis Presley and the way she described seeing a young Elvis perform was “It was like somebody spilled lightning on that stage. After that you didn’t CARE who came next.”
The drummer was exceptional .
I discovered years ago that learning Scotty's licks can really benefit one's rock and roll guitar playing.
Scotty had some influence even on the Amazing S.R.V.! Right on.
I've never understood... Elvis being the kind of person he was, why he didn't "take care" of Scotty, Bill and D.J. after the party was over (so to speak).
I wonder if the Colonel had anything to do with all of that, too?
Story has it that that crook ended up making 10 times the money Elvis did... And Elvis was LOADED.
I know Albert Goldman got roasted over his Elvis biography that I read and quite enjoyed in parts. I remember how he brought to life the white gospel singers that he said Elvis went to see along with hundreds of others at local community halls or whatever. But one thing Goldman mentioned was that Elvis could have been so much bigger and been in front of so many more audiences who loved him if he had been able to tour outside of the US. But although many of us don’t realize it, he never did. Goldman’s theory was that the colonel was actually a Dutchman who was in the US illegally and therefore didn’t want to chance taking himself and his star out of the country in case he couldn’t get back in. So Goldman does claim that the kernel in this way as well held Elvis back. Goldman mentions that since Elvis was stationed in Germany in the military that there would’ve been so many Germans and other Europeans and probably even Japanese people who would’ve gone crazy for him. But instead he was stuck to playing on the US mainland and in Hawaii and doing the movies that he apparently hated.
I did read that the kernel had an immense gambling addiction or habit and used Elvis’s earnings especially in the movies that Elvis hated to finances gambling debts.
Man the things you learn listening to you. Now I wish I would have saved some more braincels. Thanks again Fil you always make it interesting. Hats off to Scotty Rock on
You have plenty of brain cells left! And music forges new connections among them...rock on!
@@lynndow3185 I don't know my cat looks at me stupid sometimes
@@jamesgordonakacrazylegs8222 well, cats, cats are smarter than all of us!
@@lynndow3185 They've definitely found a great job. All they have to do is act like they like you a couple times a day get fed for it, roof over their head and no responsibilities except catching mice and they get to eat them too
James Gordon
Funny! But true. 😄
Elvis, the KING!!!
Fil, love your story about Scotty and Elvis and the bandI never knew this . Great information! God bless!
Scotty was a huge influence on so many guitarists including one of my favorites the great Brian Setzer. Great job Fil!
Stole? In a case like this you can't steal anyone away if they don't want to go.
$100.00 a week in 1956 was making a good living , My mom bought a 2 family home in 1969 , her monthly payment was $90.00 a month .
Scotty Moore was the man. Nice work, Fil. Thank you.
Awesome history lesson. You were right on. Scotty in my opinion is was the creator of the rock and roll sound.
Scotty Moore was James Burton of the 50s. He really made Elvis shine, worked as a team. Thanks for the info about the evolution of their relationship, didn't know that. I'm happy they reunited in 68. It is sad, Parker was a terrible manager, he should have paid Moore and DJ and Black well, kept Elvis skills sharp, they all shared a special bond. Elvis lost his confidence during his movie years, his guys should have been with him, Parker was a disgrace. I think, Scotty, DJ and Black knew Parker tied Presley's hands. They, I think, always loved Elvis for what he did for them.
I have good news----the fact is, that Scotty and drummer DJ Fontana DID play on all of Elvis's movie and non-movie recording sessions, all the way up to 1968----and in 1969, Elvis asked both of them to go with him to Las Vagas, and they both said "no thanks"----both were family men and didn't want to go to Vegas for a month-----Elvis also asked his vocal group, the Jordanaires, to go to Vegas----but they also said "no thanks," because they were making so much money doing Nashville recording sessions-------Scotty DID say to Elvis, "call James Burton, he can put together a band for you."----The rest is history!
@@essessessesq JAMES BURTON was RICKY NELSON"s BEST FRIEND WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS, PLAYED GUITAR FOR RICKY WHEN HE WAS GETTING HIS SINGING STARTED ..
@@essessessesq i the good thing we got out of James Burton was, Ronnie Tutt (drummer ) and Jerry Shift (bass player) but there's another guitarist I wish Elvis would have picked for lead, I'm not going to say. Could have kept James for rhythm and some lead.
@@dannythompson4748 Correct! And James Burton played lead guitar on the early rock classic "Suzie Q" by Dale Hawkins----1957?
@@Rock4UNow Eric Clapton?---just kidding---I did see an interview with Paul McCartney in which he said "We [the Beatles] would have been Elvis's backing band, if he had ever asked us!"
Scotty and Bill got shafted big time. It's too bad Elvis didn't stick up for them so that they would get the pay that they deserved.
Great analysis Fil. Cheers
Yes very sad they got screwed. But in the later studio recordings they needed studio musicians who could play anything.
for those who do not know it, the fact is that Scotty and DJ Fontana played at every recording session Elvis did through the end of 1968, and of course
they are on stage with Elvis in all the "live" on stage portions of the huge 1968 TV show....in 1969, Elvis asked Scotty and DJ and his vocal group, the Jordanaires , to all go play in Vegas with him for the month long engagement....all of them turned Elvis down, !! By saying "we're too old to go back on the road " and "i don't want to live out of a suitcase again for a month"....Scotty, in his autobiography "That's Alright, Elvis." says "Elvis told me "Scotty, I've never been onstage without you and DJ, what will i DO?" Scotty told him "Remember Ricky Nelson's guitarist, James Burton? I'll give him a call and see if he can put together a band for you" and the rest is history
Yes, I agree that Scotty got a raw deal. Sadly once Elvis' Manager Colonel Parker came on the scene Elvis no longer had a say on whether or not contracts were renewed at that time. The Colonel basically saw to it that they were pushed out as he felt that they had too much influence on Elvis and he wanted total control over Elvis. But it wasn't until the sixties that they stopped stopped working with Elvis after he came out of the army not 1957 as you inferred.
Plus when Elvis put together his new band for Vegas he approached Scotty but he was unavailable due to other commitments at the time. That's when James Burton came on to the scene and remained Elvis lead guitar player right up to the end. Both Scotty and James held pivotal rolls in Elvis' sound.
Scotty, DJ Fontana and Bill Black appeared in all of Elvis' 50's movies, except for 'Love Me Tender.' And as you said for that movie, a lousy excuse, but it was the film company that insisted that they couldn't play, nothing to do with Elvis or this time his manager. A great shame that the Colonel felt the way he did, Elvis' music suffered later during the mid sixties due to Scotties absence. Elvis was right, though the other guitarists were great, they weren't Scotty and even in recording sessions when Scotty was there he would often end up playing second fiddle to Chet Atkins when he was involved in a recording session.
Now Elvis, Scotty, Bill and DJ can play together all they want, no one is going to split them up this time. Each one a legend, each played their part in creating that unique Sun Sound and Rock N Roll History!
One of the things I really like about your videos is the way you watch them yourself. I can see you genuinely enjoying the artists in the video. Your smile and eyes are showing the fascination and appreciation of the talent you are watching . It's so great to see one artist admiring another. Keep up the great work here.
Thanks!
Fil, the fact that you are highlighting these amazing unsung heroes, decades later, to give them the respect they deserve, gives me the warm fuzzies inside! They certainly didn't deserve to be relegated to oblivion, unremarked, uncelebrated. Thank you for giving us a chance to appreciate them once more! I'm sure Col. Tom Parker had many more misdeeds to his credit. Love this video!
No problem!
So awesome!! Whoo hoo!! Elvis and Scotty were pure magic!!! 🔥
Quite unique to have both of these talents to have found each other!!!!💙💙👏👏👏
Fil provides a lot of contextual history about all the people and the industry generally. Brings the times alive. People making new cultural trends don't get an instruction set. They just have to make it up as they go along. Elvis was a teenager when he started making his Rock n' Roll sound that changed popular music.
Love Scotty but im more impressed with your research and back story great post Fil
This is the Elvis I love!
Thanks for a great episode! My Scotty Moore recommendation:
"When it rains it really pours"
Fil,
I am surprised you did not bring up the type of guitar Scotty played on most of the Elvis hits. It was his secret weapon, the Gibson ES-295, the so--called Scotty Moore guitar.
My mom bought me a 1954 Gibson ES-295 Goldtone with Bigsby in 1965. She paid $500 dollars for it and an amp. It was the first guitar I ever owned. I was taking guitar lessons at the time. Up until then we had rented an acoustic guitar. When I took my new prize guitar to my lesson for the first time the teacher was so disappointed that it was not an acoustic. He asked to play it and he did. The hollow-body guitar does not need an amp to play. The guitar was kind of too big for me at the time but I loved it and still have it in the original case with all the original parts. It came with an old style tweed tube amp but that disappeared many years ago. I miss that old amp.
It's amazing how lead guitar has changed over the years ...Elvis steals the show what an entertainer.
That was the very reason that these guys were never going to stand out with Elvis there. Wherever Elvis was, he was the show. He couldn't help that, you just couldn't stop looking at him. Not just his good looks, a presence about him. There's Mash-up videos made with Elvis and Freddie and others with Elvis having a small part, and all the people commenting are saying it was Elvis you wanted to get back to. Please try and not blame him so much if they didn't get the credit due them. He had them there for the movies and Scotty was around Graceland until the end of his life.
Boy! that's going way back! Seems like yesterday!
I was only 11 years old, but when I heard the first number that Elvis did without his original band, I immediately knew something was wrong.
❤ thank you . I learned something today. Respect for Scotty
Yes sir, that was pure revolution. Blue Moon Boys rocked the world so hard, and it’s still shaking! Miss you always..
"When Elvis went to Hollywood, ...that's when everything went wrong" - Adam Duritz
No it didn't he was the biggest paid actor in Hollywood and when he finished he did the incredible comeback in 68 .. not many artists could rekindle there singing career after that long without performing !! Only EP could do that !!
@@jrc8640 Tom Hanks and Jay Leno were doing Elvis trivia one night, both being fans. One said every movie made money, and that no one has ever done that since, and he was paid a million per movie, a first. But the main thing is that the movies drew in kids that remain fans to this day.
It looks so happy, and free and sunny, and the king was there! The good old days. Too bad to hear another story of the artists getting misused. Great in-depth analysis!
Glad to hear you know the history. On reaction videos very few know much about the artists they are reacting too.
You never cease to amaze, Fil. Thanks for the info and analysis.
I remember the first time Elvis was on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 (yes I am that old). They only showed Elvis from the waist up, because his dancing (swiveling his hips) was considered too "dirty" to show on TV. Yes, times have changed.
Fred Hinckley this performance was before he did Ed Sullivan. This was on the Milton Berle Show April 1956. The first time Elvis was on Ed Sullivan was September 1956.
Actually Elvis’s first National TV appearance was the Dorsey Brothers show.
My sister was 14 my girl cousin 13 and I was 12 .
Those girls went crazy when he appeared .
He then did Berle
And The Steve Allen show ( no fan of Rock ) but Alllen’s show ran opposite Ed Sullivan and normally was killed in the ratings
However when Elivis appeared on the show it actually beat Sullivan in the ratings which caused Ed to book him.
I really respect you. Your love for your craft and the respect you have for musicians and artists is amazing to watch. When u watch and start smiling at what you reacting to is so authentic and full of love u have for talent I totally respect and believe your anaylases 100 percent
For context, Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock was 1955. A lot of similarity, as I recall.
Great video Fil, you hit right on everything... Scotty Moore was under rated as guitar player and his importance in rock history and his design in Elvis's sound. As incredible as Sam Phillips was sometimes I think he gets too much credit for that original sound. BTW the Gibson ES-295 Scotty was playin is still around and on display at Graceland... I saw it last year and have to say I never thought I would be that awe-struck in the presence of a guitar!
Agree. Scotty was a stellar rockabilly guitarist. Similarly, Luther Perkins gave Johnny Cash (great song writer, but a dismal vocalist and beginner guitarist) his signature sound. Elvis, however, had the voice, the moves, style, and looks to create the avalanche that ensued.
I think you apply the term “rhythm guitar” rather loosely in regard to Scotty Moore. His claw hammer style was rhythmic, but he didn’t play rhythm guitar in the generally accepted sense. You also use the term “pick” loosely. Scotty mainly used a thumbpick, and very rarely a plectrum. Also, he didn’t stop using a thumbpick early-on as you maintain. He used it on most, if not all, the early Sun recordings at least.
@@milesreay8375 Are you talking to me or Fil...? If you watch the prior video I think you'll know what Fil is talking about in regard to Scotty playing rythem... And Fil stated on multiple occasions that Scotty used alternative picking: ie... Anything other then flat picking.
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Fil, I know you are an artist in your own right, but could it be that your best gig is as an archivist or some such for the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame? With your skill in seeing, describing, putting into perspective artists contributions to music...
This is fascinating. How you describe the contributions of different artists toward forwarding music, as an element of the whole. It's amazing. This guitarist adds this, without which this front man is perhaps, never going to make it...but, he is there, and it makes the world of difference.
I realize it's your point of view, but you seem to be able to see all this from an external point of view and make it so...understandable...
That you see the skill and articulate it and how it adds to the whole is so refreshing.
So many want to judge: he is great, he sucks, blah, blah, blah.
You seem to have none of that. You see and report the contribution made and how it adds to the whole.
This is so refreshing!
Thanks, man. This is why I always check out what you upload. Maybe you could market your skill as an informed observer of musicianship..
Anyways, Here's me, wishing you: All the best!
WELL SAID, BRAVO!
Absolutely, oldarpanet! Took the words right out of my mouth! Fil's level of perception is so finely tuned, it's remarkable. Such a delight these videos are!
Fil is truly one of a kind...archivist, analyst, educator and musician in his own right.
Fil is blushing with all the compliments.
Stay away from working for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Fil. I don't believe it to be a very honourable institution. Too many quality musicians missing from it; too many mediocre ones in it.
Phil
If you want to see a great couple of Elvis videos , check out Elvis / Jordinaires / Scotty / DJ / Bill etc. One recording of “Treat Me Nice “ take two or three , then the polished video from the film . You can’t take your eyes off of Elvis , his phrasing is so inspired . Incredible video ... UA-cam is loaded with these gems , but Treat Me Nice is a great inside peek at a take ,then the finished production. Production as you know ,in those days just meant the best arrangement ,and vocal. No overdubs . Just blows you away . I’ll say it ad nauseum . You really know your backstories , and is isn’t the usual anecdotal bullshit . You’re educating so many people . I hope you’re monetized , you deserve it ...
Once again I have to say how much I enjoy your enjoyment. It's delightful. There's a video I'd love to see a reaction to, as far as I can see nobody else is doing it. Not Elvis, but The HU Shireg Shireg live @SiriusXM
You are all over the chart! Love it Fil, I posted the Holy Grail on Facebook
At 1.15mins one of the strings on Elvis’s guitar snapped.
Never seen anybody, with as much rhythm as Elvis had, from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. You never saw Elvis make any movements onstage, that were out of time with the beat. He was an astounding human being, and there will NEVER be anything like him again.
A friend who traveled with Scotty and DJ in the '90s told me this story: When studios started releasing new compilations of unused takes of the Elvis songs Scotty and DJ played on (i.e. takes that weren't used on the original songs released in the 50s). he worked to get them paid for their playing on these outtakes. After much negotiation, they finally paid them studio rates for musicians - but they paid what the going rates were in the '50s - in the '90s.
@SeattleSusieQ
Disgusting and extremely sad.
I watched this again 😀 I have to admit...kept trying to watch Scotty, but..it's very hard with Elvis singing & dancing around 😂 I keep wondering how he was able to sing, play the guitar & keep dancing around the whole time. I haven't seen many of the very old videos, but..they're great. Elvis was an awesome entertainer/artist. Thanks, for all of the information you give us 💙 Btw..this was supposed to be about Scotty, and here I go focusing on Elvis, so..I can kind of understand why the musicians weren't getting enough attention 😂 They most certainly should have been paid more!
Every serious Guitarist knows who Scotty is and what he accomplished.
Elvis was the reason I sang but Scotty was the reason I play the guitar. Great video and analysis.
Scotty Moore was in a Western Swing Band the Starlight Wranglers. He got his Cues from the Great Eldon Shamblin and Junior Barnard of The Texas Playboys Fame. Give them a Listen some time.