Happy Birthday Scotty Moore!

scottymoore.net ^ | december 27, 2015

[lowbridge]

Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III (born December 27, 1931) is an American guitarist and recording engineer. He is best known for his backing of Elvis Presley in the first part of his career, between 1954 and the beginning of Elvis's Hollywood years. He was ranked 44th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2011. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

Scotty Moore was born near Gadsden, Tennessee. He learned to play the guitar from family and friends at eight years of age. Although underage when he enlisted, Moore served in the United States Navy between 1948 and 1952.

Moore's early background was in jazz and country music. A fan of guitarist Chet Atkins, Moore led a group called the "Starlite Wranglers" before Sam Phillips at Sun Records put him together with then teenage Elvis Presley. Phillips believed that Moore's lead guitar and Bill Black's double bass were all that was needed to augment Presley's rhythm guitar and lead vocals on their recordings. In 1954 Moore and Black accompanied Elvis on what would become the first legendary Presley hit, the Sun Studios session cut of "That's All Right (Mama)", a recording regarded as a seminal event in rock and roll history. Elvis, Black and Moore then formed the Blue Moon Boys.

For a time, Moore served as Elvis's personal manager. They were later joined by drummer D.J. Fontana.

[lowbridge]

"Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones famously said "When I heard Heartbreak Hotel, I knew what I wanted to do in life. It was as plain as day. All I wanted to do in the world was to be able to play and sound like that. Everyone else wanted to be Elvis, I wanted to be Scotty Moore."

[lowbridge]

Elvis and Scotty reunited for the 68 comeback special

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rolb1dAbUAA

[jsanders2001]

Scotty Moore is one of my favorite old time guitar players who was an integral part of Elvis’ sound. Without him I don’t think Elvis’ songs would have had that zing. Truly one of the greats and a such a humble guy to top it off.

[Squawk 8888]

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[TheOldLady]

Thanks for the memories, lowbridge.

Thank you for the ping, Squawk 8888.

[minnesota_bound]

Start at 1:20 for some guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQf1fuIlCBo

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