tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post5161397195697564392..comments2024-03-22T14:01:26.256-07:00Comments on Just Backdated: SCOTTY MOOREChris Charlesworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05459094285776329847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-32862763060257647442016-07-01T08:38:47.430-07:002016-07-01T08:38:47.430-07:00Just listened to Too Much and you're right, he...Just listened to Too Much and you're right, he does bite off more than he can chew, but does rescue it in the end.<br />Chris Charlesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459094285776329847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-28186657730489003172016-06-29T16:28:59.942-07:002016-06-29T16:28:59.942-07:00A true legend.
Three of my fave Scotty Moore stor...A true legend.<br /><br />Three of my fave Scotty Moore stories, as opposed to solos, which are all great:<br /><br />“Hound Dog”, Milton Berle Show ’56: Scotty, Bill & DJ had no idea Elvis was going to do that slow ending. Probably neither had Elvis, but he’d been to see Freddie Bell and The Bellboys (who recorded the song before him), and they were doing both Hound Dog and a “slow” more bluesy version of Don’t Be Cruel which he loved. You can hear Elvis enthusing about them on the Million Dollar Quartet tape.<br /><br />“Too Much” single ’56: Scotty gets completely lost about half way through the guitar solo. Naturally, as a working musician more used to the stage than the studio, he just keeps going. That ends up being the take, and he joked for years that he had no idea what exactly he’d played and couldn’t repeat it again if he tried.<br /><br />TV Special 1969: During the show Elvis recounts how, at rehearsal, Scotty leaned over to him and said “Would you sing that Lawdy Miss Clawdy one time man?” A nice little intimate moment amidst the otherwise noisy guffaws of the usual Memphis entourage.<br />Ian Gordon Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745996447541753567noreply@blogger.com