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.
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.
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.
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.
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}...
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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!!!!
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.
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.
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.
