I cry each time I hear Elvis sing American Trilogy and I’m British. What a brilliant all round guy he was 🙏 Thank you for your heartfelt reaction Shon. Take care 💕
@linda-hg6zq it has the same effect on me. So much raw power and emotion it stirs the tears. There is only one other person that brings my tears flowing and that is Janis Joplin. ❣😇❣
This concert was the first broadcast ever via satellite to the whole world….it was estimated that 1.5 billion people all over the world saw this concert……only Elvis could draw that much of an audience.
@@carytakagawa2760 You would think so ...... Here is one big problem ...... Most on the net ...... Were not even born yet ..... When Elvis left the stage ...... And still do not know a dam thing about him ....... Cause the main Stream controllers ...... Make no money off Elvis ...... So they teach the public about the so-called Artist of today ...... And not one or all of them put together add up to Elvis ...... As he is a once in time ........ God given talent ...... No Brag ...... Just Fact ......
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ELVIS!!!!!! HE PUT EVERYTHING HE HAD INTO HIS PERFORMANCES FOR HIS FANS!! HE WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST! NEVER FORGOTTEN.....THE INSTRUMENT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THE FLUTE, IT PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE TRILOGY....ENJOY!!!!!!
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the instrument was either a fife or a piccolo. Both instruments are about half the size of a flute and are higher in tonal pitch. The fife would seem appropriate for this performance seeing as the trilogy begins with the song, "Dixie" and the fife (or piccolo) was an instrument often used by the soldiers during the Civil War which was primarily a war of ideologies concerning the practice of slavery. Thematically, that instrument would have been a perfect choice.
He not only had the best vocal groups but he had the best band members! The gentleman is playing the flute, his name was Gabe Baltazar. He also played the saxophone.
I love this kind of knowledge. I know a few members of the bands names and in the backing vocals but I've never known the flute players name or that he played saxophone. It would be fun to read all about them. I'm not sure if they have a Wikipedia entry or not I guess I could look it up. TCB band I would guess?
@@stevedahlberg8680 I would think googling Elvis's band members. I know over time he had different members. From 1970 I believe on to the end he had a full band and Orchestra so there was strings, Woodwinds and brass. Plus great timpani. I played the flute all through high school and college and for many years at different events so I was always interested in this flute player and so I had research to find out who he was.
@@scottjenkins3095and to think his face has been prominently seen billions of times! Enough so we're here talking about it, lol. Off of two shows that's crazy!
He’s perspiring because of the TV lights, and the heavy jumpsuit. He actually did a rehearsal concert 2 days earlier in which his hair is a little different, and doesn’t perspire as much. The performance is a little different, and you can tell the improvement in the broadcast version.
He had the 4 black ladies Sweet Inspirations were always with him and male gospel group, he isn't crying. He had a 30 piece orchestra, he traveled and paid 100 people. He sang every kind of music even light opera. He is in 5 music halls of fame. Love your reactions thanks and Be Blessed.
No 1. 5 billion watched that performance on Satellite all over the world it was the first live Satellite performance ever more watched Elvis Aloha Hawaii Special than watched the moon Landing! It was all done for charity that’s the way Elvis was a lot of his concerts were for charities!
He had something to do with helping Danny Thomas start the magnificent St Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis. A hospital where no child pays for treatment -- an incredible facility still operating with his daughter the actress Marlo Thomas, as CEO.
Great reaction!! For this concert Elvis was asked to lose 25lbs bc he was starting to gain his weight and he did…I think He looked PERFECT, SEXY, HOT 🔥🔥The build up at the end gives you chills every time ❄️ Elvis sings with so much passion….🎶🎤 Lol I hate to burst your bubble it’s mostly sweat, with all the Gems and Stones put on his outfits they weigh an extra 75lbs plus he has all those lights shining on him 💡🥵💡🥵💡 Thank you for keeping Elvis Alive!!
You're right! That's Fire! I was a 16 year old girl in 1973 when I first saw Elvis in this Aloha from Hawaii, satellite special. I've been a fan ever since. At 65 years old now I just revisted Graceland in Dec 2022 and thanks to the Elvis Costume Museum I got to see first-hand that costume that he wore the first time I saw him perform on that broadcast in 1973. Yes, I stood right by that Costume & had my sister take my picture! The outfit is called The American Eagle; Red White & Blue version - white outfit with red & blue eagle across his chest GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH !
The American Trilogy was Three Songs in One....A Tribute to the American Civil War and the Resulting Unity of America. A Song Of The South - Dixie A Song Of the North - Battlehymn of the Republic And a Black Spiritual Sung by former Slaves - Hush Little Baby. Elvis wanted everyone to come together as One.
Being raised in the South, I heard these songs sang in church, school and by my Dad and grandma. I love this triology to the SOUTH! No on sings it like Elvis!!!
This was a musical representation of the Civil War: a song for the South, North, and the African-American with the triumphant preservation of the Union at the end. Elvis was a child of the South who combined white and black elements in his music and who believed in an America of brotherhood. The song has pretense and some critics said Elvis, with all he represents, was the only one who could pull it off. Humble yet charismatic.
He wasn't crying, but sweating. The sweat would run into his eyes and burn a bit. But yeah, Elvis was a passionate man and performer and this is the best live version of An American Trilogy if only because the flute player in this version played that part perfectly.
Trilogy- three songs. Civil war reference, Dixie(song of the South) battle Hymn of the Republic (song of the North), and the third song was a song about the hard lives of slaves. I love how he “implore” the orchestra to play LOUDER as he ends with Battle Hymn.
JD Sumner and The Stamps were the last male vocal group that toured with him... he always had a group of gospel singers that were men and then he had the soul singers which were the women, he wanted both gospel and soul. They were super good and they also recorded in the studio with him. A lot of times to just relax Elvis would just get with his groups and have a jam session and sing gospel
Great reaction. This was three songs put together about the Civil War. He has so much compassion in all of his music. He sang songs he truly believed in❤
He was the king, and we will never see his like again. Fortunately, we have these films. This is a very prophetic song. Less than four years after this performance, he was gone, at the age of 42. He passed away at the same age his mother did.
That instrument is a flute and it does add such the perfect touch at that emotional moment to transition into the final climax. And it is a wonderful and brilliant trilogy of three songs, a song from the South, a song of the North, and then a Caribbean slave lullaby that made its way to America and was also rejuvenated in the sixties as part of the Civil Rights Movement. He ties it all together so well with his performance. And some people will say that's just sweat, but I've definitely seen sometimes where his eyes tear up and I'm sure he has shed a bit of a tear or two here and there. Definitely I would think his eyes were tearing up during What Now My Love performance from this same Hawaii satellite show. He always had the two sets of backing vocalists, the Sweet Inspirations were the group of black women, and The Stamps Quartet with the amazing deep bass JD Souther for the male backing vocalists. Elvis tended to briefly put the spotlight on and feature other aspects of his band at various points. The the guitar player, the backing vocalists, the flute player in this case, Ronnie Tutt the drummer and others.
This has got me. Touched my heart and soul. This man was in a league of his own. The passion he put into this performance was off the scale. The one and only Elvis Presley. There will never be another. Left this world far too soon but his legend will live on. An amazing talent. ❤❤❤
There will never be another Elvis he was one of the best singers ever he did put his heart and soul and every song he sung rest in peace Elvis we love you and we miss you❤❤❤❤
He was representing to 1.5 billion people all over the world for the first satellite transmission!!!! I watched it live with my auntie who was a big Elvis fan and this song was the bomb 💣😻 he's got his black girls with him. Got the other three groups with him also a powerful preformance representing America to the world you can see it in his dress and it is cape whichhas an American eagle on it😊
The Jordanaires were an American vocal quartet, which formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are known for providing vocal background for Elvis Presley
Im a vietnam vet and I love this song God Bless you young man ,you are on the right track.keep listening to the good old music with messages that are good.
Elvis was always passionate about his music, even in the early days. He always connected to his fans because he knew with them, there’d be no Elvis. I am so happy to see you get exited and emotional over his performances. He gave his heart and soul into every performance. Do yourself a favor and research how generous he was. He loved to give thing to people. It made him happy. One of his favorite this to give were cars, especially Cadillacs.
Perfection on that stage!! The love & respect was beautiful!! I cry everytime I listen to him. He brings out the feels. He was sweating tho.. That suit was 75lbs & the lights. Lol Please check out his bluesy side. Stranger In My Own Hometown Xrated Blues Version
The trilogy begins with the great Southern anthem "Dixieland," then segues beautifully into the American classic that bridges the North & South with "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," & then gently into a slave's lullaby in "All My Trials" concluding with the Battle Hymn again. Powerful? Still gives me chills. It was flawless. Watch how Elvis directs the orchestra from the stage & that final sustained note was supernatural. I don't know any great rock singer who could've performed this trilogy like Elvis. Shon -- great job -- your comments are excellent.
His back up group here is JD Sumner and the Stamps quartet, as well as the Sweet Inspirations. Previously it was The Imperials (and the Sweet Inspirations too) who backed him.
IT was sweat and tears...Elvis had a twin brother Jesse that was born before him that was still born and I think he thinks about him while singing this song... I have seen some concert footage where Elvis had tears flowing during his Gospel songs.
he wasn't crying he was sweating because the lights are hot the heavy outfithe wears, plus Elvis went from one song to another with out many breaks so he just sweats alot
In 1962 I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade. We lived out in the country in Louisiana. I had to ride the bus to and from school. In the afternoon on the way home we would start singing these songs. Sometimes one of us kids would start singing and sometimes the driver would ask us if we wanted to sing. The bus would drop me off at the end of a dirt road about a 1/4-mile from our home. As I walked home I could hear my fellow scholars continuing to sing. The sound of the singing would gradually fade as the bus continued down that dusty country road on its way to drop off the other kids. It is one of the fondest memories of my childhood.
Jane H commenting …. Great Reaction! I watched this concert in New Zealand, along with a lot of other New Zealanders. So many of us were big Elvis fans. I was a fan from the mid-1960s when I was 15. Over the decades I’ve enjoyed other singers & groups, but they have come & gone, unlike Elvis who has remained. Such a huge talent & gorgeous with it.
The Stamps were a constant in his band :) And the Inspirations (ladies) were always present too. He is likely sweating...and not crying. But nonetheless Elvis certainly seemed to feel lyrics very deeply!!! Xx Thanks for yet another awesome reaction!!
So great to hear a young guy like you appreciate and discover the wonder that was Elvis. I was 10 when he sung this song and have loved him and his memory every since !!
Shon...I always look forward to your Elvis reactions! You don't miss a thing, you're honest and I love your appreciation to this classic artistry. Youre fire bro!! 🔥 🤜🤛💯😊
I'm 57 my parents raised me on EP from birth. My parents saw him in concert months before he died. My first concert in 70s was Bee Gees their opening act was his back up singers. ( housto) so much to listen to with EP
Elvis was sweating because of the heat fron the stage lights abd because that bejeweled suit weighed about 70 lbs. Plus he'd already done around 19 or 21 other songs before this one.
Elvis was an American patriot. He was drafted into the US Army at the hi-light😂 of his musical career. He made the rank of Sergeant in the tank corps. 🫡🇺🇸❤️
