Did Elvis play bass?

take a trip to Graceland and all your Elvis questions will be answered! Such an amazing place, has really been developed over the years into a great destination! the resort is beautiful and there are now exhibit halls filled with tons of great Elvis stuff! Totally worth the trip to Memphis.

 

Nobody steps to the king!

 

Sure Elvis could play the bass. I mean, it's only four strings, how hard could it be?

 

Stax/Volt museum is great too!!!

 

Slightly Off Topic: actually there should be (somewhere on this Planet!) also the "335 like" semi-hollow Gibson model/version of the Bass VI. Wes Montgomery used it on some track. Anyone has more info? Off Topic end!

 

Yeah those turn up from time to time. I saw one in person once in Nashville, a sunburst one. Cool instrument. I didn't play it though.

 

I believe that's the EB6 that @wazzel referred to, a few around but not cheap.

 

Here you are!!!

 

Im pretty sure there is a YouTube of Paul McCartney, who now owns that upright bass, playing it and talking about Elvis playing it.

 

Want.

 

Some years ago I read a book by Jerry Scheff wherein he discussed his days playing bass for Elvis. If memory serves he spoke very highly of him. It was an interesting read, as he also played with Dylan and several other artists over the years.

 

It's a long way for me, but one day. I really regret not going to the Beatles museum when I was in Liverpool.

 

Thanks, but I'm afraid it won't answer my question.
Why did the King have to die so young.

 

Sheff got asked in and played on The Doors L A WOMAN. They told Morrison they had Elvis' bass player coming in for the sessions, and he was thrilled. Manzarek showed him the alternating 1-4 Em/AMaj repeating figure under Riders on the Storm.

 

Jimmy Page had this poster on his wall as a boy . . . . . well, maybe not . . . .

 

Did Elvis play bass?

Yes he did, Thank you...Thank you very much

 

I can still remember every detail of the moment I heard Elvis had died. That and when President Reagan was shot are permanently etched in my mind.

 

He was surrounded by Yes Men. The Colonel didn't allow real friends to be around Elvis much, because they would have been honest with him and told him to get his act together!

 

Because just like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and unfortunately many more, everyone who was there to say NO ! ! never did . . . . as they were all on the payroll. You keep the CashCow working, no matter what, and Parker was at the head of the line.

Re: See Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb lyric sheet for a how-to.

Once again, Ladies and Gentlemen and Kids of All Ages, There's No Bidness Like Show Bidness ! ! !

 

This reminds me of Johnny Cash and his guitarist Luther Perkins. He had never played an electric guitar before and felt completely lost with the Fender, which led to him damping the strings with his hand and creating his trademark style.