British guitarist attempts to play like Elvis Presley's right hand man Scotty Moore!
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- Tonight we're taking a look at Elvis Presley back in 1956 performing 'Hound Dog'!
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TIME STAMPS -
1:18 Performance
4:06 Analysis
5:44 Starting the Song (Key References)
9:23 Rough and Ready Mix!
11:50 Scotty's Rhythm
14:22 Scotty's Lead Guitar
Love EP's sense of humor! 😂. Thank you for doing these reactions! Love it when you play! 😁❤
60 years on, and Elvis is still getting censored on the Sullivan Show.
LOL, right? But Fil's workaround was clever and typically Pegasus-cool.
Some folks drag us through the mess they cause like keeping James Brown topside so his family could fight over his estate!!! 60 yrs later is beyond crazy!!
It's all about GREED!!!
So that's the performance that got him banned from the waist down? His suit coat hides anything really provocative.
I think this is the first time (I was born in 58) I've seen the video-thank you, Fil, for the link.
It's really still banned in some countries? That's insane!
@@Andrea.S.Alvey12 The "banned from the waist down" thing is a myth. There are numerous video clips from 1956 proving it.
My father gave me driving lessons one day when we heard on the car radio that Elvis had passed away. He told me to turn around and drive back home..........I saw what Elvis meant to my parents through their eyes that day, I will never forget. YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG, CRYIN' ALL THE TIME...
Condoléances. He was missed.
I was just getting home from work when I heard about it
Thanks for putting the spotlight on Scotty Moore...He's one of my absolute favorite guitar players...Despite his iconic status in the annals rock
music it somehow feels like he still deserves wider recognition for his innovations...Top technique, fantastic sound, distinctive style and above all the quality that so many technically proficient players seem to forget about (or simply lack) - exquisite taste...
Thanks Fil, great as always!
Exquisite taste... How rightly, you express this.
mine too
Elvis has left the building, but Fil is in the house taking us through his performance with excellency. 👍
Yes sir!!! 👍😊🎶
Yes! Fil is in the house and has provided us with another splendid music analysis. Thank you very much!
So glad Fil kept his shirt on
Thanks for showing us all that there is more to this song than I realized...a lot of technique.
Elvis created hard rock, punk and grunge with one song that he did not even write! He changed the melody and the spirit of the original for sure.
I have never seen it that way, but now that you say it, damn you´re right, I totally agree!
Thank you for the break down/analysis. I was a huge fan back in the day and I didn't have an appreciation of the guitar playing then. Elvis had such a beautiful voice. He could really sing gospel songs.
I saw this performance live on TV back when I was just 6 years old in glorious Black and White. I actually remember it very well, that's how much of an impression he made on me at just 6 years of age. My older sister was crazy about Elvis and I liked him too, believe it or not! Oh, he was not only a great showman but probably the best looking man to ever sing/perform on TV to this day!
I never heard of Scotty Moore and had no idea that he was such a guitar icon. That's why it took me by surprise when I found out year's later that the Beatles and the Rolling Stones sure knew who he was.
He was remarkable and unsurpassed to this day in that style. You rarely see anyone use a hollow body electric guitar in rock music anymore. If there is rock music anymore.
He's buried in a very modest grave in Coxville Tennessee that I suspect is rarely visited. I doubt if 1 in 100 Elvis fans could identify him...or Bill Black for that matter.
Keith Richards have even said that without Scotty Moore there would not be a Rolling Stones.
On which planet were you on till you found out about Scotty Moore lol
Sad....but true
@@Goddybag4Lee Exactly. He even said that when everybody wanted to be like Elvis, he wanted to be like Scotty.
You should analyze Elvis' performance of Too Much on the ed sullivan show next. Scotty did a nice guitar solo.
Elvis - before "colonel" tom parker got a hold of him and destroyed his life
Thank you for remembering the King. Elvis is the man. 🇺🇸
Hi Fil! I remember Hound Dog coming out in 56! I was a ten year old little girl, but I sure remember the effect he had on us girls! I am almost 75, and he still gets me weak when his songs are playing! Yes I know he had a guitar player with him, but with Elvis on the stage we didn’t seem to notice! J/K....Scotty was loved too! ✌️
What made girls feel that way? His looks ?
Snap, Sunday morning on family favourites, the light programme
I was very young and riding in the car with my uncle. Suddenly that song came on and it immediately affected me with a new sense of excitement and anticipation. My uncle went to change the station and I quickly put my hand over his wrist to stop him. He looked amused and said You like him? You like Elvis the Pelvis? I had no idea who it was or what he was talking about. But he let me listen to it and every time the radio came on afterward I kept listening for it. Up until that time I had never paid any attention to what was on the radio.
@@Earthtime3978 It was the whole package…the innocent young southern boy with his ‘yes ma’am’. The shyness he had when first starting out…then he would get on stage, and the music started, and the shyness was gone, and when he starting moving his pelvis we were already in a trance! We loved him like a brother, and a lover…he had it all!
@@suzannerobbins6293 trance!! At 10!!!! And me at 10yr didn't like Elvis 🙈
Now I'm in trance 🎶🤕😖😶🎸🔥🤙🔊🙈
Its funny Fil, even with the blur I can still recognize the stance and movements on the full body scenes in the video are unmistakably Elvis!.
The performance shown at 1'18 in this video is from October 28, 1956...one of the 4 or 5 times Elvis did the song on national TV.
You can easily find it in non-blurry form with a little work.
I suspect it is blurry here only for legal reasons.
Most would tell you that the wildest Elvis TV performances were from The Dorsey Brothers show, before he ever performed on Ed Sullivan. 12 songs spread over 6 shows from January to March 1956. He wasn't on Sullivan until September. All available in non-blurry form.
Yes, the backing vocals really were brilliant on the record, and it may have been the first time they were used to back a guitar solo, not the vocal, and that was probably Elvis' idea, since at RCA he was in reality the producer of his tracks as well as the artist. Scotty confirmed that in his book 'That's Alright Elvis'. Back in the day I had this on 10 inch vinyl, and played it so many times on my Mum's stone-age gramaphone, with it's blunder-bus pickup arm that it wore out, and I had to buy another copy. Got it on CD now. How times have changed!
Fil, I would love for you to try and demonstrate Scotty's signature rockabilly style of picking rhythm on songs like "Mystery Train". That style is so representative of the classic Elvis Rockabilly sound that Scotty created.
Not to detract from Fil or his excellent content, but that said, there are already a few excellent lessons on Scotty's part in Mystery Train available here on the ol' Yeehaw Tube. First one that springs to mind is Adrian Woodward from the channel anyonecanplayguitar.
Watching this a year late but still love the review of the brilliance of Scotty Moore’s influence on the rock and roll revolution. Your insight helps us all be better fans! May the King and his sound live forever!
It’s got this beautiful rawness that is almost punk.
Thinking about it, I actually agree, never seen it that way before.
Cool work around! Elvis knew how to work the crowd for sure. Thanks Fil!!
Having to be censored when WAP BY Cardi B is fine pathetic youtube.
Elvis propably the greatest entertainer of all time. Complete control in his prime and the big voice
Scotty Moore is a rock n roll god. Like Les Paul and Chet Akins but in memphis Sir Scotty is royalty. I met mr. Moore in Memphis on his 80 birthday party at Gibson. He is a mentor to many but especially my buddy Brian Setzer. He sure could pick the licks
Moore wasn't a guitar god!! Average at best!
@@freedomfighter7630 top 100 guitarist is average. I’ll take it. He laid the rockabilly Highway Each his own.
65yrs later, and Elvis' hip thrusts are STILL too sexual for public media consumption and rebroadcast.
We love Elvis ...
The original hound Dawggggggggggg.
Elvis the pelvis... 🎸 😃
Well Ken, he might have been a hound dog for you but Willie Mae Thornton did the original.
@@56doowopdave big momma is great i agree... But Elvis took most of the # 1 song's he sung were from other's that couldn't break the top 10.
His delivery / stage presence was such that people flocked to him. I brought my mom's to see Elvis in filthadelpia.
It was one of the greatest show's i ever seen. He was magical. Is all...
At the time all my friends wanted to see rock band's . Clapton/ who / zeplin / skynrd. I didn't tell them i got tickets to see Elvis. I snuck out to see him with mom.. She loved the show . he was one of her favorite...
@@56doowopdave
Yes, Lieber/Stoller wrote it for Big Mamma Thornton, but Elvis' version is completley different from hers. In fact he based it on that of Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, he heard them play it in Las Vegas.
Elvis’s first public performance was in Memphis in September 1954.
He was sh#t scared.
Hence the legs that started to tremble and afterwards the question “why were they all screaming ?”.
However, once he learned how he affected an audience, he became a master at whipping-up an audience into a frenzy, although he always was very nervous before a performance.
Well, you saw that in his first Vegas show.
Fuken brilliant. Cheers. Thanks for your time.
🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍👍 Great Analisys.👏👏👏..The King👌👌no more words!..👊🤘
So ahead of his time .
Damn dope anyway.
Fil , envy your talent dude !
Scotty was awesome. Perfect addition to Elvis! Love it! Excellent analysis and demo Fil! 🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦🇨🇦
Yes indeed, amd it was unfortunate that Parker, who had so much influence, did not have the perception to recognise what an asset Scotty was to Elvis. Elvis had the voice, but it was Scotty's guitar that took it to another level. At that time, I would say the only other player who was as close in skill in the rock-a-billy genre was Cliff Gallup.
Well at least they let us hear it. I mean, 70 years old and still they hold tight to his image. ELVIS !
HI FIL WOW OH WOW HOW COOL WAS THAT. LOVE HOW YOU PLAY AND YOUR VIDEOES. YOU ARE THE BEST. ELVIS ROCKS SO DO YOU LOL. GREAT SHOW LIKE ALWAYS. THANKYOU PEACE AND LOVE
One thing everyone seems to fail to acknowledge is Elvis’ wonderful sense of rhythm.
And, it should be clear to all who think that Elvis couldn’t play guitar that in this clip, during his performance, he is reaching for the chords without paying the slightest attention - that kind of muscle-memory does not develope overnight.
Scotty’s use of major and minor pentatonic is wonderfully illustrated during his guitar break on the 1956 studio version of “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” - as you rightly point out: it should never be just a question of playing a bunch of notes!
When Elvis said "Can I have your attention please?" Silence.
How to 'own', not just the stage, but the whole auditorium.
Wow...this song is older than me , but not by much...was.born in '56..but remember this very well...what a classic... he may have left the building but he is resting in peace at his home at Graceland...but to me Elvis was.known as a singer not a guitarist...and also an idol...my favorite song was and still is The Wonder of You with James Burton playing the guitar solo...I loved it when he said, "play the song James"..... all of Elvis's songs are classics...
Years ago, famous guitarists, such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and others didn't have many guitarists to influence them, like we have now. I am a fan of these Sun Record artists, including Elvis. Thanks for sharing this analysis video, even if it is blurry. Cheers, Fil! ✌️
Brilliant as always.🌈🎸🌈❤️
Your have things in common with The King; a likable personality, and a great talent
Thanks!
Scotty was legendary and very influential in forming the early rockabilly sound.
I love his introduction... He was a funny guy. Always makes me smile, and cry a little bit...
Was it blurred so we wouldnt be corrupted by seeing his bottom half? I love that chunky 50s guitar sound.
😂
It’s like a question for Generation Z -
“Do you know Elvis?”
“He’s the blurry man?”
“No, not a blurry man”
“You mean the man who plays guitar and makes it sound like popcorn?”
“😳?!””😲!”
“🙈💧”
“Oh no, go watch a Fil video...”
You do such a great job breaking down these amazing performances and your appreciation for Scott Moore is so deserving... here we are 60+ years later enjoying the music and admiring the greatness of the sound and quality of the notes. Big thank you for taking the time to do this video.
Never looked at "Hound Dog" as a guitar song. It would be of value to isolate Scotty's guitar work and give it a listen. Plenty of Elvis productions where the lead does shine. I go out on a limb and say that 90% of us that want to do it,will be able to "play similar to how Scotty plays" in this song, after 4 years into guitar, some probably earlier. I am not saying "come up with the concept for the riff" but copy what someone else has already done. Fil brings up the "no errors" part. That may take a bit longer.Another lesson that shows us just how much of "playing guitar" is in the right hand. I copy some out of "Marie's the Name" in my practice routine. It is even simpler. I find it hard to figure out which guitarist (lead) is playing for Elvis at times (3 different leads for "Marie's the Name".) Thanks Fil.
Scotty ad-libbed that lead which is hard to do live. But try and analyze the 2nd lead on the record. I don't think anyone has been able to duplicate it. He's playing a slap-back with reverb and it's the best 50's rock lead bar none. Good luck trying to copy it!
Dad was jealous of Elvis, because Mom always had a crush on him, LOL! Mom would have liked your analysis, just like I do.
My dad is 91 this year. He definitely remembers Elvis. The 1950s had some great music.
@@dwaynewladyka577 - can you make a 91 year old jealous with this Elvis video? 🤣 tell you what, they still feel those emotions! So cute...
My mama loved Elvis, also ...but my daddy like him, too. Daddy just wasn't the jealous type 😂😂 My husband is very jealous, but he likes Elvis 😂
I feel like Scotty gave the G to imply the turnaround, as a pickup point for Elvis to hear where the C would naturally come.
Scotty Moore is one of the fiew guitarists that´t cant be emulated or duplicated, same goes for Billie Joe Armstrong and Don Everly. i´ts just impossible. Although all three of theme aren't that difficult techically, the achieved a sound that I still wonder how the hell they did it.
Clever work-around! We remember what they look like! Love Elvis' humor, it really comes through! Red lining on the Fil-Fun-O-Meter!!
And what a babe. Back in the day, you were either a fan of elvis or pat boone. I was definitely in elvis's camp.💜🤘
@@aprils6589
Now You got me humming "Love Letters in the Sands" 😁
@@drewpall2598 Just as long it isn't in one of those walk-in tub pat boone advertises. 🙃😷
I love those old rockabilly guitar licks and even more if on a resonator. Thanks for some coverage of this wonderful sound. That E slide is on many of the other Elvis songs to, much more prominent. Not sure it is an "E" but similar move begins in his "I Beg of You"
Thanks Fil...much appreciated
Gotta say I still love Mama Thorton's original much more
Great Analysis as always!
Me too. Elvis did record her version also. It’s awesome 🤩
@@sleepyginger Im very aware.He didnt have that same soul and he wasnt coming from the womans pont of view.
When Moma sings it,you know exactly what a "hound dog " is lol
That screaming is immortal. Fil, could you make a song that will be based on that words "immortal screaming"?
Blocked world wide for imagery! I just watched a 5 minute video of a lady doing hot yoga in a tank top and a thong! They seriously blocked this video?! Amazing.
Fil, have that yoga lady on one of your videos.
Maybe coz EP and band are wearing too many clothes....today's world ain't used to that 🤭
Now I understand why Elton John calls “Houndog” the perfect song.
Fil….would love to hear you analyze the work of Elvis Presley’s rhythm guitarist, John Wilkinson, especially when he accompanies Elvis on the song “Early Morning Rain”.
Think about this that was the beginning of rock and roll i think Scotty was winging it lol... Learning on the fly.. you and many others have had a chance to refine your craft and skill
I used to know a guy who looked like Elvis. He had two little dashunds so I named them Chuwie (Chewbacca) & Caramel. It was just a joke but he named his little dogs as such. His girlfriend dumped him after serving time in the military. As long as he had his two babies (chewier and caramel) he was going to be okay. 😄😁 Elvis reminds me of him. He was such a nice person. 🥲
I just love when you analyse Elvis’ abilities and in this case Scotty’s playing as well.
I still smile at my phone watching you smiling...lol
How you recreated what Scotty was playing that was a surprise bonus I wasn’t expecting, I really enjoyed that as well.
In 56-57 Elvis was so young, do you think he may have had a natural ear to hear how good Scotty actually was, to have hired him then & kept him on ?
Me too I’m smiling back at Fil ❤
I know why they blocked the visuals.
Having Elvis and Fil on screen together would have broken the algorithm.
Odd that this performance is blocked. It’s a toned down performance for Ed Sullivan. He’s clearly playing with it. There are other versions of this that are really full on.
I learned to dance from listening to Elvis Presley songs.
Rock on Elvis 4 ever❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Glad you got this up so we can hear what you had to say about Elvis. He was quite something. Thanks for doing this. Take care.
Hate to add a comment, I seem to attract haters, but have been a Elvis/Scotty fan forever. would like to point out that nearly everytime they played this live the solo was a little different. (and the record version took 40 takes before Elvis was happy with it) Maybe Scotty "winged it" more than analyzed it! another thing that's impossible to tell from the censored video is the amp. I think at this period Scotty was still using the Butt's Echosonic tape delay amp. (I've spoken to the guitologist, Five watt and "uncle Doug" and nobody want's to do a profile on this groundbreaking amp) The sound of that amp alone changes the whole game! I suppose I've said enough to cause a fight, so I'll let it be except to add you have a beautiful smile. I look like that when I listen to Elvis too! :)
Another outstanding video Fil!
On another note I can totally see why it had to be blurred out. Elvis was so raunchy and by today's standards he would cause so much ruckus for his blatant sexuality and his pushing the limits as far as he did in this performance. Lady Gaga, Madonna, and a host of other entertainers look so tame compared to Elvis in this 1956 clip. And considering TH-cam and the tameness of a lot of content creators that wear so much clothing that there is no sex appeal. This video of Elvis should be removed more than just blurred out.
Seriously though I love your analysis videos especially the ones on Elvis and other entertainers that you show which expands my musical tastes. Thanks so much, Fil.
Exactly....lol 🤭
That man must have had pheromones pouring off him like sweat…
🤣 hehhehehhhh
Love this Fil. Such a good dude, Scotty. Love the breakdown of this. Scotty playing was epic on every song. Great job Fil. Perfection.
I've always admired Scotty's phrasing, particularly his distinctive, clever approach to blending of the major and minor scale, and use of swing to tie it all together.
This is fascinating about Elvis snapping his finger for Scotty Moore to play the chord and notes to indicate what key this is in. All the years I have seen this performance I thought Scotty Moore was playing the chord and notes because he was board standing there waiting to play the song and didn't care for the chit chat between Sullivan and Elvis.
If that was for Elvis to hear the key note wouldn't that mean Elvis would need perfect pitch? Did Elvis have perfect pitch?
No if he needed to hear the notes first!
Rock music is divided into before Elvis (B.E) and after Elvis (A.E.). It was 100 times better after.
Amen to that
I doubt that they would have had any more than one boom mike on this performance?....that early in television. TV audio was very basic compared to studio recording. As for "mixing"...probably none? Scotty Moore has a sort of semi jazz style. A lot of the early rockers did play like that. Take a look at Bill Haley and the Comets doing "Tequila" live . Elvis had a fantastic sense of humour and a real knack for comedy...particularly visual comedy and self satire. Some of his reactions were hysterical. He did, in fact, rehearse his act very comprehensively. There's some fascinating behind the scenes footage in Elvis on Tour or That's the Way it Is ...which shows him working on every single move for a Las Vegas. He mean he went about it like he was constructing a movie fight scene
If you can play his intro to Suspicious Minds...correctly...I'd be impressed.=P
Not being snarky...legit question... what's so difficult about that riff to play?
Fil can , no doubt
@@jacobattias8401 only like 2 % of people play it right...ALOT of terrible attempts....listen to how clean and fast he plays it.
C/G chord together. D chord and a chord. That's suspicious minds.
If I may, Scotty used a finger picking method with a thumb pick and finger picks instead of a flat picking method... Difficult, but once learned, makes things easier...
Great analysis. Very interesting to see this stuff from the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Listening to the original by Big Mama Thornton was wondering about how this blues was blended. Is it with Rockabilly, as with Blue Moon of Kentucky (just the other way round)?
Bill's Kay bass was amplified. it had an internal pickup that was attached to the floor peg. It was called an amplified peg... or Ampeg for short.
Growing up in the 1950s I always felt Hound Dog to be one of Elvis’ weaker songs. In the past 30 years I’ve come to the realization I was wrong.
Doesn't really matter if one can see Elvis or not.......
The eyes are not what we hear with...
Can't beat the ENERGY felt when listening to Elvis perform and ALOT of that energy comes from Elvis' musicians, so we'll in fact, that one can FEEL it vibrarate from everyone on stage, Elvis' energy reflecting off of Scotty's energy and Scotty's energy reflecting off of Elvis' energy!
I often wondered what the world would have been like if Elvis was never heard...
I often wondered what the world would would have been like if Scotty was never heard...
I often wondered what the world would have been like if Chet Atkins, who was Scotty Moore's idol, would have never been heard...
It is no coincidence that timing of these legends were in the right place at the exact right time and era to witness some of the greatest TALENT the world would ever see!!!
As always, another EXCELLENT video my friend!
Best regards!
true about the eyes
This is why Keith Richards wanted to be like Scotty Moore 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
👀somewhat blasphemous, but awed to find out how blissful to hear the crystal clear glory of scotty without Elvis's overwhelmingly wonderful talents obscuring all else.
Great stuff, Fil. I reckon Scotty's finest moment was 'I Forgot to Remember to Forget' It's like a mandolin technique he used, and the solo part is one of my favourite sounds ever recorded. I'd love to see that get a closer look, sometime.
Could Elvis hear himself singing over the screaming? ☺
I remember watching the Beatles on the ES show with my grandmother, and she said she thought she might like their music, but she wished the girls would stop screaming so she could hear them better LOL
Great video, Fil. Scotty was something else. Rumor is he invented power chords LOL?
What good does blocking do?
Now wonder the imagery is blocked! Judging from the screams, lotsa people must have been tortured mercilessly...
SCNR
:)
EP was killing them softly with his song....lol
Elvis looks like a feathery bird covered with foam. That was kind-a fun to watch.
It’s Presley not Prezley
Ah, Fil, but only Jerry Reed could play the guitar man...;-)
Elvis live on the ed Sullivan show October 28 1956
Fantastic analysis. Love your videos but I seem to love the Elvis tapes. His vocals are so interesting to learn about. His cry voice etc. I used to say to people. Did you hear that, how can a guy sing and cry at the same time.
Fun Fil Fact#649 : Fil has a championship pack of Fox Hounds in which he once managed to catch a rabbit 🤔
Fil who cares when you are looking at Elvis!!! Love him❤️
I love how he broke it down and explained each section. Thoroughly enjoyable xxx
OK WHO ELSE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE LINK, WHEN THEY MADE HIM BLUR OUT HIS VIDEO ?? THUMBS UP THIS COMMENT☮✌
Your also using a totally different type of electric guitar...
I love your smile and very likeable too, love your analysis learning all the time, Elvis a good master of music and song we keep learning and enjoying
Just looking at Fils reaction is worth watching alone.
rocks stars were cool but sometimes they needs to act like pro musicians
Loved this! Too bad that Elvis' gorgeous self had to be blurred out 😂😂 You're a great guitarist, Fil. Hope you're having a great weekend 💙
Thanks!
The best part of your video is your face expressions!
Fil is an honorary Blue Moon Boy !
As always, you provide splendid and thorough music analyses. Bravo for your analyses of Elvis, Scotty Moore and Elvis' band's performance! I appreciated your description of Scotty's application of techniques in his guitar playing via your providing your playing the rhythm and guitar [in the composition]as well as your explaining how this benefits the overall performance. Just my opinion: I don't know why you put "attempts" in the title because you always nail it...thanks and rock on, Fil!🎸
There is a lot to learn by the 50s and 60s guitarists. Lots of cool rhythms and semi bass lines in there along with the chords.
Have you had Universities or other musical institutions trying to call you “to the dark side”? I say the dark side, the minute you sign on the dotted line, you lose your control. I don’t know of anyone who’s knowledge of music is more well rounded than yours. I have known very musically gifted people (banjo, masters is piano and/or organ), but their expertise often stopped with the instruments they used.
No not yet! But I know that a local school uses my videos in their music lessons which is cool!