Scotty Moore

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Scotty Moore

Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III (born December 27, 1931 in Tennessee , † June 28, 2016 in Nashville ) was an American musician . He became known as the guitarist of Elvis Presley .

Life

Born on a remote farm between Gadsden and Humboldt in Tennessee as the youngest of four children, Moore learned to play the guitar at the age of eight. His earliest influences were jazz and country ; The model was the country guitarist Chet Atkins . After his return from military service in 1952, he founded the country band The Starlite Wranglers with bassist Bill Black , which made their first recordings for the record label Sun Records under the leadership of Sam Phillips .

In the summer of 1954, Moore was recommended the young singer Elvis Presley by Marion Keisker, a secretary to Sam Phillips. In July 1954 Moore and Black made the first recordings with Presley, in which, among other things, the song That's All Right was recorded; a piece by the black singer Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup . Presley, Black and Moore then founded the band Blue Moon Boys together with drummer DJ Fontana . Moore temporarily took over the management of Presley, and the Blue Moon Boys began touring the southern United States. With increasing success, the band name took a back seat in favor of Elvis Presley.

During the following years Moore took part in many of Presley's recordings. His guitar playing can be heard on Good Rockin 'Tonight , Baby Let's Play House, Heartbreak Hotel , Mystery Train, Hound Dog , Too Much and Jailhouse Rock , among others . Moore can also be seen in many television shows and movies alongside Presley. The last appearance with Presley was in 1968 on the television show Elvis NBC TV Special on NBC .

In the 1970s and 1980s Moore worked as a guitarist and producer for various artists. He produced Ringo Starr's solo album Beaucoups of Blues in 1970 , played with Carl Perkins on his EP Express record in 1975 and produced music for television shows by and with artists such as Dolly Parton , Bob Hope , Perry Como , Johnny Cash and until the end of the 1980s Jerry Lee Lewis .

In 1992 Moore returned to Sun Records as an active musician and from then on gave concerts at which well-known artists often had small guest appearances. He was accompanied by Eric Clapton , Keith Richards and Lee Rocker ( Stray Cats ), among others . He was also active at numerous tribute concerts in honor of Elvis Presley. In 2000, Moore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2003 was ranked 44th in the list of the 100 Most Influential Guitarists by the American music magazine Rolling Stone . In 2011 he was ranked 29th by the same magazine.

Moore died in Nashville on June 28, 2016, at the age of 84. He has been divorced three times and has a son and four daughters.

music

Similar to how Presley's vocals built a bridge between the "white" country and the "black" blues , Moore developed a guitar style that combined the clear tone of the country guitar with the soulful melodies of blues and jazz. This tone, amplified electrically by means of an electric guitar and distributed worldwide through Presley's records, was a style defining feature of rock 'n' roll music. In addition to the traditional accompaniment of the guitar, Moore played melodies and distinctive rhythms on early recordings that were later taken up and further developed by many guitarists in their works. Even today, many well-known guitarists such as Keith Richards and Eric Clapton use Moore as role models. Moore was a finger picker , which means he played the guitar with a thumb pick, which he also liked to use like a pick when playing single notes or thirds . Some other guitarists who influenced Moore were Merle Travis , who also influenced Chet Atkins, and jazz guitarist Barney Kessel , who played guitar on four Elvis Presley albums ( soundtracks from the 1960s).

As a manager, guitarist, and friend, Moore taught Presley various guitar techniques. Presley, who initially had a relatively simple, rough guitar style, developed, according to fellow musicians, under the influence of Moore to a passable rhythm guitarist . It is also known that Moore and Presley often exchanged instruments with one another, so that, especially in the early phase, many of the instruments that Presley played on stage came from Moore's possession.

Equipment

Scotty Moore remained loyal to Gibson branded full resonance electric guitars ( archtops ) throughout his life . While he recorded the earliest Elvis Presley hits on the Gibson ES-295, he switched to the Gibson L-5 model in 1955 and the Gibson Super 400 two more years later . In the beginning he used the Fender - "Tweed" -Champ model as a guitar amplifier . However, this was soon replaced by an EchoSonic by Ray Butts (1919-2003). This amplifier has a built-in band echo and provides, for example in Mystery Train , the "slapback" sound that is in demand on rock 'n' roll recordings. On acoustic guitars Moore owned the Gibson J-200 Jumbo Acoustic, which was mostly played by Presley.

In the late 1980s, Chet Atkins gave him his Gibson signature model, which Moore mainly played from then on. For his comeback he had revived his old EchoSonic , he also used a Fender Dual Professional .

Discography (selection)

Note: Due to the large number of publications in connection with Elvis Presley, particularly in the 1950s, it is difficult to make a final discography.

With Elvis Presley

  • 1956: Elvis Presley
  • 1957: Loving You
  • 1957: Christmas Album
  • 1958: King Creole
  • 1959: A Date With Elvis
  • 1960: Elvis Is Back!
  • 1961: Something For Everybody
  • 1961: Blue Hawaii
  • 1962: Pot Luck with Elvis
  • 1962: Girls! Girls! Girls!
  • 1963: Fun in Acapulco
  • 1964: Roustabout
  • 1965: Elvis for Everyone
  • 1968: NBC TV Special

With Jerry Lee Lewis

  • 1976: original
  • 1989: Classic
  • 1993: All Killer, No Filler: The ...
  • 2002: Rockin 'the Blues: 25 Great Sun ...

With Carl Perkins

  • 1970: EP Express
  • 1992: 706 ReUnion: A Sentimental Journey

With members of the Bill Black Combo, D. J. Fontana, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, and others. a.

  • 1997: All the King's Men

With other artists

Web links

Commons : Scotty Moore  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Footnotes / Sources

  1. ^ Scotty Moore, Rock Pioneer and Elvis Presley's Guitarist, Dies at 84 , Variety, June 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time - David Fricke's Picks. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 8, 2017 .
  3. ↑ 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 18, 2015, accessed August 8, 2017 .
  4. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/29/scotty-moore-guitarist--obituary/
  5. ^ Hannes Fricke: Myth guitar: history, interpreters, great hours. Reclam, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-15-020279-1 , p. 65.
  6. ^ Guitar Heroes II, Guitar Deluxe No. 2, PPV-Medien, Bergkirchen 2007. Article Scotty Moore, pp. 44–45
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Scotty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moore, Winfield Scott III
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 2016
Place of death Nashville