Greatest Elvis guitar riff!!

[Delboy]

Who laid down the best guitar riff on an Elvis track? Apologies if your choice is not on the list these were the ten that sprung to mind!

[Rob]

There were others that were more pleasing to my ears, but I had to go with Scotty and Hound Dog.

It's a timeless classic that ages like fine wine.

[Steve_M]

Hey - that's not fair

I thought you meant Elvis' greatest guitar riffs.

I would go for the bass guitar intro of Baby I Don't Care that he did and also the guitar intro Elvis played from the stand up show for Baby What You Want Me To Do - all 1 and a half minutes of it!

[Ringrock]

Yes, Hound Dog

[iamhekev]

BURTON...Johnny be goode.vegas 1969. (live riff)

HANK ...I"m coming home...when you hear the orig version,note for note (studio)

[rick]

How about the dubbed solo on Merry Christmas, Baby?
rick

[Renan]

I´m Coming Home rocks and I´ve just listened to it yesterday. Boy this song rocks! Nice poll indeed.

Best Regards
Renan.

[Keggyhander]

Got to be the bridge between Mystery Train and Tiger Man.

[minkahed]

Hound Dog's guitar riff is exceptional, one of the best and most recognizable in Rock music history, but the "Ah's " in the middle by the Jordanaires kinda ruins it for me.

Being a guitarist myself, I chose the unbelievable, innovative, raw, first class grade A Rock medley of '69...

Mystery Train/Tiger Man!!!

The version found on the 1969 ELVIS IN PERSON Lp jus smokes...

[see-see-rider]

Probably the greatest, Too Much, is missing, so I voted for Hound Dog.

[Spellbinder]

How can you have possibly omitted Scotty Moore's "Blue Suede Shoes"?

[Joe Car]

Hound Dog's guitar riff is exceptional, one of the best and most recognizable in Rock music history, but the "Ah's " in the middle by the Jordanaires kinda ruins it for me.

Being a guitarist myself, I chose the unbelievable, innovative, raw, first class grade A Rock medley of '69...

Mystery Train/Tiger Man!!!

The version found on the 1969 ELVIS IN PERSON Lp jus smokes...

Wasn't 69 just incredible, everybody was jacked up from EP to his band.

[Gregory Nolan Jr.]

[quote="minkahed"]Hound Dog's guitar riff is exceptional, one of the best and most recognizable in Rock music history, but the "Ah's " in the middle by the Jordanaires kinda ruins it for me... [quote]


Another bashing of the Jordanaires? Is this a trend, folks?


"Hound Dog" is perfect. Hell, it took the guy 31 takes, grant him
that! I love how it goes on and on, too: there's that
sore of "comeback" part...! It leaves me breathless.

Great poll, by the way. I love all of these solos but voted
for the Dawg.

[Axeman]

There were others that were more pleasing to my ears, but I had to go with Scotty and Hound Dog.

It's a timeless classic that ages like fine wine.

And quite possibly the first psychedlic guitar solo!

Axe

[Gregory Nolan Jr.]

I've never heard it said that way, Axe. How so?

I do think it's pretty "out"...!



You know it's bad ass if even in 2005 it sounds
nasty. In '56, that might as well have been the opening
strains of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze some ten years later!

[InMemphis]

the opening to Suspicous Minds.

[Gregory Nolan Jr.]

Good point! Do any of the '69 Memphis tapes show when that
riff was being worked out?

I'd love to hear the very first run-through
on it.

[Ezz]

Little Sister

[epfan22]

too much,, little sister.. suspicious minds(start)

[xjrsport]

Johnny b Goode 69, but my no 1 would be Promised Land

[elvos77]

What about the solo in what'd I say Live 1969...Especially the editted version from the CD/LP Elvis greatest hits volume I ( in the UK it was released as The Sound Of your cry) Fantastic!

[Axeman]

I've never heard it said that way, Axe. How so?

I do think it's pretty "out"...!

You know it's bad ass if even in 2005 it sounds
nasty. In '56, that might as well have been the opening
strains of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze some ten years later!

Well, to me it sounds like the beginning of psychedelic guitar riff. Especially that second solo...the way it starts even...
Just blows my mind even today...

Axe

[bray1977]

What about "A Fool Such as I"?

[Axeman]

What about "A Fool Such as I"?

That's a good one. I've loved the riff more than the song since I first heard it.

And let's not forget Baby Let's Play House...that was the song that made Jimmy Page pick up a guitar...

Axe

[JEFF d]

Actually my favorite would probably be Scottys solo during Too Much.

JEFF d
Elvis fan