BLUE SUEDE SHOES - ELVIS PRESLEY - FRANKS BASS COVERS #shorts

'BLUE SUEDE SHOES' - ELVIS PRESLEY - FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB Released August 31, 1956 Bill Black on double bass BASS NOTES AND THOUGHTS Had to do several takes on this one, if you are playing along it seems like the last 30 seconds or so actually has a faster signature than the rest of the song...it's a race to the end... have fun. Written by CARL PERKINS Perkins recorded this in Memphis for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. As he was driving to make his first national appearance to promote it (on the Perry Como Show), he got into an accident that seriously injured him and killed his brother. "I was 85 miles away from being the first rockabilly on national television," he recalled. Perkins never fully recovered, either emotionally or career-wise. With Perkins unable to touring and promote it, Elvis' cover version became a massive hit. Presley's copy was done at RCA studios in Nashville features two guitar solos by lead guitarist Scotty Moore, with Bill Black on double bass and D.J. Fontana on drums. Black died of a brain tumor on October 21, 1965, at age 39 Black's main stand-up bass is today owned by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, who received the instrument as a birthday present from his wife Linda in the late 1970s. Regarding guitarist Scottie Moore: The Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards said of Moore: 'When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel", I knew what I wanted to do in life. It was as plain as day. All I wanted to do in the world was to be able to play and sound like the way Scotty Moore did. Everyone wanted to be Elvis, I wanted to be Scotty'. This was the only Top 40 hit for Perkins on the pop charts, but his influence reaches much further. He was extremely influential to other artists, including Elvis, The Beatles, and Johnny Cash. Perkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, came up with the idea of changing the line "Go, man, go" to "Go, cat, go." He thought the change would make it seem like less of a country song and more of a rocker. "Blue Suede Shoes" was chosen by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" Blue suede shoes were a luxury item in the South, a stylish footwear for a night out. You had to be careful with them, however, because suede isn't easy to clean.