Scotty Moore RIP : Elvis guitar hero and key architect of rock dies

June 29, 2016

Elvis Presley On The Milton Berle Show — LOS ANGELES - JUNE 4: Elvis Presley and Scotty Moore rehearse for their appearance on the Milton Berle Show at the NBC Burbank studios on June 4 1956 in Los Angeles California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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scotty Moore who played groundbreaking guitar on all of the early Elvis Presley hits has died in Memphis at 84. The guitarist who arguably invented the whole notion of modern electric guitar playing was key to the sound of the early Elvis records and is one of the architects of rock n roll.

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