Hi all of you !
after having bought a Christmas present for my elder brother, a DVD by
SCOTTY MOORE & FRIENDS (Elvis' original guitarist in the 50's) I went through the tracks before finally handing it over to my brother.
Steve Gibbons is credited on the label to sing 4 songs, so it seemed to be quite interesting for me. On track 4 Mr. Gibbons sings
Heartbreak hotel accompanied by
Ron Wood. Fine ! Other fine readings of classic Elvis songs follow. Comes track 10, and it is announced as "
Don't be cruel performed by Steve Gibbons & Fairport Convention plus Chris Stainton". I was very nervous now. Mentioning Fairport was a little bit exxagerating but
Peggy played some fine fnotes on this classic and
Simon Nicol was unfortunately a bit down in the mix. I listened to the following recordings, by the way being done at Abbey Roads in december 2004. Track 20 was announced as
Jailhouse Rock by Steve Gibbons. Well done Steve, but no Fairports this time. Any way Mr. Gibbons can do Elvis almost as good as the Zimmermann. Big surprise is track 22, not one of the famous Elvis songs: Steve Gibbons singing
I don't care if the sun don't shine, accompanied by
Pegg and Nicol, and Simon doing a solo on his acoustic guitar. Unbelievable !
This DVD really gave me a shiver. It also inclucdes an interview with Scotty Moore and a few comments by the people involved, inc. Steve Gibbons. Check out my review of this outing on
www.foreveryoung-germany.de (in English as well)
