Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Great Pic of Elvis playing a Danelectro U2 circa 1958




Found this pic of Elvis in his Army uniform playing a Danelectro U2. this pic is from a session he did on June 10-11, 1958 with Chet Atkins and Hank Garland so the guitar must have belonged to one of them. The King had just gotten out of the army so he was still proudly wearing his uniform everywhere he went. Great pic. They also had the studio recording log from the session and it lists the 4 songs they recorded and all the musicians involved in the session. The log lists Elvis as "Leader and Guitar" so there is a good possibility he actually played this guitar on at least one of the four tracks. - JC

BTW - these pics come from a site called http://www.elvis-collectors.com
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  1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2012 at 8:31 PM

    Great photo, classic shot of the KIng on a Dano!

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  2. Jeff SchrembsJanuary 15, 2015 at 3:26 PM

    Elvis was in the US Army through March 1960. Hence, the statements in this interesting blog post is incorrect pertaining to "Elvis being out of the Army in 1958 and/or always wearing his US Army uniform". FYI - After Elvis returned to Graceland, after being discharged from the US Army, the ONLY time Elvis wore any army fatigues/dress blues/etc. was for the Frank Sinatra Special "Welcome Home Elvis" and for "GI Blues".
    Jeff Schrembs
    www.ElvisCollector.info

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  3. CharlieMarch 2, 2017 at 9:51 AM

    I believe the guitar belonged to the studio and was used in songs like a 'Little Sister'. How do I know? I believe we may have used the very same guitar two weeks ago in Austin, Texas. Although it's not 100% confirmed but being that the owner of the studios originally owned the guitar and signed the back of the headstock in front of the new owner, was enough for us. I'm pretty sure it was the go to guitar for the bass 'tic-tac' lines in many of the shuffle songs recorded there. I'll try and get more history on it. I don't know how to upload photos here, but the bottom line is the guitar is still around and still working in a studio. ��

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