I've heard of 11-year old girls aping Taylor, Katie, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga ...

[Highlander]

Hanging around in bars...? What sort of bars...?

[Pilgrim]

[4stringer77]

I'm going to attempt to tie this thread back together. Chuck Berry was awesome but there's only one King of Rock and Roll and that's Elvis. Here's a relative of his bearing his surname and it sounds like there are some Nashville cats backing her up.

[Pilgrim]

Pleasant enough, but sounds like production-line Nashville to me.

[4stringer77]

I wasn't bowled over either, just thought it was handy for the thread. For the record, I prefer early Chuck Berry to early Elvis. Elvis's best stuff to me was from the late 60's to early 70's

[nofi]

elvis was no more the king of rock than mj was the king of pop. berry wrote dozens of songs which would be come rock standards while elvis did not write anything or so very little that no one noticed. if it wasn't for that crook col. parker, elvis may still be driving that truck.

also, chuck berry was a  badass and the real reason for mothers to lock up their daughters.

[4stringer77]

That's a tad harsh. Millions of rednecks can't be wrong.

[Pilgrim]

King is as King does - Elvis owned rock & roll for a number of years, and was one of the top media figures during that time.

[Dave W]

Lauren Marie Presley --  example # umpteen that talent is rarely inherited. And reason # umpteen why I rarely listen to the children of famous musicians.

They get a break because of who their parent is, not because of talent.

[westen44]

This is what it might have sounded like if Robert Plant had had to call in sick and be replaced by Elvis the day of the recording.






This is what it might have sounded like if the whole band had had to call in sick.

[wellREDman]

This is what it might have sounded like if Robert Plant had had to call in sick and be replaced by Elvis the day of the recording.

Love it!
 there's an Elvis impersonator called  Jim "the King" Brown who's whole schtick is doing covers of other dead rock stars, I've got his first album Gravelands which I listen to surprisingly often, and in looking for this link I've just discovered theres another one...

[uwe]

Chuck wrote great songs and did witty lyrics, but his voice was nowhere near Elvis' (nor needed it to be). The older I get, the more I like the velvety warmth in Elvis' voice which wasn't strictly rock but encompassed so much more, gospel, country, old-fashioned crooning. Elvis wasn't a songwriter nor did he aspire to be one, but he certainly had a knack for choosing the right material to make it his own.

Like many, I used to mock him (largely based on his later Las Vegas or Hawaii shows though these are not musically without merit either), but these days I accept that he was one of a kind. In Graceland, I read a comment along the lines of that Elvis' secret was that he was dangerous enough to be an attraction for white youth, but not too dangerous to really shake the tree of their parents. And really: no white guy sang like him before he hit the airwaves.

And, hey, he was - along with Little Richard - an early inspiration to a certain Brit ...

[slinkp]

Getting a little closer back to the thread title....  Have you all seen this already?  The bassist is only nine!  The oldest, on guitar, is 14.


They do their own songs too! I actually prefer this...

[Dave W]

Yes, I've seen The Warning, and I also like their own songs better than their covers.

When it comes to young talent, though, it's hard to top the Mizzone brothers from New Jersey a/k/a the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys. This clip is nearly three years old. Great cover of Flint Hill Special.