Elvis 1968 Guitar Man HQ Lyrics

Aside Guitar Man Bside High Heel Sneakers Released January 3, 1968 Recorded September 10, 1967 Studio RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee Genre Rock and roll Label RCA Songwriter(s) Jerry Reed Hubbard Producer(s) Felton Jarvis According to Peter Guralnick in his twovolume biography of Presley, the singer had been trying unsuccessfully to record the tune, but wasn t happy with the groove. He said something to the effect of: Get me that redneck picker who s on the original tune, and his staff brought Reed into the studio who nailed it on the first take (though this romantic account is contradicted by a studio tape of the session that documents the first, second and fifth takes which are available on videosharing website The single spent one week at number one on the country chart. Thirteen years later, Guitar Man was rerecorded in a new electric arrangement, with Presley s original vocal left i