Iconic Rockabilly Rhythm Guitar - Be Bop A Lula, Rock Around The Clock and Elvis!

Today we look at Gene Vincent’s Rhtyhm player “Wee Willie Williams”, Bill Haley’s side man on Rock Around the Clock Danny Cedrone and of course the legendary Elvis and his very underrated contribution on guitar to the early sun records recordings.

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Chapters

00:00 Start / Play-through Rhythm 1 Be Bop A Lula Rhythm 1
00:26 Discussion
02:59 How to Strum it
05:19 Be Bop A Lula Rhythm 2 “Dead strum”
06:33 Rock Around The Clock Rhythm 1
09:25 Rock Around the Clock Rhythm 2
12:40 Elvis Rhythm Guitar Playing

Original recordings of the songs featured:

Be Bop A Lula

https://youtu.be/ZWFlLYZm0tA

Rock Around the Clock

https://youtu.be/ZgdufzXvjqw

That’s Alright Mama

https://youtu.be/NmopYuF4BzY


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