Polk-Salad-Annie
03-03-2008, 02:11 AM
David Briggs (Electric Pianist)
Briggs played Electric Piano at 168 shows.
He was a part of the first 1975 Las Vegas engagement and later played on all the 1976 dates and up to and including the February 1977 tour.
The first time Elvis and David played together, was on the session for Love Letters (May 1966).
Briggs, a young piano player from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was already working a good many sessions in Nashville.
He had been called to sit in for the first three hours of the second evening of the session, until Floyd Cramer arrived.
He was very anxious.
He had red blushes all over the back of his neck, but he had no trouble with gospel, having recorded with the Statesmen just weeks earlier.
Elvis talked about that first session with David Briggs quite often. So, when David came in the picture again, several years later, Elvis immediately accepted him as a member of his group.
Briggs is currently a session musician in Nashville.
Tony Brown (Pianist)
Brown took over from Glen D. Hardin on 21st April 1976 in Kansas City, MO and played the piano on all further shows with a total of 175.
Elvis and Tony met at RCA’s studio C in Hollywood in March 1975. Elvis was ready to cut a song called “Bringing it Back”.
Tony Brown, the new piano player of Voice, had played on the demo and Elvis obviously liked his style.
When David Briggs announced that Tony was in the same studio, Elvis called him out.
“I was hyperventilating, it was heaven”, Tony recalls.
And before he knew it, he found himself playing on the session. By 1976, Tony Brown had permanently replaced Glen D.
Tony is now a respectful businessman, holding a key-job in the record industry. He is now president of MCA-Nashville.
Glen D. Hardin (Pianist)
Hardin joined the TCB band only 1970 and left it after the last show in 1975 (31st December) having tired of the hectic Vegas schedule Elvis demanded of his musicians.
In the 1960’s he was a member of Buddy Holly's 'Crickets' had been a member of Buddy Holly’s former band The Crickets.
He also worked with the Everly Brothers, Merla Haggard, George Jones, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton.
Glen D. wrote the arrangement for Elvis’s version of “Bridge over Troubled Water”.
After leaving Elvis' band, he became a member of country singer Emmylou Harris’s Hot Band.
In 1976 and 1977 he backed John Denver and Elvis Costello on various tours.
Shane Keister (Piano)
Shane Kiester played just 9 shows with Elvis - the whole of the first tour of 1976, replacing Glen D. Hardin.
Still, Kiester chose a career of his own, and in April he left the band.
Shane is currently an active session player, composer and arranger and has played with a wide range of artists includinh Glen Campbell, Johnny & Rosanne Cash, Joe Cocker, Céline Dion, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Tom Jones, Ronnie Milsap, Olivia Newton-John, Eddie Rabbitt, Kenny Rogers, John Stewart, Randy Travis, Steve Wariner, Don Williams, to name but a few.
Larry Mohuberac (Pianist)
Larry Mohuberac was the original piano player in the TCB band, played at every shows during Elvis’ first tour in 1969.
He had already played piano for Elvis earlier on the soundtrack for the film Speedway in June 1967.
After the 1969 tour, Larry never worked again with Elvis, but he pursued his own career as a session musician in Nashville and Los Angeles.
Bobby Ogden (Electric Pianist)
Bobbie Ogden replaced David Briggs on Electric Piano March 23rd 1977 and played all further shows.
This well known Nashville-based session player has a long list of recording sessions to his credit with the best country music performers like Willie Nelson, The Judds, Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, Charlie Daniels and even Tom Jones just to name a few.
He's also famous with fans of Ween for being their bandleader with his own Shit Creek Boys.
Still active as a session player, Bobby is also Vice-president of the Nashville branch of the Recording Musicians Association.
Briggs played Electric Piano at 168 shows.
He was a part of the first 1975 Las Vegas engagement and later played on all the 1976 dates and up to and including the February 1977 tour.
The first time Elvis and David played together, was on the session for Love Letters (May 1966).
Briggs, a young piano player from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was already working a good many sessions in Nashville.
He had been called to sit in for the first three hours of the second evening of the session, until Floyd Cramer arrived.
He was very anxious.
He had red blushes all over the back of his neck, but he had no trouble with gospel, having recorded with the Statesmen just weeks earlier.
Elvis talked about that first session with David Briggs quite often. So, when David came in the picture again, several years later, Elvis immediately accepted him as a member of his group.
Briggs is currently a session musician in Nashville.
Tony Brown (Pianist)
Brown took over from Glen D. Hardin on 21st April 1976 in Kansas City, MO and played the piano on all further shows with a total of 175.
Elvis and Tony met at RCA’s studio C in Hollywood in March 1975. Elvis was ready to cut a song called “Bringing it Back”.
Tony Brown, the new piano player of Voice, had played on the demo and Elvis obviously liked his style.
When David Briggs announced that Tony was in the same studio, Elvis called him out.
“I was hyperventilating, it was heaven”, Tony recalls.
And before he knew it, he found himself playing on the session. By 1976, Tony Brown had permanently replaced Glen D.
Tony is now a respectful businessman, holding a key-job in the record industry. He is now president of MCA-Nashville.
Glen D. Hardin (Pianist)
Hardin joined the TCB band only 1970 and left it after the last show in 1975 (31st December) having tired of the hectic Vegas schedule Elvis demanded of his musicians.
In the 1960’s he was a member of Buddy Holly's 'Crickets' had been a member of Buddy Holly’s former band The Crickets.
He also worked with the Everly Brothers, Merla Haggard, George Jones, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton.
Glen D. wrote the arrangement for Elvis’s version of “Bridge over Troubled Water”.
After leaving Elvis' band, he became a member of country singer Emmylou Harris’s Hot Band.
In 1976 and 1977 he backed John Denver and Elvis Costello on various tours.
Shane Keister (Piano)
Shane Kiester played just 9 shows with Elvis - the whole of the first tour of 1976, replacing Glen D. Hardin.
Still, Kiester chose a career of his own, and in April he left the band.
Shane is currently an active session player, composer and arranger and has played with a wide range of artists includinh Glen Campbell, Johnny & Rosanne Cash, Joe Cocker, Céline Dion, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Tom Jones, Ronnie Milsap, Olivia Newton-John, Eddie Rabbitt, Kenny Rogers, John Stewart, Randy Travis, Steve Wariner, Don Williams, to name but a few.
Larry Mohuberac (Pianist)
Larry Mohuberac was the original piano player in the TCB band, played at every shows during Elvis’ first tour in 1969.
He had already played piano for Elvis earlier on the soundtrack for the film Speedway in June 1967.
After the 1969 tour, Larry never worked again with Elvis, but he pursued his own career as a session musician in Nashville and Los Angeles.
Bobby Ogden (Electric Pianist)
Bobbie Ogden replaced David Briggs on Electric Piano March 23rd 1977 and played all further shows.
This well known Nashville-based session player has a long list of recording sessions to his credit with the best country music performers like Willie Nelson, The Judds, Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, Charlie Daniels and even Tom Jones just to name a few.
He's also famous with fans of Ween for being their bandleader with his own Shit Creek Boys.
Still active as a session player, Bobby is also Vice-president of the Nashville branch of the Recording Musicians Association.