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Originally Posted by Snake Eyes
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I'm all ears.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Snake Eyes
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Well, apparently you were right. Here's a list of everyone in the orchestra from the Aloha From Hawaii special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erhan
Joe Guercio was Elvis's conductor and musical director and, with a few exceptions, the orchestra consisted of local musicians contracted for this particular engagement. Brass players were Patrick Houston, Thomas Porrello, Gary Grant and Forrest Buchtel (trumpets); Leslie Benedict and William Barton (trombones); Martin Harrell (bass trombone); and David Baptist (French horn). Saxophonists were Gabriel Baltazar, Jr., Robert Winn, Peter Dovidio, Wayne Dunstan and Mary Taylor, with Baltazar and Taylor also playing flute. Violinist Bertine Corimby, who performed with Elvis at the Las Vegas Hilton, headed the 12-piece string section, the rest of whom were musicians from the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra: Dale Bechtel, Marianne Fleece, Louise Solmssen, Arthur Loventhal, Mervin Whitcomb, Heidi McCole and Carol Shive (violins); Betty Deeg and Diana Mallery (violas); and William Konney and Beverly LeBeck (cellos). Rounding out the orchestra were Frank Strazzeri (Hammond organ) and Dean Appleman (percussion?). Houston, Porrello, Harrell and Strazzeri had toured with Elvis in 1972 and were brought to Hawaii for the show, as were Buchtel and Corimby. Harvey Ragsdale was the Hawaiian contractor who hired local musicians for the orchestra.
TTWII and Elvis on Tour, MSG, Live in Memphis, and all the soundboards, there's always a hammond in the background buried in the mix.Quote:
Originally Posted by mozzarella
Guess I wasn't that lost, that didn't seem like the right place to have a sound engineer or the lights guy. Never ever. It had to be a hammond!Quote:
Originally Posted by Erhan
But you got the name and all!!! Thumbs up my friend.
I was just re-reading this thread and was about to say right now that you gave us the first clue, so.............................:notworthy credit where credit is dueQuote:
Originally Posted by Raised on Rock
No I didn't had any clues, it just doesn't seem like the right place to have a sound engineer, in Elvis on Tour you can clearly see the sound and the lights were managed from a booth placed at the back of the crowd so...Quote:
Originally Posted by Snake Eyes
All credit is for Erhan.
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Originally Posted by Raised on Rock
So the mystery guy turns out to be a Hammond organ player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raised on Rock
Cheers Erhan for the information (y)
According to Wikipedia, he was born in 1930 and is still alive- but the work he did for Elvis is not mentioned which is a shame.
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Ty Erhan - Wow - Ty For Info -Quote:
Originally Posted by Erhan
Ty Too Jrthe real Jr for addn this post - Lov It -God Bless Yu Jr the real Jr ,Erhan and ALL Members On This Forum -Enjoy ya week Y'all -Take care y'all -
Another wow :notworthy
What a lovely thing to say (y)Quote:
Originally Posted by karlos