Don't get me wrong, but the musicans Elvis used during the 1970's were far more skilled like Scotty, Bill or DJ.
How different would things have been for Elvis had the surviving members of his original band (Scotty Moore, DJ Fontana) agreed to perform with him live after the '68 Comeback? Would we still have had the unnecessary orchestrations?
Don't get me wrong, but the musicans Elvis used during the 1970's were far more skilled like Scotty, Bill or DJ.