Bill Black and his 56 Precision

[Clarky]

Just found this cool page about Elvis' bass player, Bill Black, and his first Fender bass. it's probably been posted before, although I don't specifically recall it. I do though recognise the shot of Elvis playing the bass from 99ster's avatar.

http://scottymoore.net/56PBass.html

[EssentialTension]

Very good.

[KiOgon]

Good find, fascinating photo's, can't believe I was 6 in '57

Cheerz, John

[EssentialTension]

The whole site is interesting not just the Bill Black pages.

[merello]

[IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/merello/hollywood1957jailhouser.jpg[/IMG]
Always said this guy had a screw loose!

[mikeswals]

There used to be a better color version of this.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeH2ls71CWE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeH2ls71CWE[/url]

[Happy Jack]

Was there a version with better synch-ing?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='mikeswals' timestamp='1318930232' post='1407756']
There used to be a better color version of this.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeH2ls71CWE[/media]
[/quote]
They all look like they forgot to go to the bog between having a few pints and going onstage & are trying to make it to the end of the song without peeing themselves.

[Linus27]

Hey Clarky, thanks for that. Just been reading up about Bill Black. Never heard of him before and such a shame he died only 39. Really interesting reading. Paul McCartney has his old double bass but I wonder what happened to that 56' Precision.

[hillbilly deluxe]

Bill's bass is owned by Larry Moss,a collector from Memphis,and is currently on loan to Graceland.

[Linus27]

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' timestamp='1318938323' post='1407893']
Bill's bass is owned by Larry Moss,a collector from Memphis,and is currently on loan to Graceland.
[/quote]

Ok, thank you.

[spongebob]

Great article and pics - cool!