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Joe Guercio To Be Honored In Las Vegas Rock Reunion Hall Of Fame

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Elvis Presley & Joe Guercio Las Vegas Rock Reunion Hall Of Fame Mentor and Concert Conductor  Joe Guercio Joe is the father of Las Vegas Rock Reunion  Hall Of Fame Inductee Jim Guercio of the 1970's Las Vegas Band, Census, featuring Jim Guercio, Patrick O'Reilly and Evan Scott Hornsby. Joe Guercio has enjoyed a prolific career, but he is probably best known and admired for his work with Elvis Presley. He was musical director and conductor for Elvis' concert shows from the summer of 1970 to the summer of 1977 when Elvis made his last concert appearance. Elvis was known for spontaneity and improvisation on stage and the cast had to be ready for anything. Guercio remembers "He'd just turn around and start a tune. The rhythm section knew him backwards and forwards, but when you're up there conducting a twenty-six-piece orchestra, what are you gonna do?" In describing that experience, Guercio once commented good-naturedly that conducting for Elvis wa...

James Burton @ Jazz/R&B Festival This Weekend!

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Guitar legend James Burton stands next to some of the guitars he donated to Linwood Public Charter School in Shreveport in March. Burton will be at the Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival this weekend to present free guitars to the Natchitoches chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of El Camino Real. / Greg Pearson/The Times Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy winner James Burton will make a special appearance at the Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival this weekend to present free guitars to the Natchitoches chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of El Camino Real. He'll also perform. Burton learned to play the guitar and to love music at age 13, and got his start as a teenager playing on the Louisiana Hayride. Throughout his career he was worked with legends such John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Keith Richards, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, and Brad Paisley, to name but a few, but he is most known for his role as lead guitarist...

Elvis' Grand Daughter Riley Keough in New LEE Jeans Ad

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The new image, which forms part of the denim brand's new A Lee Don’t Lie campaign, was shot by top photographer Terry Richardson. Lee Brand President, Gilles Laumonier, told MailOnline the company's mission was to capture candid images of its models, some of which cull up striking references to Miss Keough's grandfather. BIM: Hmmm....really? Elvis HATED blue jeans with a passion, they reminded him of being poor. Elvis always wore dress slacks. Lee jeans should use Riley's beauty and model status to promote their jeans and leave Elvis out of it.