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“We had just left Vegas that morning. They called us in the chartered plane and told us to turn back”: James Burton on his electrifying tenure as Elvis Presley’s guitarist – and the tragic day it came to an end
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Burton took The King up on his offer, and would anchor what would become known as the TCB Band until Presley’s tragic death in 1977.
Latest Videos From Guitar World Watch full video here:Though Presley’s latter-day concerts were sometimes glitzy affairs, Burton maintained that the performances afforded him more musical freedom than you might expect.
“It was great,” Burton told Guitar World in 1983 of his time backing the game-changing superstar.
They called us in the chartered plane and told us to turn back.
“We couldn't figure out what the problem was, so we told the pilot to return to Vegas.