he took what the likes of bill haley and the comets and little richard were doing and made it the acceptable white face in a nation and planet still bogged down in the myers of xenophobic sentiment
in other words...he was a white guy playing black music...and thats what made him famous...not originality
Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me, sucka was straight up racist, simple and plain...
Sorry, I had to say that. In any case, I agree with Deathblow about this. All he did was sing blues, and not unduly well at that. I don't mind listening to him, but he's way blown out of proportion. Not only that, but the guitar was basically a stage prop to him.