He'd say: 'Hey, I did the f***ing song. He was very keyed up for that. He'd always call me up and want me to be involved in that. Exiting the stage, I noticed a group of people in a reserved area that all of us on tour considered the “VIP” section. No one had had that kind of a band, and had singers the way he had it. Well, number one, I think it was my own understanding of being a competent studio player, and I'd done a lot of R&B playing in Memphis with all the great rhythm sections. One final question: do you have any souvenirs of your years with Elvis? If you even make a small mistake you can't stop and think about it. A whole week of recording live of all-new material. This was the most beautiful sight that I had ever witnessed. There would have been many ways to get around that. I'd been a dancer all my life. I don't think about 1977 or those few other bad occasions. If you think about it: we're doing a dinner-show in this big showroom, and there's plates clattering, and there's waiters dropping glasses, and people sipping their soup and eating their steaks, and there's a clamour going on, and he's out there singing his heart out, we're trying to reach out to these people. A site for fans to share pictures and updates on Ron Tutt. Instead of taking him back to his section, I kept him right next to me, assuring he had the best seat in the house. No part of any article on this site may be re-printed for public display without permission. In the hundreds of concerts that I had done with Elvis Presley, there had never been a time where the audience did not give a standing ovation after one of his songs. It was the most important thing that he'd ever done, obviously. So much strain for the eyes. So the rhythm of everything was more important to me than the melodic. I don’t see anyone before I go on stage.”, Reluctantly, Elvis said, “Okay, bring him in. When somebody bootlegs a record, they are breaking the law. (laughs). A few items that he gave me- He gave me a gold watch in 1969, at the International hotel. I used to look up, and the black was just pouring down his face. When you went to the auditions, did you go with an idea of what your drumming should be like, and did you listen to Elvis' earlier drummers? This was the authentic side of Elvis Presley that the public was drawn to, Elvis was in a very romantic mood that day. Scotty Moore was Elvis' manager at one time, and I think the Colonel resented anyone having any influence on Elvis. We immediatly had a great rapport. There's no retirement funds like when you work for a business. He'd take a sleeping pill, and if it didn't work in five minutes, he'd take a handfull of sleeping pills. Which was realistic, and which is what he should have done in the first place all those years. And I'm sinking slower and slower in the chair, thinking: 'There's no way I'm gonna get a chance to play'. That's the way he was, you know, he had a crazy sense of humor. On the back is an inscription. I think he was very serious about being an actor, but he never got the chance. The second show was a big step up, because all that was gone. There were a lot of ways in which he didn't know how to express himself. So I'm relying more and more on his voice, and I've gained even new respect for his ability to have feel for music. I don't think that's good for your heart. A much better album than the last, from a much better group of Stax sessions in December reflecting a far livelier, more committed and focused artist. His impossible dream was coming true, right before my very eyes. He'd stand in the middle of the musicians. How do you feel about them, and have you ever listened to one? (laughs). TCB drummer Ron Tutt talks about meeting Elvis Presley for the first time in 1955/56 and not liking him at all. The AFFM, where our contracts were filed, does not require you to do that. As the evening started, they'd play a song, and I could see everybody going: 'Yeah, we found the guy!'. Ron Tutt (born March 12, 1938) is an American drummer who played concerts and recording sessions for Elvis Presley, the Carpenters, Roy Orbison and Jerry Garcia. It's a thrill to do that show every night. In fact, he still plays with the King as part of the "virtual Elvis" tour along with his former bandmates and audio/visual representations of Mr. Presley. He had such energy and power. Elvis Presley Even though he did have other women that cared for him, in particular Linda Thompson cared for him. Did you see a difference in him after the divorce? The second Elvis biography by Peter Guralnick suggests that you couldn't come to a financial agreement with the Colonel's office. I just had this dream. The introductions, solos (plus Voice performing ‘Killing Me Softly’ ) however last a long 14 minutes before Elvis gets back to singing, joining in on a regular ‘Why Me Lord.’ Oh, she was (laughs). We always called it he was 'playing' something, just like he was playing karate. And everybody in this group is, but 'for the grace of God, go away' as we say. The interviews of Elvis' Parents are well worth hearing too. I said: 'Yeah, great!'. But on the other hand, he was also a difficult man in the sense that I can count on my hands the times he said 'hello' to me. They never captured that kind of energy that the man had. One year, he was doing those ol' movies, he was 'playing' cowboy. On this night, instead of applause, the only thing that could be heard was the sound of tears from 20,000 people dropping on the concrete floor of the sold out concert hall. Elvis starts the show on August 19 very differently. He only mentioned the singers, because their union requires it to file a contract. So those were the low 'lows'- there were nights where he came out, and where he didn't seem to be into it to begin with, but there were also nights where there were just tremendous 'highs', because everything was right, he felt great, the audience was responding, and people got the show of their life. So there again, somebody's pockets got lined (laughs)- poor musicians! 'cause we'd go down and listen. Drum Solo (by Ronnie Tutt) 1:10 [15] Bass Solo (by Jerry Scheff) 0:53 [16] Piano Solo (by Glen D. Hardin) 1:46 [17] School Day: 1:07 [18] T-R-O-U-B-L-E: 3:34 [19] Why Me Lord? We were on a kidney shaped stage that revolved very slowly. At the sound of the first notes, the smile on the young man’s face grew bigger. The most interesting source for new Elvis material is now the official FTD-label. That was purely a matter of what I just said to you. He was sweating and working hard, you know. They all stopped the song, and started packing their instruments. What were your impressions of working in the studio with him? She loved him a lot. And then he came over, and he just stood there again. That's not correct at all. That's part of that album, From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis. You see what I mean? So he says: 'Hey man, is it okay if I play your drums?'. We were constantly trying to get him to play more rock 'n' roll, but over the years he became more interested in doing more big sounding things. We are involved in an industry that is controlled by the unions. Ronnie Tutt as drummer does a wonderful job and the highest accolade I can pay you is you mastered his wonderful drumming on the track. When I started school, I started playing trumpet, and I played trumpet all the way to my senior high school. According to Tutt, his son gave Presley an honest critique of a Las Vegas performance. And that's the best thing I can say about him. Arjan has kindly given elvis.com.au exclusive rights to publish this interview on the Internet. In a recent interview with Elvis Australia he talks candidly about … But as I say, we all agree that he was much more ill than any of us really had hoped that he was, or even really could understand that he was. And then I went from that to dixieland, to jazz, played classical music- I mean, I've played a lot of different kinds of music. Elvis told me: 'That's the only time I ever hung up on the Colonel. They were my own drums, you know. From what I understand, everything that he did, after it had already been mixed, got taken to New York, where it was remixed. Recorded by a fan in the audience this release is for the collectors. The Colonel guarded Elvis' image so hard and so carefully. Get as excited about it as you can, and play controlled. We couldn't have cared less if there'd been 45.000 people, because we couldn't see them. (laughs). It also featured better material and better sound (RCA brought in its own sound truck this time). He was in a wheelchair. Back then, were there any signs for you that maybe he would end in an early grave? My point is that he obviously was a lot more seriously ill than people understood, even than I understood. The love that Elvis showed that night toward that young man was as Christ like as anything I had ever seen in my life. Part of my responsibilities while on tour with Elvis was to make sure security was in place at the front of the concert stage before his performances. They totally went around Felton Jarvis. It was an image in his mind that he could not- He said: 'I can't, I just can't understand it'. And he was a very impulsive man, as I have eluded to before. Jerry Scheff had to leave the country at one time, and went to Canada. He would have been beautiful with snow white hair. We've always laughed about that Elvis could've done the show with ten monkeys, and people would still come to see the show. The energy was incredible. He was so honoured. So Larry goes over to Colonel Parker and says: 'You know, this guy that you just bought a ticket for, he's right over there'. That's one of the good things about doing 'Elvis The Concert', because it's all beautiful, he doesn't have off-nights, he looks perfect and sings great. I told him that story later on when I met him. When you look at the old picture and look at all the experiences, maybe that was his problem, you know. I had too much respect for him. Was this ever discussed? Vocals: Millie Kirkham, The Sweet Inspirations, The Imperials. I was at my mother's house one time. They didn't know how to diffuse the light properly, and the lightning properly. That's what he told me. (laughs). And only just a few of us had it. I saw the girl that was with him. So we did our own show, almost like a rehearsal. In 1956, I was playing with the western-swing band I told you about, and we were the house-band for a band that was playing at the Northside Coliseum in Forth Worth. What did you think of Elvis Presley in those days? That was reinforced by people such as hairdressers and those kind of people. On a Throwback Thursday, here's a drum solo by Elvis' drummer, the great Ronnie Tutt from 1977! Because he was very sensitive to how people perceived him. It was a strange shape, so in order for the sound to be proper or as good as you could make the sound, we were in plexiglas. In August 1970, MGM filmed several Las Vegas shows for the That's The Way It Is movie. I wish we'd talked more about some things. He was very impatient when it came to this kind of thing. It wouldn't go all the way around, it kinda rotated, you know. I emulated and accented everything that he did just instinctively. I prefer not to think of the bad ones. It was instantly connection. His disease-riddled body began to shake. Ronnie Tutt. Bass: Norbert Putnam. That's the way it is, that's the way it should be'. What’s more, this young man felt his own perfection and saw himself as Christ would see him. Last week, Ron Tutt, best known as Elvis Presley’s drummer from 1969 to 1977, did something he hadn’t done in nearly 40 years: He listened to the Jerry Garcia Band’s Cats Under the Stars. And sure enough, in comes Elvis with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, no drums. Around that time, it became quite common that all musicians were given credit on the albums, but Elvis' musicians never did. He had a great ability to be able to keep those kind of things important and sacred in peoples lives. I heard that you were competing with the staff-drummer of Motown at that audition in '69. That's the reason Glen D. left after several years. And I said: 'Well, I guess so'. But Elvis said: 'I've done enough of those stupid movies. He had the vision in a dream. There's that one, and we played a New Year's Eve at the Pontiac Silverdome, for a New Year's Eve Party. They didn't have exclusive control, but they were working with the Colonel's office. Even when we recorded in a studio, he'd take the microphone off the stand and go over and stand in front of me. He didn't know how to say to a producer or a record company or whoever: 'Look, I don't feel what I need to feel in the studio, so let's just take it to the live stage'. Elvis Australia was founded in 1996 ... www.elvis.com.au was literally born from the concept of wanting to represent 'Elvis in Australia', so www.elvis.com.au ... Read more. There were several different sources that those came from. These are the parts that I don't like to talk about. And I remember one night in Buffalo, N.Y., where the fans rushed the stage at the end of the show. When we'd go and play in Texas, my father would go and see the show. He wasn't even allowed to have his real hair colour! He was like a caged animal. I don't know how to describe it, but it worked. Ernst Bader/Larry Kusik/Eddie Snyder/James Last. You're supposed to get residuals, not get ripped off! We'll hear tunes from Billy Burnette & The Rockats in that segment as well. He was playing cowboy that year, so he had dirt brought in from Texas around Graceland! Emory Gordy came up with the bass-line, and I produced the record for Felton, you know, the whole session. There's no acoustic resonance in any way at all, and everything you do, you look through the microscope at it. It was just beautiful. Can you tell us a little about your background? Two, he borrowed our guitarplayer's beautiful old Martin D-18 classic guitar after he'd already destroyed all the strings on his, and he just trashed it, marked up all the wood on it, you know. He was very puristic when it came to that. Those were part of the games that happened with his manager. Just on a personal level, he was that way to my father later. And I went from that to four-string guitar and violin. We work in recording studios in L.A., now I work in Nashville. But because of bootlegs we don't share any, only the person that wants to break the law. He just turned and faced us. You can't control it, you can't go after it with attorneys with people that do bootlegs in Europe, not from the United States. Well, that was only a rumour, but there we go back to the Colonel again. It's real special to me, you know. Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD Video with Sound. Did you notice any differences? Aug 07, 2014 #1 RONNIE TUTT - INTERVIEW 'On the drums from Dallas, Texas, is hard-working Ronnie Tutt', is how Elvis usually introduced Ronnie on stage, but I don't think that any kind of introduction is really necessary for our readers. He had a very powerful voice, and he was very rhythmical. And he starts playing, and somebody says: 'Hey, that's that guy's set'. Elvis would take about ten minutes of that, take off his headphones, grab the microphone, go over and- Everything would be bleeding into his mike. If they would've said to me: 'We're gonna come back here in February', then we would have worked something out. I honestly don't remember. Yet he didn't want to go back in and do the vocal again later on. He did it too many times. I wanted a hard driving rhythm section, a rock 'n' roll band, a big orchestra in the back, but no dancing, but all singing, with a black soul group and a white gospel group'. Priscilla and Elvis Presley in Arizona visiting the meteor crater off Route 66! With songs like “I Got A Feeling In My Body,” “Loving Arms,” […] When you've surrounded yourself with people like that, then I think. That's what he'd do. We could have rehearsed the songs for two or three days or a week somewhere, and then take and done them live. That was scary. I don't know that he ever did any hard drugs in his life. It was a very easy transition. Until Now! There were times where he'd be out of shape, we'd have two weeks before a tour and we were rehearsing or something like that, and we'd say: 'How is he going to look good for the tour?'. He didn't know how to become seriously depressed, because he wasn't that kind of person- I think it had a major effect on him. Because he stood right in front of me so that he could feel the power and energy from the drums all the time. - with the bassdrum as hard as I could. 4) This hits home a bit. (laughs). He was lying on his back in the control-room at RCA, and I produced the record. Recorded live on stage August 1970, midnight show, at The International Hotel, Las Vegas. When the song was over he turned to me & said ~: "I thought you were firing bullets at me Ronnie” & laughed!“ — met Rosa White. We saw eachother anytime karate people were around. He'd have a cold towel on his eyes. Never before have we seen an Elvis Presley concert from the 1950's with sound. It was very unusual, because we were out in the middle of 45.000 people at each show. My friend Larry Muhoberac was playing keyboards (for Elvis), and we were both running a studio in Dallas, and we both wanted to move to the West-Coast to be session-players.  About Ronnie Tutt +  Listen to a Ronnie Tutt Drum solo,  Interview with Larry Muhoberac Interview with Michael Jarrett, songwriter, I'm Leavin' Interview with James Burton Interview with James Burton Sydney Australia 2006 James Burton : First Call For The Royalty Of Rockabilly Interview with Ronnie Tutt Interview with Ronnie Tutt #2 Interview with Jerry Scheff Interview with Glen D. Hardin Interview with Sherrill Nielsen Interview with Terry Blackwood & Jim Murray Interview with Tony Brown Duke Bardwell Interview with Scotty Moore Bill Black Interview with D.J. That's the way he did it, you know. They'd put Elvis' vocal like 70% of the sound, and the rhythm section way down. The Colonel also, I believe, would wait until the last minute to let us know, just hoping that maybe we wouldn't do the job, so that he could tell Elvis: 'Oh, they weren't available'. Ronnie Tutt, famouse member of the TCB band, on an German-Fan-Convention Oct.21, 2000. You're welcome. One of the major topics of discussion among fans is bootlegs. He wanted to be able to control him. He'd look like Alice Cooper, he really did! So I take a little pride in that. He was like a cat let out of a cage. In that moment, Elvis saw the perfection of this crippled man. So we thought: 'Ah, this guy is just ...'. during the honeymoon in Palm Springs, CA., May 1, 1967. As I drew closer I noticed at the bottom of the lyrics in broken handwriting he had written, “My impossible dream is to meet Elvis Presley.”. I don't think it was soundboard, but I know that she has recordings. He'd try something once and if he didn't like it, it was gone. They were so excited that they just came right over the front of it. Well, to give you a little background: as I mentioned to you before, we're all professional musicians. On some of those 8mm films that fans recorded during concerts it seems like he's barely awake. But I was never aware of anything that he was actually doing, because we never hung out and did drugs together. The first year was great, and then he became very bored. He told me that. He stood right in front of me, and he forgot about trying to turn and face the people. They looked like little tiny antheads out there anyway. He would take that personally, as if they were not enjoying it. I rolled him backstage to Elvis’s dressing room and told a policeman to keep his eye on him, that I would be right back. So many flashbulbs, all the light. This was one dream that I knew I could make come true. That was the fun part about it, but as far as music and feedback from people, there was none at all. So nobody would know that we played with Elvis, unless Elvis introduced us live on stage, on the record itself, or in the film. I’m going to share a story on how my brothers and I became known as “The Wrecking Crew”… We were in Vegas, and it was my turn to wake Elvis up… I tried several times, but he wouldn’t get up, so I went into the living room and got Rick and David… When we returned to the bedroom I asked them what should I do, since they had been doing this longer than I had… They told be several ways they had done it, but I looked over and saw a picture of water beside the bed and pointed to that… We all smiled at each other… We knew no one had ever done anything like this to Elvis, but together as brothers we stood strong… Rick grabbed the water and threw it on Elvis… Elvis jumped to his feet on the bed and yelled, what the hell… My brothers and I started laughing so hard we could barely stand up… Elvis said, oh, you think that’s funny, uh??? She was just there for the ride. It was something that he wanted to do, and he told Colonel Parker that that's exactly what he wanted to do. We miss his humor, just the laughing and the craziness- He was just like a big kid, you know. This better be good.”, I brought the boy into the dressing room. I was thinking about him and I called him up. Well, 'Burning Love' kind of has a soft spot in my heart. The interesting thing about it is that Elvis always expected his same people. Some of the things are vague to me, some of them are very clear. © Arjan Deelen 2001. They waited till the last minute. I replaced a great drummer named Jim Gordon through Jerry Scheff's recommendation. But more than that - because this drummer from Motown was good - it wasn't just a matter of expertise, but a matter of rapport. I don't know by whom. I think my first instrument was a ukelele, which is a great little instrument. During the years I spent with Elvis I saw him do many remarkable spiritual healings from his authentic self. They would have four spotlights, and they would just be right on him all the time. If I may read further into it, I think it was because of the problems they had with Scotty. That's part of being a professional, on an instrument or you be an athlete or whatever it is, you work for consistency in what you do. I could only see that he was one of the most resilient men I have ever known. Like a big cat, a panther. But you always think: 'Oh, he'll be okay, he'll snap out of it', because he always did. Yeah, I did. I switched over to drums when I was 17 or 18 years old. He got tired of waiting around. So I take my drums, haul 'em on the airplane, and there I go. Joe Guercio and His Orchestra 1,249 talking about this. So he was very gracious with that. I won't watch it. The drummer shared a humorous 1970s-era story of an encounter between Elvis and his then 5-year-old son Ron Jr. You just try to play through it. When regular drummer Ronnie Tutt was ill or absent, 'Stump' stood in as the replacement with the TCB Band three times over those years. He needed something to relax, he'd have to wind down after a show. Possibly, but he was a very impetious man. Similarly Elvis is complementary about Joe Guercio & talks about discovering Ronnie Tutt as a great drummer. Piano: Glen D. Hardin. What about you, weren't you afraid to make any mistakes? Then he jumped off the bed and tackled all 3 of us, at one time… We were still laughing so hard we couldn’t really fight back, then he grabs some water bottles and started poring it on us… That’s when we started to fight back… It became a big “free for all”, we were knocking over everything in the bedroom… We made so much noise that a few of the guys that worked for Elvis came running into the room, as we saw them and the looks on their faces we stopped the wrestling match and started laughing at them… We laid there for several minutes, laughing and trying to catch our breath, we realized how great it was to have brothers and how lucky the 4 of us were… The funny part to this story is, Elvis was easier to wake up for the next few weeks.. A story from DAVID STANLEY ::THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM. So they got it out of there. I said: 'We're gonna do that, or I'm not going to Las Vegas', and I hung up'. Recorded December 11, 1973 at Stax Studios, Memphis. It was black just pouring down his face. You'd come in before a show, and his eyes would just be pouring water out. So he'd turn around to me about halfway through the show, and and say (in a low voice): 'Let's get the hell out of here, Ronnie'. He was very impressed by that movie. That's just the way he was. Bass: Jerry Scheff. Did you see him often in private? On March 3, 1974 Elvis played two shows at the Houston Astrodome, both without the orchestra. So after a few songs he said: 'Get that plexiglas out of there!'. We'd be walking down the same hallway of a hotel, and he'd just walk right by you like he never saw you. Maybe he felt like there was only one star, and that's true. Can you get on a flight tomorrow night?'. No, I don't think so. Even in the pictures, most of us were always blacked out. It wasn’t until that moment that Elvis saw the handwritten phrase, “My impossible dream is to meet Elvis Presley.” He took the frame from the boy’s hands as he sang the last lyric, “to reach the unreachable star.”. And on a couple of occasions I'd come and talk to him at his place in L.A., and of course, when we were in Memphis, we'd come and hang out at Graceland, and a few very precious times at Christmas. If we didn't: also fine. I started playing instruments. You have to think about how many people are watching you, rather than think like: 'Ooh, my God', you have to think: 'Wow, this is really amazing!'. And I talked to Linda a lot myself. The players in Elvis' rhythm section all came from very different backgrounds. Well, I'll never be able to throw a rock at anybody, because I did my share. Tears rolled down the young man’s face. With every ounce of energy he could muster up, he slurred “ELVIS.”. “You stood in front of my daddy the whole show, and I couldn’t see him.” They never let us know, and that's the reason Glen D Hardin left the group. ... Ronnie Tutt, drummer, still active. He needed to go around the world. Yet, none touched my heart like the one that I witnessed him do during a concerti n 1975. It was a matter of sensing, and watching his eyes, and watching everything he did. He experienced Elvis’s gift of healing firsthand. The good thing I can say about the Colonel is that he always did what he said he would do for me, or with me. The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. Elvis came out on stage that night to a massive crowd full of energy and excitement. And he would have been much happier. Did he express his dissatisfaction with recording in a studio? There were 80.000 people there. All that experience was good. And the Colonel said: 'No, no, no'. That was one of the things he didn't know how to express. Elvis Musicians who backed Elvis Presley that are still alive and performing today? Did you talk to him man-to-man about personal things? No, I am not going to cry over spilt milk, but you understand my principle about it. INTERVIEW WITH RONNIE TUTT – 20 APRIL 2007: Were there ever any memorable mishaps on stage with Elvis? It was an amazing thing. I mean, I'm as rebellious as anybody, but at the same time, there's an economic side of it too. It's as simple as that. Then it'd be 'Can't Help Falling In Love' and 'Elvis has left the building' again! And I don't know that he ever did any serious kind of drugs other than the fact that- just uppers and downers. Jul 5, 2017 - Explore Lyette Cameron's board "Ronnie Tutt", followed by 140 people on Pinterest. As a result, his life would never be the same again. You have to remember that musicians have no retirement. Did the cameras annoy him? Cheap mascara. It's like a writer, a publisher or anybody that has written a song, we all have it set up to where, if money is gonna be made, they share in the profits a little bit. Once he liked what you did and respected you, he had no reason not to think that you would always be there with him. 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