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In Memory Of Scotty Moore

Scotty Moore, a guitarist whose terse, bluesy licks on Elvis Presley’s early hits virtually created the rockabilly guitar style and established the guitar as a lead instrument in rock ’n’ roll, died on Tuesday at his home outside Nashville. He was 84.

Read more at The New York Times.

Photo: Scotty Moore in 2004. Credit Mike Brown/Getty Images