Elvis: The Concert

Elvis the Concert is a concert tour started in 1997 that features a video and the voice of Elvis Presley performing with his 1970s backup band via computer technology.

In the mid-1990s, Elvis Presley Enterprises started experimenting with recordings of Elvis' live concerts, and discovered that through the use of sound mixing they were able to eliminate virtually all of the ambient noise from the multitrack recordings, thus leaving only Elvis' voice. After some work, they conceived a special concert, to be held on August 16, 1997, the twentieth Anniversary of Elvis' death. The show featured Elvis' original 1970s back-up band (TCB Band), his back-up singers (The Stamps Quartet, The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations and Millie Kirkham) and was performed at Memphis, Tennessee's Mid-South Coliseum. During the show, Priscilla Presley introduced a video that Lisa Marie Presley made. The video was of Lisa Marie performing a duet with her father Elvis on the song "Don't Cry Daddy". It was so successful that the video was shown again.

The show was a huge success, gaining worldwide press. The massive success of the show prompted EPE to draw up plans for a special version of the show to take on the road.

Starting in 1998, a scaled-down version of the show was taken on tour. The format of the show follows one of Elvis' 1970s live concerts, albeit somewhat differently.

The line-up of musicians involved is as follows:

Backing Vocals:

Rhythm guitarist John Wilkinson, having suffered a stroke in 1989, was unable to join the band and was replaced by Tony Smith. (However, Wilkinson did join the group at the 25th Anniversary concert, held at the Pyramid in Memphis.)

The show was conceived by Todd Morgan, Randy Johnson. Joe Guercio and Stig Edgren.

The format of the show begins with the traditional opening theme of Elvis' concerts: "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss (better known as the theme to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey). This segues into the song "See See Rider" from Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii.

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