John Wilkinson (guitarist)

John Wilkinson was an American guitarist best known for performing with Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and The New Christy Minstrels in the 1960s and 1970s. Wilkinson once performed on a television show in Los Angeles, he received a phone call from Elvis and asked him to join his TCB Band. He went on to perform more than 1000 times with Elvis as his rhythm guitarist until Elvis died in 1977.

Wilkinson suffered a stroke in 1989 and died on January 11, 2013. In 1983 he married the love of his life Terry. She was by his side the day he died and passed away on September 10, 2017.

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