Moore, Scotty

Backing the 'King Of Rock 'n' Roll', Scotty Moore had no shortage of admirers, from Keef to Page, Beck and, er, more!

Winfield Scott ‘Scotty’ Moore III can lay a very good claim to the title of Most Important Guitarist That Ever Lived. Influenced by the country jazz picking of Merle Travis and Chet Atkins, he conspired with a young truck driver called Elvis Presley to create a new strain of white blues called rockabilly.

Get jamming Scotty-style by trying out the tab example [left], where we look at an example of the rock ’n’ roll pioneer’s fingerstyle tricks. Either play fingerstyle or use pick and fingers ‘hybrid’ picking if you’ve got the chops.