Elvis Presley’s seriously underrated rhythm guitar chops

Elvis Presley, a 25-year-old prince from another planet, picks a gut-bucket tune with his refurbished J-200 Gibson acoustic guitar inside his Graceland mansion on Oct. 13, 1960, a few days after cutting the title song for the “Flaming Star” western in Hollywood and a couple of weeks prior to going to Nashville’s RCA Studio B for the “His Hand in Mine” gospel sessions. Photography by Bob Williams / The Memphis Commercial Appeal / For Elvis CD Collectors Forum

Did you know that Elvis Presley possessed genuine rhythm guitar chops? According to contemporary Johnny Cash’s 1997 autobiography entitled Cash, the “I Walk the Line” balladeer concurred, considering Presley’s skills as a rhythm guitarist to be significantly underrated. Having first encountered Presley on Sept. 9, 1954 playing an acoustic Martin guitar during the special grand opening of…