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Moore, who played on Presley's first hit, "That's All Right"
("Mama"), as well as such singles as "Heartbreak Hotel" and
"Hound Dog," died in Nashville after several months of poor
health, the newspaper said.
"We lost one of the finest people I have ever met today," Matt
Ross-Sprang, an engineer at the Sun Studio in Memphis said on
Instagram. "The guitarist that changed the world ... especially
mine; I hope you don't mind if I keep stealing your licks."
Moore, who was born in Gadsen, Tennessee, and began playing the
guitar at age eight, was recruited for Presley's band by
legendary producer Sam Phillips in 1954, according to Rolling
Stone magazine.
It was that band, which was dubbed the Blue Moon Boys and also
included bassist Bill Black and drummer D.J. Fontana, that
backed Presley over much of the next decade on the songs that
earned him the title of the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
Services were scheduled for Thursday in Humboldt, Tennessee, for
Moore, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
2000, the Commercial-Appeal reported.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Paul Tait)
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