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Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas guitar lesson video
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Elvis' Christmas Album
1957 2:10
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Blue Christmas

"Blue Christmas" is a classic holiday song performed by Elvis Presley, featured on his landmark Elvis' Christmas Album, released in October 1957 on RCA Victor. Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, the album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. For electric guitar players, the song offers a great opportunity to explore vintage 1950s rhythm and lead phrasing within a straightforward holiday blues structure.

  • Elvis' Christmas Album was Elvis Presley's third studio album and his first holiday release on RCA Victor.
  • The song runs just over two minutes, making it a compact and approachable piece for guitarists to learn and memorize.
  • The album was recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, a studio central to many classic rock and roll sessions of the era.
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Burton paired his Telecaster with the Twin Reverb's clean headroom and spring reverb, creating a shimmering, touch-responsive tone that let his dynamic picking articulation shine without any distortion coloring the signal.

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