Can't help falling in love with you

Blues prophet Robert Johnson (1911–38) and other early blues guitarists captivated listeners with a new way of playing their instrument. Sliding a steel bar or other hard object over the strings to change the guitar’s pitch, they created a sound eerily like that of a weeping or singing human voice...
Scholars have mostly agreed that the slide style was directly influenced by the “diddley bow” or “jitter-bug,” a single-stringed instrument they say was carried to America by West African slaves. The more likely story, John W. Troutman argues in Southern Cultures, is that the musical technique popularized in the Mississippi Delta came from traveling Native Hawaiian musicians...
In American sales of recorded music in 1916, Hawaiian guitar tunes topped all other genres...
References to Hawaii showed up in song titles (“Blue Hawaii,” “Hawaiian Harmony Blues”), and some blues musicians, such as Huddie Ledbetter (1888–1949), better known as Lead Belly, played Native Hawaiian ditties.
“Steelin’ the Slide: Hawai‘i and the Birth of the Blues Guitar” by John W. Troutman. Southern Cultures, Spring 2013.
wilsonquarterly.com/quarterly/the-american-quest-for-redemption/hawaiis-unexpected-role-in-american-blues-music/

Very creative and a good entry to the challenge.

oh cool, great processing either that or you know something we don't!

Thanks Wendi. Elvis, strumming away in my garden :-)

This is so "Elvissy" Gillian! I love it!! (Wonderful song too.)

Very creative and well done.

Wow!
Great!

My mother took me to see Blue Hawaii when we were on holiday in Durban in December 1960 - we met up with a friend of hers who was quite shocked that I was allowed to see such a risqué movie! I was ten years old at that stage. I loved it!! ;-D

I remember seeing the movie, but not the year. Glad it brought back some memories, Paul :-)

Very clever work Gillian and great information.

heartbreaking sweetness, superb!

Very nice work!

nicely done 'tribute' image, could easily be one of his album covers . . .

A wonderful tribute to Elvis, and I really appreciate all the history of both the song and the slide guitar!

Oh wow what memories that song just brought back ...(no I'm not explaining ... lol ) Clever presentation and thanks for the backup information. :)

Wonderful tribute to a great entertainer. Very pretty.

Cool image Gillian! Well done!

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate your feedback :-)

you seem to like Elvis, interesting introduction, I am a big fan of Robert Johnson.
Nice picture