Great to see someone doing some lesser known Elton John songs. And the Dont shoot me album is awsome.

Elton John was inspired by Leon Russell a great song writer and musician. Elton spent a year helping him get into the rockin roll hall of fame about 15 years ago. The album this song is from is, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player. It was my first Elton John album and I listened to it over and over again in the early 70's when I was about 14 years old 1973. I have never seen anyone else react to this song

The guitarist is Davey Johnstone who has been in Elton’s band since 1972 but played on the Madman Across the Water in 1971 which is another brilliant album and the title track is eerie and well worth diving into. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding from the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road will, I think, blow you away also. Here’s Have Mercy on the Criminal live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 1986 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edWfidunxN65lJc.html

String arrangements by Paul Buckmaster.

I'll add to some deeper tracks for Elton, "Tower of Babel", "The King Must Die", "I've Seen That Movie Too ", "Blue Eyes", "Come Down In Tine", "Bitter Fingers", "High Flying Bird" for starts but there are many, many more! Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics and Elton put them to music!

Lyrics by the incomparable Bernie Taupin and music by Elton. One of the greatest songwriting partnership ever. Fantastic reaction!! Thank you! Best wishes from the UK.

About the blues: Sir Elton (then Reginald Dwight) formed the band Bluesology early on so lots of blues in his early days. Trivia: Bluesology later became the backing band for Long John Baldry (a great British blues man in his own right) from whom Reginald took the “John” of his new name. Anyway this is a great track and it’s bluesy feel is well earned. Great to hit some of the lesser known pieces!

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One of my favourite EJ albums

Actually Bernie Taupin wrote most of Elton's songs.

The guitarist is Davey Johnstone, who was with Elton John throughout his whole career...

The Guitarist is Davey Johnstone. A Folk Guitarist from Edinburgh Scotland. He joined Eltons band in 1971. He plays all kinds of string instruments. Go watch Elton John 60th Birthday Holiday Inn, and see Daveys mandolin playing

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One of my favorite EJ songs and one of my fav. Solos. Davey Johnstone guitar, Bernie Taupin lyrics.

I ended up a prog man but first love was Elton John and some of his early stuff was prog like, telling stories while chord changes abound.

When I saw Elton in the mid eighties he played acoustic guitar on "Love Song"

He was a good singer. He got old

Try his "Ticking" or for more of his piano try "Tonight"...Awesome songs and quite different from each other, with one telling a story and the other lamenting the loss of a relationship! And for an absolute banger, try his "Better Off Dead", such interesting poetry in that one too!

Yep, this is the real Elton John. I think he was in Long John Baldry's band for many years. Welcome home to the good stuff.

The guitarist is Davey Johnstone. If you want intense along this line try "Ticking"

Well John, I really like your attitude... I would really like to know what you think about one of my very favourite songs of Elton John: Come down in time from his early album Tumbleweed Connection.

Elton Jonh ROCKET MAN !!!!

Have you heard of Ethel Cain? She’s an amazing singer and songwriter and a few weeks ago she released her new album Preacher's daughter. I would like to know your opinion about the album. Greetings!

John? Elton literally began his career as a blues singer. He founded BLUESOLOGY a band he began when he was 14

That's hard To handle good music.

0 seconds ago You need to listen to his early stuff, your missing out on a lot.. The live version of this song is awesome…. Its on KZfaq.

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Stop moving! The music isn't going where your head is going.

While I agree this is a great song, since you're justing starting with Elton, save the deep tracks for later. Classics like Tiny Dancer, Levon, Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Bennie and the Jets, Daniel, and Someone Saved My Life Tonight should be next.

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