Louie Shelton interview with Alessandro Sorbello Part 1 of 2

In 2007, producer, Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com interviewed Louie Shelton on Australias Gold Coast for New Realm Media http://www.newrealm.com.au . Louie Shelton http://www.louieshelton.com discussed his career and the his experiences playing with such artists as Boz Scaggs' "Low Down", Lionel Richie's "Hello", Neil Diamond's "Play Me", The Jackson Five's "I Want You Back", "ABC" and "I'll Be There, The Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville" and "Valerie". Some of the other artists Louie recorded with include John Lennon, Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Kenny Rodgers, The Mamas & Papas, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald and many others.
Not only did Louie play guitar on Seals & Crofts greatest hits, "Summer Breeze", "Diamond Girl", "We May Never Pass This Way Again" and "Get Closer", he produced their many Gold and Platinum albums. Some of Louie's other production credits include Art Garfunkle, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Dan Seals, Cory Wells (of Three Dog Night), Jane Oliver, The Southern Sons, Mother Hubbard and Nashville Guitars.
As a recording artist himself, Louie has released five albums to date. "Touch Me" , "Guitar", "Hot & Spicy", "Urban Culture" and "Nashville Guitars"
While successfully working within all facets of the music industry in Los Angeles for many years, which includes session guitarist, recording artist, record production, and composing and playing on countless movie scores and television shows, Louie had the opportunity of working closely with the great composers Henry Mancini, Dave Grusin, Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifron.
That unmistakable guitar riff at the start of The Monkees' Last Train to Clarksville? That's Louie. The Jackson 5's I Want You Back. That's him, too. Seals and Crofts' Summer Breeze. The guitar solo on Hello by Lionel Richie.
John Lennon, Ringo Starr, the Mamas and the Papas, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Barbra Streisand, Joe Cocker, Glen Campbell . . . He's played for all of them, as well as working with composers for film like Henry Mancini.
Although Louie spent more time playing his guitar than anything else, he was still a kid in school, and, surprisingly, that's where the life altering event took place that would change his musical views and direction forever. That event was "Elvis", an unknown singer from Memphis who performed in Louie's Junior High school auditorium in front of about two hundred kids. The impact on young Louie was so great he remembers it as if it were only yesterday. There was just Elvis on stage with two other musicians. No drummer, just Scotty Moor on electric guitar and Bill Black on bass. Elvis sang and gyrated through several songs, most memorable being, ""That's Alright Mama", which was soon released as Elvis' first single.

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• Lionel Richie's Hello
• Neil Diamond's Play Me
• ABC and I'll Be There
• John Lennon
• Whitney Houston
• Barbra Streisand
• Marvin Gaye
• Diana Ross
• The Carpenters
• Joe Cocker
• Kenny Rodgers
• The Mamas & Papas
• James Brown
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Summer Breeze
• Diamond Girl

[Zepster77]

@DanFlorida Hey Dan, it is "JoJo", a song by Boz Skaggs.

[DanFlorida]

What's the first song heard in this clip?

[robnobilia]

Awesome interview!!!!

[pmaroney402]

Wow! What life experiences, what a talent.