Elvis: The Concert is a concert tour started in 1997 that features audio and video recordings of Elvis Presley, accompanied live by his 1970s backup band. Origins In the mid-1990s, Elvis Presley Enterprises started experimenting with recordings of Presley's live concerts, and discovered that through the use of sound mixing they were able to eliminate virtually all of the ambient noise from the multitrack recordings, thus leaving only Presley's voice. After some work, they conceived a special concert to be held on August 16, 1997, the twentieth anniversary of Presley's death. The show featured Presley's original 1970s back-up band (TCB Band) and his backup singers (The Stamps Quartet, The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations and Millie Kirkham) and was performed at Memphis, Tennessee's Mid-South Coliseum. During the show, Priscilla Presley introduced a video that Lisa Marie Presley made. The video was of Lisa Marie performing a duet with her father on the song "Don't Cry Daddy". It was so successful that the video was shown again. The show was a huge success, gaining worldwide press. The massive success of the show prompted EPE to draw up plans for a special version of the show to take on the road. The World Tour Starting in 1998, a scaled-down version of the show was taken on tour. The format of the show follows one of Presley's 1970s live concerts, albeit somewhat differently. The line-up of musicians involved is as follows: James BurtonLead Guitar Jerry ScheffBass After Scheff left the TCB band, he has been replaced on the more recent tours by Norbert Putnam Ronnie TuttDrums Tutt is sometimes unable to perform with Presley's band due to pressing worldwide commitments (which include playing drums in Neil Diamond's band). For these shows, he is replaced by his friend and protégé Paul Leim Glen D. HardinPiano, Keyboards Joe GuercioOrchestra Conductor Backing vocals: The Sweet InspirationsEstelle Brown, Myrna Smith, Portia Brown The Stamps QuartetEd Enoch, Ed Hill, Royce Taylor, Butch Owens The ImperialsTerry Blackwood, Joe Moscheo, Sherman Andrus Millie KirkhamSoprano Rhythm guitarist John Wilkinson, having suffered a stroke in 1989, was unable to join the band and was replaced by Tony Smith. (However, Wilkinson did join the group at the 25th anniversary concert, held at the Pyramid in Memphis.) The show was conceived by Todd Morgan, Randy Johnson. Joe Guercio and Stig Edgren. Produced by Elvis Presley Enterprises and Stig Edgren Directed and staged by Randy Johnson