list Quittenton only as the acoustic guitar player. In his 2015 book, "Elton John, From Tin Pan Alley to the Yellow Brick Road," which chronicles the star's rise to fame from the start of his solo career in the late sixties to the end of the seventies, author Keith Hayward indicates the mandolin player might have been Davey Johnstone in one of his earlier session appearances prior to joining Elton John's band as his guitarist. References Rod Stewart songs 1971 songs Songs written by Rod Stewart The Everly Brothers songs Earl Scruggs songs 1971 singles Song recordings produced by Rod Stewart Mercury Records singles