. ▁After ▁listening ▁to ▁it ▁we ▁actually ▁thought ▁it ▁was ▁awful ▁and ▁couldn ' t ▁figure ▁out ▁why ▁El vis ▁wanted ▁to ▁do ▁that ." ▁However , ▁what ▁Sto ker ▁did ▁not ▁realize ▁was ▁that ▁Pres ley ▁wanted ▁to ▁record ▁the ▁version ▁he ▁saw ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁by ▁Fred die ▁Bell ▁and ▁the ▁Bell bo ys ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁performing ▁since ▁May . ▁As ▁session ▁pian ist ▁Em id io ▁" Short y ▁Long " ▁V agn oni ▁left ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁re he ars al ▁for ▁a ▁stage ▁show , ▁Sto ker ▁plays ▁piano ▁on ▁this ▁recording ▁of ▁" H ound ▁Dog ". < ref >[ http :// www . sc ott ym o ore . net / inter view _ by _ J on athan _ W ing ate . html ▁Jonathan ▁Wing ate , ▁" On ▁Stage ▁with ▁El vis " ▁( Inter view ▁with ▁Scot ty ▁Moore ), ▁Music ▁Mart ▁( 2 0 0 5 )] </ ref > ▁As ▁Sto ker ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁also ▁sing ▁first ▁ten or , ▁" the ▁Jordan aires ▁try ▁to ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁combined ▁sound ▁as ▁best ▁they ▁can ▁to ▁cover ▁it , ▁and ▁Gordon ▁laugh s ▁as ▁he ▁states , ▁' That ' s ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁worst ▁sounds ▁we ▁ever ▁got ▁on ▁any ▁record !' ▁However ▁El vis ▁ins ists ▁on ▁doing ▁the ▁song , ▁and ▁the ▁results , ▁al beit ▁without ▁Gordon ▁singing ▁ten or , ▁will ▁still ▁do ▁more ▁than ▁please ▁the ▁masses .