Use an online grout calculator to get a reliable estimate of how much you'll need. Enter the information from Steps 1, 2 and 3 and record the number. Purchase slightly more grout or mortar than needed just to insure you have what you need.
James Burton's many famous friends. James played with Elvis as a member of the TCB band until Elvis' death in 1977. He has also played with Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Dean Martin, The Everly Brothers, Bobby Darin, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others. James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
He also received a posthumous writing credit for the song To Live Is to Die from the band's fourth studio album, ...And Justice for All. On September 27, 1986, Burton was killed in a bus accident in Kronoberg County, a rural area of southern Sweden, as the band was touring in support of the Master of Puppets album. Burton was replaced by bassist Jason Newsted the following month. He was also posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica on April 4, 2009. He was selected as the ninth greatest bassist of all time in an online reader poll organized by Rolling Stone magazine in 2011.