China — country gutted about Elvis, say? (8)
I believe the answer is:
crockery
'china' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'country gutted about elvis say?' is the wordplay.
'gutted' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'elvis say?' becomes 'rocker' (Elvis Presley was a rock and roll musician).
'country' with its middle taken out is 'cy'.
'cy' enclosing 'rocker' is 'CROCKERY'.
(Other definitions for crockery that I've seen before include "Dishware" , "Chinaware" , "bowls" , "Tableware" , "Earthenware vessels" .)