I've been playing for 45 years, and sometimes when I think "hey I'm pretty darn good", I listen to Danny and I think, "There's a shiny Maserati convertible flying down a sunny country road, and I'm a rusty Yugo, stuck in a muddy pot hole." Thanks for posting this!
@@paulf6784 nah I love a challenge. It just inspired me to keep exploring to find my own niche. Danny was a true anomaly and music is a competition it's an art. And Aretha Franklin wrote chain of fools using only one chord. Aretha and Danny are both greats but not at all similar to each other except for the fact they both were just themselves and exposed their SOUL to the world. No 2 souls are the same 🙏
Roy spent a lot of time in the DC area in the late '50's - early '60's. At some point he played at Chick Hall's Surf club in Brentwood Maryland and years earlier, as I've been told, Chick Hall (senior) sold Roy his first electric guitar.....
When Danny is not playing the most incredible lead lines he is busy playing the most unbelievable rhythm guitar you have ever heard .... I am speechless!
Hi Mark. Thank you for posting this "hidden gem" I hadn't seen before of my all-time favourite guitarist Danny Gatton. I have a copy of the Elmira Street CD that Danny signed for me when I lived in the U.S. and a nicer more humble guy you couldn't meet. He took the time to sit with me for an hour or so and show me some of his playing up close and personal, and I'll never forget him. Greetings to you from Ireland.
Danny is the only guitarist who deserves to be put next to Django both are natural players and both can play anything that comes into their head no matter how complicated. A very rare gift
My dad introduced me to Danny Gatton when I was a little kid and I’ve been listening to him ever since. He’s arguably one of the greatest guitar players, if not the greatest guitar player who ever lived. Also, his saxophone player could fucking wail.
Saw his name on a recent top Telecaster players list, and mentioned by folks reviewing who got left off Rolling Stones top 250 guitarists list. My God, this guy is one hell of a player.
Ralph sat next to me at Anacostia high school. He use to draw pictures of me with my 1958 Gibson Explorer guitar. I would give anything to have those back. He was a great artist.
It's that massive pedal board with all those effects that make him sound so good... or not. Seriously though, Danny had all his effects in his fingers. If ever there was a MASTER of an instrument it is Danny on his Tele. Many great guitarists out there - only one Danny Gatton - RIP Brother.
My favorite guitar player and am still excited when I attempt to play a few of his licks off the video i bought years ago that Arlen Roth produced quite nicely!
Thank you so very much for uploading. Lived in the DC area and was so lucky to see him all around town. Of course so many guitar players would be there, eyes bugging out, jaws dropping ... The Master of the Telecaster, the Humbler, the one and only Danny Gatton!
MAN! I wish he never stopped playing this tele. When he started playing that one that the custom shop made...the one he plays on ACL... his tone was never this raw and open again.
I don't know who said it but....someone made a comment a long time ago that Danny was ambidextrous (meaning both left & right-handed) so.....I think that explains his dexterity on the fretboard! What an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G guitarist!!! Sadly missed even today!!! :(
Did Fender make a Mastercaster especially for Danny? I heard that it was a limited production model and Fender made it for Danny because Les Paul considers Danny the best guitar player ever, and Danny played for his 80th birthday party. Does anyone know if that is true? What an accolade the man who invented the electric guitar considers you the best!!! It is so sad he had to end his career the way he did
@@kelleyfletcher1872 Thank you so much for share. The real Master of the String! I can't judge people who did as Danny. No one know how broken may soul be inside and how many power left to pushing yourself to live with this hurt. At least it was his own choice. Maybe, too short life way, but not the worst way to left this world. R.I.P.
Wow! He alway's amazes me. I practice daily and been playing since childhood and he alway's seems to put me smiling again. Thank You for posting this video.
One pedal sitting on top of his fender amp. I believe it is a boss distortion effect he used for gain and overdrive in some of the edgier songs. So basically it is his fingers making that Magic
Would anyone like to fill me in with some info regarding Danny’s singer? Iconic for me seeing him in all these videos - I bet there is some history there. Also all you fellers who were in the DC area and knew Danny and Roy, from a 25 year old from near London, you boys are pretty much gods by proxy to have been around. Sad to hear a lot of you locals believe Roy Buchanan was done in by the coppers. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
It has some form of rail humbuckers in it. Having said that I bet if Danny was still around you could plug in in to a $99 Squire guitar and the crappiest practice amp and he would still sound like Danny.
"But but but I have a drum machine and autotune. This is so old. WAAAA" - TikTok dorks Listen kids. This is your anchor to making real music here. Listen and learn.
Wasn't he just terrific. Sad that he is no longer with us. Chet Atkins (RIP), Mark Knopfler, Jimi Hendricks (RIP), Carlos Santana, or anyone else, can't hold a candle to this guy. Too bad the never played together.
Instrumental 00:00 Elivis medley 07:01 Blues 14:57 Hey good lookin 23:42 Cajun & other Instrumentals 27:35 Harlem Nocturne 37:47 Lotta lovin 48:12 Ram-bunk-shush 52:23 Sleepwalk 57:57 Honky tonkin country girl 1:04:10 Honky tonk 1:07:55 Shotgun/them changes/bass & drum solo/shotgun 1:13:20 Red headed woman 1:30:59 Blues 1:39:00 i dont know the names of a lot of stuff they played
When I started out in the mid 70s,I had this idea these pros all played like this,they could improvise and make triple Lindy's and stick the landings lol...no I thought Jeff Beck and Van Halen had it all cornered.....No this guy is jimi Hendrix good or better...his style is completely rockabilly,jazz,country...I don't notice blues rock distinctly in his huge utube clips....this is the real deal...like water off a duck easy for him
Yep, B. B. King covered the tune "Rainbow Riot" on his "Blues 'n' Jazz " album, although I think the arrangement Danny is playing owes more to the Bill Doggett version. The tune was written by jazz trumpeter Andy Gibson and songwriter Angelyn Carlington.
Politics or not - Ive been thinking of Washington DC as "Guitar city", because theres really a lot of great guitarists from there (Roy Buchanan and Jimmy Thackery being my 2 other top guys).
They were good friends, actually. Don't get me wrong, Roy's was a true master, but I never cared for that Ice Pick in the ear tone. Danny's tone, was much warmer to the ear and I enjoyed his playing more because of it.
@@MarkSmith-uz5lr Many of us from the DC/MD/VA area are still not convinced Roy hung himself - knowing what the Fairfax County police were like back then....sad either way!
Why? @@soundchaser2061 Was he some kind of threat? He had the right color of skin for that part of the country...I need more info before I will accept that answer.
What that singer was doing in this band is beyond me. He was so totally out of his league it's embarrassing. Bill Holloman was such a great addition to Danny's outfit. He played sax like a demon and sang like an angel...and he played keyboards!
