Danny Gatton explains why it was so hard to get a record deal
Danny Gatton and excerpt from his interview for "The Humbler Danny Gatton"
Danny Gatton Solos with a Full Beer Bottle
Guitar World News Danny Gatton Solos with a Full Beer Bottle and Towel — Video Posted 08/25/2015 by Damian Fanelli The late Danny Gatton had a nickname: "The Humbler." As in, "You think you're so great? Let's see you go head to head with Gatton. You will be humbled." Guitar World DVD: Learn '30 Hot Country Licks' in Styles of Brent Mason, Danny Gatton, James Burton and More Gatton, who also was known as "the Telemaster" and "the world's greatest unknown guitarist" (a nickname he shared with his friend Roy Buchanan) could play country, rockabilly, jazz and blues guitar with equal authority—and sometimes [...]
Danny Gatton & Les Paul – Sleepwalk
An excerpt from the feature documentary "The Humbler - Danny Gatton". Danny Gatton and Les Paul discuss each other in mutual admiration. "Sleepwalk" is from a concert at the Flood Zone in 1990 with Danny Gatton and Bill Kirchen on guitars, John Previti on Bass, Dave Elliott on drums and Bruce Swaim on tenor sax.
Why Danny Gatton traded his 53 Telecaster
Once Danny Gatton had the prototype of the #Fender Custom Shop #DannyGatton Signature Telecaster he felt he could trade his loved but very worn 1953 Telecaster for a 1934 Ford. Music from the "Relentless" Album - "Gearheads" by D. Gatton. Danny Gatton - Guitar, Joey DeFrancesco, keyboards, John Previti, bass and Tim Biery, drums. Shot on location at Danny's farm in Southern Maryland. Video cameras were Ron Leidelmeyer and Matt Dibble, sound by Edna Snow, Stills by Mark Daniels, Producer/Director, Virginia Quesada.
Joel Harrison On Danny Gatton
Guitarist Joel Harrison on Local Legends, D.C. Roadhouse Sounds, and Anthony Pirog Posted by Steve Kiviat on March 26, 2015 at 11:15 am (original article) New York-based, D.C.-raised guitarist Joel Harrison is best known as a jazz player with South Asian and classical influences. But this Saturday night, he’s taking a D.C. roadhouse approach, and on Sunday, he's taking on the sound of a jazz-funk-rock power trio. On Saturday at the recently expanded honky-tonk JV's in Falls Church, Harrison, who is on the locally based Cuneiform Records, will be joining labelmate and fellow eclectic guitarist Anthony Pirog as part of [...]