Washington, DC music critic Richard Harrington may have said it best, "Danny can play anybody's music. Nobody can play Danny's music." I was lucky enough to see Danny and Robert Gordon at "The Humbler" gig at Berkeley Square, which was the best show of my life.
That really is the best quote about the man, along with the "World's most famous unknown guitarist", or something to that effect. I play a Telecaster in large part because of Danny.
You saw that show? Damn. Lucky. Its just insane how many vids there are on TH-cam where he’s playin in some shitty dive bar like by the men’s room door or by the dart board and you can hear the bar crowd talking so loud and not giving one ounce of attention to the greatest guitarist ever to have lived. It’s like they’re so lucky and they don’t even know it cuz they’ve just been to a show of the greatest guitarist they’ve ever heard that they’ve never even heard of. Even if you asked them afterwards they would never know who you were talking about and you almost wanna strangle them for their dumb luck and then you remember how tragic Danny’s life was and you wanna cry.
@@existentialcwboycause most people are dumb as rocks and ignorant as can be. They think if it’s not a song by Hendrix or zeppelin or Skynyrd they do not think it’s worth listening to
Danny was completely overwhelming to any audience. He literally sucked the air out of the room. Honestly it's difficult to breathe when he's laying it down. There's never been anyone before him or since him that could do it better. A cold-blooded fretboard murderer if there's ever been one.
Danny's brother was a Bell System technician in DC. I was cleaning out lockers (I was a Bell Atlantic tech, post-divestiture) at 45 L street prior to the building's destruction and found an 8455 meter with GATTON written across the inside flap.
Danny was and still is the best !!! Luckily I was fortunate enough to meet him and have conversation with him as he was very approachable. He was gracious enough to sign my Tele pickguard. Great player and sadly missed.
@pb12661 I always said that... until I discovered Danny Gatton. I mean, there are so many incredible guitarists out there that it really is impossible to ultimately define a single player as "the best." But then I started listening to this Danny Gatton fella, and honestly had to rethink my position.
Simply the most brilliant guitarist to ever walk this earth. Just think what could have been if Danny hadn’t passed. To have this footage is gold though.
danny gatton is the reason why i think that there is always something new to learn about guitar playing and music in general. my father introduced me to danny gatton when i was a young girl in the early 2000's. and almost 20 years later, this is still one of my fav things to watch. thank you so much for uploading this
Hi, if you have never heard Danny's "New York Stories" recording, I can not recommend it enough to you as an essential document of his vast talents. Plus the other musicians with him are simply amazing as is the music itself. The whole album is uploaded on here, and you might still be able to find a relatively inexpensive cd online. Take care. 😊
I brought my father-in-law who lives in Fairview Beach a Roy Buchanan album I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of the last time my wife and I visited him. He mentioned Danny as another great guitar player he used to listen to, and also mentioned how Danny lived nearby in Maryland. I'm so glad my FIL turned me onto Danny because I'm absolutely in love with his style.
I have a partial copy of this from a poorly made VHS recording off of public access TV - I always regretted not recording the whole thing. This is MUCH appreciated!
An acquaintance took a few guitar lessons from Danny. He said it was an hour of guitar techniques and playing, and another hour or more of talking about cars and engines. RIP, "The Humbler."
I think I've watched this 5 times over the past two months, with certain segments on repeat. What a fantastic document of Danny Gatton, and the great John Previti. The interviewer clearly knows his stuff, and keeps it moving just enough. I miss the days of smaller cable tv programming.
I am so blessed to have watched and listen to Danny play so many times. I have that issue of guitar player that he signed for me and one of the little picks that he gave me that you see tucked into the pick guard on the Tele. Danny didn’t play music he summoned it…
3rd time hearing this man and as a 21 yr old guitarist who has only been playing for 2 years this man is incredible. i thought my favorite player was srv but seeing this guy makes me totally reconsider.
Funny to me that people don't talk about Danny anymore. When people die a normal death they get relentlessly eulogised. A suicide gets shunned for some reason. What has that to do with music?
Upon hearing Mr. Gatton's playing 10+ years ago, I didn't get it. I wasn't versed in the history of his many genres & influences. Now that I've researched this knowledge, I can state that, without doubt, he was a Master of the Tele, & a musical genius of the highest caliber! Lightyears ahead of his time! R.I.P.!
The greatest guitar player of all time. He plays the song, he backs the other players and never overplays. He's EVH, Atkins, Beck all in one and a million miles ahead, well maybe 1 mile ahead of Chet!
@@HunterHendricksonMusic This is a rendition of 'Secret Love' once sung by Doris Day. A lot of people on here are praising him, rightly so but, here he loses the plot in my opinion ! the melody gets obscured in amongst all those notes. I know it's an alternative jazzy take, It sounds like self indulgence and the bass is intrusive at times..
In fact, it's probably more likely for great artists to suffer from depression than for the general public (Van Gogh, Munch, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and so many more) Danny Gatton..."The Humbler" - a true genius
If a person is a well founded Christian, they can deal with life, because we know the truth, and have something to look forward to. Even Apostle Paul had an affliction. Paul asked Our Lord three times to remove the affliction. Our Lord said, “No, My grace is sufficient for you.” When we are humble, that is when the Holy Spirit can do much inside our hearts.
@@thomaspick4123True depression is a neurological predisposition and is beyond explanation to anyone who has not experienced its devastation. God understands this…
Aaah ... the old leslies . Back when they were mostly still hand - built and mechanical , not electronic . First time I saw one was about '67 - '68 at a local armory dance . Leaned on the thing the rest of the night .
Danny is up on the "Mt Rushmore" of the greatest - I was born in Alexandria and grew up in Northern Virginia in the 70s and 80s. Danny Gatton's legend will never die.
The single player who got me into country playing. Both him and Steve howe showed me that you can be a musical chameleon and play any genre you want. RIP Danny and condolences to his family. Depression is a wicked disease. For some reason his suicide really gets to me….He was a such a pure, kind, and extraordinary person. Thankful we have his music to enjoy and learn from.
Don't forget Roy Buchanan another master of the Telecaster and another suicide. Hung his self in a jail cell, or at least that's what the cops say. That's what they always say and of course nobody believes anything the cops say. I sure don't.
I am 68 years old and I have been around music all my life i loved the guitar sence I was 4 years old and I tought myself to play the guitar and I play just like him I practice every day.
This is what true guitar God is.A master in every sense .I've been playing for over 30 years. So many tricks and techniques. And still today No One comes close.
The song they briefly play beginning at 22:59 into the interview, is from one of the, imo,single greatest recordings Danny was part of.." New York Stories". The song is titled of course " One For Lenny".
All is welcome. You have no idea how hard it was to find this video, I had to find that performance of One for Lenny after I first saw it a few months back.
Danny Gatton was so amazing so missed and was shocked when I found out he lived less than 10 miles from me well after he left us ,man he was so awesome
At around 25:15 he hits a fast, repetitive, double-stop rockabilly riff that Al Anderson used to play once and a while with NRBQ. I wonder who created it. Later in the same jam song with the acoustic bass player, Gatton sneaks in the lead line (twice) of the old George Benson hardbop song “The Cooker.” Interviewer looks like Peter Fonda.
Saw him in Philly in maybe 1992, and Danny never played the same thing twice for the entire show. Recently got the chance to see Tommy Emmanuel, and he ALMOST did that. But I"ve never seen that from anyone else.
Jeff Beck once said "all the wrong people are getting the big pieces of the pie" I wonder if he might have been referring to Danny? One of the best who ever lived. And so few people besides guitar players have ever heard of him.
@@dennisneo1608 Danny Gatton chose his own path in life. He paid the price for the choices he made. He knew as well as anybody else that the music business is not about music, but he continued to be who he was. The guy was so good he was scary, and maybe he was kind of intimidating. He even said that in the studio, they told him to "tone it down and play like you're 12" There were other virtuosos who were huge commercial successes, Les Paul, Jimmy Bryant, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Albert Lee, Brad Paisley Jerry Reed, too manly to list here. Maybe Danny just didn't want to play ball with the corporate. Edison died a multi millionaire, Tesla died broke with debt. Edison played ball with JP Morgan, Tesla followed his own vision. Our way of life venerates those who play ball and reviles the loners. If you choose that path, you pay that price. At least Danny left us some amazing records and video footage.
@@jpalberthoward9, an interviewer once asked the iconoclastic guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson "so, how come you're not famous?". Thompson replied, "there are two possible answers to that question: the first is, maybe I don't want to be; and the second is, people might not really like what I do". I've seen Thompson play many times, but sadly never got to see Danny ---- I had tickets to see him on the tour to support "Cruisin' Deuces", but he canceled the tour, saying he didn't want to spend that much time on the road away from his family. Just a few months later, he was gone. My loss is nothing compared to loss suffered by his family, especially his daughter (I've lost family members to depression and the often-attendant drug abuse). I had read that Danny once told her he would support her in anything she wanted to do as long as it wasn't in music. Danny had a strong interest in biology and archeology, and I believe his daughter became a marine biologist.
@@goodun2974 Roy Buchanan was also quoted as saying " This whole star business scares the hell out of me" Keith Richards once said "Everybody wants to be a star, but nobody wants to do the work to become a musician." Or, as Albert King put it "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"
@@jpalberthoward9 , I really tried to like Roy Buchanan musically; I bought a half-dozen of his records but ended up giving them all away. Nobody in the record business seemed to know what to do with him; he had lots of then-unique techniques, and became influential to other players, but he couldn't seem to translate his skills to making good music consistently. Reportedly, if you heard him when he was young he could be terrific if he was having an inspired night (a co-worker saw him twice, said he was awesome one time but absolutely terrible at another show); but once he became an alcoholic it just hollowed him out. I saw him play a few months before he died and it was a sad affair. Buchanan fans often take sides against Danny Gatton and in favor of Roy ---- the two were once roommates ---- but I feel Danny left behind a better legacy recording-wise. In a more perfect world they'd still be alive, strong, better known and appreciated, and able to make a good living in music. BTW, I also remember that Jesse Ed Davis died within a few months of Roy; another great player tragically gone.
How is it that i know about ROY CLARK and not Danny Gatton...how? This man is amazing. Seriously. I've heard them all and this man lays it down in a way of his own.
@@williamgreenfield9991 yes, however he's not typically my preferred style of music. I can't deny however that he is an amazing guitar player. Love the Killswitch.
@@TheZguitarboy67 Thanks for your reply and please ignore the idiots who are screaming about stealing. I just discovered Buckethead a couple of weeks ago and have been listening to more of his stuff every day. He plays in quite a few different styles from face melting shredding to very original Prog rock to the most tender, heart wrenching, soul stirring balladry I believe I've ever heard. I've been a devotee of the electric guitar all my 71 years (since I saw Jimi live in '68 anyway). I love rock, jazz, prog, and acoustic guitarists. Never have I been so moved as by Buckethead. Thanks for posting this. Just got a good speaker for my computer so I'm checking out all these great videos of artists I barely know. Gatton IS amazing.
Danny was a musical genius who was reluctantly in the music business... in other words, he would just as soon have worked on old hot-rods or done something else, as play music. He stuck close to home, too, near his Maryland and Virginia roots. In some ways, he was like Wes Montgomery, another home-body who was a genius musician. If you wanted to see Wes, and this was for years on end, you had to go to Indianapolis, Indiana, because he rarely left or toured outside of that area. When he was "discovered" by Cannonball Adderley that changed.... but same with Danny. Which is why Danny was on the cover of that famous "Unknown Greats" Guitar Player magazine. I sure do miss him! I will never forget how shocked I was when we heard the news he was gone. Man, what a terrible loss... I sure am glad I got to see him live a couple of times before he checked out.
I bought a fire fly telecaster former owner put the Joe Barden Gatton pick ups in it after all these yrs I see what every one is talking about R.I .P Danny .
Sad about that guy....depression is hard.....i know first hand . He was a genius and i remember him well......a telecaster master akin to Roy Buchanan who ironically was a depressive and also took his life tragically
Danny and Django play different styles. But they have a lot in common. Complete masters of the fretboard. Uncanny ability to play any musical idea that came into their head. instantly and flawlessly no matter how complicated and they both got bored with the guitar They new it's limitations it was no longer a challenge. Playing the guitar for these 2 was as easy as walking or talking
Washington, DC music critic Richard Harrington may have said it best, "Danny can play anybody's music. Nobody can play Danny's music." I was lucky enough to see Danny and Robert Gordon at "The Humbler" gig at Berkeley Square, which was the best show of my life.
Holy Smokenzaggen! That opener.
That really is the best quote about the man, along with the "World's most famous unknown guitarist", or something to that effect. I play a Telecaster in large part because of Danny.
You saw that show? Damn. Lucky. Its just insane how many vids there are on TH-cam where he’s playin in some shitty dive bar like by the men’s room door or by the dart board and you can hear the bar crowd talking so loud and not giving one ounce of attention to the greatest guitarist ever to have lived. It’s like they’re so lucky and they don’t even know it cuz they’ve just been to a show of the greatest guitarist they’ve ever heard that they’ve never even heard of. Even if you asked them afterwards they would never know who you were talking about and you almost wanna strangle them for their dumb luck and then you remember how tragic Danny’s life was and you wanna cry.
@@existentialcwboycause most people are dumb as rocks and ignorant as can be. They think if it’s not a song by Hendrix or zeppelin or Skynyrd they do not think it’s worth listening to
Danny was completely overwhelming to any audience. He literally sucked the air out of the room. Honestly it's difficult to breathe when he's laying it down. There's never been anyone before him or since him that could do it better. A cold-blooded fretboard murderer if there's ever been one.
Danny's brother was a Bell System technician in DC. I was cleaning out lockers (I was a Bell Atlantic tech, post-divestiture) at 45 L street prior to the building's destruction and found an 8455 meter with GATTON written across the inside flap.
Danny was and still is the best !!! Luckily I was fortunate enough to meet him and have conversation with him as he was very approachable. He was gracious enough to sign my Tele pickguard. Great player and sadly missed.
there is no best.
One mostly compliments the next ...I agree there is No Best ...But He is Definitely in that Group
a Real Craftsman
@pb12661 I always said that... until I discovered Danny Gatton. I mean, there are so many incredible guitarists out there that it really is impossible to ultimately define a single player as "the best." But then I started listening to this Danny Gatton fella, and honestly had to rethink my position.
Danny Gatton was a guitar god if ever there was one. Absolute genius. Gone way too soon.
Simply the most brilliant guitarist to ever walk this earth.
Just think what could have been if Danny hadn’t passed. To have this footage is gold though.
danny gatton is the reason why i think that there is always something new to learn about guitar playing and music in general.
my father introduced me to danny gatton when i was a young girl in the early 2000's. and almost 20 years later, this is still one of my fav things to watch. thank you so much for uploading this
Hi, if you have never heard Danny's "New York Stories" recording, I can not recommend it enough to you as an essential document of his vast talents. Plus the other musicians with him are simply amazing as is the music itself. The whole album is uploaded on here, and you might still be able to find a relatively inexpensive cd online. Take care. 😊
I brought my father-in-law who lives in Fairview Beach a Roy Buchanan album I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of the last time my wife and I visited him. He mentioned Danny as another great guitar player he used to listen to, and also mentioned how Danny lived nearby in Maryland. I'm so glad my FIL turned me onto Danny because I'm absolutely in love with his style.
I have a partial copy of this from a poorly made VHS recording off of public access TV - I always regretted not recording the whole thing. This is MUCH appreciated!
Before he even started the tune, the harmonics he opened up with already sold me on the greatness. Only ever heard of Danny Gatton until now.
You should read the book about him. It’s awesome.
Best ever 👌🎼
Best danny gatton interview ever
Best Guitar Player I have ever seen and I have heard Quite a few !!!! Redneck Jazz Forever!!!!!
Man, I really wish this guy was still around.
I just discovered him, and everything about him is just so friggin' cool.
Greatest musician that I have ever seen.
for christ's sake, talk some sense boy
An acquaintance took a few guitar lessons from Danny. He said it was an hour of guitar techniques and playing, and another hour or more of talking about cars and engines. RIP, "The Humbler."
Just awesome, a humble talent axe man,,ears n eyes candy for guitar players,,Danny was just abit ahead of his time, kinda of a EVH country version
I think I've watched this 5 times over the past two months, with certain segments on repeat. What a fantastic document of Danny Gatton, and the great John Previti. The interviewer clearly knows his stuff, and keeps it moving just enough. I miss the days of smaller cable tv programming.
I am so blessed to have watched and listen to Danny play so many times. I have that issue of guitar player that he signed for me and one of the little picks that he gave me that you see tucked into the pick guard on the Tele.
Danny didn’t play music he summoned it…
Nice comment.
3rd time hearing this man and as a 21 yr old guitarist who has only been playing for 2 years this man is incredible. i thought my favorite player was srv but seeing this guy makes me totally reconsider.
The best of the best is Danny 👌🎼
The man had an understanding of harmony beyond what mankind has figured out this far.
Funny to me that people don't talk about Danny anymore. When people die a normal death they get relentlessly eulogised. A suicide gets shunned for some reason. What has that to do with music?
I think in danny amost every day, love the man, cant pick my nocaster and dont think about him
Saw him at the Birchmere once. Poured beer on the neck and then played slide with the bottle for one encore. Wild.
Awesome, omg. Both the bassist and Mr. Gatton.
What a rich interview - well conducted and a lot of playing was included.
Just discovered this today for the first time ever and I’m just completely blown away completely
Having a video of him playing One for Lenny made my day.
Upon hearing Mr. Gatton's playing 10+ years ago, I didn't get it. I wasn't versed in the history of his many genres & influences. Now that I've researched this knowledge, I can state that, without doubt, he was a Master of the Tele, & a musical genius of the highest caliber! Lightyears ahead of his time! R.I.P.!
More like Grand master of the telecaster.
@@tuguybear930the Telemaster
The greatest guitar player of all time. He plays the song, he backs the other players and never overplays. He's EVH, Atkins, Beck all in one and a million miles ahead, well maybe 1 mile ahead of Chet!
@@8chk92 Calling your balderdash and raising you a codswallop and 2 flapdoodles, Fauntleroy.
Ya.. well Lenny Breau may pop out across that road for second.. ha
Throw Ted Greene on that road as well ......and recently Mateo Mancuso 👍
@@HunterHendricksonMusic This is a rendition of 'Secret Love' once sung by Doris Day. A lot of people on here are praising him, rightly so but, here he loses the plot in my opinion ! the melody gets obscured in amongst all those notes. I know it's an alternative jazzy take, It sounds like self indulgence and the bass is intrusive at times..
@@vincentl.9469 he was told to show off his cornucopia of styles.
even a great artist like Danny can suffer depression gone yet not forgotten . one of a kind
In fact, it's probably more likely for great artists to suffer from depression than for the general public (Van Gogh, Munch, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and so many more) Danny Gatton..."The Humbler" - a true genius
If a person is a well founded Christian, they can deal with life, because we know the truth, and have something to look forward to. Even Apostle Paul had an affliction. Paul asked Our Lord three times to remove the affliction. Our Lord said, “No, My grace is sufficient for you.” When we are humble, that is when the Holy Spirit can do much inside our hearts.
@@thomaspick4123True depression is a neurological predisposition and is beyond explanation to anyone who has not experienced its devastation. God understands this…
Good to see this again. Last time it was uploaded it was removed pretty quickly for some reason.
Exactly! It took me forever to find it afterwards.
Aaah ... the old leslies . Back when they were mostly still hand - built and mechanical , not electronic .
First time I saw one was about '67 - '68 at a local armory dance . Leaned on the thing the rest of the night .
Danny is up on the "Mt Rushmore" of the greatest - I was born in Alexandria and grew up in Northern Virginia in the 70s and 80s. Danny Gatton's legend will never die.
What a player he was, just amazing! First time I’ve seen this interview and hope it doesn’t get removed. Thanks for sharing.
Steve Vai was once asked who he thought was the best guitarist ever, he said Danny Gatton.
The single player who got me into country playing. Both him and Steve howe showed me that you can be a musical chameleon and play any genre you want. RIP Danny and condolences to his family. Depression is a wicked disease. For some reason his suicide really gets to me….He was a such a pure, kind, and extraordinary person. Thankful we have his music to enjoy and learn from.
Don't forget Roy Buchanan another master of the Telecaster and another suicide. Hung his self in a jail cell, or at least that's what the cops say. That's what they always say and of course nobody believes anything the cops say. I sure don't.
Danny and Steve Howe rule
Buddha, that's a really touching tribute to a great player.
Steve Howe, Roy Buchanan and Peter Green my greatest influences.
I am 68 years old and I have been around music all my life i loved the guitar sence I was 4 years old and I tought myself to play the guitar and I play just like him I practice every day.
This video is Pure Gold...thanx for posting it!
This is what true guitar God is.A master in every sense .I've been playing for over 30 years. So many tricks and techniques. And still today No One comes close.
The song they briefly play beginning at 22:59 into the interview, is from one of the, imo,single greatest recordings Danny was part of.." New York Stories". The song is titled of course " One For Lenny".
What this man could do with a guitar has never been rivalled or ever will be…..a true genius of the instrument!
Haven't seen this one. Thank you. I've learned a lot from Danny Gatton slowing down and rewinding his videos dozens of times.
God bless Danny Gatton.
Fantastic to see this again. An interesting mix of Roy Buchanan and Lenny Breau with his own thing as the bond holding the influences together.
Hi Paul 🙂
@@2009framat Hello Frank :)
He’s much better than Roy Buchanan
Thanks for uploading !
I second that lol
All is welcome. You have no idea how hard it was to find this video, I had to find that performance of One for Lenny after I first saw it a few months back.
damn, i'm glad john is still with us.
I wish there was video footage of Danny playing banjo. I'm not even sure I've ever heard it. I'm sure it would be worth a listen
Danny Gatton was so amazing so missed and was shocked when I found out he lived less than 10 miles from me well after he left us ,man he was so awesome
Charles co. Md. White Plains or waldorf?
Absolutely great post, thanks🤙🎸
Wow!.. many thanks for posting this.. Danny was one of the best ever👌👌👌🙏
Unbelievable ....thanks so much for sharing....wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greatest unknown guitar player,one of the greats.
At around 25:15 he hits a fast, repetitive, double-stop rockabilly riff that Al Anderson used to play once and a while with NRBQ.
I wonder who created it.
Later in the same jam song with the acoustic bass player, Gatton sneaks in the lead line (twice) of the old George Benson hardbop song “The Cooker.”
Interviewer looks like Peter Fonda.
Oh my God!
Incredible Player - How is it possible
truly insightful... tasty slide solo at the end is def a bonus.
Leaves you speechless…….but full of emotion. Thanks for posting
When he and Emmons got together ,it was fabulous. Talk about two of a kind, that was it.
Yes sir! If you like buddy emmons I highly suggest this album th-cam.com/video/1Ta2NKtn31M/w-d-xo.html
Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall when Emmons and Gatton met
I watch him playing and and am fascinated by what he does
This probably has the highest ratio of meat to fluff I've ever seen in a music interview. And the instrumental breaks... wow
!!!! thank you for posting
Thank you for uploading!
This is a real treasure. Thanks for uploading it.
Thanks for posting this! 🎸
Danny was in a class by himself...the guitar was an extension of himself...
So great player and so much depression in the end.
His playing is so effortless he even have not struggle at all.
One of the greatest!
@@8chk92 se nota que no has escuchado nada de Danny, comentario gratuito
@@8chk92 whatever pal
So many just never knew how good he was..... Oh, the beer bottle should have been full of beer!
I have seen when the bottles were full,sloshing suds all over the tele neck
Thanks the upload. Brilliant vid!
How warn out is that guitar, ❤
Saw him in Philly in maybe 1992, and Danny never played the same thing twice for the entire show. Recently got the chance to see Tommy Emmanuel, and he ALMOST did that. But I"ve never seen that from anyone else.
Jeff Beck once said "all the wrong people are getting the big pieces of the pie" I wonder if he might have been referring to Danny?
One of the best who ever lived. And so few people besides guitar players have ever heard of him.
Yes, but nobody owes you a slice, regardless of how good you are. That's life.
@@dennisneo1608 Danny Gatton chose his own path in life. He paid the price for the choices he made. He knew as well as anybody else that the music business is not about music, but he continued to be who he was. The guy was so good he was scary, and maybe he was kind of intimidating. He even said that in the studio, they told him to "tone it down and play like you're 12"
There were other virtuosos who were huge commercial successes, Les Paul, Jimmy Bryant, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Albert Lee, Brad Paisley Jerry Reed, too manly to list here. Maybe Danny just didn't want to play ball with the corporate.
Edison died a multi millionaire, Tesla died broke with debt.
Edison played ball with JP Morgan, Tesla followed his own vision. Our way of life venerates those who play ball and reviles the loners. If you choose that path, you pay that price. At least Danny left us some amazing records and video footage.
@@jpalberthoward9, an interviewer once asked the iconoclastic guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson "so, how come you're not famous?". Thompson replied, "there are two possible answers to that question: the first is, maybe I don't want to be; and the second is, people might not really like what I do". I've seen Thompson play many times, but sadly never got to see Danny ---- I had tickets to see him on the tour to support "Cruisin' Deuces", but he canceled the tour, saying he didn't want to spend that much time on the road away from his family. Just a few months later, he was gone. My loss is nothing compared to loss suffered by his family, especially his daughter (I've lost family members to depression and the often-attendant drug abuse). I had read that Danny once told her he would support her in anything she wanted to do as long as it wasn't in music. Danny had a strong interest in biology and archeology, and I believe his daughter became a marine biologist.
@@goodun2974 Roy Buchanan was also quoted as saying " This whole star business scares the hell out of me"
Keith Richards once said "Everybody wants to be a star, but nobody wants to do the work to become a musician."
Or, as Albert King put it "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"
@@jpalberthoward9 , I really tried to like Roy Buchanan musically; I bought a half-dozen of his records but ended up giving them all away. Nobody in the record business seemed to know what to do with him; he had lots of then-unique techniques, and became influential to other players, but he couldn't seem to translate his skills to making good music consistently. Reportedly, if you heard him when he was young he could be terrific if he was having an inspired night (a co-worker saw him twice, said he was awesome one time but absolutely terrible at another show); but once he became an alcoholic it just hollowed him out. I saw him play a few months before he died and it was a sad affair. Buchanan fans often take sides against Danny Gatton and in favor of Roy ---- the two were once roommates ---- but I feel Danny left behind a better legacy recording-wise. In a more perfect world they'd still be alive, strong, better known and appreciated, and able to make a good living in music. BTW, I also remember that Jesse Ed Davis died within a few months of Roy; another great player tragically gone.
This is amazing ! Thanks for posting!
The Humbler! RIP Danny!
=== He for sure was light years ahead many of the great guitarists ====
saw him Liz meyers band twice wish id seen him before i moved from Baltimore
So fantastic, thank you for sharing 👊🏻
gracias por poder compartir esto que es oro en polvo saludos desde argentina
Somewhere in my collection. I have that exact guitar magazine!
Danny and Roy could still be playing.
How is it that i know about ROY CLARK and not Danny Gatton...how? This man is amazing. Seriously. I've heard them all and this man lays it down in a way of his own.
Roy Clark was certainly a master in his own style, RIP🙏
Do you know Roy Buchanan?
@@TheZguitarboy67 Have you heard Buckethead?
@@williamgreenfield9991 yes, however he's not typically my preferred style of music. I can't deny however that he is an amazing guitar player. Love the Killswitch.
@@TheZguitarboy67 Thanks for your reply and please ignore the idiots who are screaming about stealing. I just discovered Buckethead a couple of weeks ago and have been listening to more of his stuff every day. He plays in quite a few different styles from face melting shredding to very original Prog rock to the most tender, heart wrenching, soul stirring balladry I believe I've ever heard. I've been a devotee of the electric guitar all my 71 years (since I saw Jimi live in '68 anyway). I love rock, jazz, prog, and acoustic guitarists. Never have I been so moved as by Buckethead. Thanks for posting this. Just got a good speaker for my computer so I'm checking out all these great videos of artists I barely know. Gatton IS amazing.
Danny was a musical genius who was reluctantly in the music business... in other words, he would just as soon have worked on old hot-rods or done something else, as play music. He stuck close to home, too, near his Maryland and Virginia roots. In some ways, he was like Wes Montgomery, another home-body who was a genius musician. If you wanted to see Wes, and this was for years on end, you had to go to Indianapolis, Indiana, because he rarely left or toured outside of that area. When he was "discovered" by Cannonball Adderley that changed.... but same with Danny. Which is why Danny was on the cover of that famous "Unknown Greats" Guitar Player magazine.
I sure do miss him! I will never forget how shocked I was when we heard the news he was gone. Man, what a terrible loss... I sure am glad I got to see him live a couple of times before he checked out.
I wish Danny could have seen Tory Slusher here on You Tube, I think he would have been pleasantly surprised.
One of the Greats~💜 Shame more people don’t know who he is?
I bought a fire fly telecaster former owner put the Joe Barden Gatton pick ups in it after all these yrs I see what every one is talking about R.I .P Danny .
I can't find the words to describe Danny's playing so I just end up bursting out laughing at the absurdity of his talent.
One unbelievably gifted guitarist. LOTS of woodshedding, but wow.
Been slacking with playing lately good to see this stuff for inspiration, RIP Danny
I dont know if this inspires me to keep playing or to give up playing, all i can say is that either way its very inspirational
Joyous guitar playing.
GOAT…
Wow!!!!
Genius LEVEL CLASS
Great interview!
Once I had A secret Love. WOW.
Anybody, can you play this??? rip Danny, straight up goat!!!
If anyone was ever truly ahead of there time
Pretty much shows that a Telecaster is the only guitar you need- the rest is up to you.
King of the Double Stops !
the G.O.A.T.
Sad about that guy....depression is hard.....i know first hand . He was a genius and i remember him well......a telecaster master akin to Roy Buchanan who ironically was a depressive and also took his life tragically
Danny and Django play different styles. But they have a lot in common. Complete masters of the fretboard. Uncanny ability to play any musical idea that came into their head. instantly and flawlessly no matter how complicated and they both got bored with the guitar They new it's limitations it was no longer a challenge. Playing the guitar for these 2 was as easy as walking or talking
The master!
Love the T shirt too.
Opening song is “Secret Love,” which was a hit for Doris Day.
But they never played the Bridge!