Hope you enjoyed this clip! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE so you get notified when the full video interview with Dann Huff releases. Check out more interviews like this with iconic studio guitarists here: th-cam.com/play/PLVBlGzH3BjrsuELkVuFaPBuJQHAklmanX.html
É incrível o que uma música faz com a mente e o coração da gente. Tantos anos depois e ainda é impressionante o quanto essa melodia toca na alma e traz um sentimento de alegria e nostalgia muito boa.
Williams, Jackson Jr, Lukather, Huff, Pierce, Baxter, Landau, Parks, Carlton, Ritenour, Parker Jr, Graydon, Shelton, and many more are all in the soundtrack to my life!! They all got to live the dream, and thankfully we can live our dreams through them!! Thanks so much Dan!!
You should check out some of the other videos on our channel. If you haven’t already, we have several longform interviews with many of the above, that you mentioned, where they play through their biggest hits to the original tracks.
@@moonbeamskies3346dude, show some respect. Dan Huff is a legend. FYI - Foster is credited as a songwriter only, Michael Omartian is credited as the producer and keys player. So Dan is not a dope as you said. Gee wiz
I am not a guitar player (Synth Nerd over here), and never heard of his name tbh. BUT... I just love this! That tone and his effortless playing. Awesome! Will research him further 🙂
Oh my God, you know, I was just thinking the same thing. How much pure goodness and light is in that music. Lukather, and Landau, all the greats, one thing in common - love and good will towards everyone.
Got a chance to meet Dann at United Sound Systems in Detroit back in the 90's when he was with Giant. A&M had a listening party and I was the engineer assigned to the session. We had never heard of Giant, so we tripped out when they brought their equipment in and we saw flight cases with "Dann Huff" stenciled on the sides. We got a chance to sit and talk with him and ask him about the L.A. session scene. He was a wealth of information and was one of the nicest people you could ever meet!
No, he’s not underrated. He is HIGHLY rated in the studio world. Everyone knows him in the industry. He chooses to hide in the shadows as a studio musician.
@@davidmerlin3344He means underrated as in the masses have never heard of him. Everyone talks about Clapton, Page, EVH and SRV but the average person has never heard of guitar wizards like Dan Huff, Tim Pierce and Paul Jackson Jr. Another guy worth mentioning is Bruce Gaitsch who not only played on alot of Cetera’s songs but Richard Marx and Madonna’s as well.
Dann is such a down to earth person. I started listening to him back in the Whiteheart days. After he got to L.A, he eventually used Kasha preamps and Schecter guitars. This was around the "Giant" years. I had some questions about his rig, and wrote a letter to him through Schecter. I included my phone number. One day the phone rang, and my wife said it was Dann Huff. I couldn't believe it, I thought that a friend was messing with me. Anyway, it was him and we chatted for a bit. I'll never forget his kindness. I ran into him at a NAMM Show a few years later. One of the NAMM concerts was Giant! What a show. Thank you for having him as a guest.
Hope you come back for the full interview that releases next week! Over 2 hours of content with Dann playing all the hits! Be sure to subscribe and turn on the notifications so you know when it drops!
Dann has always been one of favourites but to hear him go through his parts is awesome! How Dann and Luke and Landau came up with such wicked parts that really make the record for me. The glue that holds it all together. So creative. More Dann! Loving this!
For those that don’t know, Dan Huff is now arguably the biggest producer in Nashville - Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts, Lady A, Josh Groban, Martina McBride, Kid Rock, Doobie Brothers, Kenny Rogers, Trace Adkins, Dolly Parton, Megadeth, LeAnn Rimes, Taylor Swift, Lionel Richie, Kelly Clarkson, Bon Jovi, Carrie Underwood, etc.
Those guys really knew how to build up a song piece by piece. No arpeggiators, it all came right out of their heads and they created timeless high quality tracks that can be enjoyed forever and ever. Big respect to all those heroes and thanks god that i grew up in the 70/80s.
What a musician and seemingly lovely guy. It’s so refreshing and cool to hear a mature, tasteful, top-flight producer and session legend say “I just wanted to play a lead on every song”. He knows we all know that you play what’s right for the song, so he doesn’t have to say it again. The honesty of a guitar ripper is still there. Dann Huff rules.
Mason, thank you for bringing these interviews! Wonderful content with beautiful lighting and sound. The joy on your face was priceless while he was playing "Glory of Love."
I'm so glad to live in a time where we can watch long form videos on amazing musicians, that are rightfully getting celebrated for their contribution to music. Amazing musicians and professionals perfectly serving the songs, a tradition that's been lost in the pro tools era
Amazing guitarist, players like Dan, Steve Lukather & Neal Schon have that instant soul & melody in thier playing. Giant's Time To Burn is an incredible album, better than the first record, proper gem!, as was Hardline's Double Eclipse release which featured Schon, i saw Hardline support Extreme in 1993, wicked gig. Great video, lovely to see Dan talking & playing, good interview, enjoyed it, thanks for posting. Cheers
Mason is right that David Foster WAS involved - but it was on the writing end as he co-wrote the tune with Peter. Michael O's production was spectacular - and having Dann on guitar just makes this track all that more special. Great interview!
Dann’s an amazing guitarist. Chicago used him on Chicago 19. Dann’s solos on Look Away, You’re Not Alone, and Heart In Pieces (particularly) are out of this world.
Dan Huff is my favorite session guitarist and an influence in my musicianship. His prolific sound and sensibility in his musical contribution from countless records and his band Giant always kept me enthralled. This is such a wonderful interview/performance from Dan. Cheers.
Be sure to stay tuned for the full interview, over two hours long that should be coming out in a week or so. Make sure to subscribe so that you’re notified once it releases.
Yes it does, and we talk about it in the full interview. Hope you come back for the full interview that releases next week! Over 2 hours of content with Dann playing all the hits! Be sure to subscribe and turn on the notifications so you know when it drops!
Thank you for this interview! Dan Huff was my guitar hero growing up, from back in the Giant days and then when I was learning his licks in 90s country bands. My reading has always been weak also so I never jumped full in as a session player. Now I hear we could ask them to hum it 😅.
Saw him live in Stockholm 1989 with his group Giant. Great gig 😍. He also played rhythm guitar on my favorite Scritti Politti track, “World Come Back To Life”. So tight a funky 🕺. He’s really one of my favorite guitar players from the 80s.
Can't thank you enough for having dann huff on the channel. The song is called "the glory of love", but it should be called "the glory of a compressor with a tristereo chorus, pitch detune, dual digital delay and a plate reverb"! But they went with the short version 😂
Very nice to see this. Been a fan since Giant came with I ‘m a Believer. Such fantastic songs and production. I have great respect for Dann. Saw them in the 90’s in Paradiso Amsterdam. 👌👌👌
That's the guy! Never heard anyone who can play AND sing this good (beside Richie Kotzen). The two Giant records are masterpieces full of perfect crafted songs, unbelievable guitar parts and out of this world singing performances
I still remember that "Usual Suspects" moment when I realised that almost all the tracks - spanning way across the genres - that I loved over the past couple of decades because of the guitar parts was Dann Huff. It was like a "wait, is that *other* track I love Dann Huff..? Yes. Yes it is." Incredibly humble guy, great musician, great producer and still somewhat under-appreciated imo (outside the industry, I mean). Thanks for doing these interviews!
WOW! Dann is such a humble man. That song is one of my all time favorites, and his performance playing on it is crazy good! I have always wanted to know a little more about those who were on the session for Glory Of Love, so this is the best!
Thank you, Dann, for giving some much deserved spotlight to David Williams. His name hasn't risen to the level of other studio players, but it sure deserves to.
You said it perfectly, you were inferring that the way he played with the mastery of knowing each change, and playing through across changes shows restraint, a self governor if you will, and leaving the listener knowing how hard the player can shred, and go crazy if they wanted, it's like a twiddle tease, and backing off, leaving the eargasm effect of wanting more, never give the crowd what they want, always drawing back from what they expect is an artistic approach only someone who has mastered their instrument, and feel, tone, sound, has the ability to do.
Thanks so much for doing these interviews with session players from back in the day. Dan came to LA just a few weeks after I did and immediately started working. Me not so much. Haha. He's a monster. I relaying liked his rock soloing at the time. I imagine he started getting more work when Luke started concentrating on Toto and touring. Again thanks for doing these.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you'll come back for the full interview where we get more into the weeds on Dann's transition from Nashville to LA, and then back to Nashville again. You're a legend in your own right as well and deserving of your own video for your guitar work. Pleased to see you here Tom! Thank you!
There's a TH-cam Short where a young guy actually learned the break for 'Danger Zone.' I was impressed, because that was a beyond-the-pale kind of break to see on TH-cam.
I love Dann! He produced my first number one as a songwriter and has since become a friend by way of his daughter Ashlyne. I haven't met a more humble genius. He also has incredible songwriting instincts. Thank you for making these vids!! Especially the juicy chorusy 80s ones!!
Come on Mason, You gotta tell us. Your face had to be hurting smiling so much through out the video. I know mine sure would've. Excellent video, so glad to finally get to see this. Just Love Dan Huff playing and sound.
@@VertexEffectsInc - Freaking awesome! Can't wait to see the rest of the interview...seen the shorts on Instagram. I bet you've got so much editing to do. Truly appreciate you documenting this for all to see. ❤❤
Dan and I sat in hotel rooms and played together when we were both on the road and crossing paths at the festivals we played together… I think I learned more from him than anyone else at the time… he was in White Heart at the time
OMG i thought the exact same thing! Especially when Dan started playin. Was jus waiting for Mason to slap himself in the face n say under his breath "that was fn awesome"!! 😆 All that aside it was pretty great. Lol!
Glad you enjoyed it! Remember, this is just a small clip, a teaser so to speak, the full video will come out in a week or so, and will be over two hours long.
I absolutely loved Mason's reaction when Dan was playing...he couldn't stop smiling and laughing. That's exactly what I do when I hear/see one of my heroes playing. Thank you Mason, can't wait for the full interview...Dan is an awesome beast of a guitar player. I hope you asked about Chaka Kahn and Giant in your full interview...
Another underrated guitar legend that I really never knew much about, but the music he played in. It’s great to see the person behind the guitar and his guitar tone is immaculate. Louie Shelton is another great session guitarist. 🎸👍
@@VertexEffectsInc Yes, I just watched it. Great job on the interview. I always want to know where each session guitarists got their musical/guitar training from. 🎸👍
Remember seeing Giant at the Town and Country Club in London and standing a few feet away at Edwards in Birmingham. Great band, great music, great memories. Danny and the whole band were great live and very cool after the show. Wish him the very best.
It takes a real vision to evolve your tone and style in that direction. I would have a hard time drenching stuff with so much delay and biting clarity, but Dan did it, and basically created a decade of music! Thanks for the video Mason, you are hitting it out of the park!
As a drummer boy and certified air guitarist, I’m *so* in love with the guitar sound of the 80’s, almost feels dream like, I do wonder what the effect chain is like, sounds so good. 💫
These series of interviews are an amazing insight into what it means and what it takes to become a successful session player. And it's not always for only the chops. Thanks for doing this.
Oh yeah, this is golden!! Hearing the parts, stories and shared wisdom - amazing! Thank you so much for making this happen! Can’t wait for the whole session 🔥
Amazing! How many times can I hit the like button? Can’t wait for the full interview. I’ve been loving all the interviews with session players but Dann Huff is my all time favourite. Thank you for all the amazing interviews and videos you make, Mason.
I love the harmonics and tone and echo effects of Dan’s guitar sound. So unique and melodic. I’ve seen his name on a lot of musicians credits in CD liner notes!
![[LIVE] : ONE ลุมพินี 88 | คู่เอก "ป้อมเพชร vs อัสลามจอน"](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1ZqTVVbMgbo/mqdefault.jpg)
Hope you enjoyed this clip! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE so you get notified when the full video interview with Dann Huff releases. Check out more interviews like this with iconic studio guitarists here: th-cam.com/play/PLVBlGzH3BjrsuELkVuFaPBuJQHAklmanX.html
É incrível o que uma música faz com a mente e o coração da gente.
Tantos anos depois e ainda é impressionante o quanto essa melodia toca na alma e traz um sentimento de alegria e nostalgia muito boa.
Williams, Jackson Jr, Lukather, Huff, Pierce, Baxter, Landau, Parks, Carlton, Ritenour, Parker Jr, Graydon, Shelton, and many more are all in the soundtrack to my life!! They all got to live the dream, and thankfully we can live our dreams through them!! Thanks so much Dan!!
You should check out some of the other videos on our channel. If you haven’t already, we have several longform interviews with many of the above, that you mentioned, where they play through their biggest hits to the original tracks.
I think you named all the studio greats, very cool
noobs call him ‘underrated’ because they never heard of him before 😂
Couldn't have said it better myself.
We love our dreams in our delusional bedrooms or busking lol
Dann Huff helped define that 80’s session guitar sound. Thanks for having him on.
Stay tuned for the full video that should be out in about a week or so! Many more stories and insights to come!
He is a dope and he's wrong. He doesn't know David Foster played on and produced Glory of Love.
@@moonbeamskies3346dude, show some respect. Dan Huff is a legend. FYI - Foster is credited as a songwriter only, Michael Omartian is credited as the producer and keys player. So Dan is not a dope as you said. Gee wiz
@@moonbeamskies3346who hurt you?
@@moonbeamskies3346 Dude, chill out and stop acting like an Ass.
As a guitar player you HAVE to love Dann Huff!
🔥🔥🔥
I am not a guitar player (Synth Nerd over here), and never heard of his name tbh. BUT... I just love this! That tone and his effortless playing. Awesome! Will research him further 🙂
Dann Huff's guitar playing made the world a better place to live in.
❤️
Oh my God, you know, I was just thinking the same thing. How much pure goodness and light is in that music. Lukather, and Landau, all the greats, one thing in common - love and good will towards everyone.
YES
That part still sounds magical to this day
Absolutely!
Got a chance to meet Dann at United Sound Systems in Detroit back in the 90's when he was with Giant. A&M had a listening party and I was the engineer assigned to the session. We had never heard of Giant, so we tripped out when they brought their equipment in and we saw flight cases with "Dann Huff" stenciled on the sides. We got a chance to sit and talk with him and ask him about the L.A. session scene. He was a wealth of information and was one of the nicest people you could ever meet!
Very cool!
32 years later I am still listening Time to Burn when I run🤘
Heck yea!
😂😂😆😆
You must run fast 🙌🏻🇺🇸🎸
Love love Dan Huff....his tone and sessions back in the day are such a masterpiece
Some phenomenal stuff with his own band Giant too - the Time To Burn album was killer from beginning to end...Dann just smoked on that one!
Thanks for watching!
I grew up listening to this Mans guitar playing. But never heard of him. THE most underrated Guitarist on the planet.
Dann is the man!
Thanks for not insinuating that you _had_ known who he was! 😂 I see very few comments like yours.
No, he’s not underrated. He is HIGHLY rated in the studio world. Everyone knows him in the industry.
He chooses to hide in the shadows as a studio musician.
@@davidmerlin3344He means underrated as in the masses have never heard of him. Everyone talks about Clapton, Page, EVH and SRV but the average person has never heard of guitar wizards like Dan Huff, Tim Pierce and Paul Jackson Jr. Another guy worth mentioning is Bruce Gaitsch who not only played on alot of Cetera’s songs but Richard Marx and Madonna’s as well.
Dann is such a down to earth person. I started listening to him back in the Whiteheart days. After he got to L.A, he eventually used Kasha preamps and Schecter guitars. This was around the "Giant" years. I had some questions about his rig, and wrote a letter to him through Schecter. I included my phone number. One day the phone rang, and my wife said it was Dann Huff. I couldn't believe it, I thought that a friend was messing with me. Anyway, it was him and we chatted for a bit. I'll never forget his kindness. I ran into him at a NAMM Show a few years later. One of the NAMM concerts was Giant! What a show. Thank you for having him as a guest.
❤️❤️❤️ that’s amazing! Please stay tuned for the full two hour video coming in a week or so. Make sure to subscribe!
Yeah- I saw White heart when they were touring their first album.
Dann Huff is and always will be an absolute LEGEND of a musician; guitarist; producer, and outstanding human and truly a hero of mine!!!
Hope you come back for the full interview that releases next week! Over 2 hours of content with Dann playing all the hits! Be sure to subscribe and turn on the notifications so you know when it drops!
Dann has always been one of favourites but to hear him go through his parts is awesome! How Dann and Luke and Landau came up with such wicked parts that really make the record for me. The glue that holds it all together. So creative. More Dann! Loving this!
Yes!
Its call talent
Dann Huff, Michael Landau, Steve Lukather - that's your session guitar holy trinity right there
Paul Jackson Jr. as well for 80’s Mt. Rushmore of session gods.
Don't forget Jay Graydon
from the 1980's yes! :)
Don't forget Michael Thompson
For those that don’t know, Dan Huff is now arguably the biggest producer in Nashville - Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts, Lady A, Josh Groban, Martina McBride, Kid Rock, Doobie Brothers, Kenny Rogers, Trace Adkins, Dolly Parton, Megadeth, LeAnn Rimes, Taylor Swift, Lionel Richie, Kelly Clarkson, Bon Jovi, Carrie Underwood, etc.
Yes, indeed!
Dann Huff is one of the greatest of all times.
Undoubtedly!
Dan played on a couple of my songs in the day. He threw down one incredible solo after another, effortlessly. Magician.
The solo for I'll see you in my dreams is one of my all time favorites. Absolutely beautiful
❤️❤️❤️
Everytime I watch a Dann Huff video there's this "He did this song, too??" moment. Unbelievable. Like he's the Matrix of the music industry.
More to come! Full interview will be out in about a week or so! It’ll be over 2 hours long!!
Dann and Lukather were the 80’s.
I brought tears to my eyes just with this little guitar demonstration.
Be sure to hang out for the full video that will release later this week! Be sure to subscribe so you’re notified when it comes out.
Those guys really knew how to build up a song piece by piece. No arpeggiators, it all came right out of their heads and they created timeless high quality tracks that can be enjoyed forever and ever. Big respect to all those heroes and thanks god that i grew up in the 70/80s.
Yes! I ended up grabbing Giant's first release on CD used, and it sounds killer! Great songwriting and wicked playing!
What a musician and seemingly lovely guy. It’s so refreshing and cool to hear a mature, tasteful, top-flight producer and session legend say “I just wanted to play a lead on every song”. He knows we all know that you play what’s right for the song, so he doesn’t have to say it again. The honesty of a guitar ripper is still there. Dann Huff rules.
❤️
I am a drummer but still I was smiling the whole time he is playing. It sounds so full of respect for the music and for the other musicians' parts
Be sure to check out the full video: th-cam.com/video/XiCwR68Cp5I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jQehrYVm60t7crd0
Dann's solo on the track Big Mistake is one of my ALL TIME FAVOURITE guitar solos.
❤️❤️❤️
Dan is so well spoken, its a pleasure to hear his speak.
Mason, thank you for bringing these interviews! Wonderful content with beautiful lighting and sound. The joy on your face was priceless while he was playing "Glory of Love."
More to come, this will be about a 2 hour interview when released in full!
I'm so glad to live in a time where we can watch long form videos on amazing musicians, that are rightfully getting celebrated for their contribution to music. Amazing musicians and professionals perfectly serving the songs, a tradition that's been lost in the pro tools era
Amazing guitarist, players like Dan, Steve Lukather & Neal Schon have that instant soul & melody in thier playing. Giant's Time To Burn is an incredible album, better than the first record, proper gem!, as was Hardline's Double Eclipse release which featured Schon, i saw Hardline support Extreme in 1993, wicked gig. Great video, lovely to see Dan talking & playing, good interview, enjoyed it, thanks for posting. Cheers
Stay tuned! Full interview will be out in about a week or so! It’ll be over 2 hours long!!
The great Dann Huff. Look forward to the full episode.
Full interview will be out in about a week or so!
Mason is right that David Foster WAS involved - but it was on the writing end as he co-wrote the tune with Peter. Michael O's production was spectacular - and having Dann on guitar just makes this track all that more special. Great interview!
I’m sure it was just a matter of the amount of time that it passed between when Dann did the session, probably 40 years ago or close to.
Dann’s an amazing guitarist. Chicago used him on Chicago 19. Dann’s solos on Look Away, You’re Not Alone, and Heart In Pieces (particularly) are out of this world.
Check out the new clip that dropped today! Full interview also comes next week!
Dan Huff is my favorite session guitarist and an influence in my musicianship. His prolific sound and sensibility in his musical contribution from countless records and his band Giant always kept me enthralled. This is such a wonderful interview/performance from Dan. Cheers.
Be sure to stay tuned for the full interview, over two hours long that should be coming out in a week or so. Make sure to subscribe so that you’re notified once it releases.
Dann Huff is so humble,He is an AMAZING songwriter,singer,guitar vurtuoso,I think one of the best ever,thankyou Dann Huff for all the great music
That Strat has a story to tell man. Glorious.
Yes it does, and we talk about it in the full interview. Hope you come back for the full interview that releases next week! Over 2 hours of content with Dann playing all the hits! Be sure to subscribe and turn on the notifications so you know when it drops!
Thank you for this interview! Dan Huff was my guitar hero growing up, from back in the Giant days and then when I was learning his licks in 90s country bands. My reading has always been weak also so I never jumped full in as a session player. Now I hear we could ask them to hum it 😅.
Be sure to hang out for the full video that will release later this week! Be sure to subscribe so you’re notified when it comes out.
Wow, didn’t know he played on a lot of songs. All I knew back then was that he was on 1 of my all time favorite late ‘80s band.
❤️❤️❤️
Saw him live in Stockholm 1989 with his group Giant. Great gig 😍.
He also played rhythm guitar on my favorite Scritti Politti track, “World Come Back To Life”. So tight a funky 🕺. He’s really one of my favorite guitar players from the 80s.
Be sure to hang around for the full two hour interview that releases next week! Be sure to be subscribed so you’re notified once it drops!
@@VertexEffectsInc Subscribed 😀.
Looking forward to the full interview ❤️.
Can't thank you enough for having dann huff on the channel. The song is called "the glory of love", but it should be called "the glory of a compressor with a tristereo chorus, pitch detune, dual digital delay and a plate reverb"! But they went with the short version 😂
😂😂😂
Damn cool interview. You do great work letting the world get to know these folks more. Bravo sir.
Be sure to come back for the full video next week! Over two hours of footage! Be sure to subscribe so you're notified when it's released!
I love this guy. "All I wanted to do was shred"
❤️❤️❤️
Very nice to see this. Been a fan since Giant came with I ‘m a Believer. Such fantastic songs and production. I have great respect for Dann. Saw them in the 90’s in Paradiso Amsterdam. 👌👌👌
Be sure to hang out for the full video that will release later this week! Be sure to subscribe so you’re notified when it comes out.
I had no idea that was him on that track adding atmospheric touches. A proper musician with the chops to go with it.
❤️❤️❤️
That's the guy! Never heard anyone who can play AND sing this good (beside Richie Kotzen). The two Giant records are masterpieces full of perfect crafted songs, unbelievable guitar parts and out of this world singing performances
Be sure to watch the full 2 hour interview: th-cam.com/video/XiCwR68Cp5I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5J98ZxHgv1Frqz5s
I still remember that "Usual Suspects" moment when I realised that almost all the tracks - spanning way across the genres - that I loved over the past couple of decades because of the guitar parts was Dann Huff. It was like a "wait, is that *other* track I love Dann Huff..? Yes. Yes it is." Incredibly humble guy, great musician, great producer and still somewhat under-appreciated imo (outside the industry, I mean). Thanks for doing these interviews!
More to come! Full interview will be out in about a week or so! It’ll be over 2 hours long!!
WOW! Dann is such a humble man. That song is one of my all time favorites, and his performance playing on it is crazy good! I have always wanted to know a little more about those who were on the session for Glory Of Love, so this is the best!
Be sure to hang out for the full video that will release later this week! Be sure to subscribe so you’re notified when it comes out.
Thank you, Dann, for giving some much deserved spotlight to David Williams. His name hasn't risen to the level of other studio players, but it sure deserves to.
Davis Williams was a beast!
Always loved guitar parts from this song. It's so incredible to see Dann play that. I'm looking forward to the full episode!
❤️❤️❤️ stay tuned for the full two hour video coming in a week or so. Make sure to subscribe!
My guitar HERO Dann Huff. Love him so much
Be sure to subscribe and tune in for the full two hour interview that should be releasing in about a week
He's one of my favorite all-time players. Sooo underrated. His whole family is very talented.
These interviews are rad! Super stoked for what’s coming up
Stay tuned for the full interview coming in a week or so!
Brilliant. Thank you Mason. Thank you Dann. Outrageous 🙏
Thanks for watching!
You said it perfectly, you were inferring that the way he played with the mastery of knowing each change, and playing through across changes shows restraint, a self governor if you will, and leaving the listener knowing how hard the player can shred, and go crazy if they wanted, it's like a twiddle tease, and backing off, leaving the eargasm effect of wanting more, never give the crowd what they want, always drawing back from what they expect is an artistic approach only someone who has mastered their instrument, and feel, tone, sound, has the ability to do.
❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely cannot wait for the full release!
Stay tuned for the full video that should be out in about a week or so! Many more stories and insights to come!
I've loved Dan since his Whiteheart days.
❤️
One of my heroes. I absoultely love his style and phrasing. Super human level of guitar playing.
Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe so you get notified when we release the full 2 hour interview!
Loved the pure joy on your face, Mason, listening to Dann play those Glory of Love parts. Brilliant stuff, as always.
It was a lifetime highlight to be sitting across from Dann!
Thanks so much for doing these interviews with session players from back in the day. Dan came to LA just a few weeks after I did and immediately started working. Me not so much. Haha. He's a monster. I relaying liked his rock soloing at the time. I imagine he started getting more work when Luke started concentrating on Toto and touring. Again thanks for doing these.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you'll come back for the full interview where we get more into the weeds on Dann's transition from Nashville to LA, and then back to Nashville again. You're a legend in your own right as well and deserving of your own video for your guitar work. Pleased to see you here Tom! Thank you!
@@VertexEffectsInc I'm so glad there's more. I will be back for that. Watching the Louis Shelton one now. And shopping for Vertex Effects haha.
Just email us, we’ll get you all set up!
This is absolutely brilliant. Thanks Mason!
Thanks Ben!
There's a TH-cam Short where a young guy actually learned the break for 'Danger Zone.' I was impressed, because that was a beyond-the-pale kind of break to see on TH-cam.
Turns out that was Richie Zito, Dann says he didn’t play it
@@VertexEffectsInc WHAT? Wow, if only I could find that kid's short video. I didn't save it. 🤦🏽♂️
I love Dann! He produced my first number one as a songwriter and has since become a friend by way of his daughter Ashlyne. I haven't met a more humble genius. He also has incredible songwriting instincts. Thank you for making these vids!! Especially the juicy chorusy 80s ones!!
That's awesome! Stay tuned! Full interview will be out in about a week or so! It’ll be over 2 hours long!!
@@VertexEffectsInc I like it!!!
Literally brings tears to my eyes, so beautiful.
❤️❤️❤️
Come on Mason, You gotta tell us. Your face had to be hurting smiling so much through out the video. I know mine sure would've. Excellent video, so glad to finally get to see this. Just Love Dan Huff playing and sound.
Yes, I had jowls like Marlon Brando my cheeks got such a workout.
@@VertexEffectsInc - Freaking awesome! Can't wait to see the rest of the interview...seen the shorts on Instagram. I bet you've got so much editing to do. Truly appreciate you documenting this for all to see. ❤❤
Gives me chills - just so restrained, and so perfect
Absolutely.
Long Live the Chorus!! 😃
Hear, hear!
Dan and I sat in hotel rooms and played together when we were both on the road and crossing paths at the festivals we played together… I think I learned more from him than anyone else at the time… he was in White Heart at the time
Wow, awesome!
I'm just gonna keep hitting the LIKE button until it hits 1 million.
hahaha...does that work!?
@@VertexEffectsInc Doesn't seem to, but I'm still optimistic!
wow - so beautiful - nearly makes me cry listening to his playing
Be sure to come back for the full video next week! Over two hours of footage! Be sure to subscribe so you're notified when it's released!
4:50 Chris Farley interviewing Paul McCartney vibes here :) 🤘🏼😂🤘🏼
OMG i thought the exact same thing! Especially when Dan started playin. Was jus waiting for Mason to slap himself in the face n say under his breath "that was fn awesome"!! 😆 All that aside it was pretty great. Lol!
@@robmerritt1982exactly 🤣🤣🤣
I’m not sure whether to be insulted or honored 😂
Honored, I think?!? @@VertexEffectsInc
Glory of Love" is a 1986 song performed by Peter Cetera, which he wrote and composed with his then-wife Diane Nini and David Foster.
There you go!
I see Dann i click like
Ha!
Sheesh!! Thank you so much Mason for these interviews!
Check out the new clip that dropped today! Full interview also comes next week!
80s rock was best rock, 80s guitar tone was best tone. No argument, you know I'm right.
100 % truth 🔥🤘❤️
I prefer 70s rock tone but I don't mind some 80s tone too. Love those chorused and compressed tones.
Agreed... Hands down the best!!
The best.
I agree wholeheartedly.
I am such a fan of Dan. His guitar and vocal work with his own band “Giant” was simply amazing!
I would love to meet him one day 😬
Be sure to subscribe so that you get notified when we release the full two hour interview, we go through a whole section about Giant.
Crazy tasteful guitar arrangement.
Still listen to the first 2 Giant albums, so well recorded and great sound.
We get into those records during the interview and Dann plays some excerpts. Be sure to subscribe so you get notified when the full video drops!
The third album has some good stuff too. 😁
Gosh man, is it normal to have tears welling watching Dann play?
Yes 😭 - Be sure to hang around for the full two hour interview that releases next week! Be sure to be subscribed so you’re notified once it drops!
4:45 to 5:38....I'm in heaven.....that was such perfect rhythm playing...
Heck yea!
Thanks fo this!! I love hearing these stories especially having grown up through the era and being a witnes to it all!
Be sure to hang around for the full two hour interview that releases next week! Be sure to be subscribed so you’re notified once it drops!
This was awesome. So beautiful. Great interview Mason!
Glad you enjoyed it! Remember, this is just a small clip, a teaser so to speak, the full video will come out in a week or so, and will be over two hours long.
I absolutely loved Mason's reaction when Dan was playing...he couldn't stop smiling and laughing. That's exactly what I do when I hear/see one of my heroes playing. Thank you Mason, can't wait for the full interview...Dan is an awesome beast of a guitar player. I hope you asked about Chaka Kahn and Giant in your full interview...
Be sure to check back when the full interview releases!
Masters of the guitar make it look so easy. He is simply one of the best.
❤️
Another underrated guitar legend that I really never knew much about, but the music he played in. It’s great to see the person behind the guitar and his guitar tone is immaculate. Louie Shelton is another great session guitarist. 🎸👍
Did you watch our interview with Louie? Just posted last week.
@@VertexEffectsInc Yes, I just watched it. Great job on the interview. I always want to know where each session guitarists got their musical/guitar training from. 🎸👍
Mason's reaction to his playing is the same as mine 😁❤
I'm still in disbelief!
Remember seeing Giant at the Town and Country Club in London and standing a few feet away at Edwards in Birmingham. Great band, great music, great memories. Danny and the whole band were great live and very cool after the show. Wish him the very best.
❤❤❤
Cool to see Dan playing the part!
See all of our “The Guitarist Behind” videos on our channel. This is all we do in this series. Session players playing their hit songs.
Great to see Dan embracing his history and talking guitars. Can't wait forl the full interview. Good job.
❤️❤️❤️
That excerpt sounded amazing! Also, loved your enthusiasm and energy, Mason. Good stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it! Be sure to subscribe so you get notified when we release the full two hour interview next week
It takes a real vision to evolve your tone and style in that direction. I would have a hard time drenching stuff with so much delay and biting clarity, but Dan did it, and basically created a decade of music! Thanks for the video Mason, you are hitting it out of the park!
I appreciate that! More to come in the full interview!
Love the way he plays. Some magic moments there
Yes, indeed!
As a drummer boy and certified air guitarist, I’m *so* in love with the guitar sound of the 80’s, almost feels dream like, I do wonder what the effect chain is like, sounds so good. 💫
❤️
I was having the exact same reaction as you did... You're a good guy 😁 Looking forward to the full episode!
❤❤❤ I still can't believe this happened! What a day!
Loved his guitar work. 🎸 great phrasing on songs.
Thanks for listening
The full version better be atleast hour and a half... All i've been waiting for
It’s over 2 hours
These series of interviews are an amazing insight into what it means and what it takes to become a successful session player. And it's not always for only the chops. Thanks for doing this.
More to come! Full interview will be out in about a week or so! It’ll be over 2 hours long.l!
Can't wait for the full interview and see the rig behind that sound!
He’s DI into his daw
We'll get into the details more in the full interview.
So freakin' awesome! Iconic guitar parts and tones, thanks for this video and can't wait to see the series.
More to come! Full interview will be out in about a week or so! It’ll be over 2 hours long!!
absolutely can't wait on the full interview to drop
Full episode comes out next week! Make sure you’re subscribed so you’re notified when it releases. Over 2 hours of footage.
Oh yeah, this is golden!! Hearing the parts, stories and shared wisdom - amazing! Thank you so much for making this happen! Can’t wait for the whole session 🔥
Glad you enjoyed it!
So cool to see Dan Huff and hear these parts - also cool to see Mason geeking out. Pure joy right there.
My face still hurts from all the smiling!
Amazing! How many times can I hit the like button? Can’t wait for the full interview. I’ve been loving all the interviews with session players but Dann Huff is my all time favourite. Thank you for all the amazing interviews and videos you make, Mason.
Stay tuned! Full interview will be out in about a week or so! It’ll be over 2 hours long!!
I love the harmonics and tone and echo effects of Dan’s guitar sound. So unique and melodic. I’ve seen his name on a lot of musicians credits in CD liner notes!
❤️