Rambunctious Solo - Danny Gatton

One more clip from this gig in the late 80's and a guitar player's feast for the eyes to see the master up close. We miss you Danny.

[@danielcrook9504]

How many other people think Danny Gatton was the best electric player who ever lived ? I wish he was still around.....what a picker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CosmosArchipelago]

He was one of the best without doubt. There's very few players that are living or have lived that could hang with him

[@RCHeath]

Disagree. The best musician ever. Wish I could have made a deal to buy his farm but it didn’t quite happen.

[@danielcrook9504]

@@RCHeath I said the best electric guitar player,I didn't say the best musician but he was close. If you believe the hype about Jimi Hendrix,then you haven't watched many great players any number of which were better. Hard to find someone who could outplay Danny Gatton though.

[@davidwalker5054]

Danny like The Great Django were just to good. The guitar was easy for them. The had complete mastery of the fretboard and while normal guitarists strive to get better and better. They could,not. The guitar was no longer a challenge so they took up other interests Django painting Danny fixing up old cadillacs​@@danielcrook9504

[@davidwalker5054]

Danny is only the second guitarist i have burst out laughing at how ridiculously good he is django was the first

[@Badhands55]

His ability to have steel guitar phrasing and chops on a telecaster is like no other

[@HairHoFla]

THE best I never saw..including Jimmy Thackery...Tom Principato..Stevie Ray Vaughan..several others

[@peppers776]

John, thank you so much for the Danny vids!!! I’m in Telecaster nirvana watching these awesome clips of the best guitar player ever!

[@cabeguitar]

Thanks for the posting

[@ramlathers8182]

I've always felt that really great swinging country shuffles have a lot of "height" to them. This one feels to be about 900 feet tall at the very least and takes long easy strides across the inner territories of the heart. (yep I'm completely off my rocker)

[@samo8730]

agreed, great strides through the stratosphere

[@davidwalker5054]

The reason danny was the greatest unknown guitarist they brushed him under the carpet to make the steve vias and eddie van halens look good

[@danielcrook9504]

I think his lack of backing from record companies was because of two things. One ..he could play almost anything so record companies had trouble putting his music in one specific category. In that regard,he was a bit of a chameleon. Secondly,he didn't sing. It's very few guitarists who make a career of guitar playing without being singers also. There are a small handful of them...Chet Atkins comes to mind but even Chet chose Lenny Breau instead of Danny Gatton.And then he committed suicide forever stopping any future recordings. I wish he hadn't,he is quite an inspiration for guitar players

[@davidwalker5054]

Do you not think it was because he didn,t fit with the guitar God profile that made him overlooked he looked and dressed like the guy who came to unblock your drains. You would never find a person in the world who looked less like a guitar genius than Danny​@@danielcrook9504

[@davidwalker5054]

​@@danielcrook9504 you are spot on but do you not think the other reason is. He just didn,t fit the guitar God profile. He walked on stage looking and dressing like he,d come to fix your roof. Search the whole world and you won,t find anybody who looks less like a guitar master than Danny

[@danielcrook9504]

@@davidwalker5054 Exactly right man...he was generally dressed as a guy who could tear your '32 Ford down and have pieces lying all around, he did it and from what I've read about him, he took his time putting it back together. His guitar playing seamlessly melded chicken picking, banjo rolls and blazing fast techniques and he also had a sense of humor when he played stuff that he had played or practiced many times, embellishing it throughout. I really like his stuff with another great Buddy Emmons and band. A guy who heard the difference and interesting tune such as The Simpsons Theme song and then just destroyed it !..

[@rlpete2]

This song was on the second album by The Ventures. I used to play. But not like this. Wow!

[@hammertownpavao]

The🐐

[@helmutundhammer]

that lick at 1:48 is crazy!

[@hammertownpavao]

OUTSATNDING - Danny Gatton along with Chet Atkins Your The Greatest Of All Time ! It sickens me that people actually believe that jimi hendrix is the greatest !

[@lewiscoluccio1314]

their is no greatest its just what you prefer

[@lewiscoluccio1314]

they are all great

[@TubeSpawn96]

G 1:03 1:55

[@bokehintheussr5033]

*Rambunkshush*

[@davidwalker5054]

Danny playing the master django at 37 seconds

[@TheGattonmaster]

Danny's better than Django

[@hammertownpavao]

I can’t believe that people actually believe that jimi hendrix is the greatest that is so sad Danny Gatton is the G.O.A.T !

[@roygertel]

Jimmy hendrix playing is boring...