My favourite Telecaster player has to be- MUST be- the late Danny Gatton. So prodigious was his ability he needed only a beer bottle in an absence of a true slide, for his playing. I was searching for a dynamic Tele player to relate to because the lads who sport this guitar for their music are namely country music peddlers- a turn off for me...
Danny Gatton did a wonderful thing for his music- he manifested variation. He stood firm in the country turf but displayed outright ability for pop hooks. This I discovered through his 88 Elmira Street release; you know the Simpsons theme song? He did that with sheer ease. There's this track called Fandingus which had him aim his amp at the rear of a fan so the mic capturing the final product caught the garggled guitar tones which was a simple meddling of the surroundings, really. Genius!************************
4th of October 1994- Gatton shot himself in a locked up garage & left no explanations for his departure.
5 comments:
yes indeed , Gatton was a maestro with the tele.
Let us not forget the late Buchanan too.
Gatton's still top in my books- he's just too good for everybody else :-)
i can't find his CDs in sg though.
i bought all his releases @ BORDERS back then...
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