On October 4, 1994, Gatton locked himself in the garage on his farm in Newburg, Maryland, and took his own life by shooting himself. Fender has made replicas of his customized Tele.ĭanny used tend to use #Fender #amplifiers including a 1963 Vibrolux, a 1963 Super Reverb, a 1958 Twin, a 1964 Deluxe, and a 1958 Bassman and was known to have built affect gizmos like his 'Magic Dingus Box' which controlled the speeds of the rotating horn in a Leslie speaker cabinet (featured in video) Gatton played a 1953 Fender #Telecaster with #JoeBarden pickups and Fender Super 250Ls, or Nickel Plated Steel (.010 to. He toured and played with singers such as #RogerMiller, #RobertGordon and many other artists. He founded the band the #Redneck Explosion. When he returned to Washington, he recorded his debut album, American Music in1975, followed by Redneck Jazz with #BuddyEmmons as a guest. 1960–1964 he played jazz guitar with the Offbeats, then worked as a session musician in Nashville. son of a rhythm guitarist, Gatton started playing at the age of nine.
#DannyGatton (1945 –1994) was an American guitarist who fused #blues, #rockabilly, #jazz, and #country.ĭanny was born in Washington, D.C. The Voice of the Cellar Door, David Dude Sless announces, The Cellar Door is once again proud to present the Redneck Jazz Explosion. They lead you through a mini-history of guitar instrumentals like Les Paul's The Kangeroo, Merle Travis', I'll See You in My Dreams and Roy Nichols' Stealin' Corn (for an audio sampling of eight tunes from this era check out their CD Fingers on Fire on Powerhouse records recorded December 30, l978).īut the real magic starts after intermission as Danny, Buddy, with trademark derby in town and rhythm section (the aforementioned Steve Wolf and drummer Scott Taylor) uniformly clad in red T-shirts with their names on the front and the words Redneck Jazz Explosion around a cloud and lightning bolt emblazoned on the back assume the stage. It's D.C.'s six string's finest as the Tom Principato-Pete Kennedy duo, propelled by the Explosion's electric Fender bassist Steve Wolf, open the show. It's a great tribute to Danny that Buddy Emmons, who had not been on the road for years, did hit the highways with the Explosion. Swearing you were there is akin to saying you saw the Beatles at the Cavern Club or caught the Yardbird's hot, sweaty nights at the Marquee. To quote Ralph Heibutzki from his 2003 biography, Unfinished Business-The Life Times of Danny Gatton, the December 31, l978, Cellar Door gig has assumed legendary proportions for its place in Gatton history.
The crowd has come to see not only the guitarist presenting his virtuosic wares in all instrumental jazz setting but his pairing with pedal steel maestro Buddy Emmons. Tonight the Cellar Door club, sold out weeks in advance, is owned by Danny Gatton's instrumental aggregate, the Redneck Jazz Explosion.
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