Unfinished Business: The Life & Times of Danny Gatton
- ISBN-10
- 087930748X
- ISBN-13
- 9780879307486
- Series
- Unfinished Business
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Author
- Ralph Heibutzki
Description
In a music business amply buffered against surprise, Danny Gatton swam stubbornly, from country, to gospel, rockabilly, soul, and standards. Redneck Jazz became Gatton's calling card for playing whatever and whenever he wanted. Hailed as the best unknown guitar player by both Rolling Stone and Guitar player magazines, he was a players' player who never received the popular acclaim he deserved. The struggle to reach a wider audience while staying true to his own muse proved to much for him to bear, and in 1994 he took his own life. Gatton's legend has only grown since his untimely death, along with appreciation for his blinding speed, effortless genre-hopping, flawless technique, and never-ending appetitie for tinkering and problem-solving. Unfinished Business places Gatton's musical contributions into context, as well as his influence on those peers who admired him most, including Albert Lee, Vince Gill, Arlen Roth, and Lou Reed.
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