Unfinished Business - The Life and Times of Danny Gatton (Book)
by Ralph Heibutzki
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Author: Ralph HeibutzkiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07
ISBN: 087930748X
Number of pages: 290
Publisher: Backbeat Books
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- ISBN13: 9780879307486
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Book Review: Danny the Great
Summary: 5 Stars
Danny and Lenny, IMO, are the ultimate, the guitarists' guitarists. No guitarist I've ever heard could touch them. Both approached their music differently, but both played with a taste, intelligence, feeling, and respect for their predecessors that is unmatched. Both ended their brilliant lives early. Both seemed to be fighting inner (and outer) demons.
I've read this book, countless internet articles, obituaries, etc., about Danny (everybody who is familiar with his music feels that they know him and are on a first name basis with him). But I doubt that anybody, even his own wife or daughter really KNEW Danny. His psyche seems impenetrable--and this book, not surprisingly, does not crack the shell.
"Danny plays like everybody, but nobody can play like Danny." Was the fact that he never seemed to settle in a single groove destructive to his career commercially? Was he too good for his own good? He was probably a man of contradictions, and in the end, the unresolved contradictory wants and needs may the be underlying cause of his suicide.
"Danny had God's hands. Sometimes I heard God come out of his speaker." I'm not religious, but I know what his drummer meant. Lots of fans think that the best musician is the one that can play the fastest. That's a neophyte opinion. It's ballad playing that separates the men from the boys, and no guitarist played them better than Danny.
His last recording (that I know of) was at the Birchmere near where his farm was. A month later, he would be dead. The CD is a monument to his brilliance as, not just a guitarist, but a musician and artist. There is no anger, not a mean note in there. If you are one of those people who think that a writer's, musician's, composer's, life is reflected in his work you are going to find little backing for that theory here. The music is ethereal almost ("Secret Love"), funny (Surf medley), madly swinging ("Caravan")--you shake your head and wonder why such a talent would want to kill himself.
According to friends, Danny loved his music, old Ford trucks, drinking beer, and family. He had all those. So why? If you are looking for answers, this book provides none, but merely a portrait of a genius whose person will probably always remain a mystery. "He could play it all. Now all we can do is listen." And listen. Amen...
Summary of Unfinished Business - The Life and Times of Danny Gatton (Book)
Danny Gatton was a players' guitar player, hailed by both Rolling Stone and Guitar Player as the greatest unknown guitarist anywhere. His legend has only grown since his untimely suicide in 1994, along with appreciation for his blinding speed, effortless genre-hopping, flawless technique, and never-ending appetite for tinkering and problem-solving. Drawing from first-hand interviews with dozens of friends, family members and fellow musicians, Unfinished Business places Gatton's musical contributions into context, and documents his influence on those peers who admired him most, including Albert Lee, Vince Gill, Arlen Roth and Lou Reed. 290 pages, 6 inch. x 9 inch. "Danny Gatton comes closer than anyone else to being the best guitar player that ever lived." - Steve VaiHistory & Criticism Books
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