After years of knocking around the Washington, D.C.-area circuit, local guitar legend Danny Gatton finally got to cut his first album for a major label. It was indeed worth the wait, spot-welding blinding speed and immaculate chops that went in a million different directions (jazz, country, rockabilly, blues, you name it) to a musical sensibility that made this all-instrumental album a whole lot more than just yer average fretboard wanking jam-fest. Gatton's Telecaster really shines on diverse material ranging from Martin Denny's "Quiet Village" to the roadhouse shuffle "Funky Mama" to the off-the-wall rendition of the theme to The Simpsons. Kudos to Elektra for having the corporate balls to put this out; short, chunky, and middle-aged, Danny Gatton was a bona fide guitar hero for the '90s, putting the lie to the hard canard that only speedburner metal mega-hair dudes can make the front covers of the guitar mags.
88 Elmira St.
Danny Gatton
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Track Listing
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| 1 | Danny Gatton | 05:41 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 2 | Danny Gatton | 04:03 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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| 4 | Danny Gatton | 04:49 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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| 6 | Danny Gatton | 04:53 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 7 | Danny Gatton | 03:17 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 8 | Danny Gatton | 04:39 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 9 | Danny Gatton | 06:07 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 10 | Danny Gatton | 03:06 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 11 | Danny Gatton | 04:54 | SpotifyAmazon |
