5:52 - Banjo Rolls 7:50 - Danny Gatton's Special Picking Technique 11:08 - Merle Travis Style Picking 18:58 - Banjo Licks For The Guitar 23:55 - Freestyle Country Funk And Blues Licks 32:05 - Piano & Boogie-Woogie Style Picking 38:10 - Single Note Runs 47:40 - Volume and Tone Control Tips 51:20 - String Bending 54:12 - Bottle Trick Slide Guitar Effects

@theystoleitfromus

Жыл бұрын

A tragedy in three parts: @37:36 Watch it in the booth, boys - this is gonna be loud. @37:57 OH, NO! @38:06 Aww, wish it hadn't've done that...

@donniecastleman5701

Жыл бұрын

@@theystoleitfromus I've been laughing out loud at this part since 1992! :)

@JimmyDeLocke

Жыл бұрын

The truly great ones put on a clinic every time they pick up the instrument. Danny was one of them

"Alright kid, y'got that?" Legend!!!

There is pretty much a lifetime of learning in this hour's video

The greatest single lesson ever recorded!

@Docsjeff

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely No Doubt

"It was in tune when I bought it". A classic line that many others have lifted.

Proof that it’s positively true that you can miss somebody that you never knew….

37:55 LOL that's funny..Danny has a great sense of humor.

I've got the original VHS of this. Feels like I have a bar of gold in the cupboard

@TonyFuentesTV

3 жыл бұрын

I always want to learn this video...but I just can't...too difficult and I have no patience.. LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@fletchlives1812

3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyFuentesTV probably the 10,000 th person to say that

The best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be...

Danny is the consummate teacher. "Go slow", "don't be discouraged" encouraging stuff you want your teachers to say. I envy the students who got to sit down with the man, his guitar knowledge was unsurpassed.

It can't be overstated how much it means to the world that he made a video like this. Spreading the wisdom!

Danny was one of the greatest players to ever pick up the instrument.... period....we all sure miss your genius Danny....🎸🎸🎸

@brickchains1

Жыл бұрын

just in a category by himself. couldn't say anyone shredded like he did

@vincentl.9469

11 ай бұрын

@@brickchains1 his music didn't sell well .they could not categorise him. He would have made a great sideman to Elvis!

@noisepuppet

8 ай бұрын

He was the architect of this whole school of telecaster technique. An amazing contribution and lasting influence.

@lgfout

7 ай бұрын

anyone know Joe Bonamassa? He took lessons from Danny Gatton his mentor ...Mic drop

@benjohnson4810

Ай бұрын

@@vincentl.9469 True, but have you seen the live videos from 1984? He was playing the most amazing stuff on old doo wop and rockabilly classics, etc. Danny and the fat boys with Dave Elliott and Billy Hancock. That's when i realized that Danny really is the king of the guitar.

I saw this guy back in the 70s in a little bar in Richmond VA. I knew then I was seeing one of the greats.

Danny Gatton---man, that cat had an almost mystical connection with a telecaster. A true inspiration. Whatever he was wrestling with personally must have been truly difficult. I wish he had worked it out and was still with us today.

@timhitt9541

Жыл бұрын

I was always curious what was troubling him.

@peteraustin370

5 ай бұрын

Think couple of mini strokes began to impair his playing...maybe he felt it was all over..!!...Great Loss..!!

“It was in Tune when i bought it” Ive used that line many times!!! the rest of this lesson makes me question my existence 😀

6:48 - it was in tune when I bought it!!!

I like how he says “It sounds harder than it really is”

@og-greenmachine8623

2 жыл бұрын

He’s Danny fucking Gatton. Everything sounded harder that it was, to him...

Danny was a genius! He had so many savant-like skills and qualities. The world is missing you Danny!

This is pure gold.

87 I was born and I think this instructional video is a life time gift from this legend.. Thank you..

Wow. I didn't get past the first minute and a half. Danny is a special player.

"Nobody is lazier than me", said by the absolute master wizard. Danny was the greatest man.

RIP Danny. A better reason to check your friends are 'really' ok I could not think of. Take care everybody, and mostly, treat yourself kindly and be humble, the rest will follow. Sydney, Oz.

After watching him, I just need tips on how to sell my gear!

@golfhound

4 жыл бұрын

unless you're a bad guitarist, keep your gear and keep playing. Also, Danny Gatton died about 20 years ago. RIP. So, it's not as if he's going to show up at your gig and want to sit in.

@andrewblair713

4 жыл бұрын

...hell, my guitars heated the house for three nights!

@aaroncrosby2173

4 жыл бұрын

LOL!!!!!!!!!

@GuitarosaurusRex

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@SaylorDollar

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha

The Master showing SOME of his stuff...he aint showing everything...thanks for the music brutha...

@TonyFuentesTV

3 жыл бұрын

Any time! 😎👍

He plays with the bottle of beer and gets beer on the neck and so he grabs a towel and drys off the neck over the frets all the while playing thru the towel like its not there......incredible...............

“It was in tune when I bought it” Ha! I’m gonna use that

A true unsung maestro! He is the best player I have ever heard play a guitar period!!!!

@m.vonhollen6673

4 ай бұрын

There are too many to have a one “best”. Alan Holdsworth, for just one other example, and there are too many to even attempt a list. Danny Gatton is definitely one of the best.

@seanshamblin1131

4 ай бұрын

I don't know about "unsung". Well known guitarists name guitar pieces after him.

The unknown greatest guitar player that never got the recognition he deserved. Rest In Peace, Danny.

This is the most developed hybrid picking I've ever seen.

St. Danny of DC, you are dearly missed here on Earth.

"You better come prepared. He'll eat your lunch." ~ Les Paul on Danny Gatton

Simply one of the best and the saddest thing is many guitar players are unaware of him. Fortunately we have a glimpse after he is gone.

Jesus Mary and Joseph Hard to be impressed nowadays But this guy was the real deal Incredible tone My tele has gone back in the case

Finally, a truly value-added, no nonsense finger picking lesson. Thank you for posting this. It is golden 🪙 🎸 👍

@TonyFuentesTV

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@og-greenmachine8623

2 жыл бұрын

Only way to that American sound.🇺🇸

His quiet manner is so soothing and in such contrast to his savage chops. He talks like the lab coat guys in the 8mm science movies we used to watch in school. I don't even particularly like Americana-style music, but I can listen to Danny all day long. If only he'd have been happier and stayed with us...

This is pure magic...love his pickin' and grinning with the jokes-"it was in tune when I bought it"---love that one!

There's a KZread video that's very easy to find where Danny had a 12 y/o (or maybe 13 y/o) Joe Bonamassa jam with him onstage at one of Danny's live shows, and it's one of my all-time favorites. In one of them, an interviewer asked what he thought of Joe B's playing, and he replied with something along the lines of "I thought for a while that they were gonna hire him and replace me!" Man, what a *great* compliment from a really nice guitar legend! And yes, Gatton was old enough at the time to where other guitar players were calling him a "legend."

I had the pleasure of watching Danny perform, and met him backstage after the show. Forever an inspiration and a beautiful human being. See you on the other side.❤

How shame is that no one really give Danny the credits he deserves when he was alive. I think that's what humans truly are. We only appreciate thing when we lost it.

@timhitt9541

Жыл бұрын

You dont know what youve gone til its gone

What sucks is that I'm watching this at work and feel inspired to immediately pick up my guitar and practice these exercises

@christophersorel6056

2 ай бұрын

You’re fired

One of the greatest of all time. Period.

@TonyFuentesTV

3 жыл бұрын

You are too kind! thank you so much!

The best guitar player ever!

He’s the reason I bought a guitar and started playing and still today I’ve never stopped playing r.i.p Danny

@og-greenmachine8623

2 жыл бұрын

I’m a blues player. Louisiana bred. My practice?’ Danny Gatton & Stevie Ray Vaughn Not my style AT ALL... Practice HARDER than you “play”💡 I’ll take down ANYONE!

@cjohnson5927

Жыл бұрын

@@og-greenmachine8623 then I eanna learn some stuff from you

@og-greenmachine8623

Жыл бұрын

@@cjohnson5927 I could teach to suck real good!😃 🤣🤣🤣

@spacejockey4746

Жыл бұрын

@@og-greenmachine8623 Shut up 🙄

Possibly the best rockabilly and tele video ever....its like finding a Robert Johnson video on playing the blues.

The only thing missing from this instructional video is STAR-WIPE. We need more Star-Wipe!!!! Danny was an absolute freak, I'm so glad he took the time to show us how to do it wrong as well as right.

An immense guitar player...all you see here is real, so sad he left us so soon

@LTJR.

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah my buddy Jim Call's guys like that 'the pure coin'.

I bought a blonde telecaster when l was 17. I’ve played it all my life and l’m 72 with that same guitar at my bedside as l type after finding this clip. I’d seen short clips of him before but watching this l finally understand that lve just witnessed the absolute master of the telecaster. Such a nice, modest and self deprecating man who was born to play it. True genius and the best tele player that ever lived. I’d sell my soul to be able to play half as well as he does here. Leaving in the minor blips just makes me like him even more. Van Gogh only sold one painting while he was alive and l sense a parallel soul. Thanks for posting this, l play with out a pic but now lm going going to try my hardest to emulate Danny’s left hand. It’s either that or give up!

@alexbostelle287

4 жыл бұрын

Master craftsman sharing years of dues for free

@jowaite8889

4 жыл бұрын

"It was out of tune when I bought it!' Don't you just love him?

@stringbender57

4 жыл бұрын

Very well said!

@jonathanhandsmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Great comment about you and your Tele.

@jwh475ezc

4 жыл бұрын

Duke Levine

When you watch Danny Gatton today, you can still marvel at his command and technique. Excepted for Josh Smith, I don't know anybody that can even approach the way he did it. Such a loss to not have him around. Not necessarily for his incredible playing, but just him, as a human being. He was very humble and accessible. Depression is a terrible predicament. I want him back. Now!

@denmar355

Жыл бұрын

Greg Koch is a “Gattonite”.

@MetaphysicalMusician

Жыл бұрын

I met him .He was a Great Guy and His playing was so extraordinary it looked impossible.

@Vigilante311

Жыл бұрын

Josh smith is a fantastic modern player and he gives me hope but i dont know if hes quite at this level yet, theres just something about the old guys that no new young guy has. I also love kirk fletchers playing, having said that they all beat the shit out of me on guitar so there ya go

@knowmusicman157

Жыл бұрын

Scotty Anderson

@lingeringlead

Жыл бұрын

Daniel Donato

I bought this VHS tape back when I was mostly a beginner but sort of becoming an intermediate. And this entire video was just way over my head

Danny Gatton,Jimi Hendrix,Wes Montgomery,Van Halen,Allan Holdsworth, Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry,SRV,Frank Gamble,George Benson...Guitar Giants

My heart just breaks when I think about and hear Danny’s playing.

holy F his guitar sounds like no one ever - just pure bliss

RIP Danny- true guitar player. Peace of Jesus be with you.

Rest in Peace Mr. Gatton! You were the best!!!

6:48 "it was in tune when I bought it" classic!

Danny Gatton was sick. Just insanely good.

@og-greenmachine8623

2 жыл бұрын

No one better.

Heard his name from Bukovac comments....I've died and gone to heaven.....

I learned so much from this when I watched it back in 1992, really cool to see it again! Have to admit, my favorite part is 37:58!

What a treasure! We love and miss you, Danny.

16m in and I'm ready to rewind. Been playing guitar for a couple decades now, rarely come across one like this. Thanks for the upload!

@TonyFuentesTV

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! your feedback and support are greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Wow his tuning tips are top notch!

Kieth Richards. NOW THIS DUDE... Make me LOVE my Telecaster even MORE❤️

5:52 - Banjo Rolls 7:50 - Danny Gatton's Special Picking Technique 11:08 - Merle Travis Style Picking 18:58 - Banjo Licks For The Guitar 23:55 - Freestyle Country Funk And Blues Licks 32:05 - Piano & Boogie-Woogie Style Picking (not the full video yet, this is just for my benefit navigating it)

@georgebethos7890

4 жыл бұрын

Anton Hunter thank you 🙏 helpfull

@badmouserising9859

4 жыл бұрын

Nice nice

@ty5020

4 жыл бұрын

45:10 Les Paul Infinity licks

The telecaster KING!!!

Danny Gatton and another DC area prodigy who left us too early, Ava Cassidy, prove that quiet genius can come from the least likely of places.

@chrisnewbury3793

Жыл бұрын

Two of my absolute favorites

simply amazing. the grand master. A true genius. Maybe the greatest ever.

One of the best players ever to grace this earth. He is amazing. Great guy..

The greatest unknown guitar player in the world, the reason why it was hard for him to go slow it was because he was in a different dimension

@TonyFuentesTV

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 👍😎 More coming! Thanks for your support and feedback! Much appreciated!

@jacobattias8401

3 жыл бұрын

Shawn lane....

We all stand on the shoulders of giants

@sasaadamovic5963

2 ай бұрын

Isaak Newton

this folks is why many say Gatton was the best guitar player ever, hard to deny this, all the difficult styles he mastered.. all the hours he put in..

This video has so much fucking gold for someone trying to grasp hybrid picking like myself. You could watch, dissect, and imitate the examples here for years.

@TonyFuentesTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean! 😎👍 Much appreciated!

He was the absolute best, RiP!

A true Tele Master. Just might be the best lesson on hybrid picking I've ever seen.

In 1991, at the age of 19, I was temporarily living in Dahlgren, Virginia for about 5 months and decided to pick up a guitar. I played that thing for hours a day every day (I had a lot of free time on my hands). Years later I heard about Danny Gatton and read his story and was shocked to hear of his suicide. Recently I started reading a bit about him and learned where his farm was - it was less than a 15 minute drive away from where I was. I would have loved to have met him.

@GPaulTheThrashKing

3 жыл бұрын

Yo... I didn't know he killed himself.

@pabloperez4063

3 жыл бұрын

@@GPaulTheThrashKing because he thought he was not good enough!

@GPaulTheThrashKing

3 жыл бұрын

@@pabloperez4063 ...Of all the most ridiculous misapprehensions of reality that I have ever heard of, that is one of the worst. Danny Gatton thinking he isn't good enough?! It'd be funny if it wasn't so damn tragic.

@bobtaylor170

Жыл бұрын

@@pabloperez4063 , how do you know that?

@peteraustin370

5 ай бұрын

Mini strokes had begun to impair his guitar playing apparently...!!

I have never heard of Danny Gatton before this video. Thank you for sharing this!

@TonyFuentesTV

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

He was truly one of the best period

Este tutorial de D.Gatton es oro puro. Fue capaz de transmitir su tecnica y sabiduria para que lo viera el mundo sin restricciones. Semejante talento no tiene parangon. QEPD Danny.

Once read an article that Danny was at a guitar workshop and showing some good guitarists some of his trademark licks and riffs. And he couldn,t understand how none of them could grasp or follow what he was doing. He didn,t realise what was easy for Danny was impossible for normal guitarists

@TonyFuentesTV

26 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

He is similar to Tommy Emmanuel in being super player and feet on the ground humble...and a FANTASTIC giver teacher instructor. That is a amazing dual ability...play and share.😅

16:21 "alright, kid, you got that?" and then he smiles. maybe one day, Mr. Gatton, sir...

Thanks for posting, awesome!

Thanks Tony! Great find.

R.I.P. Danny Gatton

the Good stuff!!! Phenomenal!!

what would he be like now if he was still alive? One of my top five players.

Legendary! GOAT!

Oh yeah thankyou Tony F .😎for pinning this !!! Only heardy my dad play a few times but he must have taught Dan because they played alike 😮 they both are with Bill Haley now I suppose🎸✝️🎸☮️🎸♾️🎸💥🎸💥🎸⚡🎸🔥🙄😳🙏👍✌️😎

I have this in VHS from that time.

Awesome! Thanks for showing us this ! I am excited to start using these picking methods, they give me a new trick to practice and add to my bag

It's cold in Britain at the moment so I ve just turned my telecaster into kindling after watching Danny.😊

@seanshamblin1131

4 ай бұрын

You should have given it to me, bro. I'd have happily traded for a large amount of firewood. I've been wanting a Telecaster for a few years now. Just got my Strat...

Back for more... it's scary how much information is in this video. You can practice this for years! Gatton was incredible!

Amazing stuff more than a lifetime of lessons!

As soon as he mentioned smoking in nightclubs, I immediately became jealous of the time period he lived in. Imagine having the freedom to smoke indoors again. On another note, what an absolute shredder of a guitarist he was. My mind is blown every time I hear a Gatton solo.

@X360Anti

2 жыл бұрын

Man even as a smoker I would never want to have indoor smoking bans lifted. We were all mad at first but that's because we didn't realize how ridiculous it was having 50 cigs constantly burning. Only downside is that once the smoke cleared I realized how ugly my friends had gotten.

@guitarpicker6844

Жыл бұрын

Smoking is the dumbest way to commit suicide.

I understood, and have mastered, everything he said or showed before he said, "OK, let's get started."

Pure sorcery! Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.

After rediscovering this I'm going to watch this at least one time a day everyday for the rest of my life and Hope that I can have half the talent in just his pinky finger

Thanks so much for posting this. I bought the vhs when it came out but lost it in the 90's. I learned so much from this in those days.

Thanks for uploading the whole video! Used to have to surf around for the separate clips.

Such a master.