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Fabulous rendition of Harlem Nocturne. While digging around, I discovered Danny did a cover of "The Simpsons" theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiMeGGq0DX8 I'm not comparing these two songs -- I just thought this was interesting. ;-)
Thank You for the info!
You lucky duck! I wish that I could have been there too!!
THIS is why I come to RP. As much music as I have and I've listened to (like many here), I had not heard of Danny before. Damn, been missing out. Often, great regional acts couldn't tour the whole country (or internationally) due to the expense, and you might never get to see some real talent in your local market. Nice this interweb thing brings me stuff that never tours here in fly-over country.
That is why we all come here. Thanx RP!
It's the blues.
Now I'm sad.
If my ears are correct, there is a very short clip of this song in the Black Books episode, "A little flutter'.
Good ear.
It's Dick Heintze. Holloman plays saxophone (but he doesn't play in this album, sax is played by Ralph McDuffie and Ted Efantis)
Thank You for the info. GREAT TUNE!!
Hammond Organ by Bill Holloman.
It's Dick Heintze. Holloman plays saxophone (but he doesn't play in this album, sax is played by Ralph McDuffie and Ted Efantis)
An 11 from me.
Same here!!
What's nice about this version is that DG does not dominate: some mighty impressive non-guitar solos in there too.
c.
I was lucky enough to see Danny Gatton and his band on several occasions in the 80s and early 90s. He played "Harlem Nocturne" at several of those shows, all in barrooms. It remains some of the best music I ever heard, and I've been listening to live music for literally 50 years. For another equally great side of Danny (with Delbert McClinton) check out "Sun Medley" on Cruisin' Deuces. His premature death was a terrible loss.
It is interesting for me to note that he was born about three months after my father (6/12/45) and died almost exactly two years after my Dad (10/7/92). I did not need an additional reason to love this song, but that might add another point to my rating.
Gawdamighty this tune… axe, organ, sax. Stellar.
You Bet!! I agree totally!!
Are we sure Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan are not the same person?
What's nice about this version is that DG does not dominate: some mighty impressive non-guitar solos in there too.
c.
Nice with the Hammond B3 (and Leslie) wailing on the solo!
An 11 from me.
You bet!! I think this tune is based on music from the 50s-60s TV show "naked City".
The more I hear this, the more I like it!! Thank You RP!
handyrae wrote:Did I just walk into a dark and seedy bar?
thewiseking wrote:
No such luck. The dark and seedy bar of today is filled with Bud Light Signs, giant screen TVs with "the game on" and an iPhone plugged in playing Journey
@thewiseking They are still out there ... You just need to try a little harder to find them.
Holy cow is that some good guitar!
You bet!! I think this tune is based on music from the 50s-60s TV show "naked City".
“...Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should.”
What's wrong with " a one celled Hammond Organism"?
Great Hammond work.
“...Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should.”
(oh, a down thumb for this? Really, lighten up man...it's funny...Ian Malcolm, Hammond...try laughing at life a bit...the world is already a pretty gloomy place ffs...)
handyrae wrote:Did I just walk into a dark and seedy bar?
thewiseking wrote:
No such luck. The dark and seedy bar of today is filled with Bud Light Signs, giant screen TVs with "the game on" and an iPhone plugged in playing Journey
No such Luck, I wish a sports bar was open but all the bars are closed! Lock-down due to COVID-19 :-(
No such luck. The dark and seedy bar of today is filled with Bud Light Signs, giant screen TVs with "the game on" and an iPhone plugged in playing Journey
No such luck as walking into a bar at all!, they are all closed due to COVID-19 and the lock-down that goes with it.
I think anyone who's never heard a great B3 player "wail it" is missing out on something very special.
RIP Danny, you inspired everyone who heard you.
You've been to ten bars tonight? Very impressive! ; )
Check out Funhouse off Cruisin' Dueces. Whoa.
It's on Youtube
Danny was a legend in the DC area...
It's a Hammond.
YES! And such a clear, crisp production.
I'm not sure he owed Buchanan much more than Buchanan owed him in terms of style. They were friends and contemporaries, playing Telecasters in the same area at the same time. They were apparently even room-mates for a while.
Just a couple of them.
Despite that initial reaction, I found myself enjoying the piece on this listen.
Fun fact - they used to live together in DC.
Spent many a Friday and Saturday night in Georgetown.
Seemed like there was always another band, Danny and whatever he was calling his band that year, were locals and will be around forever, we can see them anytime, we thought.
Would love a do-over for that time span, might catch at least one show, if I had that time back.
I was lucky enough to see Danny Gatton during my U of Md. days. Only because one of my guitar playing friends (who had just bought his own Strat) insisted that we see him. Left to my own choices, I probably would have missed out. That man could play it all.
cool,
thanks Bill
i think he had lessons lol very nice
Years back, he played at our little summer concert series in Leesburg, VA. Glad I caught him then as I think it was the next year he was gone.
Dang.
Spent many a Friday and Saturday night in Georgetown.
Seemed like there was always another band, Danny and whatever he was calling his band that year, were locals and will be around forever, we can see them anytime, we thought.
Would love a do-over for that time span, might catch at least one show, if I had that time back.
Regret is a waste of time.
Spent many a Friday and Saturday night in Georgetown.
Seemed like there was always another band, Danny and whatever he was calling his band that year, were locals and will be around forever, we can see them anytime, we thought.
Would love a do-over for that time span, might catch at least one show, if I had that time back.
No such luck. The dark and seedy bar of today is filled with Bud Light Signs, giant screen TVs with "the game on" and an iPhone plugged in playing Journey
Precisely! Mahalo dude : )
Jeff Beck, to name a few :-)
It's not him on this?
THIS is why I listen to RP: nowhere else in the world, no universe, no galaxy would you hear this song!!! Kudos!!
Kudos to that!~!!!!!
Jeff Beck, to name a few :-)
....and the other JB, Joe Bonamassa.
Tippster wrote:
They used to live together in DC.
Wow, I had no idea. I hear similar styles, but I haven't heard enough of Roy to intelligently comment further. Danny's still well-known and remembered in the DC area. Eerie that Roy apparently also took his life, although it seems that some family members dispute that finding.
Bokey's comment on Telecaster players is spot on.
I actually thought it was Roy Buchanan when I heard the first few guitar notes. They certainly seem to be cut from the same cloth.
bokey wrote:
They knew each other well.
Telecaster guys are like a(semi- dysfunctional) brotherhood.
Tippster wrote:
They used to live together in DC.
Wow, I had no idea. I hear similar styles, but I haven't heard enough of Roy to intelligently comment further. Danny's still well-known and remembered in the DC area. Eerie that Roy apparently also took his life, although it seems that some family members dispute that finding.
Thank you!