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If Danny Gatton Did it..Does that make it Okay??
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I was an engineer at Track Recorders and Big Mo mobile recording and spent about a million hours with Danny in recording sessions.
That bass was carved up at least 25 years ago; long before the value shot up and was another Hot Rod project by DG; he wanted a 5; didn't have the $$ to buy one; and was a good fabricator (both cars and guitars)
Very interesting guy, super humble, and a real gentleman.
I'll never forget when studio owner and engineer Ed Eastridge walked in during one of my over dub sessions and asked how it was going; my reply was:
He's going to ruin this solo; I've punched this track over 20 times and every time his playing is in time, in tune, excellent melody, and very soulful; he's killing me, each take is perfect and I'm afraid that human error on one of us is going to kill this solo
Ed's reply - I've had the same thought many times; but what if there is a difference and normal humans just can't hear it?
After that, I never got crazy during extreme sessions of minutia.
RIP Danny; we still miss (and remember) you
That bass was carved up at least 25 years ago; long before the value shot up and was another Hot Rod project by DG; he wanted a 5; didn't have the $$ to buy one; and was a good fabricator (both cars and guitars)
Very interesting guy, super humble, and a real gentleman.
I'll never forget when studio owner and engineer Ed Eastridge walked in during one of my over dub sessions and asked how it was going; my reply was:
He's going to ruin this solo; I've punched this track over 20 times and every time his playing is in time, in tune, excellent melody, and very soulful; he's killing me, each take is perfect and I'm afraid that human error on one of us is going to kill this solo
Ed's reply - I've had the same thought many times; but what if there is a difference and normal humans just can't hear it?
After that, I never got crazy during extreme sessions of minutia.
RIP Danny; we still miss (and remember) you
Nope. That was not disrespectful, and it draws a stark contrast to the kind of rude, exaggerated, arrogant disdain and trolling that another poster is guilty of.
Like someone said earlier, you're entitled to your opinion, but the way some people express it makes you want to puke.
Boy, for a guitar player with limited or no celebrity status, there sure are a lot of bass players on this little forum coming out of the woodwork to say something decent about him.
celebrity, n, 1: the state of being celebrated 2: a celebrated person
I don't think it serves anyone well to do a comparative study on how celebrated Gatton is (or is not). It's pretty obvious he is celebrated to a large extent, especially among musicians with high standards and an ear for excellence. And you don't even have to like the guy's music to make this modest observation.
And Danny Gatton was a great, underappreciated guitar player.
I actually like Klaus, but one could easily apply your arguments against Gatton to Klaus.
"Trolling"?? C'mon.... were I "trolling" I'd be a lot more unpleasant. Thusfar, I think I've been quite polite. You must be a very sensitive person. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
And here ^^, as predicted...
electocoyote - your problem is that you don't know who Klaus Flouride is. If you had, you'd have posted a DK's video rather than that. I suggest you go back and watch all the DK's videos you can find and then return to this thread with a retraction.
Yes, I know who DK is. You singled out their bass player and called him underrated. You didn't put it into any particular context. Now you want me to research his contribution to the Dead Kennedys? I'm sure I have better things to do.
Sensitive to arrogance and rudeness? Guilty as charged, along with many other posters on this thread.
Sensitive to arrogance and rudeness? Guilty as charged, along with many other posters on this thread.
Not knowing who Klaus Flouride is is a PROBLEM? So he's only good with the DK's? Lay some more wisdom on us all knowing one! Quick! What color underwear suits me best?
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I like Klaus Voorman's bass playing more. He played with stars of the music world.
That You-Tube video of Danny Gatton was pretty incredible. Nice dry-woody tone on that Tele.
Fair enough.
However, I would agree that Gatton is low-level niche celebrity. Not meaning any disrespect, and I feel the same way about a lot of "famous" bass players and other musicians.
Just got off the phone with John Sprung who owned the American Guitar Center; wrote a few books on guitars, owned everyting important (including the original clear Fender Lucite strat as well as a number of other one off Fenders) and was a very good friend of Danny.
I stand corrected; the bass in question was converted in the late 60's early 70's and could quote possibly be one of the first 5 strings ever made. They were not commercialy available in our area then (we all lived in Maryland at the time) and Danny was broke.
He wanted a 5; couldn't buy one, had a reasonably inexpensive, refinished Pbass; and decided he'd just make his own 5.
I would appreciate that any of you keep and further distastefull remarks private as he was a great guy, a great player, and made this bass out of necessity; he was also a friend to many of us here.
Funny how the mud slingers never have credentials to match those they flog.
Many would say that Hendrix and Townsend were dead beats for destroying perfectly good guitars on stage.
I stand corrected; the bass in question was converted in the late 60's early 70's and could quote possibly be one of the first 5 strings ever made. They were not commercialy available in our area then (we all lived in Maryland at the time) and Danny was broke.
He wanted a 5; couldn't buy one, had a reasonably inexpensive, refinished Pbass; and decided he'd just make his own 5.
I would appreciate that any of you keep and further distastefull remarks private as he was a great guy, a great player, and made this bass out of necessity; he was also a friend to many of us here.
Funny how the mud slingers never have credentials to match those they flog.
Many would say that Hendrix and Townsend were dead beats for destroying perfectly good guitars on stage.
Are you suggesting that in order to issue criticism, one has to reach the level of accomplishment of the person being critiqued? That seems a bit absurd. Certainly, a requirement like that would wipe out the occupation of "critic" entirely.
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