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Danny Gatton — Elmira St. Boogie
Album: 88 Elmira St
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Released: 1991
Length: 4:04
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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 twohearted wrote:

somebody wants to be brian setzer real bad



And somebody doesn't know their music history.
Posted 2 weeks ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
¡Que buen rock'n roll!. Never heard before. 
Posted 2 months ago by sergioso    [ Reply ]
I bought the CD after hearing him here. Wow.
c.
Posted 2 months ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:

Plus 1 - from 7 to 8.





I gave it a TEN!  
Posted 6 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 grhorn wrote:


Good?  It's Grrrreat! 

Plus 1 - from 7 to 8.


Posted 10 months ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
my ex bf and i used to dance to this one, love it!
Posted 11 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 nickferrante858 wrote:

if you like this music and you want to support an independent filmmaker check out the recent movie Anacostia Delta. It's a great documentary about the guitar scene in DC during Danny's peak



Gotta bump this up. Danny was a legend in the DC area. 
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 twohearted wrote:

somebody wants to be brian setzer real bad


I have nothing against Brian Setzer but Danny would smoke him. 
Posted 1 year ago by nickferrante10    [ Reply ]
 chinaski wrote:

Wait, am I receiving old WHFS radio transmissions reflected back from outer space or what? I better check to see who's playing at the PsycheDelly and Desperado's this week. Oh, I think he's at the Cellar Door next week, Hammerjack's the week after that and then the Bayou and the Twist n' Shout. 

*sigh* Those were the days...



Bob Waugh and Weasel say NRBQ will be at the Bayou Saturday and then we can catch Pat Metheny at Blues Alley on Sunday. 
Posted 1 year ago by nickferrante10    [ Reply ]
Thanks again William! 
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 stevesaw wrote:

I think the only reason this song ends, is he just plain used up all the notes!




You bet!!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Wait, am I receiving old WHFS radio transmissions reflected back from outer space or what? I better check to see who's playing at the PsycheDelly and Desperado's this week. Oh, I think he's at the Cellar Door next week, Hammerjack's the week after that and then the Bayou and the Twist n' Shout. 

*sigh* Those were the days...
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
This tune & Harlem Nocturne are my 2 favorite Danny Gatton tunes!! Please play more Danny Gatton  tunes!!  THANK YOU!!  ...May he rest in peace!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
From Songs that should have made it into Pulp Fiction...
Posted 2 years ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
GODLIKE!!! Please play more Danny Gatton tunes!! Thank You!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 twohearted wrote:

somebody wants to be brian setzer real bad




Danny Gatton was playing this music before Brian Stetzer was born!!!  ...check WIKI  for both Danny & Brian!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 twohearted wrote:

somebody wants to be brian setzer real bad




It is the other way around! Danny Gatton was playing this music, long before Setzer!  Setzer learned from Danny Gatton!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
First time hearing the amazing Danny Gatton on RP. Nothing less than a 10 from me!
Posted 2 years ago by frisbeepilot    [ Reply ]
GREAT TUNE! GREAT GUITARIST!  ...Thanx RP!  PS: he gets greater sounds on a Telecaster, than anybody else that I've ever heard!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 LPCity wrote:

I was lucky enough to experience the Washington DC music scene during the late 70's while attending the University of Maryland.  So many great local bands that you could see almost any weekend in one of the many bars in the area.  The Nighthawks, Catfish Hodge, Danny Gatton, the emerging Go Go scene, Root Boy Slim if you really wanted to Boogie Til' You Puke!

As others have said, Danny was a one of a kind guitar player. 




LPCity said it all. I went to AU and lived in DC from 76 to 90. What an incredible music scene back then. I got to see Danny Gatton play numerous times. The last time I saw him perform was in the late 80's at the Warner when hometown boys Jorma and Jack jammed with him during a concert lineup of the two bands. They were friends from way back before their fame. I remember the guitar gearhead chatter about Gatton's homemade black box of effects. RadioParadise is the nearest thing to the old original WHFS and WGTB from back in the day. Thanks Bill!
Posted 2 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
somebody wants to be brian setzer real bad
Posted 3 years ago by twohearted    [ Reply ]
I think the only reason this song ends, is he just plain used up all the notes!
Posted 3 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
First few notes, I thought 'Oh, Stray Cats, that's cool.' Another few bars, and thought 'No WAY Brian Setzer can play like that.' Of course it's DG. Holy smokin' fretboard!

What a loss.
c.
Posted 3 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
if you like this music and you want to support an independent filmmaker check out the recent movie Anacostia Delta. It's a great documentary about the guitar scene in DC during Danny's peak
Posted 3 years ago by nickferrante858    [ Reply ]
So happy to hear Danny on RP! Love this man's music and miss him like crazy!
Posted 3 years ago by nickferrante858    [ Reply ]
Got me sweatin'
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
Love the '49 Ford on the album cover.

Perfect '49 Ford kind of music.   

Now if he drove it to George Barris's shop to chop the top; shave the door
handles, French the headlights, etc, etc... ;-)

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
 

Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
GODDAMN! Go, man, GO!
Posted 3 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 Kostyan wrote:
Good
 

Good?  It's Grrrreat! 
Posted 3 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
Dang, RP is getting expensive for me! First was the Kinks debut disc, then a Vic Chesnutt tribute CD, now this: Danny Gatton bowed down to Lenny Breau, who I had never heard of. Went straight to Amazon, now I just have to figure out which disc(s) to buy!

Two incredible talents, gone much too soon.
c.
 


I don't usually like rockabilly but this is outstanding

RP is astonishing for the number of amazing talents it introduces you to.

You won't like them all but their hit rate is an MLB batter's dream

I understand that Rebecca is the"brains behind Pa"

Have some more $upport



Posted 3 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
Good
Posted 3 years ago by Kostyan    [ Reply ]
Great guitar playing! Really top shelf IMHO :)
Posted 4 years ago by Funkyfreddy    [ Reply ]
Blimey-O-Reilly
Posted 4 years ago by HectorPascal    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by MrMelons    [ Reply ]
Dang, RP is getting expensive for me! First was the Kinks debut disc, then a Vic Chesnutt tribute CD, now this: Danny Gatton bowed down to Lenny Breau, who I had never heard of. Went straight to Amazon, now I just have to figure out which disc(s) to buy!

Two incredible talents, gone much too soon.
c.
Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Danny was / and still is a DC legend! I was able to catch a couple of his gigs in the bars before I was old enough to drive thanks to my buddies.
Posted 5 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
CRANK IT UP!
Posted 5 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
You really can't sit still listening to this. Fantastic!
Posted 5 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
WOW!  This is fantastic.  
Posted 5 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
I was lucky enough to see Danny a couple of times.  The best had to be when he and Bela Fleck had a guiter vs. banjo pick-off.  Amazing.  I believe it was the Warner Theatre in DC.  Not long before Danny died.   sigh ...  
Posted 5 years ago by dingusbother    [ Reply ]
 dig wrote:
Props to Heath and Setzer but Gatton blows both of them away.

 
There are guitarists out there, unrecognized who blow away the lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fYbklDBdK0&list=UUynQZBSIVe93MBwu79tWJ9w&index=27
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 OceanBlue wrote:
Good lord, I know nothing about this man's place in music history (besides what I've gleaned from this comment board), but man oh man did I look up from my work. This guitar playing is off the hook, beyond comprehension...

 
Best comment on this board. 
Posted 5 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
That's some remarkable pickin'!
Posted 6 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
Wow!!!  What a guitar player.  I lived in D.C. in the early '80s.  Never heard of him.  My loss.
Posted 6 years ago by Clark_Novato    [ Reply ]
Happy Days are here again...
Posted 6 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
Props to Heath and Setzer but Gatton blows both of them away.
Posted 6 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
Go DaddyO
Posted 7 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

Danny was about far more than rockabilly. He had an incredible range of styles. 

 
word
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

My first thought was The Reverend Horton Heat, but most any rockabilly revival is nice now and again. :)

 
Danny was about far more than rockabilly. He had an incredible range of styles. 
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I was lucky enough to experience the Washington DC music scene during the late 70's while attending the University of Maryland.  So many great local bands that you could see almost any weekend in one of the many bars in the area.  The Nighthawks, Catfish Hodge, Danny Gatton, the emerging Go Go scene, Root Boy Slim if you really wanted to Boogie Til' You Puke!

As others have said, Danny was a one of a kind guitar player. 
Posted 7 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
 VV wrote:
Once you hear Brian Setzer/Stray Cats... you can't ever unhear them.

 
My first thought was The Reverend Horton Heat, but most any rockabilly revival is nice now and again. :)
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 VV wrote:
Once you hear Brian Setzer/Stray Cats... you can't ever unhear them.

 
+1
Posted 7 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Once you hear Brian Setzer/Stray Cats... you can't ever unhear them.
Posted 7 years ago by VV    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Nice tune for a sunny day! Yup, the dude can flat-out jam the old Tele, can't he? and I like the little tribute to Buddy Holly in there, too...

 
Hope you dug out of the snow-pile coloradojohn boogie on dude!!!
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Fun!
Posted 8 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
         Whose  lucky turn
 It's a nice neighborhood anyway.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
the events leading up to his suicide were strange, or I should say the last hour or so, 
I saw him live once, he could do literally anything he wanted to do on a guitar 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Good lord, I know nothing about this man's place in music history (besides what I've gleaned from this comment board), but man oh man did I look up from my work. This guitar playing is off the hook, beyond comprehension...
Posted 8 years ago by OceanBlue    [ Reply ]
Joe Bonamassas teacher and sadly committed suicide
Posted 8 years ago by ecojot    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Guitarist}{#Dancingbanana_2} Love Rockabilly-Billy!
Not enough rockabilly.More please.

 


Posted 8 years ago by wlampe61    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Elmira?  I trust you're on the outside; I imagine they don't play RP at "The Hill".  Anyhow, cool tune.

 
Elmira isn't all a prison, it just seems that way.
Posted 8 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 railroadwail wrote:
I'm listening to this in Elmira, NY.  Seems appropriate.

 
Elmira?  I trust you're on the outside; I imagine they don't play RP at "The Hill".  Anyhow, cool tune.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
We'll take it!!  Good choice for 6pm... East Coast, Beantown!! {#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by Suzl    [ Reply ]
Not enough rockabilly.More please.
Posted 8 years ago by tee_dee    [ Reply ]
YEAH!
Posted 8 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
ah, memories of Dad and his buddies picking and shootin' the !@#$
I can still hear his old amp hum
Posted 9 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Nice tune for a sunny day! Yup, the dude can flat-out jam the old Tele, can't he? and I like the little tribute to Buddy Holly in there, too...
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I'm listening to this in Elmira, NY.  Seems appropriate.
Posted 9 years ago by railroadwail    [ Reply ]
Thank heavens for St. Boogie. ( On the lists between Boniface and Boris)
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Sunny} DANNY KICKS A$$.....ROCK ON BRO....... ( had me a shoebox woody with a bullit ) flatheads forever
Posted 9 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Outstanding.    An easy 8
Posted 10 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
Thank You for sharing this Wicked Ass tune!!!    woooooooohoooooo   

 
Oh Yes :))
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 mgoldman wrote:
Saw Danny many times. He was a great guy.  Truly one of the most amazing guitar players ever.  He could literally play any style with ease.  He had very eclectic taste in music.  He incorporated it all in his music.  Really miss him.  One of the saddest days ever was when he left us. RIP Danny.

 
Brilliant guitarist. Two friends who saw him play live around DC many times struck up a conversation with Danny after a gig and extracted a promise that he'd play at their wedding. Sadly I don't think it came to pass but apparently he was a good man with many friends. As I've posted on RP in another song's comment area, I went to a tribute concert for Danny at the Carter Barron Amphitheater in DC. It wasn't the most organized event, but years after Danny's death his friends were giving their all for him. His buddy Tom Principato still plays at the annual Takoma Park Street Festival in MD like clockwork. 

12/9/14 edit: 9 -> 10. What was I thinking? {#Stupid}
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Once in a while - quite OK 
cant resist the swing 
Posted 10 years ago by flodinos    [ Reply ]
Thank You for sharing this Wicked Ass tune!!!    woooooooohoooooo   
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Love this.
Just read a wonderful sentence in 'Anatomy of a Murder,' which was published in 1958. The protagonist, a small-town lawyer, hears a prisoner playing a guitar softly in jail, and he remarks that its nice to hear a guitar not being played as if it were a drum, for once. 
Posted 10 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
Love Danny Gatton.

Always good to hear. 
Posted 10 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Love the '49 Ford on the album cover.

Perfect '49 Ford kind of music.
Posted 10 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
It's awesome, but kinda schizophrenic idnit?
Posted 11 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
.......boring.............
Posted 11 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
RIP to a true innovator of his genre.  
Posted 11 years ago by :+:_DL    [ Reply ]
wooooohoooooooo! now we're talkin!!
Posted 11 years ago by three_crows    [ Reply ]
roc-a-billy on sunday before noon ?  must be still asleep..............zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Very cool, reminds me of Les Paul.
Posted 11 years ago by bh1    [ Reply ]
So, how many people were playing the guitar on that one?
Posted 11 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
Saw Danny many times. He was a great guy.  Truly one of the most amazing guitar players ever.  He could literally play any style with ease.  He had very eclectic taste in music.  He incorporated it all in his music.  Really miss him.  One of the saddest days ever was when he left us. RIP Danny.
Posted 11 years ago by mgoldman    [ Reply ]
Outright smackin the piss out of it..... YES!
Posted 11 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
Very good , but definitely 50/60s feel Les Paul feel to it.
Posted 11 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
 ClaireWild wrote:
Annoying, totally.  Awful.
 
Mom?  What are you doing on RP?
Posted 11 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
One of Joe Bonamassa's absolutely favorite guitarists. He oughta know. 
 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 MsJudi wrote:
Chair dancing.
 
Bump
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 ClaireWild wrote:
Annoying, totally.  Awful.
 
You know absolutely nothing. Can you feed yourself?
Posted 12 years ago by icemang    [ Reply ]
WOW
now that is gee-tar playin!! 
Posted 12 years ago by BLADERUNNER    [ Reply ]
Great car!
Posted 12 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Annoying, totally.  Awful.
Posted 12 years ago by ClaireWild    [ Reply ]
Out-STANDing!

Posted 12 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Hot Damn!
Posted 12 years ago by HonduranRed    [ Reply ]
Frankly, I find this annoying.
Posted 12 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
So glad I got to see him in beautiful Wheaton, MD.  Wow is all I can say. 
Posted 12 years ago by Seahunt    [ Reply ]
Found this on Wiki - interesting stuff, and sad...Danny Gatton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Posted 12 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Never heard this before. I could have sworn it was Brian Setzer until I looked.
Quite excellent! 
Posted 12 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
That's what I'm talking about

Posted 12 years ago by run4more    [ Reply ]
Wow, man, wow!!! {#Notworthy} So amazed to hear something played so well "live" without any recording trickery of any kind way back when. Danny Gatton is one of the unsung guitar heroes who pushed the bar way beyond the limits of his time.

Posted 12 years ago by impediguy    [ Reply ]

Danny provided me with some of the best musical experiences of my life. Very fortunate to live in the D.C. area at a time when seeing live music was the most important thing in my life and Danny seemed to be playing in a club every weekend. To see someone that gifted so close up and often was truly a priveledge. I miss him and those times dearly.


Posted 13 years ago by katiediddler    [ Reply ]
Cooool daddyO
Posted 13 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
 tg3k wrote:

I'm hearing shades of Les Paul's playing hidden in the mix as well. I wonder if he was an inspiration to Danny.
 
That's the point of the digital delay below. What Paul did with multitracking—not to mention playing flawless, blazing fast passages—Gatton could do live with a digital delay. Very cool. We love technology. We loved Danny Gatton even more. Shameful loss.

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Tell me that this tune doesn't make you want to burry the accelerator in the carpets of that fine looking automobile  
Posted 13 years ago by lsfeder    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 13 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
ppffffffffff..... wankie guitar.
Sounds like a real parody!
Posted 13 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Cool, Daddy-O
Posted 13 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
well now, this is quite nice.
Posted 13 years ago by anabel    [ Reply ]
 fisherking wrote:
Nice to hear Danny on RP. I went to the auction at his house after his suicide. Very sad. Danny's other interests included building hot rods.
 
I knew he died; I wasn't aware that it was suicide; very sad indeed.
I had the privilege of seeing him live in a tiny club here in Vancouver. He was the opening act for Joe Walsh, of all people. Gatton was incredible. Amazing guitarist and an equally good showman. To say he blew Joe Walsh off the stage is an understatement. Walsh was so drunk he could barely stand, much less play, but everyone in attendance felt they got their money's worth from Danny Gatton's performance. R.I.P. DG.

Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 snarf wrote:
Holy Cow, never expected to hear this one anywhere. This guy was know in the DC area as 'the greatest guitar player no one has ever heard of'.
 
I think the "greatest guitar player no one ever heard of" tag was after a PBS program about Roy Buchanan.  They were both busy in the bars of DC.  That was how many years ago now?  Nevermind. 
Posted 14 years ago by caregiver    [ Reply ]
Chair dancing.
Posted 14 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
tg3k wrote:
I'm hearing shades of Les Paul's playing hidden in the mix as well. I wonder if he was an inspiration to Danny.
both ways.. Danny was also Les Paul's favorite guitarist
Posted 18 years ago by birdboy    [ Reply ]
Wow.
Posted 18 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:
Thanks for adding this guy. I'd heard of him before, but had never heard his actual playing. Excellent! I've got a feeling that Brian Setzer must have a lot of his records! Beautiful picking.
I'm hearing shades of Les Paul's playing hidden in the mix as well. I wonder if he was an inspiration to Danny.
Posted 18 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]
This sound is brought to you by...
Posted 18 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear Danny on RP. I went to the auction at his house after his suicide. Very sad. Danny's other interests included building hot rods.
Posted 18 years ago by fisherking    [ Reply ]