1987 DANNY GATTON UNFINISHED BUSINESS RARE LP INCREDIBLE MARYLAND DC GUITARIST

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1987 - DANNY GATTON - - MUSICIANS: DANNY GATTON - GUITARS - JOHN PREVITI - BASS - DAVE ELLIOT - DRUMS - BROOKS TEGLER - DRUMS ON 2 SONGS - JON CARROLL - HAMMOND B3 ON "MELANCHOLY SERENADE" - MANNY FISHMAN - DRUMS ON "MELANCHOLY SERENADE" - ROGER McDUFFLE - SAX ON "SKY KING" - RELEASED ON THE N.R.G. RECORDS LABEL - NR 17235 - THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP IS STILL AROUND THE ALBUM COVER AND - THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED ONLY THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND PURCHASED NEW BY ME - I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY RECORDS - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS AND READ WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT DANNY GATTON BELOW:

DANNY GATTON USED TO LIVE IN CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND WHICH BORDERS IN SOME PLACES PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY WHICH IS WHERE I HAD LIVED FOR A MAJORITY OF MY LIFE. DANNY GATTON WAS CONSIDERED ONE AND BY SOME THE BEST GUITARIST TO EVER COMES FROM THE MARYLAND / WASHINGTON, D.C. / VIRGINIA AREA AND THERE HAD BEEN SOME GREAT ONES SUCH AS NILS LOFGREN, ROY BUCHANON, MICHAEL FATH, JAMIE LARITZ, WAYNE TOMLINSON AND EVEN THE LEGENDARY GREG WRIGHT WAS HERE FOR A WHILE PLUS MANY OTHERS. NOW I WON'T GET INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF DANNY'S DEATH BECAUSE FIRST I WASN'T THERE, AND SECOND YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS OR HEAR ON THE NEWS BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS MUCH, HE ALWAYS HAD THE BEST MUSICIANS. TAKE JOHN PREVITI HIS BASS PLAYER FOR EXAMPLE. BEFORE HE JOINED DANNY GATTON HE WAS IN A JAZZ ROCK BAND CALLED "BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON", WHICH INCLUDED A DRUMMER WITH WHOM I USED TO JAM WITH AND EVEN FORMED A SHORT LIVED JAZZ ROCK BAND. I USED TO GO OVER THERE WHERE THEY REHEARSED IN CLINTON, MARYLAND TO HEAR THEM REHEARSE ONCE IN A WHILE AND I CAN TELL YOU FOLKS THAT JOHN WAS ONE IF NOT THE BEST BASS PLAYER IN MARYLAND AT THE TIME. NOW I PLAYED ELECTRIC BASS BUT JOHN MORE OFTEN WOULD PLAY THE STAND UP ACOUSTIC BASS. HEY, I'VE HEARD SOME GREAT BASS PLAYERS IN MY LIFE IN PERSON INCLUDING CHARLIE MINGUS AND I GOTTA TELL YA' I WAS IMPRESSED WITH JOHN'S TALENT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT HE WAS BETTER THAN MINGUS, BUT WHO WAS THE BEST GUITARIST OR BASS PLAYER OFTEN DEPENDS ON ONE'S TASTE IN MUSIC. ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU THOUGH AS YOU'LL HEAR ON THIS ALBUM IS THAT THESE GUYS WEREN'T MEDIOCRE. 

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: CHEROKEE - LAPPIN IT UP - MELANCHOLY SERENADE - SKY KING.

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: HOMAGE TO CHARLIE CHRISTIAN - SLEEPWALK - FINGERS ON FIRE - NOTCHO BLUES.

I PURCHASED THIS ALBUM BRAND NEW, SEALED REMOVED IT AND PLAYED TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THE LATE 80'S AND ONCE NOW RIGHT BEFORE I LISTED IT. . ANYWAY THE ALBUM COVER LOOKS GREAT, THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP IS STILL AROUND IT JUST OPENED AT THE RECORD SLOT TO REMOVE THE RECORD. NO SEAM SPLITS. A NICE HEAVY PRESSING. THE RECORD SOUNDS PERFECT OR LIKE IT SOUNDED WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED IT. I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ON A DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP .

CHECK OUT MY FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, ALICE COOPER, TIM BUCKLEY, STEVE VAI PLUS MORE FRANK ZAPPA AND RELATED ITEMS. ALSO I'VE ADDED SOME OTHER COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK BANDS SUCH AS CAPTAIN BEYOND, KING CRIMSON, NEKTAR, THE TUBES, SAVOY BROWN, PINK FLOYD, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, MICHAEL FATH , BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPAPARDI AND MANY OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY WHERE THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?