Guitarists · 1945–1994

Danny Gatton

American guitarist (1945–1994)

Born: 4 September 1945
Washington, D.C.
Died: 4 October 1994
Newburg
Country: United States
Active: 1960–
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Danny Gatton was a jazz musician who played guitar. Danny Gatton was born on 4 September 1945 in Washington, D.C. and died on 4 October 1994 in Newburg. The music is usually filed under blues.

Daniel Wood Gatton Jr. (September 4, 1945 – October 4, 1994) was an American virtuoso guitarist who combined blues, rockabilly, jazz, and country to create a musical style he called "redneck jazz", a term which he took from fellow DC-born guitarist Evan Johns, who had composed a song by that name (and who later went on to fame with his band Evan Johns and the H-Bombs).

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