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Danny Gatton: Danny Gatton and Funhouse - Live at the Holiday Inn 1987

by Kevin Poindexter
March 5, 2026

Danny Gatton is a guitarist more “heard of" than heard. A guitarist's guitarist, Gatton was known as “The Humbler," a nickname bestowed upon him by another fine guitarist, Amos Garrett. The story goes that Garrett would play his band a tape that he had of a live recording of Gatton and whenever he felt like his band was getting too cocky, this humbled them and put them right back in their place. Gatton was a unique talent, as equally adept ...