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Underrated electric guitar hero Danny Gatton is set to be honored with Danny Gatton and Funhouse Live at the Holiday Inn 1987 – the first new music release linked to the late guitar great in nearly 20 ...
IT’S NOT EXACTLY Madison Square Garden. Or a soccer stadium in Vladivostok, the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, the packed-to-the-walls Crocodile in Belltown, or any of the other cool places Danny ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s 1962 and this little kid is running around the house with one of those toy guitars with the crank on the side. You remember ’em, right? The kind of toy that broke before you ...
With a career spanning more than seven decades, banjo virtuoso Danny Barker is credited with mentoring generations of New Orleans musicians and is the namesake for the 4th Annual Danny Barker Banjo ...
The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival, the annual celebration of the New Orleans musician and preservationist, was set to return this week with in-person events following a virtual 2021 festival.
As the title of Danny Barker’s autobiography made clear, he lived “A Life in Jazz.” As this week's Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival will make clear, he continues to inspire those who play New ...
It’s been a long time coming, but the Danny Barker Guitar and Banjo Festival is finally debuting in New Orleans this week with concerts, seminars, workshops, and jam sessions in venues across the city ...
If you were into the New York folk music scene in the ’60s, you know how important and influential the blues-rock group The Blues Project was. Created in 1964 by its lead guitarist Danny Kalb, its ...
WASHINGTON — His nickname was “The Humbler,” because that’s what Danny Gatton did to any guitarist who tried to match him lick-for-lick. Born in D.C. 70 years ago, Gatton’s guitar mastery and ...
When Danny Newcomb jumped back into the music business, he didn’t know what to expect. “More happened than I thought would,” says Newcomb, who has been playing all over the Northwest and working on a ...