Danny suffered from depression for years. Had he gotten the help that he needed he would be alive today. He also struggled with the record companies, trying to get the deal and recognition he deserved.

ok, i was mental prepared for the beer bottle playing, but NOT the towel playing. MIND BLOWN

Was not expecting a magic show. The whole band blew me away. And who knew you could play a towel like that?

I was about to say the sax player is a beast, then I started watching the bass player... These guys are just incredible !

So glad my friend Francis dragged me to go see Danny Gatton live somewhere in DC off of Wisconsin Avenue.

"Danny Gatton comes closer than anyone else to being the best guitar player that ever lived." -Steve Vai.

Danny could play anything he heard or wanted to play.unbelievable how good he is with all types of music

Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark and his own special style mixed together......saw him at a Rock-a-billy reunion at theWax museum in Washington DC back in the day..... Incredible doesn't even describe the experience!!!

I have watched this a thousand times and say this is the Greatest musicianship I have ever seen in my 55years tromping this Earth.

Everyone in this band is jaw - dropping amazing

21:50 the beer, the spill, the towel Unbelievable!! It's the greatest guitar moment I've ever seen. I've lived in Nashville my whole life. I've been to #Robertswesternworld so many times I've seen the Don Kelly band and all the boys that have come through. Guntrie Trapp Ford Thurston Daniel Donato Brent Mason Jonny Hiland JD Simo and a few of the others. #Nashvillelovesyou #615boys

Holy shit! The sax player! WTF is that guy smoking? I want some! Danny G Fn rocks!

I really miss this Guy. Rest In Peace Guitar 🎸 Brother

Wonderful performer. His was a terrible loss. RIP Danny. Thanks for the great music and I hope the demons have been silenced at last.

Found DG by way of Robert Gordon who played "Someday, Someway" on an episode of SCTV in the early 1980s. What an amazing guitar player.

That lick from 21:00 - 21:50 = pure bliss.

This was one big 'get off my lawn' to so many musicians. Outstanding musicianship by everyone

He was truly epic. You are missed my friend 😢

He was known in the Wash DC area as the Humbler when folks were trying to outplay him on the stage, Simply put he was one of a kind.

Luv it! The first time i heard Danny I ran out and bought some Joe Barden pickups (In a new custom shop Tele) been using them only for almost 35 years now.Thanks DANNY GATTON and JOE BARDEN and LEO FENDER......sirs.

What a show and incredibly talented musicians. W O W !

You had Danny...and everyone else who wished they could play like Danny...and that's a fact...🎸🎸🎸

23:35 Talk about your clean playing! I come back to this video time and time again just to watch Danny turn a towel into a wah-wah, simply amazing. I bow down to thee, a massive massive loss of talent. RIP Great Master of the Telecaster.

School is in session...

John candy was incredible on sax

Best I can tell, the greatest guitarist ever, has surrounded himself with band members who play roughly six instruments each and play them masterfully. What's not to appreciate.

Just seeing this band for the first time! Are you kidding me?!! Holy @#**!!

Good grief! How did I miss this guy...?

Ive no clue who the guy is on keyboard and horns, but he plays the heck out of them all! ... Fantastic

So funny this showed up in my feed. He was a big influence to my brother. My brother has been a session guitar player in Nashville for about 10 years.

Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan & Roy Clark all came out of D.C. Which is why it's our nation's capital. Jeff "Skunk" Baxter may have come from there, too, but I'm too tired to research just right now. If he did, that's some Mount Rushmore.

What a highly entertaining, skilled, professional, and enjoyable lineup of musicians!!

Danny is awesome,a true rockabilly, country,jazz,blues tele king.Rest in peace Danny,thank you for the amazing music and chops... i just wanna let people know about another underated guitar tele MASTER/VIRTUOSO,SCOTTY ANDERSON...SCOTTY is truly from another planet....

Just poppin in. 2020 and your still the best ever.

😎 listening to greatness in Texas USA 2023 !! That’s My Kinda Jam ❤️

Amazed that DG and SRV never played together. That would have been something to see!

I saw Danny at the Bottle And Cork in Dewey Beach, De. on a rainy night one summer. The crowd was not very big but he was amazing, as always. I played with some guys who knew him in the 90's. I've seen and worked with guys with chops similar to his but Danny was incredible. No one plays like that.

You had Danny..then everyone else who wished they could play like Danny...🎸🎸🎸

A lot of Tele wizards around. Something about that guitar that brings out the greatness in players. Albert Lee, Roy, Danny...

Maryland boy and DG fan since I was a teen. We’re so lucky to be able to watch these amazing performances!

I remember when this first aired back in the mid-late 90’s. If Austin City Limits ever wanted to do a “Best Of” type thing, all they’d need do is re-broadcast this show. Rest In Peace, Danny Gatton. You were a helluva guitar picker. ❤️🎸

Roy Buchanon is also the worlds greatest unknown grist. Unfortualtely we will never see either of them again

That little look that Danny gives after Holloway's sax solo at 3:30 is priceless lmao, he knows dude absolutely crushed it.

I remember this when it was live being astounded by Danny's incredible guitar playing and I've been to a lot of concerts seen people 15 feet from the stage

G.O.A.T. Period, end of story, don’t even argue it….

I first became aware of Danny gatton when he was featured in Guitar Player magazine. They had a sound page with some of his music on and I was totally blown away (I'm probably just making this up, but I want to say that the recording was made specifically for that issue of Guitar Player). I put it on a cassette tape and listened to it compulsively. There was only one other sound page that I got hooked on which was Scarified by Racer X/Paul Gilbert. Honorable mention goes to Pepper Shake by Greg Howe. I must have collected at least a dozen or two of those sound pages before they were discontinued, but these three are the only ones I remember. Anyway, I'd really love to hear the Danny Gatton sound page again. If anyone has a lead which could point me in the right direction I'd be forever grateful!

We sure miss Danny God have mercy

You can really hear Danny Gatton paying tribute to Scotty Moore and Les Paul on those rockabilly numbers...

We used to see Danny Gatton play in local bars. I’m pretty sure none of us punks really appreciated his musical style BUT we would just watch in awe as he played circles around everyone else. Daniel Wood Gatton Jr. September 4, 1945 - October 4, 1994

Danny is amazing, backed by an equally amazing band!

Great playing all around! Killer line-up!

Wow i am truly lovin this! Gatton is fantastic! Oh that beer slide! WOW!

Mind Blown. What the hell was that with the towel?!?! Incredible

The song starting around 12:20 is my favorite from this show. I think it's one of the coolest instrumentals I've ever heard.

The Sax player is amazing.

Danny "The Humbler" Gatton: Played guitar better with a towel over the neck while playing the damned thing back-handed, than most guitar "legends" could ever hope to achieve.

Here's a guy who doesn't even need to say 'Hold my beer...' before he blows you away with his guitar.

Even the beer is excited. LOL!

Bill Bartlett (Ram Jam, Lemon Pipers) in an interview regarding his "Black Betty" Les Paul referred to Danny as "King of them all: Danny Gatton whose talents were/are beyond description.

I'm guessing the 11 downvoters were upset that it ended too soon.

I find so much inspiration from Danny ,were from the same area .Im a drummer and cant get enough of this

My, God! And so clean!

That sax player is off the hook.

Requirement for being in this band is to be the best in the world at your instrument.

25 years gone! Maestro.

I wonder if he ever did shows in Vegas, like a residency ? This is very like magic . Theatrical and virtuosic. A real show.

Absolutely mind blowing....this has to the best I've seen so far of Danny. His whole band is just off the charts...man.......the kids of today have no idea how much they suck LOL

I'm gobsmacked❤

Beautiful tone! Love it

He was/is a treasure.

See now, that's what I'm talkin' about!

look, Danny Gatton is what he is, anyone watching this already knows. Who the actual f&*k are these dudes playing with him.

The band of the same haircuts haha, Danny is and always will be the legend himself.

What a great sax player!!!!

one of the best !!!!

Fuck these guys are clean. I'm not even 30 yet, but I'll go ahead and say it for the old heads in the comment section. Computers have completely ruined all of us musician's. There's just not a need for any of us to be this good anymore. Make a mistake and protools has your back.

It’s amazing how good you had to be to impress people back in the day.

Fantastic player!

LEGENDS

Next thing you know, Danny will be doing the dishes, or putting a new alternator in his car, at the same time hi's blowing the roof off playing his guitar !!

Bill Holloman, great sax/trumpet/keys.

John Candy playing the hell out of that sax!

That sax player is layin it down and making that thing scream!! Holy cow

Hot band!

Had a great sense of humor

The saxophonist is Bill Holloman!

The beer spill on the Telecaster....

amazing

Sensacional. Guitarrista muito virtuoso.

Im more of a Stratocaster guy but I just bought a Telecaster and was looking for some inspiration. It would seem I've found that here.

I can hear Roy Buchanan in there massively!

Boy that Danny is one cool cat alright; that goes for his band too!

John Candy on bass. Band is awesome!!!

The man played guitar WITH A BEER BOTTLE

Danny Gatton: "Drinks on stage and plays beer bottle slide with half empty bottle". Me: "Omg, look how his beer is spilling all over that beautiful Telecaster". Danny Gatton: "Proceeds to shred with a towel whilst simultaneously cleaning his Telecaster with said towel." Me: " :O "

Danny Gatton - GuitFiddler Extraordinaire

Not human

Ele é um monstro na guitarra

I can’t believe this was 6 years ago

Awesome