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Originally Posted by jzucker
His name was Dick Heintze, and I don't know if he ever recorded, but he was also supposed to be one of the best B-3 players ever, so don't feel bad about being booed by those maniacs.
Danny not only didn't know theory, but when he tried to go to LA to make it in the recording studios, he couldn't even read chord symbols, not to mention notes, and left there after only about six months, very depressed about the whole situation.
He was happy doing jazz gigs around Maryland and DC, usually being paid about $25-$35 a night, and hated the music business so much that he would get sick of it, and just spend his time working on cars and drinking beers. The crazy thing about him and the cars he worked on was that he'd work on one for six months or so, and then get bored with it, and go back to playing the guitar., and wind up leaving the cars on blocks for years.
Up until I heard the stuff with Buddy Emmons, I just thought he was one of those legendary rockabilly/country/blues players that rockers dug, but he was much more than that. Thanks for the perceptive descriptions of your encounters with him!
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03-28-2024 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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This is the maniac you were trying to replace. Apparently he was the organist with Roy Buchanan in the 70s.
I saw Roy Buchanan around this time at the Newport in NY Jazz Festival, on a bill with Tal Farlow in a trio with Jim Hall and a bassist around this time.
This was the first time Tal played in NYC (other than at a jazz club called The Framus in about '67), and I was extremely excited to see my fave player for the first time.
I couldn't believe what took place. Tal had developed what turned out to be a neurological problem, and couldn't play 1/1000th as well as he did in the 50s. He lost the coordination between his RH and his LH, and I left the concert in complete shock at how he played.
Here's the keyboard player Dick Heintze:
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Originally Posted by jzucker
There was a heavy rivalry between Danny and Roy going on. The book tells about an incident where Danny went to hear Roy at a club, and told a friend to ask Roy to play something Roy knew. Roy made an announcement that there was some guy named Danny Gatton in the audience that wanted him to play something he knew. Then he said if Danny could do better, then he was welcome to show everybody- onstage.Danny came up, and Roy threw his '54 Tele at him, and Danny says, "Hold on, this is really out of tune!", making Roy mad as hell. Then Danny plays the hell out of a blues, and the crowd goes crazy.
Up until then, Danny only played Gibsons, using only the neck pickup, and hated twangy country music, and never bent any strings.
Sometime afterwards, he got a '52 Tele and used the treble pickup, and mastered Roy's style without having played it before.
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This is some footage of one of his jazz gigs at a Holiday Inn. They subbed for Murph and the Magictones when they hit the road w the Blues Brothers....
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Great to hear the stories and see the clip of a player I knew little about. Heard his name a few times out here on the left coast over the years. I like how he used the full range of what a guitar can do. Good lord, even employed the bridge pickup. 'A bit like Pasqualle', but with more fire in the belly. Redneck Jazz indeed! Thanks all.
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Originally Posted by ccroft
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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How about - your licks are too long but your lines are too short?
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