The title track of the Redneck Jazz album, it bears pointing out, was written by vocalist/guitarist, Evan Johns, who coined the term and was joined in the Danny Gatton Band by John Previtti on bass and Dave Elliott on drums. The combination created cohesive and magical evenings showcasing the area’s finest guitar talents.”
She also allowed me to add the guitar duo of the aforementioned Tom Principato and another hometown picker, Pete Kennedy to share the bill as the opening act. “Carol Posnick, a devoted Gatton supporter, always graciously scheduled the band for a three-to-five-day stay (unusual as most artists made a one- or two-day appearance there). Gatton deserves his own cult.”Īs Brawner Smoot (Gatton’s manager/booking agent) details in the CD liner notes of the Cellar Door concert : Partly that’s because his latest band … includes Buddy Emmons, the pedal street guitarist who’s something of a cult figure at the Lone Star. Gatton was at the Lone Star Cafe for a single evening and drew a big crowd. New York Times critic, John Rockwell, on Februwrote : A trio version of the band, minus Buddy, also performed regularly around the DC/Baltimore area.” Those negotiations in part, prevented the release of the live Cellar Door sessions at the time. A serious offer was made by Atlantic, but for his own reasons Danny chose not to accept it. “The Redneck Jazz Explosion quartet traveled the East Coast from Boston & New York, to Atlanta and consequently attracted the interest of Atlantic Records. Emmons spicher Palamar Wolf gattonĪs Steve Wolf recounts in “ Some Gatton History” on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame website : The inclusion of this one track on Gatton’s subsequent 1978 LP, Redneck Jazz, garnered strong word-of-mouth from players and fans alike, as well as enthusiastic praise from the likes of Guitar Player magazine and the Washington Post, who would write in their review, “In sheer technical terms, Gatton has few peers on the electric guitar … in good company, he is asserting his position as the preeminent guitarist of the post-World War II generation.”ĭanny and Buddy reunited for two nights in Nashville at Randy Wood’s Old Time Pickin’ Parlor on July 28-29, 1978 joined by Buddy Spicher on fiddle, Bucky Barrett on guitar, Dick Heintze on keys, and Steve Wolf & Dave Palamar on bass and drums, respectively. The roots of The Redneck Jazz Explosion were laid in Nashville where the Danny Gatton Band went to record in 1977 and were joined by Emmons in the studio for “ Rock Candy” – inspired by Brother Jack McDuff’s 1963 recording featuring a young George Benson on guitar.
This performance of Buddy Emmons‘ composition “ Raisin’ the Dickens” was recorded live at DC’s legendary Cellar Door between the years straddling 1978-79 (i.e., New Year’s Eve show – ain’t I a stinker?) with bassist, Steve Wolf, and drummer, Scott Taylor, rounding out the rhythm section. DC Week (actually, fortnight) concludes its special run with a joyous instrumental romp from the Federal City’s formidable guitarslinger, Danny Gatton, joined by pioneering pedal steel virtuoso, Buddy Emmons, from their short-lived incendiary partnership, The Redneck Jazz Explosion: “Raisin’ the Dickens” Redneck Jazz Explosion 1978
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