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Actor: Danny Gatton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 73 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hot Licks

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DVD Review: Well-worth it, but...
Summary: 4 Stars

There are a couple of things you should be aware of about Danny Gatton and this DVD/booklet: Danny Gatton was, of course, an amazing guitarist, but NOT a very good teacher, and he freely admits on both of his instructional DVDs that he knows WHAT to do and HOW to do it but he can't really EXPLAIN it, so it is incumbent upon the student to approach these lessons thoughtfully and analytically in order to get the most out of them. Having some knowledge of music theory (of which Gatton claimed he was totally ignorant) will help tremendously. For example, the very first lesson on this DVD ("two-note wonder" chords) is an absolute treasure-trove of musical information (in spite of its simplicity) IF you take the time to study it to find out why these chords work the way they do (and if you do so, you will not only learn a lot about comping, but you'll also realize how to incorporate this concept into your lead playing, commonly known as "double-stop" playing). In other words, instead of seeing these lessons as ends in-and-of-themselves, try to look for the underlying concepts involved, and you'll get a lot more out of this DVD. A careful study of the accompanying text helps a lot. In fact, there may be some value in studying the text first, and then watching Gatton demonstrate the technique. At any rate, a word of warning: the accompanying booklet transcribes these lessons in both standard musical notation as well as tablature; the standard notation appears to be correct throughout, but I found a number of errors in the tablature. Any guitarist who can only read tab is going to get seriously messed up and wonder why the hell things don't sound right. The publisher has done a disservice to the student by not proofreading more carefully.

DVD Review: Even if you only understand 10% ...
Summary: 4 Stars

... of what Gatton presents here, your game will advance tremendously. Definitely for advanced guitarists, there's enough deep content here to spend a few years polishing. One caveat: it's almost all oriented towards blues substitutions so if you're not interested in that aspect of guitar-playing you may be disappointed.

DVD Review: LOTS of chords!
Summary: 3 Stars

Danny Gatton is an amazing guitarist...this is for sure. However, this video is strictly for advanced players. Just learning to fret 10% of the chords he uses would take me (an intermediate guitar player) months of practice. Even HE doesn't know the names of some of the chords! Also, as another reviewer noted, it's next to impossible to see where he's got his fingers sometimes because of the glare. It's fun to watch though!

DVD Review: great player, a little hard to follow
Summary: 4 Stars

Gatton was a great player, and seeing this dvd shows how much a skilled player can do with a simple no frills guitar - he plays a Tele and gets sounds out of it like a Hammond B-3 organ, and shows power chords that he was apparently playing before Pete Townsend picked up a guitar. Also plays rhythms and melodies at the same time. When he has another player doing lead on his Tele, they are phenomenal. My only hesitation in recommending this is that there's not a lot of tab, and the camera doesn't focus closely enough on his fingers at times, so it's a little hard for me in several places. On the other hand, his lesson on Chuck Berry riffs is worth the purchase. Of all the guitar dvd's I've bought so far, I like Kenny Sultan and Ernie Hawkins the best. Hawkins has actual film of Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, then Ernie shows it step by step, and he's a very effective teacher. I just ordered Warren Haynes and James Burton's dvd's, so don't know yet how they'll stack up.

DVD Review: Advanced Players Only
Summary: 2 Stars

There is some incredible guitar playing going on on this DVD. As an intermediate player (about 8 years now) the instruction was not something I could follow and apply.

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