Danny Gatton - 88 Elmira St FLAC-Mighty torrent

After years of knocking around the Washington, D.C.-area circuit, local guitar legend Danny Gatton finally got to cut his first album for a major label. It was indeed worth the wait, spot-welding blinding speed and immaculate chops that went in a million different directions (jazz, country, rockabilly, blues, you name it) to a musical sensibility that made this all-instrumental album a whole lot more than just yer average fretboard wanking jam-fest. Gatton\'s Telecaster really shines on diverse material ranging from Martin Denny\'s \"Quiet Village\" to the roadhouse shuffle \"Funky Mama\" to the off-the-wall rendition of the theme to The Simpsons. Kudos to Elektra for having the corporate balls to put this out; short, chunky, and middle-aged, Danny Gatton was a bona fide guitar hero for the \'90s, putting the lie to the hard canard that only speedburner metal mega-hair dudes can make the front covers of the guitar mags.

1 Funky Mama Patton 5:41
2 Elmira St. Boogie Gatton 4:03
3 Blues Newburg Gatton 4:10
4 Quiet Village Baxter 4:49
5 Red Label Battistone, Gatton 5:05
6 In My Room Usher, Wilson 4:53
7 The Simpsons Effman 3:17
8 Muthaship Gatton, Windsor, Windsor 4:39
9 Pretty Blue Gatton 6:07
10 Fandingus Gatton 3:06
11 Slidin\' Home Gatton 4:54

http://www.allmusic.com/album/88-elmira-st-r8035