Unfinished Business: The Life and Times of Danny Gatton

Rating:
Summary: Thorough and well written
Review: This account of guitar great Danny Gatton is welcome news to his many fans and friends. Ralph Heibutzki has give us a well rounded presentation of Danny, his talent, sparkling personality and sense of humor, and his struggles with the mercurial business of music. Gleaned from scores of interviews (including this reviewer), Heibutzki has covered the accomplishments, disappointments and the sad, troublesome days leading up to Danny's taking his own life in October, 1994. There is a comprehensive index, discography and bibliography. And a lovely foreward by guitarist Arlen Roth.

Rating:
Summary: Thorough and well written
Review: This account of guitar great Danny Gatton is welcome news to his many fans and friends. Ralph Heibutzki has give us a well rounded presentation of Danny, his talent, sparkling personality and sense of humor, and his struggles with the mercurial business of music. Gleaned from scores of interviews (including this reviewer), Heibutzki has covered the accomplishments, disappointments and the sad, troublesome days leading up to Danny's taking his own life in October, 1994. There is a comprehensive index, discography and bibliography. And a lovely foreward by guitarist Arlen Roth.

Rating:
Summary: The informative biography of a guitar virtuoso
Review: Written by respected published journalist Ralph Heibutzki (a regular contributor to the "All Music Guides" and whose articles regularly appear in a number of music magazines and journals), Unfinished Business: The Life & Times Of Danny Gatton is the informative biography of a guitar virtuoso who was popularly known for his love of a broad selection of genres including country, gospel, soul, as well as his own self-dubbed style of "Redneck Jazz." Danny Gatton's work spread in influence, even though he never received popular acclaim, and even though his own personal troubles would lead him to end his own life in 1994. Gatton's musical legacy lives on, and Unfinished Business is a profound and introspective life story recommended to the attention of his legions of fans and admirers, as well as American Music History library collections.

Rating:
Summary: The informative biography of a guitar virtuoso
Review: Written by respected published journalist Ralph Heibutzki (a regular contributor to the "All Music Guides" and whose articles regularly appear in a number of music magazines and journals), Unfinished Business: The Life & Times Of Danny Gatton is the informative biography of a guitar virtuoso who was popularly known for his love of a broad selection of genres including country, gospel, soul, as well as his own self-dubbed style of "Redneck Jazz." Danny Gatton's work spread in influence, even though he never received popular acclaim, and even though his own personal troubles would lead him to end his own life in 1994. Gatton's musical legacy lives on, and Unfinished Business is a profound and introspective life story recommended to the attention of his legions of fans and admirers, as well as American Music History library collections.