The late guitarist Danny Gatton could probably have plucked the monofilament line on a fishing rod and made it sound like anything from a buzz saw to an angel’s sigh, but for most of his career he ...

The film “Anacostia Delta: Home of the World’s Great ‘Unknown’ Guitarists” promises to shed light on the lasting influence of guitarist Danny Gatton and the music of D.C. and Prince George’s County ...

WASHINGTON — His nickname was “The Humbler,” because that’s what Danny Gatton did to any guitarist who tried to match him lick-for-lick. Born in D.C. 70 years ago, Gatton’s guitar mastery and ...

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WASHINGTON — Danny Gatton, the D.C.-based musician whose virtuosity and reluctance to embrace stardom earned him the title “the greatest guitar player you’ve never heard,” is the focus of a ...

In 1994, Danny Gatton—whom Guitar magazine famously named “the world’s greatest unknown guitarist”—committed suicide at the age of 49. Five years earlier, director and producer Virginia Quesada ...

Sixty years ago this month, a musical icon was born. If you've listened to any kind of popular music from the past 60 years, you've heard a Telecaster. It's a sound that changed guitar-making, ...

WASHINGTON — Danny Gatton, the D.C.-based musician whose virtuosity and reluctance to embrace stardom earned him the title “the greatest guitar player you’ve never heard,” is the focus of a ...