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Review ...some mean fingerpicking as he (Principato) trades vicious eights with Danny Gatton -- Bill Milkowski Guitar World Magazine Sept. 1990 7 tracks and 52 minutes of pure guitar ecstasy. -- Paul Parietti Fantastic Voyage System Magazine June 1997 Fantastic album ram-packed with superb blues style guitar jams by two DC greats -- Keith Ayres Texas Beat Magazine Aug. 1990 Labels are moot in the hands of Gatton & Principato, who use the songs as mere vehicles for extended excursions. -- Jon Sievert Guitar Player Magazine July 1990 Neither Washington, D.C.-area guitarist lacks for technical prowess during a club performance in 1984. Both could stand self-editing, though, and blues devotees may not take kindly to Gatton's cowpoke leanings or the rinky-dink electric keyboards or gossamer sound reproduction. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993 -- From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD This is definitely among the most absorbing of all Gatton's one-off projects. -- Ralph Heibutzki All Music Guide Product Description 'Blazing' is just the right word for this live set with blues guitar hotshot Tom Principato , who played on and off with Gatton through 1984. This is the resulting snapshot that Principato reissued several years later on his own Powerhouse label (and remains available in retail stores and by mail-order, regardless of its ongoing demand as an Internet auction item). Principato 's blues-oriented style -which also draws on elements of jazz , jump blues , and swing -- pushed Gatton beyond the peaks he'd achieved with his Redneck Jazz Explosion , and the '50s- and '60s-style explorations of Unfinished Business . This guitar summit meeting, then, inspired some unlikely choices -- such as a countrified take on Bob Dylan 's 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.' Other highlights include 'Honey Hush (Talkin' Woman),' which features some sizzling exchanges between both guitarists, and a Latin-oriented swing into Les Baxter 's 'Quiet Village,' where everyone pulls off inspired soloing (except drummer Robbie Magruder ). There's a bright reading of the jazz standard 'Cherokee,' which provides an appropriate contrast to the mellow fusion of Principato's 'If You Only Knew' and 'Been N'Gone.' Guitar enthusiasts will appreciate Principato 's notation of who's soloing when, as well as the photos of its featured players hamming for the camera (note the visual reference to one of Gatton 's favorite concert tricks: using a beer bottle for a slide). All the players are in outstanding form, and this is definitely among the most absorbing of all Gatton 's one-off projects. ~ Ralph Heibutzki, All Music Guide From the Artist Artist bio(s) : Tom Principato reminisces about Blazing Telecasters and Danny Gatton Danny Gatton and I did this concert in a series of sporadic appearances around the Washington, DC area which we called Blazing Telecasters. I had already known Danny for about 10 years at that point, and he was well on his way to establishing himself as not only a dominant force on the Washington, D.C. guitar and music scene, but along with Roy Buchanan was earning a reputation as pretty much one of the two best guitarists D.C. had seen then or since. For me, I was just starting out as a solo bandleader. I had been playing around Washington in a number of different sideman situations, and now was very excited about having my own band, and writing my own musical agenda. I was itching to get out and spread my wings, meet some challenges, and try something new. One of the first things that I thought of was to try and coax Danny out of (semi-) retirement to play again, and have an oppurtunity to play with one of my heros.Our common ground was the love of classic masters of the guitar like Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Les Paul, and Charlie Christian. All of these influences would comeswirling out on stage at any given moment when we would play together... About the Artist Tom Principato has spent the last 40+ years as a guitarist and singer based
