Gatemouth died on this day in 2005. So many tributaries flowing seamlessly into this bona fide genius’s unique style which includes covering Led Zep’s “Rock and Roll” and the Stones’ “Ventilator Blues.” To give an idea of this man’s standing, Clapton was consistently upstaged by him: Clapton very graciously got Gatemouth as support on his 1995 tour (note what Gate says about Clapton’s collection of stage guitars in the interview below). The interview is wonderful (not in the sense that the questions are any good) but solely to hear Gatemouth speak in his mind in his characteristically frank way. Speaking of Frank – Zappa was in full accordance with Gatemouth’s criticism of the phony virtuosity of many guitarists. Here are my previous Gatemouth posts.
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