James Burton

James Burton ( born August 21, 1939 in Minden, Louisiana) is an American guitarist.

Life

James Burton shaped the history of country and rock and roll music and became a model for a whole generation of country and rock guitarists. He was influenced among others by Bo Diddley, Chet Atkins, Chuck Berry and Merle Travis. At age 13 he received his first guitar at 14 he made ​​his first appearance on the radio show Louisiana Hayride. Even at 15 he played the famous Susie Q Dale Hawkins for Lick. In 1955 he signed a contract with the label " Chess Records ". Along with James Kirkland and Bob Luman he had the hit My Gal Is Red Hot. From 1958 to 1964 he played in the band from Rick Nelson with the hit Hello Mary Lou. Burton was one of the most sought-after session guitarist in the American music business. His sound helped not least Elvis Presley to his 1970s comeback. He also worked with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Emmylou Harris and Johnny Cash. In collaboration with Merle Haggard he was involved in the development of the " Bakersfield Sound". 1968, the artist for the Country Music Award for " Best Lead Guitar" was nominated. This was followed by seven more nominations before he received the award. Substantial proportion had Burton in the success of Elvis Presley in the early 1970s. This also made him known to a wide audience: On almost every live recording of Presley's one hears the phrase " Play it, James! " As an invitation to Presley Burton to play a solo. The sentence was both Presley and for Burton a kind of trademark. Later he worked with John Denver and Elvis Costello, with whom he produced a total of four albums. Burton is regarded as the perfect representative of the American melting pot of different musical styles from blues to country to jazz and rock ' n ' roll. His favorite instrument is the Fender Telecaster. The special properties of this model favor certain playing techniques and the results from these techniques sounds ( eg " pedal -steel- bending" or "chicken - picking" ). In the category of " Sidemen " James Burton was admitted in 2001 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Services

James Burton has developed on the basis of older style of country and western music own sound, which had a strong influence on the guitar scene and continue to exercise. Characteristic are, inter alia, the so-called hybrid Flatpicking and the "chicken picking ". During execution of the hybrid flat -picking the artist of a plectrum, which is held between the thumb and index finger, as well as a " finger picks " on the middle finger served. The plectrum strikes the string with the discount, the finger pick with the surcharge. This design technique allows a very fast way of playing. The " Chicken - picking" the strings as soon struck with the picks that they are damped again after the attack immediately. Burton's style is also known as "Hot- Tele Sound".

Discography (selection)

James Burton ( Solo):

  • Corn Pickin ' and Slick Slidin' ( See for Miles, 1969)
  • The Guitar Sounds of James Burton (A & M 1971)

Dale Hawkins

  • Fool's Paradise ( Beveric 2000)

Rick Nelson:

  • Songs by Rick (Imperial 1959)
  • Rick Sings Again (Imperial 1959)
  • More Songs by Rick (1960 )
  • Rick is 21 (Imperial 1961)
  • Album Seven by Rick (Imperial 1962)
  • Rick Nelson Sings For You ( Decca 1963)

Gram Parsons:

Elvis Presley:

  • On Stage: February 1970 (RCA 1970)
  • Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis (RCA Victor 1974)
  • Elvis: That's The Way It Is - Special Edition 2001 ( DVD Warner )
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