http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/ Sounding the Devil Note Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-2150 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:02:32 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-2150 I think what people have to understand is depression is an illness caused by imbalance of certain neoro-chemicals and the electric charge in the brain.
If someone has diabetes one gets medical help…THIS is what DG required although he avoided it.
MANY people dont accept they have the condition and tend to self medicate with alcohol etc.
But in DG’s case i think there were also many other factors that have been kept hidden.
Sometimes there are specific problems keeping the person in a cycle of fear…and depression is basically FEAR.

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1776 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:39:48 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1776 I agree, but if suicidal people aren’t of the right mind — and they clearly are not — should we mourn them or pity them or celebrate them for finally being free from their pain?

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1775 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:15:59 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1775 No matter how you slice it, suicide is a selfish act. He left behind his own family for the sake of killing himself and did it at home for his own family to see their husband/daddy in a garage dead from a self induced gunshot wound. You know that was a gruesome sight. Gees, who cares how good he could play guitar at that point; that act shows a pretty messed up selfish person.

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1476 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:43:35 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1476 Thanks for the comment, Eddie. I fixed the error. We had some translation problems with the article when we moved from Movable Type back to WordPress.com and lost the right versions of some articles in that process. I was able to get the corrected article back online with YouTube videos now embedded.

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1470 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:44:15 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1470 Sorry but I just had to point out, that didn’t make a lot of sense…yeah it’d be nice to know what Danny’s sentiments were about that situation, but…how could Danny have possibly thought anything about Arlen’s loss, when it happened 3 years after his own demise?

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1159 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:57:05 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-1159 [...] Bonamassa has always been an originator and a massive talent.  Here is the young Joe, at age 12, playing a Fender Telecaster on stage with the great Danny Gatton: [...]

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-626 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:06:41 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-626 Danny knew he was a genius — but the only way to get people to remember you is to stick around as long as possible to leave behind the deepest possible legacy. He may have been tired from digging.
I agree Arlen found a way to reinvent his love of the guitar while still increasing the shine of his talent.

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-625 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:48:31 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-625 Danny Gatton sounded like a true genius…it was gut wrenching reading about his end. His bio says something like him getting in/ out of depression/, his talent was not recognized/ appreciated enough…
I think at some point some people think they don’t have anything more to look forward to in life and some people just try finding a way to excel their yesterday.
I think Arlen fell in the second category.

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-624 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:42:58 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-624 I’m with you, Gordon. I understand the darkness, but I’m always surprised when the leap is taken into it.

]]> http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-623 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:04:23 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-sad-slide-of-danny-gatton/#comment-623 It’s tremendously sad when someone so brilliant extinguishes their own flame like that.

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