Friday, June 21, 2013

JAMES BURTON, AGE 17

Just look at that. That's a great rock 'n' roll photo, isn't it? It's Bob Luman, backed by James Kirkland on bass, and a seventeen year old James Burton on guitar. Yeah, seventeen. The same line up is below, a high quality clip from the film Carnival Rock. Check out Burton's playing, not just the solo. His fills are compact and spot on. Kirkland and Burton would go on to back Ricky Nelson. After Nelson, Burton was hot property. He's on, I don't know, something like half of the records ever recorded. Luman went country.



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Listen:
Bob Luman - In the Deep Dark Jungle mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Bob Luman - Red Cadillac and a Black Mustache mp3 at Razorland
Visit:
James Burton at Wikipedia His CV is mind blowing. Check it out.
James Kirkland - Lengthy interview at Art of Slap Bass
Luman, Kirkland and  Burton - Giant high resolution
uncropped version of photo above.

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