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Robert Gordon with Danny Gatton – The Real Humbler (CD)
(Growling Guitar) 25 tracks – Digipac

The singular status of ’The Humbler’ is well-known among rock music aficionados, most notably due to the virtuoso guitar work by the late Danny Gatton.
Reportedly, a soundboard tape from a ‘81 Robert Gordon gig in Berkeley, CA. was passed around amongst musicians in the eighties, and quickly became highly revered.

Most guitarists who heard the tape were humbled by Gatton’s exceptional playing, hence its title.
The recording was finally released in ’96 by Danny Gatton’s mother on her own NRG label.
And even though it’s not mentioned in the liner notes, that release is actually a composite of two different soundboard tapes, one from ’81 and the other from ’83.

01 THE WAY I WALK Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
02 UBANGI STOMP Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
03 LOVE MY BABY Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
04 BAND INTRO Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
05 LOOK WHO’S BLUE Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
06 LOVE YOU SO Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
07 LOTTA LOVIN’ Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
08 DRIVIN’ WHEEL Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
09 FIRE Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
10 LOVER BOY Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
11 CRUISIN’ Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
12 THERE STANDS THE GLASS Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
13 ROCKBILLY BOOGIE Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
14 MYSTERY TRAIN Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
15 BLACK SLACKS Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
16 RED HOT Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
17 SLEEPWALK [INSTRUMENTAL) Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
18 LONESOME TRAIN Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
19 TWENTY FLIGHT ROCK Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
20 ROBERT TALKS Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
21 SOMEDAY, SOMEWAY Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
22 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
23 RED CADILLAC AND A BLACK MOUSTACHE Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
24 FLYING SAUCER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
25 INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT GORDON Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton