However, Burton continued contributing to his friend's studio albums through the Perspective sessions in April 1968. In 1965 he started working on the television program Shindig! which curtailed his touring with Nelson. With Rick Nelson īurton played guitar on the majority of Rick Nelson's songs recorded during the first 11 years of Nelson's career, beginning with his premiere at Master Recorders in Hollywood on November 18, 1957, for the classic " Stood Up"/" Waitin' in School" rockabilly single (Burton was relegated to rhythm as Joe Maphis was still playing lead guitar at the time). Burton created and played the guitar solo on Dale Hawkins 1957 hit song " Susie Q", a record that would become one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. There, he made numerous recordings as a session musician. While he was still a teenager, Burton left Shreveport for Los Angeles, where he joined Ricky Nelson's band. He was hired to be part of the staff band for the popular Louisiana Hayride radio show in Shreveport. Self-taught, Burton began playing guitar during childhood. She was the daughter of James and Althius Poland. Burton (1909–2001) and the former Lola Poland (1914–2011), a native of rural Fryeburg in Bienville Parish. Since the 1950s, Burton has recorded and performed with an array of singers, including Bob Luman, Dale Hawkins, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley (and was leader of Presley's TCB Band), The Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, John Denver, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Claude King, Elvis Costello, Joe Osborn, Roy Orbison, Joni Mitchell, Hoyt Axton, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Young, Vince Gill, and Suzi Quatro.īiography Early life and career īurton was born in Dubberly in south Webster Parish near Minden, Louisiana, to Guy M.
Burton is one of the best guitar players to ever touch a fretboard." He is ranked number 19 in Rolling Stone list of 100 Greatest Guitarists. Critic Mark Deming writes that "Burton has a well-deserved reputation as one of the finest guitar pickers in either country or rock. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 (his induction speech was given by longtime fan Keith Richards), Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. James Edward Burton (born August 21, 1939, in Dubberly, Louisiana ) is an American guitarist.
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