James Burton

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1939 age 0

   Born

2. 1970 age 31

   CreditElvis: That's the Way It Is

• LBLucien Ballard1 title
• EPElvis Presley1 title
• HBHenry Berman1 title
• DSDenis Sanders1 title
• RDRichard Davis1 title

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  Photo:Giuliano M.Public domain

• If you can plug your guitar into an amp and make it sound good, that’s what it’s all about. The amp I really enjoy playing, especially when I’m traveling, is the Fender ’65 Twin Reverb. It’s got everything you need for live playing and it has great tone. That amp just works for me and it’s real trustworthy. When I travel on the road, I do use a little digital delay and maybe a little chorus, but I just like the sound of the guitar and playing something that I think people will appreciate and understand.

  James Burton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and original-era Telecaster elder statesman James Burton boasts a straight, no-nonsense tone and impeccable phrasing as one of the first practitioners of the electric guitar solo. Telecaster chicken pickin’ basically starts with Burton, who lent his considerable Tele talent to artists including Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, John Denver, Elvis Costello and, most famously, Elvis Presley.

  James Burton, CC BY-SA 4.0