Anyone else digging on the wealth of Dann Huff vids?

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I’m eating it all up and was stoked when he started his own channel.

Whether or not ya know it, you’ve been hearing Huff for the better part of your life and to have him pop back up after a couple decades of laying low in the producer world, it’s endearing to see he’s taken on a “Let me impart all that I’ve learned over the years for no other reason than because I have it to give” role.

The guy is so humble and seems to be as oblivious to his output in the world as most people are who have never heard his name. I’m anxiously awaiting him to dig into production work and his insight on all that.



I can’t even post his credits here without spending 40 minutes doing so- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dann_Huff?wprov=sfti1
 
He was one of the 3 LA session guys that actually went seamlessly from it to successful band.
Well Landau not so successsful band. But like Luke with Toto, Huff had his session buddies along in Giant.
Mike Brignadello for example did a bunch of bass tracks for Kiss.
Alan Pasqua use to play keys for Holdsworth.

Back in the late 80s I loved that first Giant album.
And I always preferred the solo of his on the Here I go Again single, to either the Vandenberg or Marsden studio version.
 
Actually I just read something on TOP about the generational divide and how every generation thinks the music they grew up on is superior to the stuff before and after.

Landau and Huff were two of the only guys that I dug when it came to Rock guys in the late 80s.

And as a tail end boomer I grew up seeing the guys that a had an impact on me I wouldn’t sit through 10 minutes of these days.

Like seeing Pink Floyd touring Animals after my cousin introduced me to them playing me the Wish You Were here album.
My second concert was Uli Roth with Scorpions and a bit later solo.
Schenker with UFO, Scorpions, and solo.
Rory Gallagher, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter on the rocking Blues side.
SRV when he broke.
Can’t count how many times I saw Gary Moore from Thin Lizzy to solo to later doing his Blues thing. Thin Lizzy with every guitar player line up change up to Sykes
Black Sabbath with Ozzy, Dio, Gillian.
Rainbow with Dio, Bonnet, Turner.
Van Halen when they just killed Black Sabbath. Saxon, Judas, Maiden too many times.
Deep Purple, Les Zeppelin. Even Kiss,
Zappa, the list goes on.

So extrapolate from this how much meaning it has that I still dig Huff and Landau but you couldn’t pay me to sit through more than 10 minutes of these days bands I mentioned other than for sentimental reasons.
 
Ed DeGenaro said:
Actually I just read something on TOP about the generational divide and how every generation thinks the music they grew up on is superior to the stuff before and after.

Landau and Huff were two of the only guys that I dug when it came to Rock guys in the late 80s.

And as a tail end boomer I grew up seeing the guys that a had an impact on me I wouldn’t sit through 10 minutes of these days.

Like seeing Pink Floyd touring Animals after my cousin introduced me to them playing me the Wish You Were here album.
My second concert was Uli Roth with Scorpions and a bit later solo.
Schenker with UFO, Scorpions, and solo.
Rory Gallagher, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter on the rocking Blues side.
SRV when he broke.
Can’t count how many times I saw Gary Moore from Thin Lizzy to solo to later doing his Blues thing. Thin Lizzy with every guitar player line up change up to Sykes
Black Sabbath with Ozzy, Dio, Gillian.
Rainbow with Dio, Bonnet, Turner.
Van Halen when they just killed Black Sabbath. Saxon, Judas, Maiden too many times.
Deep Purple, Les Zeppelin. Even Kiss,
Zappa, the list goes on.

So extrapolate from this how much meaning it has that I still dig Huff and Landau but you couldn’t pay me to sit through more than 10 minutes of these days bands I mentioned other than for sentimental reasons.
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I’m an outlier in the whole “everything outside of my era sucks” thing; I started playing guitar in ‘94 because my dad took me to see Floyd with Gilmour still being my #1 and while I love so much 80’s/90’s music (born in ‘82), I love the shit out of an ample amount of modern stuff. A good tune is a good tune, regardless when it was written, IMO. Most of the stuff I can’t sit through more than 10 minutes of now is stuff I temporarily loved in my teens, Yngwie namely.
 
JiveTurkey said:
Despite Andy Timmons and Dan Huff being great players and great guys from all accounts; there is ZERO chance I would ever listen to Danger Danger or Giant over the Scorpions or any of the bands in Ed's list. Sorry not sorry :ROFLMAO:
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I’m definitely with ya there. I was watching Huff’s old instructional video last night and smirking at the Giant tunes. Fortunately, Timmons has put out a bunch of music since the Danger Danger days and Dan has a new album either out or coming out I want to get my hands on.

That said, I haven’t gotten into any of Timmons solo music, I’m certainly picky when it comes to instrumental guitar music, despite it being the main thing I listened to in the 90’s. I love his tones so damn much so I end up watching his demo vids or clinics more than I do listen to the albums.

With Dan’s new Youtube stuff, he’s just a wealth of insight that I want to stuff in my brain.
 
JiveTurkey said:
Despite Andy Timmons and Dan Huff being great players and great guys from all accounts; there is ZERO chance I would ever listen to Danger Danger or Giant over the Scorpions or any of the bands in Ed's list. Sorry not sorry :ROFLMAO:
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I sure AF neither. But I take Huffs new instrumental album over any classic Rock.
 
I have been enjoying his videos. Though I do find it odd the guitarists I hated as a kid (Huff, Lukather etc) are now being celebrated. Not that I hated them directly, I didn't know who they were at the time, but they played on all those cheesy soft-rock radio staples that filled the adult contemporary airways when I was a teen. Absolutely gag-inducing music. But I do enjoy their interviews now.
 
Ed DeGenaro said:
Yeah, the Bookter T Green Onion riff with half baked ZZ Top wanna be vox with some of the worst lyrics.
That album was the last Satriani album I bought.
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It's Satriani first and to my knowledge only foray singing and traditional songwriting. Of course it's going to not be able to compare to his lead driven playing!

I don't think any of these elevator shred dudes (who could outplay me before I came into this world) have a patch on this song. Or really any early Satriani or any of the other OGs who aren't making songs that would sound at home as a laxative commercial score.

I bought the Extremist after Blue Dreamt but that was as far as I went. I would rather listen to someone sing who's voice moved me 10/10 over a guitarist I love doing instrumentals.
 
I didn’t know about any of these LA session guys growing up, as I was coming into music during the alternative scene that came after it, but I absolutely love listening to those guys talk about it now and showing off some of those riffs or licks they came up with. A lot of that music I wouldn’t have been caught dead listening to then, but it’s a blast from the past now. There was one video where Huff was playing the clean part to Glory Of Love, and let me tell you that shit would have been morifying to hear when I was young, but that shit made me smile to no end watching him play it now.

Proud The Karate Kid GIF
 
Whizzinby said:
I didn’t know about any of these LA session guys growing up, as I was coming into music during the alternative scene that came after it, but I absolutely love listening to those guys talk about it now and showing off some of those riffs or licks they came up with. A lot of that music I wouldn’t have been caught dead listening to then, but it’s a blast from the past now. There was one video where Huff was playing the clean part to Glory Of Love, and let me tell you that shit would have been morifying to hear when I was young, but that shit made me smile to no end watching him play it now.

Proud The Karate Kid GIF
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Imma sucker for anything good soft/yachty from back in the day :love
 
SonVolt said:
I have been enjoying his videos. Though I do find it odd the guitarists I hated as a kid (Huff, Lukather etc) are now being celebrated. Not that I hated them directly, I didn't know who they were at the time, but they played on all those cheesy soft-rock radio staples that filled the adult contemporary airways when I was a teen. Absolutely gag-inducing music. But I do enjoy their interviews now.
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I'm not a fan of a tooonnnnn of stuff they've played on, I'm more interested in them due to their ability to come up with the perfect part on the spot across multiple genres. Reading about that stuff when I was a teenager was a "I wanna do that too!" thing and played a big role in how I record today. And I love hearing stories about that era of recording studios, especially from the guys who have been on big productions.

Whizzinby said:
I didn’t know about any of these LA session guys growing up, as I was coming into music during the alternative scene that came after it, but I absolutely love listening to those guys talk about it now and showing off some of those riffs or licks they came up with. A lot of that music I wouldn’t have been caught dead listening to then, but it’s a blast from the past now. There was one video where Huff was playing the clean part to Glory Of Love, and let me tell you that shit would have been morifying to hear when I was young, but that shit made me smile to no end watching him play it now.

Proud The Karate Kid GIF
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100% this!!
 
JiveTurkey said:
Imma sucker for anything good soft/yachty from back in the day :love
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I got to have long enough of a break from it all that once I choose to listen to 80's bands again, Tears For Fears, Duran Duran, XTC. etc. there was a lot I really dug. And in the case of Lukather and Huff, I loved Micheal Jackson when I was a kid and it's cool as fuck to hear how his albums were made. I always assumed he'd just show up and pick from a bunch of songs provided for him, but he was more involved than that. And how EVH rearranged "Beat It" because he didn't like the arrangement or something. :ROFLMAO:

 
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