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If Danny Gatton calls you "the string-bending king of the planet", you must be doing something right.

Heavily influenced as a teenager by seeing Gerry McGee bend strings behind the nut, Donahue would later relocate to the UK and become a respected figure in the UK folk rock scene, playing with Fairport convention, amongst others.

Since then, Donahue has recorded and performed with numerous stars and his work alongside John Jorgenson and Will Ray in the Telecaster-toting Hellecasters is compulsory listening for fans of outrageous twang. Get some killer string-bending tips from the man himself in this video lesson.