Jerry Donahue
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Jerry Donahue (born September 24, 1946, Manhattan, New York City) is a guitarist who has played for Poet And The One Man Band, Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, Joan Armatrading and more recently, the Hellecasters. Jerry is a technical master, and a hallmark of his musical vocabulary is the technique of string "bending". In fact, Telecaster player Danny Gatton praised Donahue as "the string-bending king of the planet." Jerry has released instructional videotapes, and more recently has produced solo projects including Sandy Denny's "Gold Dust, Live at the Royalty" (May 1998), and the The Animals' "Instinct" (2004).
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[edit] Discography
a mere sample...
- Fotheringay: Fotheringay (Island 1970)***.
- Fairport Convention: Nine (Island October 1973)
- Fairport Convention: Rosie (Island March 1973)
- Fairport Convention: A Moveable Feast (Island October 1974)
- Fairport Convention: Rising for the Moon (Island July 1975)
- Telecasting (Spindrift 1986)
- Meetings (Fun 1988)
- Neck of the Wood (Cross Three, Road Goes on... 1992)
- Country Tech (CPP, Warner Bros. 1992)
- Telecasting Recast (Pharoah 1999)
And for many, many more, refer to the Hellecasters[1] site.
[edit] Signature guitars
Around 1997, Fender made a Jerry Donahue signature Stratocaster in Japan, but Jerry's style and technique are closley associated with the '94 (?) signature Fender Telecaster (from Japan) and the Telecaster in general. Jerry's signature Strat' was even modified with a metal plate under the pickup to more closely emulate the Telecaster sound. More recently (2005) Peavey released the "Jerry Donahue Signature Omniac Guitar".
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