Hats off to one of our favorite guitar legends, James Burton, the Telecaster master, who played with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. The Shreveporttimes reports this morning, "Shreveport rock guitar legend James Burton plans to open a state-of-the-art recording studio across from the historic Municipal Auditorium today, but its target audience isn't the superstars he made his name with, Jerry Lee Lewis or EmmyLou Harris."
The article, continues with "I want to give something back to the community," said Burton, a Minden native who gained fame as the bandleader and lead guitarist for Elvis Presley, Rick Nelson and John Denver. "I want them to have a place where they can sit down and record CDs, to encourage them to play and do better."
James Burton said a lot of the artists he's recorded with already have expressed an interest in the studio. Louise Burton offered a name.
"Steve Lukather said he wanted to be the first one," she said.
Lukather is best known for his work as a guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and producer for the rock band Toto. He also is known for his work with the jazz fusion bands El Grupo and Los Lobotomys.
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