James Burton

IF ANY OF YOU missed seeing Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band on their recent tour, you were either very unlucky or very foolish. I can't recall anyone I've spoken to mentioning the event in terms of other than the highest praise, and they all echo my feelings that a swift return to these shores would really be of the greatest benefit to us all. In a band where everyone was a star by the end of the tour – even if one or two members couldn't aspire to that status beforehand because they weren't really well known – the stand-out star was James Burton, Telecaster artist extraordinaire.