James Burton

What strikes me about James Burton is how a kid from Dubberly, Louisiana ended up shaping the sound of rock guitar without ever needing the spotlight himself. The detail I keep coming back to is that Keith Richards gave his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech in 2001, calling himself a longtime fan. When one of rock's most iconic guitarists looks up to you, that tells me everything about Burton's standing among players. His later election to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024 only confirms how rare it is to earn that kind of respect across genres. He is a player's player.

Name (English)

James Burton

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・バートン

Reading

じぇーむず・ばーとん

Born

August 21, 1939 (age 86)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Dubberly, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

guitarist

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry
• 2001 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.james-burton.net/
• Xhttps://x.com/jburtonmusic
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Louisiana
• guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.