Thomas Gordon Huntley (20 December 1925 – 7 March 1988) was a British steel guitar player, best known for being a member of Matthews Southern Comfort.
He formed the Black Stetson Boys in 1959 with John Derek, the two later playing together in Johnny and the Hounders (later to become the Flintlocks).
[1] Around 1963, Huntley teamed up with Nigel Dennis (a Newbury solicitor) to manufacture Denley steel guitars (DENnis-huntLEY).
[3][5] Also in 1970, Huntley played steel guitar on the track "Country Comfort" on Elton John's second album, Tumbleweed Connection.
Huntley was highly respected as a session musician and his steel sound was subsequently heard on recordings by artists including Elton John, Rod Stewart, Clodagh Rodgers, Barbara Dickson, the Pretty Things, Fairport Convention, and on the soundtrack of Cliff Richard's Take Me High.