@@BenPrevo Certainly He's played many Strats, But Telle'e Are his THING. This Pic, Show's him playing an Esquire. & a Rare one @ That ! a 52' or 53 "White Blond". Very few made. I've NEVER seen him play this before.
I was at this show. There was a raging blizzard that night. Roy was supposed to do 2 shows, but the crowd was so thin everyone was invited to stay for the second set. Roy was never a "showman", just a straight up blues genius. Cross that off my bucket list.
I seen him in auckland new zealand .. months before his untimely death (murder ) ... so sad ... he was my god when i was a teenager ... many a longvhot day drinking cold ales rocking to roy .. rory .. trower ... etc ... roy was my favourite sunny day beer garden music ...
I got turned to Roy's music in the late 70's. I had been a fan of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple at the time. I heard Roy play and was in awe of the unstated subtlety. I'm still in awe. God bless you Roy. This is what young guitarists should be learning from. Just like the blues masters of old.
you're are blessed to have seen roy in person. roy is in a league of his own - he seems to be from another planet - his technique, talent, tone, genius - are all not of this earth
This picking gives me goosebumps! The man was good! There were some select few Roy shows at My Father's Place on Long Island mid 70's I believe. Of all the show he played there, there were these few shows where he did things with his guitar I've heard nowhere else. Some of the best Roy picking I've ever heard, not to be duplicated at any of his other shows. Just amazing. It was one of the WLIR recordings I believe. Me and my friend Tony seem to be the only ones aware of these shows. This man is under-rated generally speaking!
When I was younger Roy and Joe Walsh were and still are my two favorite performers and guitar players both just super original. Both should be in the rock and roll hall of fame, though neither would strive for it.
I saw Roy in Canberra, Australia, in the 80s. He played the Peter Gun theme, and it sounded like razor blades, so loud and just sliced through the air. Unforgettable.
A music critic once wrote that Roy Buchanan " used barbed wire as guitar strings and strummed them with an ice pick!" I saw him live and he could make you shiver with one song and make his guitar cry with the next. He is missed.
I was lucky enough to see him here on Long Island a few times. He truly is the world's greatest guitarist. The man could do things with his tone and volume control that 15 piece bands can't do. I know you younger guys are all into how fast a player could get from first position to 22 position. This guys didn't need to fly he (he could if he wanted to) because he did more with a couple of notes than some players could do with 100. Love and miss you Roy you truly were a genius
I reckon Roy could shred and probably would have kept up with some of the younguns had he not left us all so soon! My favourite player and outside of guitarists, criminally underrated.
Thanks God .. and thanks roy ... thanks for many a happy afternoon drinking beers getting stoned in the sun with good company listening to ROY rock in thebackground ... 45yrs of roy ...
In the room I was standing in nobody including myself knew who Roy was. In a way I'am glad. It wasn't long after Roy commenced playing that everyone in the room including myself was looking at the person on either side of them and sayin' in mime what the F...k? Yeah ... it was quite a night; not to be forgotten ... ever! I'm still not sure that practice, even if ever so hard, would ever get one there. All I can say is ...have fun trying.
Incredible ! I'd give my left foot to play like that. Watched all 4 segments of Remembering Roy Buchannan just today. I bet if you checked you would find that the bars he played in didn't sell much beer when he played there. To mesmerized by the music.
He is definitely great at what he does but too say best in the world that is a very bold statement I do not agree many many incredible players around the world Ray is great no doubt
Four months later and am back listening to this cover song by Roy, soaking in his genius....O' the guitar picking here! I was with Roy a month before he committed suicide, spent some time with him in his trailer in the parking lot at Skipper's Smokehouse. I never would have guessed he'd be dead just weeks later. I listen to this picking here and am reminded of how brilliant the man was! I am still sad over his tragic death. I sit here listening to this...............and tears flow from my eyes. Mister softy me!
Thanks for posting ! It's So interesting to hear Roy using wah, etc. Of course we all know he needed only a guitar and an amp..but this is Really Cool too..Man could that guy play !!!
Johnny Winters Fast Life Rider is another one that surprised me since he's not known to use pedals either. Neither player needed em but it gives them a little more versatility
And hear he grew up about 30 miles from where i live at here......and he used to live in a little ass town called Pixley California and man how i would of known that before..but naturally i missed it
@@marksatterfield3100 well I didn't say he was born there ..he just lived there with both his mom n dad ..and not sure of the years he lived there either probably late teens early 20s...there's a video of it
very nice tune! i've seen roy sixteen times, all at a bar in old roslyn long island called my fathers place; in my eyes he is one of the best guitar pickers in the world his music will live on!
Thank you for this upload.never heard a live version of this.Great band behind him.Roy just kills it,squeezes so much pain out of the telecaster.Big demons in his life it seems
Got infected with Roy fever as a teenager - saw him in Pittsburgh, Wheeling WV and Steubenville OH in the mid to late 70s. If he was within a couple hours drive my friends and I went. No questions. Saw him one last time in San Bernardino in the early 80s while stationed in CA. Still my favorite guitar player ever. RIP Roy
Also so him in at the Stanley in Pittsburgh, I was 16 and 2nd row seats, few knew who he was, a vietnam vet friend of mine turned me on to him and I snatched 3 tickets up at the local head shop (they used to allow those back in the day in Wheeling). He drove me and my buddy to Pittsburgh. LOL. So thankful.
You're dedication to seeing Roy play is admirable. You obviously know good music. Roy was a one of a kind guitar player. My favorite for his unique style, chops and soul, may he RIP.
I saw him at the town hall in Auckland in 1987. We had driven up from Wanganui and drove back overnight so I could get to school the next morning... Hung round afterwards, and got to meet Roy backstage. He autographed some album covers for me (including his first album, the cover of which was apparently shot at a cemetery). The concert was mindblowing at times, but it largely pandered to a hard rock crowd rather than being classic Roy blues.
was there with ya bro ... auckland townhall .. maybe a sundaynight ... remember it like yesterday ... was in my mid 20s and had beena fan since listening to my older sisters records whenwas about 13 ... now im 60 odd but Roy brings back so many memories ... huge part of the soundtrack to my life ... a true humble troubled man with God given talent .. totally mindblowing ... never get sick of listening to Roy ... heres to Roy at the Auckland Town Hall .... we were lucky to see him...
No one sounded or sounds like Roy, never could, never will. It wasn't Bill that made Nancy cry, only Roy could bring the best out of her. Vision, Soul whatever you call it he was the definition. Love & Miss Ya Roy
I saw his show 1981 in Berkeley. It was a big night club near the UC theater.....That was a great show and I still remember he played this tune and a lot of Hendrix's. I was also lucky to see him at bathroom and I saw he smoked a cigarette called TRUE! I still listen to his music and they are all great!
For those who need guidance -- the Jimi Hendrix take off is toward the end of Roy's performance of "Hey Joe" in Austin, TX. TH-cam: Roy Buchanan - Hey Joe (Live From Austin TX).
I have been a fan ever since the "Dreams" set came out and one of my musical mentors turned me on to it, Get Live Stock if you want to hear a great album.
I saw him around the same time in Dallas. Bugs Henderson was warming up and then jamming with Roy on the encore. Never had the pleasure of seeing Rory. For bluesrock guitar they just don't come any cooler than these three guys. All in the super jam session in the sky now, with Stevie, Gary, Albert and Freddie. And Jimi of course.
I saw Bugs, Rory, and Roy, all separately but at the same venue ( Texas Opry House, Houston) around the same time. I knew I was lucky then , but had no idea how lucky it would turn out to be
Saw him live in Baltimore a few months before he died. Stood right in front of his rig, could have touched his shoes. He definitely was using a few pedals. I recall an old Tube Screamer & a Wa as well as some MXR units. Not a lot of pedal gear considering most player's rib but he did use them.
From the '50's through the 70's LeRoy Buchanan did not use any pedals whatsoever, just a tele through a vibrolux and his fingers, all twenty of them. Pedals came later after he became famous and grew tired of getting mugged after shows as degenerates tried, unsuccessfully, to steal Nancy, but failed. Pedals were a way of getting sounds he couldn't get, tones that weren't there, in newer guitars.
There are great guitarists out there but Roy Buchanan? He was at that level of phenomenon that occupies perches few can reach. Tommy Emmanuel is another. Some people have never heard of these guitarists but musicians know them. Many musicians don't want to follow these guys on stage. Roy even did a take off on Jimi Hendrix in one of his concerts that was scary good. As if Jimi himself guided his hands because the rest of us mortals believe no one can play like Jimi. But Roy did that night. It's on TH-cam....look for it. The only draw back Roy had -- he's not much of a vocalist. But then, he didn't have to be.
To this day Roy is one of my favorite guitar players and a downright blues legend. Saw him perform many times back in the 70's. Throw in Jimi and Tommy Emmanuel and you've got some "rare guitar genius" to talk about.
BlackLocustMusic - Yeah...."guided his hands...." -- the complete quote would be "as if Jimi himself guided his hands..." which means he didn't -- it just sounded that way. Clarified enough? It's just like when a writer writes something profound and can't explain how they were influenced to write it, and were never able to duplicate it again. Bob Dylan said he couldn't explain how he wrote many of his early songs because whoever influenced his writing in that way doesn't now. Many writers and creative people believe their work is guided by unseen influences. It's not spiritual if that's your objection. But, Roy certainly sounded closer to the real Hendrix that night than anyone ever did. Snap out of it? Try writing & capitalizing in complete sentences and maybe someone will take you seriously. Over-reaction to simple, unoffensive words doesn't show much depth.
check out a song called Potato Peeler byBobby Gregg ,Roy played the guitar solo .i bought that 45 record in the early 60,s and did'nt know who the player was for years.roy had'nt done his solo stuff yet.
One of , if not the, most underrated guitar player. Im not saying he is the best, but I bet he is the best that most people have never heard of
Greatest Telecaster player who ever lived!!! My humble opinion, of course.
;-)
Hardtail 70's strat here !
@@BenPrevo Certainly He's played many Strats, But Telle'e Are his THING. This Pic, Show's him playing an Esquire. & a Rare one @ That ! a 52' or 53 "White Blond". Very few made. I've NEVER seen him play this before.
I agree!
Danny Gatton??
@@stoofbuis they were roommates
How proud must Joe Walsh have felt knowing Roy played this!
AMEN TO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VERY proud,I would suggest
I was at this show. There was a raging blizzard that night. Roy was supposed to do 2 shows, but the crowd was so thin everyone was invited to stay for the second set. Roy was never a "showman", just a straight up blues genius. Cross that off my bucket list.
I have been in a room of 25 people with Roy Buchanan and seen people weep at his brilliance and I was one of them
I seen him in auckland new zealand .. months before his untimely death (murder ) ... so sad ... he was my god when i was a teenager ... many a longvhot day drinking cold ales rocking to roy .. rory .. trower ... etc ... roy was my favourite sunny day beer garden music ...
He wasn’t just playing notes. He could touch the soul to the core. Joe Walsh and Gary Moore are the only ones who could come close.
I can believe it!
Not the same number in the room but definitely the same result
The greatest fingers to guitar to amp player in electric guitar history.( No pedals or effects)
the greatest guitarplayer in rock and roll history best of the best masterclass the MAN who said NO to the rolling stones rip roy miss you
Rory Gallagher also and he too turned down The Stones.
And Jeff wouldn't go tour with Mick Jagger.
I got turned to Roy's music in the late 70's.
I had been a fan of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple at the time. I heard Roy play and was in awe of the unstated subtlety. I'm still in awe.
God bless you Roy.
This is what young guitarists should be learning from. Just like the blues masters of old.
Roy is in my top two favorite guitarists. It's him and Hendrix, in no order. This is brilliant I don't think it's possible to get better than this
Have you heard Rory Gallagher? Just curious
@@theherbpuffer For me, it is these 3, or maybe 4 if you include Joe himself. Roy, Jimi, and Rory.
Gary Moore is my favourite. But really all names mentioned here are number one in my eyes. Really can’t pick one.
Roy is my favorite ona...
I'm a Hendrix and Gatton man my self.
you're are blessed to have seen roy in person. roy is in a league of his own - he seems to be from another planet - his technique, talent, tone, genius - are all not of this earth
Yes sir. Roy: he was, is and will be one of the greatest blues guitarists.... "from another league" his art !!!
This picking gives me goosebumps! The man was good! There were some select few Roy shows at My Father's Place on Long Island mid 70's I believe. Of all the show he played there, there were these few shows where he did things with his guitar I've heard nowhere else. Some of the best Roy picking I've ever heard, not to be duplicated at any of his other shows. Just amazing. It was one of the WLIR recordings I believe. Me and my friend Tony seem to be the only ones aware of these shows. This man is under-rated generally speaking!
This is on another level.
No one can be better than Roy, only just as good.
When I was younger Roy and Joe Walsh were and still are my two favorite performers and guitar players both just super original. Both should be in the rock and roll hall of fame, though neither would strive for it.
Joe Walsh one if our greatest guitarists ,then he covers this , how long has the earth existed ... And we got to be here ...
I saw Roy in Canberra, Australia, in the 80s. He played the Peter Gun theme, and it sounded like razor blades, so loud and just sliced through the air. Unforgettable.
A music critic once wrote that Roy Buchanan " used barbed wire as guitar strings and strummed them with an ice pick!" I saw him live and he could make you shiver with one song and make his guitar cry with the next. He is missed.
I was lucky enough to see him here on Long Island a few times. He truly is the world's greatest guitarist. The man could do things with his tone and volume control that 15 piece bands can't do. I know you younger guys are all into how fast a player could get from first position to 22 position. This guys didn't need to fly he (he could if he wanted to) because he did more with a couple of notes than some players could do with 100.
Love and miss you Roy you truly were a genius
I've definitely seen him pick a guitar pretty damn fast
The guitar player’s guitar player. My favorite
Best guitar players are best beacuse they can do more with few notes than someone with 10000, that is beauty of blues.
I reckon Roy could shred and probably would have kept up with some of the younguns had he not left us all so soon! My favourite player and outside of guitarists, criminally underrated.
Turn to Stone (Joe Walsh). The great Roy,...
One of the best guitar player's ever!!!!!! Still sounds great! 😉😇😘. I will always thank God for Roy Buchanan and his music!!!!
Thanks God .. and thanks roy ... thanks for many a happy afternoon drinking beers getting stoned in the sun with good company listening to ROY rock in thebackground ... 45yrs of roy ...
The phrasing in this solo is just superb, so refreshing.
There will always be place for this awesome man.
There has always has been. Just not enough people realize it.
Absolute respect for Roy's talents, abilities, genre blending, accomplishments, interpretations, and fearlessness. Do perceive : He really loved performing. YES ..........
Pure awesomeness, play on Roy!!! The angels are crying .
And so do we still .... earth lost badly when roy passed ... even angels cried .... i did ...
I was fortunate enough to see him one time, blew the crowd away.........
Damn, Roy could cover about anybody and wasn't afraid to get down and dirty
I like to think of it as interpretation rather than a cover.
Perfect. RIP Roy.
I met him in Boulder@ Coast?He let a friend of mine,and myself watch from backstage.Very cool guy!The Livestock LP RULES!!!!
was fortunate enough to see Roy live in Boulder Colorado in 78. I had trouble breathing because his playing was 5-star in a cheap dive .
This is great - I was there that night.
you lucky dog.
Incredible!!!!! He NEVER gets old . Guy was a God.
no words can really express the depth, you just have to listen
In the room I was standing in nobody including myself knew who Roy was. In a way I'am glad. It wasn't long after Roy commenced playing that everyone in the room including myself was looking at the person on either side of them and sayin' in mime what the F...k? Yeah ... it was quite a night; not to be forgotten ... ever! I'm still not sure that practice, even if ever so hard, would ever get one there. All I can say is ...have fun trying.
Incredible ! I'd give my left foot to play like that. Watched all 4 segments of Remembering Roy Buchannan just today. I bet if you checked you would find that the bars he played in didn't sell much beer when he played there. To mesmerized by the music.
wow, saw him once, will never, ever forget it
I only found out about this man now. Some tracks are so PF-ish, loving it!
Roy put a different spin on one of Joe's best, and I like it !!
from 9.00 min and after its like its from another world awesome hands donw best guitarist in the world
He is definitely great at what he does but too say best in the world that is a very bold statement I do not agree many many incredible players around the world Ray is great no doubt
I agree! Both Hey Joe and Down by the River and now this! Roy takes all three classics and crushes it!
Roy Is in my top 5 but Rory Gallagher takes the cake for me
Wish I could say I was related. Never knew about this guy. Great stuff.
Check out the "Train Blues" video..pulls all the stops!
Love it! A fan for many years. The man knew how to work a Tele - for sure. 👍✌️
whoa!! I"m in. Just Beautiful!
This is just fuckin awesome. In a class of his own.
one of the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Master of the Telecaster
Saw him in 76 I believe, no effects used or needed. Roy Buchanan fans are a little cooler than most. Kinda like Rory Gallagher freaks.
yea Roy and Rory in a class of their own.
They toured together quite a bit.
You can hear the glass in those tubes .
RICHARD ROGERS so true. Was fortunate to see him in Davenport, IA at the RKO/Adler in '77
Right. Old school. YES
They scream for mercy!
@@johnlast7528 The speaker baffle is a total Masochist
Tubes rule!
I have 2 copies of "your not alone" on vinyl.Try to find one today.GREAT AWESOME guitarest of my time.He will be missed
+316SILENTDEATH so send me one ? haha
I think i have a copy of that vinyl, yours if you want it!
I have one.....yes he is missed.
I have one too, love Roy
Saw him at The Club Casino around this time. Amazing
Four months later and am back listening to this cover song by Roy, soaking in his genius....O' the guitar picking here! I was with Roy a month before he committed suicide, spent some time with him in his trailer in the parking lot at Skipper's Smokehouse. I never would have guessed he'd be dead just weeks later. I listen to this picking here and am reminded of how brilliant the man was! I am still sad over his tragic death. I sit here listening to this...............and tears flow from my eyes. Mister softy me!
I have been a fan of Roy since the 90s.his guitar skill is beyond so many other players. Best innovator of all time.
Thanks for posting ! It's So interesting to hear Roy using wah, etc. Of course we all know he needed only a guitar and an amp..but this is Really Cool too..Man could that guy play !!!
This really is an outstanding performance.
Johnny Winters Fast Life Rider is another one that surprised me since he's not known to use pedals either. Neither player needed em but it gives them a little more versatility
I love on guitar on Fire they follow this with Fly night bird, Fly.
Saw him once...Roy brought me back from the dead.
WaveRyeDer99 Saw Roy in Austin in the mid 80s. My ears rang for 3 days. Incredible guitar player!
best comments ever man!!
Awsome style can pick up some licks in here gary moore used all the time would have to say roy is the master of bending
the whole package is here...feedback issues aside...this is a miracle of rock, jazz and blues
And hear he grew up about 30 miles from where i live at here......and he used to live in a little ass town called Pixley California and man how i would of known that before..but naturally i missed it
Well stuck me fumped. I thought he was from Virginia.
@@marksatterfield3100 well I didn't say he was born there ..he just lived there with both his mom n dad ..and not sure of the years he lived there either probably late teens early 20s...there's a video of it
very nice tune! i've seen roy sixteen times, all at a bar in old roslyn long island called my fathers place; in my eyes he is one of the best guitar pickers in the world his music will live on!
Thank you for this upload.never heard a live version of this.Great band behind him.Roy just kills it,squeezes so much pain out of the telecaster.Big demons in his life it seems
Roy embraced the 1980's musical style very well with some great guitar. He was using a black Les Paul regularly at this time when recording.
He played a hardtail strat at this gig, there’s pics of him with it while heaven kneing down amd adjusting the fender fuzz wah you hear
simply the best... :)
Definitely his own man. Never heard anything like this.
I saw him in Tucson around the same time and it was one of the highlights of my life...Great hearing him do my all-time favorite Joe Walsh tune too.
Great cover,Roys phrasing was always incredible
DAMN!!!! He says it all !😊
.Anytime I hear the last name Buchanan, This is the man I think of! They do not make them like they used to!
Sam Mendez, Thanks, y Muchas gracias. Just so beautiful.............
Got infected with Roy fever as a teenager - saw him in Pittsburgh, Wheeling WV and Steubenville OH in the mid to late 70s. If he was within a couple hours drive my friends and I went. No questions. Saw him one last time in San Bernardino in the early 80s while stationed in CA. Still my favorite guitar player ever. RIP Roy
Also so him in at the Stanley in Pittsburgh, I was 16 and 2nd row seats, few knew who he was, a vietnam vet friend of mine turned me on to him and I snatched 3 tickets up at the local head shop (they used to allow those back in the day in Wheeling). He drove me and my buddy to Pittsburgh. LOL. So thankful.
You're dedication to seeing Roy play is admirable. You obviously know good music. Roy was a one of a kind guitar player. My favorite for his unique style, chops and soul, may he RIP.
I saw him at the town hall in Auckland in 1987. We had driven up from Wanganui and drove back overnight so I could get to school the next morning... Hung round afterwards, and got to meet Roy backstage. He autographed some album covers for me (including his first album, the cover of which was apparently shot at a cemetery). The concert was mindblowing at times, but it largely pandered to a hard rock crowd rather than being classic Roy blues.
was there with ya bro ... auckland townhall .. maybe a sundaynight ... remember it like yesterday ... was in my mid 20s and had beena fan since listening to my older sisters records whenwas about 13 ... now im 60 odd but Roy brings back so many memories ... huge part of the soundtrack to my life ... a true humble troubled man with God given talent .. totally mindblowing ... never get sick of listening to Roy ... heres to Roy at the Auckland Town Hall .... we were lucky to see him...
Grande guitarrista!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seen him live. His concert was great
No one sounded or sounds like Roy, never could, never will. It wasn't Bill that made Nancy cry, only Roy could bring the best out of her. Vision, Soul whatever you call it he was the definition.
Love & Miss Ya Roy
Simply amazing, super amazing! What a kickass inspiration, thank you man!
Thanks Sam !!! Roy is the best, 'll never forget him
the best haqd the pleasure of a few live concerts i bet one was at crystal springs!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bad Ass!!!!
SMOKIN'!!!!
“You are not Alone”
Tele monster ! amazing guitar player....emotional .so many tricks...
I saw his show 1981 in Berkeley. It was a big night club near the UC theater.....That was a great show and I still remember he played this tune and a lot of Hendrix's. I was also lucky to see him at bathroom and I saw he smoked a cigarette called TRUE! I still listen to his music and they are all great!
I was there so glad I got to see him. He was the best,the show was great and he didn't use ten square feet of stage but he was electrifying.
For those who need guidance -- the Jimi Hendrix take off is toward the end of Roy's performance of "Hey Joe" in Austin, TX.
TH-cam: Roy Buchanan - Hey Joe (Live From Austin TX).
Thanks for the tip. I liked your comment at the top, it took the words right out of my mind.
I found Roy again recently after many years forgotten. I had younger not alone on 8 track. He must be great for me to remember it after 30 years
you lucky guy!!! I am 22 and I wish I could say the same. unfortunately I was born to late and far away from roy´s place. I am from argentina
Thanks for keeping his talent alive
The feedback is sublime.
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Whole other level!!top notch players
I have been a fan ever since the "Dreams" set came out and one of my musical mentors turned me on to it, Get Live Stock if you want to hear a great album.
OH MY GOD..he did a cover of this? thats incredible..hes the man on the guitar !
I saw him around the same time in Dallas. Bugs Henderson was warming up and then jamming with Roy on the encore. Never had the pleasure of seeing Rory. For bluesrock guitar they just don't come any cooler than these three guys. All in the super jam session in the sky now, with Stevie, Gary, Albert and Freddie. And Jimi of course.
I saw Bugs, Rory, and Roy, all separately but at the same venue ( Texas Opry House, Houston) around the same time. I knew I was lucky then , but had no idea how lucky it would turn out to be
Saw him live in Baltimore a few months before he died. Stood right in front of his rig, could have touched his shoes. He definitely was using a few pedals. I recall an old Tube Screamer & a Wa as well as some MXR units. Not a lot of pedal gear considering most player's rib but he did use them.
Martin VINCENT Did you listen to this?
From the '50's through the 70's LeRoy Buchanan did not use any pedals whatsoever, just a tele through a vibrolux and his fingers, all twenty of them.
Pedals came later after he became famous and grew tired of getting mugged after shows as degenerates tried, unsuccessfully, to steal Nancy, but failed.
Pedals were a way of getting sounds he couldn't get, tones that weren't there, in newer guitars.
Makasih,Sam; for updating!!!!!! Marvelousssss........
Omg this is epic
ROY !
Hardtail 70's strat and fender fuzz/wah
There are great guitarists out there but Roy Buchanan? He was at that level of phenomenon that occupies perches few can reach. Tommy Emmanuel is another. Some people have never heard of these guitarists but musicians know them. Many musicians don't want to follow these guys on stage. Roy even did a take off on Jimi Hendrix in one of his concerts that was scary good. As if Jimi himself guided his hands because the rest of us mortals believe no one can play like Jimi. But Roy did that night. It's on TH-cam....look for it. The only draw back Roy had -- he's not much of a vocalist. But then, he didn't have to be.
To this day Roy is one of my favorite guitar players and a downright blues legend. Saw him perform many times back in the 70's. Throw in Jimi and Tommy Emmanuel and you've got some "rare guitar genius" to talk about.
guided his hands ?? snap out of it !!!!
BlackLocustMusic - Yeah...."guided his hands...." -- the complete quote would be "as if Jimi himself guided his hands..." which means he didn't -- it just sounded that way. Clarified enough? It's just like when a writer writes something profound and can't explain how they were influenced to write it, and were never able to duplicate it again. Bob Dylan said he couldn't explain how he wrote many of his early songs because whoever influenced his writing in that way doesn't now. Many writers and creative people believe their work is guided by unseen influences. It's not spiritual if that's your objection. But, Roy certainly sounded closer to the real Hendrix that night than anyone ever did. Snap out of it? Try writing & capitalizing in complete sentences and maybe someone will take you seriously. Over-reaction to simple, unoffensive words doesn't show much depth.
Ya know what's more adept and sexxxxier than a voice paired with those hands not auto-tuned????????
Nothing.
John LaStrada Jimi wasn't much of a singer neither .
HIM AND ALBERT COLLINS ...INSANE TONE...TELE STYLE...
Great guitar!
check out a song called Potato Peeler byBobby Gregg ,Roy played the guitar solo .i bought that 45 record in the early 60,s and did'nt know who the player was for years.roy had'nt done his solo stuff yet.
Thanks so much for posting.efn epic!
heard it on wyep in pittsburgh . drove home to listen to it again . yay
The band is Paul Jacobs, kybd / Gordy Johnson, bs / Gordy Knudtson, drms
THE Master blaster of the Telecaster
RIGHT ABOUT 9 MINUTES IN! shit gets real!
oh yeah
FO REAL.
Roy indeed, but what about the full band? stratospheric level here from any side bass, drums and keyboards creme de la creme everywhere