4 arseholes give this the thumbs down, why don,t people like that just stick to music that suits their brain power like Justin Beiber or take that. Bunch of pricks.
Sorry, I love Jimmy Page, but he could not carry water for Roy Buchanan. And he would say the same. Most of the great guitarists playing today were influenced by Roy. Just too bad he left us when he was really just peaking!
Rack mount FXs- $1,000s Pedal FXs- $100s Superhot pickups- $100s Knowing how to make a Guitar cry- PRICELESS. Amazing all the shit you don't need when you really play from the heart. R.I.P. Roy
Roy was a dear friend-I knew him as him & his music. We had a special connection as friends. Always got a front sit when I saw him. This shows so must of his feelings-sad but his music & talent was so great! Love u Roy still here in my heart forever
Why the Page comparison? They both were influenced by the Blues but where Roy was also into country and bluegrass, Jimmy was into Celtic and other "weird" open tuning sounds, some he made up himself. 2 great guitar players in their own right. I can't stand useless comparisons!
Jeff back who is the greatest living guitarist was clearly influenced by Roy. Because we ended as lovers sounds like the Messiach might have been an influence.
I know that there are some amazing guitarists and I love them big time, but I have to say I have never heard anyone get a guitar to cry like Roy Buchanan.What Roy and Nancy could do together just blows me away.
stop kidding around... there both unique and different guitarists... both great song writers and with great originality! Just that he has not credited some riffs from the origin. Thus could be called ripping... It is. But most cases of LedZep ripping is the lyrical origin, while the guitar-part had a lot of originality. Not until Houses Of The Holy album (great + original), they stopped ripping... because of lawsuits. Jimmy Page, Lenny Breau, Pat Metheny and Roy Buchanan: my favs!
I lived with Roy and his music. He was thr greastest but the pain got to him. I heard him/ know from Washington Dc-----he had a heart I felt his pain-crazy days then. I truly tryed to save him-knew his road but he is in my heart always
If you're only gonna buy one Roy Buchanan album make it this one that has this song and sweet dreams...the 1972 Polydor Release entitled "Roy Buchanan" Roy was one of the all time great Washington DC area monsters of the telecaster along with Danny Gatton, Tom Principato, and Pedro Sera Leyva...
Anyone happen to know the name of this song? Been listing to most of Roy Buchanan albums and yet to find it. Hopefully there is some recording of it elsewhere.
You can hear the influence of pedal steel a lot in his playing. He started on pedal steel before going to guitar and even wrote a song inspired by his pedal steel teacher, Mrs. Pressure. (What a name!)
Jeff Beck was influenced a lot by Roy Buchanan and acknowledges it. Sneaking Godzilla Through the Alley is the sort of thing that could just as easily have been written by Beck.
When Roy died I couldn't listen to his music for months. I was so upset.
Jeff Beck was so influenced by Roy Buchanan that on Jeff's {{ "Blow By Blow" }} CD the song =="Because We've Ended as Lovers"== was dedicated to Roy. It said so on the LP. I don't know if it does the same on the CD
@capnovenmitts Yup the old Vibrolux is a beaut You just set it so it's about to break up and set the axe to about 7 for clean. Push the volume up and she dirty's up just lovely not too much breakup just enough.
I saw Roy at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney and he dropped his grey pick. At that stage he was using a Strat. I didn't jump up on stage (for fear of being ejected) just surveyed the crowd making sure that no one noticed or had forgotten about the lost pick by the time they'd finished. After he left I jumped up scooted across the stage and grabbed the little bugger. Still got it, somewhere unfortunately I use grey Jim Dunlops myself and haven't a clue which one is his and which ones are mine.
Roy turned his bass, treble and mids all up to full. That will give you more distortion than you think. I do it on my blues junior, and I get pretty good Roy Tone
First time I heard this guy play this in the seventies it sent chills down my spine. Guess what, 36 years later I hear this song again and I get the same chills and even tears...Nobody I Mean Nobody can compare to his phrasing and mastery of
of volume swells..It is so unfair that he never got much credit for his contributions to music...Thanks for Sharing this excellent guitar music playing
Clapton came down to the Crossroads bar on the DC line one night. He was blown away by Roy, and proceeded to steal his arrangement of FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD......now he plays it every night and has never acknowledged Roy.
sothewind: At least Jeff burned the shit out of EC when they played that one together at the secret policemen's ball. Come to think of it, he did it a with a blonde tele too. Maybe he was also bothered by the failure to acknowledge Roy.
Thanks for posting this. Roy Buchanan was a monster guitarrist. Nothing needs to be said about others like Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Santana, etc. who've achieved just recognition.
The day Roy died I was so saddened by the news and especially hearing how he had died.. This is a Cool version of his " The Messiah Will Come Again " ..
Perhaps because Page is often lauded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and then you see someone like Roy here who almost nobody has heard of (comparitavely speaking) tear the fretboard right up so beautifuly. I can't help but feel a little bitter on Roy's behalf that he never achieved the recognition he deserved in his lifetime.
An interesting note about this clip is that his Fender amp is facing backstage (next to drummer) with the mic hanging on faceplate. I had heard some notable guitarists preferred the sound of the amp from the open back cabinet, guess Roy was one such player.
Hearing this clip, I'm glad I was able to see him play live at least once.
Roy probably played it 20,000 times more than Gary. Practice makes "permanent," and that tune was Roy's bread and butter. It makes sense that his version would be the best, since he played it so often, and had so many "reps" to improve on it.
The thing is though, is that Steve Vai's every move on stage is basically calculated. This guy's making it up as he goes along, which takes much more skill!
If Steve improvises, chances are he's by himself, he's not improvising along with his entire band. Roy does it with his whole band backing him up.
you guys I swear... IDIOTS! Roy didnt turn his amp to keep ppl from stealing his settings! He did that because he played LOUD... those black and early silver face Fenders sound best up around 7, but they are shrill. So you turn them away from you to cut the highs down. Trust me on this, I have a '66 Deluxe Reverb that this trick works for.
All the greats have their own voice. Steve Vai sounds like Steve Vai. Roy Buchanan sounds like Roy Buchanan. It's silly to compare them. neither of them are "better" than the other.
"The messiah will come again", one of the greatest guitar solos of all times. Roy was genius...unfortunately, because of too much alcohol and depression, he commited suicide in the 80's. God bless his spirit above.
well said mate, ost people hate me when i say this, but i think jimmy page is possibly the most over rated guitarist ever, along with matt bellamy of muse
I agree about Jimmy Page being probably the most overrated guitarist...Roy would roll him up and smoke him...so would Brian May. I'm so over people saying that Page is greatest British Rock guitarist. Fuck off to anyone that believes the hype about Jimmy Page.
Roy Buchanan, Brian May, Jeff Beck...& the list goes on.
Roy and Gatton - masters of the tele, Hendrix, Clapton and Beck at the top with the Strat, Townshend, Page, Moore, Zappa on the Les Paul. Everyone is in their own game, and I don't think they should be compared.
Actually please check this out, a very good performance despite his condition the rest of the night watch?v=QZXG0fNUUXs
Hey folks. Music is NOT "the Olympics" where medals are given out for speed trials. It's a collaborative effort at moving the emotions with sound. Zappa said it best. "No sense in moving up and down the neck real fast, if you're not SAYING ANYTHING."
You're absolutely right about that. However, I just don't like Jimmy Page. IMO, what makes Roy Buchanan singular as a guitarist...is the fact that until the early 80's all he had was a '53 Telecaster, & a Fender Tube Amp...and he expressed every emotion that Hendrix could, slow or fast, w/ just a guitar and an amp and no special effects. Not that there's anything wrong w/ effects. But there aren't enough players today that learn to express emotion w/o them.
@obiwan6885 great comment!! and totally agree from top to bottom... Just a tele and a vibrolux right? what did he start using in early 80's?? but what he did with just a guitar and amp was just sheer talent , those bends , swells and the way he expressed every note, just bloody awesome!! he has very quickly become one of my faves next to stevie vaughan and rory gallagher. tk
@obiwan6885 Yea, "Nancy" was a 1953 Telecaster. Do you know that on the "Loading Zone" album, Roy's sitting at a table with a guitar on the table. Look close enough and you'll see "Broadcaster" on the headstock. Broadcasters came out before the Telecaster.
@knowMusicMan On the album I've got, you can't see the logos on the headstock of the guitar on the table 'cos the strings are in the way. On the the back of the sleeve there's a picture of Roy holding the guitar & the logos are visible but under a magnifying glass it looks like "telecaster" to me.It's VERY hard to make out though.
It ain't hype you homo. Jimmy was a very good studio guitarist and was also decent at improvising live. And it wasn't just his guitar playing people rave about, it is his songwriting, producing, and business sense.
For what people make Page out to be...it IS hype. I'll go farther than you did & say that Page was a great studio player, & his touch w/ production is what made Zeppelin's albums what they were, however live I think he was horribly sloppy...his best live work IMO was with 'The Firm.' You think he was a singular songwriter? Look up 'Willie Dixon & Led Zeppelin' & tell me what you find out. I'll concede that Page is one of rock's greatest rhythm guitarists, but of all time? NO.
roy buchanan was voted the best guitarist in the world by the ten best at the time . page included..seen him live before he died in a red neck jail.. he was god in the guitar world.
@ratrodralphy I saw him too mate. About 12 months before he passed. I've seen some great guitarists in my time but not one hit me as hard as Buchanans playing. He almost brings tears to your eyes because his pain is in every note. RIP
@SwampAshHSS Why do people insist on making a competition out of it. We're not gunslingers having a shootout . We're musicians who love music and love creating it TOGETHER.
Page is brilliant. Roy is also brilliant, so is Clapton and Beck and Satriani and all the rest of us; each with our own individual style including yours, if you play and we all appeal to a variety of people.
There's no good, better, best because humanity isn't made that way. The ego tries to make it so but it's an illusion.
@TelecasterLPGTop DUDE. FUCKING RIGHT ON!!!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!! Thank you for taking the time to say what you did :) made me feel good about myself, about my chance w/ music. And it really isn't a competition. We ain' no gunslingers here, having a shootout, unless you mean slingen them guitars and shooting out some raw awesome out!!! :) heck yeah!! :)
Owlman - You got that right - not one damn stomp box - Roy just being Roy and playing that sweet music we love to hear, that many try to duplicate but fall so woefully short - Nobody does it like the master, RIP Roy - Juiceman
Yes Roy Buchanan is dead for almost 25 years now. He died in a jail cell after getting arrested one night when drunk. there are stories that the cops beat him but, who really knows. Notice how he did things before others with the stratocaster. talent on loan from GOD.
Man, his whole playing is full of things that most players wouldn't even entertain using. Like fretting up by the pickups, playing what would normally be considered a shrill tone at high volume but just tucking into it with amazing results
My oldest sister took me to see Roy,at the U.of M.(my first ever concert) in the late 60`s/early 70`s,and,I Never,Ever,forgot that song.The Messiah Will Come Again,has Haunted me for Decades,and,Greatly influenced my Playing.Good players come,and,go,...but once in a generation,or,so,a Player of Roy Buchanon`s Caliber is bestowed upon the World.Say what you will,...,Roy`s Guitar Said what needed to be said.God Bless you Roy,and,Happy Pickin in Heaven. holyjaguar
years ago there was a lp with all great guitarists and that's where I found Roy, I used to use his music when I was stuck on a riff and then ended up playing with the record... Mind blowing.....
Bello, conmovedor!
zcritica 1 month ago in playlist Roy Buchanam
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LOVE THIS!
Check my channel out as well (click on my name) and see/hear me play guitar!
BrockDavisson1978 3 months ago
One of the more under appreciated guitarists, really saddens me; his music is amazing.
bouncingczechs 3 months ago
simply beautiful
snowqskate2 4 months ago
stop comparing musicians! ...you're just exposing how less you know about music,..which makes you sound like a muppet really!..
vitalizer1000 5 months ago
4 arseholes give this the thumbs down, why don,t people like that just stick to music that suits their brain power like Justin Beiber or take that. Bunch of pricks.
TheStotter69 5 months ago
That just melted me.
FullMetalTrucker 6 months ago
Am I deaf in my left ear suddenly?
Rikk303 6 months ago
this sounds like orcas that are calling you for help
Thumbs up if you feel the same
NaturalSniper17 6 months ago
please fix the sound it does not play for me
bobgifford 6 months ago
Haunting. Brilliant virtuosity. And he makes it look almost effortless.
elbinkogrande 8 months ago
Sorry, I love Jimmy Page, but he could not carry water for Roy Buchanan. And he would say the same. Most of the great guitarists playing today were influenced by Roy. Just too bad he left us when he was really just peaking!
firstshirt434 8 months ago
sorry this is shit the guy can hardly play
Dazzler59 8 months ago
@Dazzler59 I agree! I much preferred your playing on...wait....Roy is a legend amongst legends and NOBODY has heard of you! Score! Nice FB post!
SCRex0472 7 months ago
@SCRex0472 Ive never heard of him and thank god i hadnt since he sucks.
Dazzler59 7 months ago
@Dazzler59 what DO you think is good then? i'll not insult you you have your taste and thats fine but Roy does not suck!
fcirelli76 5 months ago
@Dazzler59 you must be deaf or insane
keith7g7j 5 months ago
this sends chills down me backbone...awesome
dicano 10 months ago
telecaster is correct
randallace 10 months ago
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Nice vid...check out my acoustic covers when you get a chance.
Lukefarner 1 year ago
hey guys, whats the name of this song?
gwilym11 1 year ago
@gwilym11 The Messiah will come again.
larrystarstruck 1 year ago
Rack mount FXs- $1,000s Pedal FXs- $100s Superhot pickups- $100s Knowing how to make a Guitar cry- PRICELESS. Amazing all the shit you don't need when you really play from the heart. R.I.P. Roy
bassplayer4445 1 year ago 3
Roy was a dear friend-I knew him as him & his music. We had a special connection as friends. Always got a front sit when I saw him. This shows so must of his feelings-sad but his music & talent was so great! Love u Roy still here in my heart forever
wolfjb6 1 year ago 2
He's his own category. Like Hendrix. Just enjoy it cause there's no comparing at this level. Be thankful you can experience it.
EdVidz 1 year ago
I hear both of my fav players, Jeff Beck and Danny Gatton in Roy's sound.
ekpil 1 year ago
Roy Buchanan the master of the telecaster. A guitar player's player.
thahoketoteh 1 year ago
Why the Page comparison? They both were influenced by the Blues but where Roy was also into country and bluegrass, Jimmy was into Celtic and other "weird" open tuning sounds, some he made up himself. 2 great guitar players in their own right. I can't stand useless comparisons!
zoomerx 1 year ago
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Edgar2413 1 year ago
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geneandcool 1 year ago
nothing like a tele american or mexican.
RJiminez51 1 year ago
very blessed to know Roy & see him play live He had the sound and let us all listen
wolfjb6 1 year ago
@wolfjb6 nice!! am a bit jelous tho cus i would of loved to have seen him play!!
matrich1983 1 year ago
Jeff back who is the greatest living guitarist was clearly influenced by Roy. Because we ended as lovers sounds like the Messiach might have been an influence.
BluesHeavy 1 year ago
awesome guitar....
48perkins 1 year ago
Roymalade
Mose99 1 year ago
I know that there are some amazing guitarists and I love them big time, but I have to say I have never heard anyone get a guitar to cry like Roy Buchanan.What Roy and Nancy could do together just blows me away.
MrMudclub 1 year ago
They must all bow down before Royston ...
GTWHITEFEVER 1 year ago
now i know where jeff beck got his sound!
flatop59 1 year ago
God! I know this song! Already heard of it!!!!!
LinkBulletBill 1 year ago
I played this song at PTs bar on the juke box and everybody was asking me who this is? Roy Buchanan is the shit.
MrLocostSeven 1 year ago
never heard anyone get more out of a note than roy, close your eyes let the music sink in deep
bojangles927 1 year ago
I'm stillnot done cryin since seeing em in 87 at skippers smoke house in 87!
sawboss17 1 year ago
He does play with amazing emotion. No one else quite like him.
LaraSixtyEight 1 year ago
Jimmy Page is shit in comparison to this ..even JP would admit to that
GTWHITEFEVER 1 year ago
@GTWHITEFEVER
stop kidding around... there both unique and different guitarists... both great song writers and with great originality! Just that he has not credited some riffs from the origin. Thus could be called ripping... It is. But most cases of LedZep ripping is the lyrical origin, while the guitar-part had a lot of originality. Not until Houses Of The Holy album (great + original), they stopped ripping... because of lawsuits. Jimmy Page, Lenny Breau, Pat Metheny and Roy Buchanan: my favs!
LinkBulletBill 1 year ago
vorrei sapere chi è che ha messo "non mi piace"!!! assurdo!!! Mitico Roy!!! Immortale!!!
Zimoonze 1 year ago
hell no page is the best
kennyOB888 1 year ago
THE BOSS
PurpleAndZeppelin 1 year ago
Greatness! I believe he turned down the Stones offer to join them after Brian Jones died.
5jonesville 1 year ago
I miss his unique playing at the Crossroads in Md when he would turn his small amp and his back to the audience and play his heart out.
phuketrichard 1 year ago
I lived with Roy and his music. He was thr greastest but the pain got to him. I heard him/ know from Washington Dc-----he had a heart I felt his pain-crazy days then. I truly tryed to save him-knew his road but he is in my heart always
wolfjb6 1 year ago
Roy will always be THE telecaster guitar player of my memory, and probably yours too/wynn
teleevangelist 1 year ago
If you're only gonna buy one Roy Buchanan album make it this one that has this song and sweet dreams...the 1972 Polydor Release entitled "Roy Buchanan" Roy was one of the all time great Washington DC area monsters of the telecaster along with Danny Gatton, Tom Principato, and Pedro Sera Leyva...
ChopsHannigan 2 years ago
@ChopsHannigan We had some great times playing around the DC area.
teleblaster2 2 years ago
This is Roy Buchanan's famous opus, the Messiah Will Come Again...
ChopsHannigan 2 years ago
4:06 is one of the best sounding things ive heard.
MrLocostSeven 2 years ago
masterpiece
songfg7777 2 years ago
Anyone happen to know the name of this song? Been listing to most of Roy Buchanan albums and yet to find it. Hopefully there is some recording of it elsewhere.
craigjcampbell 2 years ago
its called the messia will come again
wez740 2 years ago
Thank you for the quick reply.
Very much appreciated.
craigjcampbell 2 years ago
best!
hetjaar 2 years ago
I love Roy!
tidepoolbay 2 years ago
Roys guitar tells a story when most guitarist are picture books.
jhump2431 2 years ago
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jhump2431 2 years ago
You can hear the influence of pedal steel a lot in his playing. He started on pedal steel before going to guitar and even wrote a song inspired by his pedal steel teacher, Mrs. Pressure. (What a name!)
Jeff Beck was influenced a lot by Roy Buchanan and acknowledges it. Sneaking Godzilla Through the Alley is the sort of thing that could just as easily have been written by Beck.
When Roy died I couldn't listen to his music for months. I was so upset.
Roy's Bluz is his Texas Flood, I think.
ironpirites 2 years ago
Jeff Beck was so influenced by Roy Buchanan that on Jeff's {{ "Blow By Blow" }} CD the song =="Because We've Ended as Lovers"== was dedicated to Roy. It said so on the LP. I don't know if it does the same on the CD
thetubeguy1954 2 years ago
Your so lucky to have been around to hear it when he was around.
I don't think i've heard or will ever hear another guitarist like him. Absolutely fantastic guitarist and easily by a long shot my favourite.
Is this on DVD by any chance? i'd love to purchase this.
craigjcampbell 2 years ago
I wonder what he's using for an overdrive. Looks like he's using that Twin, but he ain't getting that overdrive out of it!
FordBurden 2 years ago
No pedals - just his 53 Tele direct into a Vibrolux turned up full.
capnovenmitts 2 years ago 11
@capnovenmitts Yup the old Vibrolux is a beaut You just set it so it's about to break up and set the axe to about 7 for clean. Push the volume up and she dirty's up just lovely not too much breakup just enough.
TelecasterLPGTop 6 months ago
I saw Roy at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney and he dropped his grey pick. At that stage he was using a Strat. I didn't jump up on stage (for fear of being ejected) just surveyed the crowd making sure that no one noticed or had forgotten about the lost pick by the time they'd finished. After he left I jumped up scooted across the stage and grabbed the little bugger. Still got it, somewhere unfortunately I use grey Jim Dunlops myself and haven't a clue which one is his and which ones are mine.
TelecasterLPGTop 6 months ago
Oh but he is. Tele straight into it. Beautiful! No toys here!
63fenderjazzbass 2 years ago
@FordBurden
Roy turned his bass, treble and mids all up to full. That will give you more distortion than you think. I do it on my blues junior, and I get pretty good Roy Tone
PageandPlant4Life 2 years ago
long live Roy Bucanan's memory,
the BEST player ever!!!!!
andreja56 2 years ago 3
the unsung hero of blues guitar...
fezzard 2 years ago
First time I heard this guy play this in the seventies it sent chills down my spine. Guess what, 36 years later I hear this song again and I get the same chills and even tears...Nobody I Mean Nobody can compare to his phrasing and mastery of
of volume swells..It is so unfair that he never got much credit for his contributions to music...Thanks for Sharing this excellent guitar music playing
getardon 2 years ago 3
Likewise. The feel and touch are targets that Roy set down. Not heard the like yet...a few inners, many outers. It is a genre I suppose.....
Rikk303 2 years ago
Roy's signature song, so soulful!
Clapton came down to the Crossroads bar on the DC line one night. He was blown away by Roy, and proceeded to steal his arrangement of FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD......now he plays it every night and has never acknowledged Roy.
sothewind 2 years ago
sothewind: At least Jeff burned the shit out of EC when they played that one together at the secret policemen's ball. Come to think of it, he did it a with a blonde tele too. Maybe he was also bothered by the failure to acknowledge Roy.
garmonbozia318 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. Roy Buchanan was a monster guitarrist. Nothing needs to be said about others like Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Santana, etc. who've achieved just recognition.
Roy did not get his due as deserved.
jorgelafayette 2 years ago
WOW, this guy is incredible.
chaco1776 2 years ago
The day Roy died I was so saddened by the news and especially hearing how he had died.. This is a Cool version of his " The Messiah Will Come Again " ..
SIRONEDRAGON 2 years ago
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Most underrated guitarist and musician of all time. Not better than Page though.
Murreh 2 years ago
Roy was great at his style!!! Others were great at their style!!! Enjoy them all!!!
fourty5mag 2 years ago
This is a clip of Roy Buchanan not Led Zeppelin, why does Jimmy and co attract such malcontents?
clean3 2 years ago 3
Perhaps because Page is often lauded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and then you see someone like Roy here who almost nobody has heard of (comparitavely speaking) tear the fretboard right up so beautifuly. I can't help but feel a little bitter on Roy's behalf that he never achieved the recognition he deserved in his lifetime.
333joemc 2 years ago 5
Master at distilling human emotion and putting it in sound form- thanks for bridging the cerebral gap between minds.
PMishkin 2 years ago
An interesting note about this clip is that his Fender amp is facing backstage (next to drummer) with the mic hanging on faceplate. I had heard some notable guitarists preferred the sound of the amp from the open back cabinet, guess Roy was one such player.
Hearing this clip, I'm glad I was able to see him play live at least once.
fkhodada 2 years ago
Stop your arguing and Enjoy whats in front of your ears, Thank god we have access such beatiful music..
0EH0 2 years ago
amen brother me slipping up and finding this was a blessing to my mind and ears as a musician
kennykeys89 2 years ago
That's Roy's signature song, THE MESSIAH WILL COME AGAIN.......he loved to play it, usually as his encore in later years. R I P brother Leroy
sothewind 2 years ago 2
this is amazeing i wish i could play like roy:) alot of people do, and yh page is overrated
drsmith200 2 years ago 2
Gary who .................?
OMMAG001 2 years ago
Moore
srvgravesdime 2 years ago
Roy probably played it 20,000 times more than Gary. Practice makes "permanent," and that tune was Roy's bread and butter. It makes sense that his version would be the best, since he played it so often, and had so many "reps" to improve on it.
Alan62651 2 years ago
The thing is though, is that Steve Vai's every move on stage is basically calculated. This guy's making it up as he goes along, which takes much more skill!
If Steve improvises, chances are he's by himself, he's not improvising along with his entire band. Roy does it with his whole band backing him up.
srvgravesdime 2 years ago 2
you guys I swear... IDIOTS! Roy didnt turn his amp to keep ppl from stealing his settings! He did that because he played LOUD... those black and early silver face Fenders sound best up around 7, but they are shrill. So you turn them away from you to cut the highs down. Trust me on this, I have a '66 Deluxe Reverb that this trick works for.
ih8thishit 2 years ago 5
All the greats have their own voice. Steve Vai sounds like Steve Vai. Roy Buchanan sounds like Roy Buchanan. It's silly to compare them. neither of them are "better" than the other.
This is a beautiful song.
marksee123 2 years ago 6
steve vai can play faster and cleaner licks, but he plays them like a robot, and without feeling.
PageandPlant4Life 2 years ago
what tune is this please, i love Roys music never heard this one
carroj9 2 years ago
"The messiah will come again", one of the greatest guitar solos of all times. Roy was genius...unfortunately, because of too much alcohol and depression, he commited suicide in the 80's. God bless his spirit above.
decomaia77 2 years ago
This is called "The Messiah Will Come Again"
obiwan6885 2 years ago
In ten lifetimes players like Jimmy Page couldn't play those trills consistently and come out of them with such taste and phrasing
garry57 2 years ago
well said mate, ost people hate me when i say this, but i think jimmy page is possibly the most over rated guitarist ever, along with matt bellamy of muse
floofynut 2 years ago 2
Underrated*
Most overrated is surely Clapton and B.B King..
Nevertheless Roy is definately in my top5.
Murreh 2 years ago
I agree about Jimmy Page being probably the most overrated guitarist...Roy would roll him up and smoke him...so would Brian May. I'm so over people saying that Page is greatest British Rock guitarist. Fuck off to anyone that believes the hype about Jimmy Page.
Roy Buchanan, Brian May, Jeff Beck...& the list goes on.
obiwan6885 2 years ago 9
Roy and Gatton - masters of the tele, Hendrix, Clapton and Beck at the top with the Strat, Townshend, Page, Moore, Zappa on the Les Paul. Everyone is in their own game, and I don't think they should be compared.
Actually please check this out, a very good performance despite his condition the rest of the night watch?v=QZXG0fNUUXs
zaxjackson636 2 years ago 4
Hey folks. Music is NOT "the Olympics" where medals are given out for speed trials. It's a collaborative effort at moving the emotions with sound. Zappa said it best. "No sense in moving up and down the neck real fast, if you're not SAYING ANYTHING."
Alan62651 2 years ago 4
You're absolutely right about that. However, I just don't like Jimmy Page. IMO, what makes Roy Buchanan singular as a guitarist...is the fact that until the early 80's all he had was a '53 Telecaster, & a Fender Tube Amp...and he expressed every emotion that Hendrix could, slow or fast, w/ just a guitar and an amp and no special effects. Not that there's anything wrong w/ effects. But there aren't enough players today that learn to express emotion w/o them.
obiwan6885 2 years ago 11
@obiwan6885 great comment!! and totally agree from top to bottom... Just a tele and a vibrolux right? what did he start using in early 80's?? but what he did with just a guitar and amp was just sheer talent , those bends , swells and the way he expressed every note, just bloody awesome!! he has very quickly become one of my faves next to stevie vaughan and rory gallagher. tk
tabulaerasae82 1 year ago
@obiwan6885 Yea, "Nancy" was a 1953 Telecaster. Do you know that on the "Loading Zone" album, Roy's sitting at a table with a guitar on the table. Look close enough and you'll see "Broadcaster" on the headstock. Broadcasters came out before the Telecaster.
knowMusicMan 1 year ago
@knowMusicMan On the album I've got, you can't see the logos on the headstock of the guitar on the table 'cos the strings are in the way. On the the back of the sleeve there's a picture of Roy holding the guitar & the logos are visible but under a magnifying glass it looks like "telecaster" to me.It's VERY hard to make out though.
GarJaMi 11 months ago
@obiwan6885 boy you got a lot to learn.
thehomefront 1 year ago
@obiwan6885 He used to do crazy shit occasionally like cut speakers open with a razor blade or pour water on the tubes in his amp to get tones.
mindingosafado 1 year ago
It ain't hype you homo. Jimmy was a very good studio guitarist and was also decent at improvising live. And it wasn't just his guitar playing people rave about, it is his songwriting, producing, and business sense.
PageandPlant4Life 2 years ago
For what people make Page out to be...it IS hype. I'll go farther than you did & say that Page was a great studio player, & his touch w/ production is what made Zeppelin's albums what they were, however live I think he was horribly sloppy...his best live work IMO was with 'The Firm.' You think he was a singular songwriter? Look up 'Willie Dixon & Led Zeppelin' & tell me what you find out. I'll concede that Page is one of rock's greatest rhythm guitarists, but of all time? NO.
obiwan6885 2 years ago
this guy owns Page, you can tell in the first 10 seconds....and i never even heard of this guy!
SwampAshHSS 2 years ago 19
@SwampAshHSS
This guy is indeed awesome, but there's no owning in guitar playing, no one is better than the other, it's all subjective.. Enjoy the music!
BHStar 1 year ago
@SwampAshHSS Are u crazy?!? Owns Page?! Nobody owns Page! ;D
magner153 1 year ago
@SwampAshHSS hes good and all
but dont kid yourself....
NO ONE is better than page, he wasent just great at rock, but full of soul and emotion
SoundMaker76 1 year ago
@SwampAshHSS
No one owns anyone! Thumbs down! Boo!
LinkBulletBill 1 year ago
@SwampAshHSS There is no link between Buchanan's music and Page's. It's just not comparable, I don't understand why you take this as an example...
Marseille5 1 year ago
@SwampAshHSS dont talk stupid
thehomefront 1 year ago
roy buchanan was voted the best guitarist in the world by the ten best at the time . page included..seen him live before he died in a red neck jail.. he was god in the guitar world.
ratrodralphy 1 year ago
@ratrodralphy I saw him too mate. About 12 months before he passed. I've seen some great guitarists in my time but not one hit me as hard as Buchanans playing. He almost brings tears to your eyes because his pain is in every note. RIP
daverlb 1 year ago
@SwampAshHSS Page ? Jimmy Page? are you having a laugh?
CHASCHARLTON 1 year ago
@SwampAshHSS I wouldn't say he is better than Page. However he's top 3 for me after Hendrix and Page!
Murreh 1 year ago
@SwampAshHSS Why do people insist on making a competition out of it. We're not gunslingers having a shootout . We're musicians who love music and love creating it TOGETHER.
Page is brilliant. Roy is also brilliant, so is Clapton and Beck and Satriani and all the rest of us; each with our own individual style including yours, if you play and we all appeal to a variety of people.
There's no good, better, best because humanity isn't made that way. The ego tries to make it so but it's an illusion.
TelecasterLPGTop 6 months ago 7
@TelecasterLPGTop Very well said. Couldn't have said it better.Never was a contest.Sure loved Roy's playing.
MrJacklips 4 months ago
@TelecasterLPGTop DUDE. FUCKING RIGHT ON!!!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!! Thank you for taking the time to say what you did :) made me feel good about myself, about my chance w/ music. And it really isn't a competition. We ain' no gunslingers here, having a shootout, unless you mean slingen them guitars and shooting out some raw awesome out!!! :) heck yeah!! :)
BloodyCatastrophee 6 days ago
"business sense"Fucken dickhead!!!
nzcaribbean 2 years ago
Are you an idiot? Jimmy Page and Peter Grant were one of the first people to get the group to get 90% of the profit. Yeah, Dipshit, business sense.
PageandPlant4Life 2 years ago
Hi there, 90% of the profit and Business sense, what ever your smokin, I want some!!!
nzcaribbean 2 years ago
I'm not sure what you mean, maybe should post a comment that makes sense.
PageandPlant4Life 2 years ago
they got sued mate for ripping off ledgends
woodjoewood 2 years ago
too bad all the good ones die in such a fucked up way
getafixbitch 2 years ago 4
lubetube!
you know nothing about nothing. the only retarded thing here...
RIP his Greatness.
oxusboogie 2 years ago
Owlman - You got that right - not one damn stomp box - Roy just being Roy and playing that sweet music we love to hear, that many try to duplicate but fall so woefully short - Nobody does it like the master, RIP Roy - Juiceman
2Juiceman 2 years ago
is this guy dead?
magna378 2 years ago
Yes Roy Buchanan is dead for almost 25 years now. He died in a jail cell after getting arrested one night when drunk. there are stories that the cops beat him but, who really knows. Notice how he did things before others with the stratocaster. talent on loan from GOD.
CREDITS4CARBON 2 years ago
telecaster not strat
zfinet3 2 years ago
"Plays like a retard?" Seriously?
twb176 2 years ago
well said duude, that guy who said that is obviously a heavy metal jerk :) no style/soul and no respect for the master :)
floofynut 2 years ago
wow he is so amazing he dominates that tele
drunkass77 2 years ago
at 3:08 you can see a Fender amp behind the band pointing away from everything. Wierd.
FriggnDiggn 2 years ago
notice he hasn't got the big floor board of effect pedals..........he did these sounds with his hands.........
owlman33 2 years ago
Playing off the fretboard ....!!!!!
owlman33 2 years ago
Nobody could play like Roy..........
owlman33 2 years ago
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clapton is god!
Clapton656 2 years ago
there's no denying what clapton has done for guitar and music ... but roy was on a whole other level of controling the instrument.
joeylodes 2 years ago 3
To look at, he's so unassuming and peaceful. But in every note you hear the torment inside him. RIP
daverlb 2 years ago 7
The first guitar solo I learned on guitar
drekas2005 3 years ago
the messiah will come again
carusmike 3 years ago 7
Could someone please tell me what this song is called?
cloudchamber 3 years ago
Man, his whole playing is full of things that most players wouldn't even entertain using. Like fretting up by the pickups, playing what would normally be considered a shrill tone at high volume but just tucking into it with amazing results
mrhosehose 3 years ago 6
This is the most beautiful guitar song of all time,for me.
cumizz 3 years ago 12
What amazing footage, I love youtube!!
smeeyano 3 years ago 6
very eerie song but still one my favorites ever! it also haunted me for years
spy13 3 years ago 2
My oldest sister took me to see Roy,at the U.of M.(my first ever concert) in the late 60`s/early 70`s,and,I Never,Ever,forgot that song.The Messiah Will Come Again,has Haunted me for Decades,and,Greatly influenced my Playing.Good players come,and,go,...but once in a generation,or,so,a Player of Roy Buchanon`s Caliber is bestowed upon the World.Say what you will,...,Roy`s Guitar Said what needed to be said.God Bless you Roy,and,Happy Pickin in Heaven. holyjaguar
holyjaguar 3 years ago 5
nice thought. he is dead, though.
thailow117 3 years ago
isn't that a similar fender esquire bruce springsteen uses?
MJ2327 3 years ago
thats a fender telecaster in the video
kniffenkniffen 3 years ago
an esquire basically is a telecaster...
MJ2327 3 years ago
you guys are both right
it's similar because it probably has joe barden pickups in it
Roys good friend danny gatton used to use joe barden pickups so it could be that roy uses them too
joe bardens are what bruce uses
bruces is an esquire with a neck pickup so the only difference really is the pickups and the neck
TurtleRocker12 3 years ago
Tears in my eyas, incredible good! D:
vili47 3 years ago
Coming from a guitarist... That was just breath taking!
BadNewzBlues 3 years ago 4
Roy was one of my biggest guitar influences back in the day (70's).
I saw him at Park West - Chicago first row center in 1979...an amazing soul.
R.I.P.
Roy
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xtranet1 3 years ago
thats why he was the best
buickman350 3 years ago
years ago there was a lp with all great guitarists and that's where I found Roy, I used to use his music when I was stuck on a riff and then ended up playing with the record... Mind blowing.....
greggacemusic 3 years ago
2:36 just changed everything I thought I knew about playing blues.
This song touches my heart
kniffenkniffen 3 years ago 2