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  • He plays the blues or likes to show off? No charisma

  • It is impressive,has left me amazed!!a shame that it was not more known,it is without doubt one of the great blues

  • hes so concentrated on the guitar its insanity how deep this guy is.

  • Genius. But what's with the audience? Are they stoned or just deeply depressed?

  • @KidNoah2012 In complete awe. 

  • @KidNoah2012 transfixed, for lack of a better word.....and maybe a lil' stoned

  • technisch excellent, aber für meine ohren u. meinen sinn für blues zu viel töne no emotional play

  • the dislikes are obviously from dead folks.

  • "Livestock" remains my favorite live album! If you don't know the story, Roy was offered the job with the Stones to replace the late Brian Jones. He flat turned them down!! "Livestock" also has the great vocals of Billy Price!

  • One of his "Standard" performances, as one of the greatest Blues Man ever blessing Humanity!

    His cover of "Down By The River" is still one of my Fav's! R.I.P. ROY!!!!

  • Nice work. Where is Dick Heintze?

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  • I love the whole schtick where he has a sip of water and yawns etc all while pulling off his patented licks.I really cherish Roy's self titled Polydor album with Sweet Dreams on it which is my own personal favorite guitar instrumental.I wish Roy had stayed closer to his melodic inventions and kept the "tricks" to a minimum because I personally feel it had a gradual detrimental effect on his style.Of course this is all a matter of taste and in the end Roy was one of the true Greats of Guitar.

  • Will never understand how Robbie Robertson "outgunned" Roy in the legendary shoot out referred to in Levon Helm's book. Mr Buchanan - for me - always was, always will be, the guv'nor. Beyond words . . . it's art pure and simple.

  • When he picked up that glass and drank, I expected him to sing 'gottle o geer'. What a show-off. Fantastic though!

  • Now that's one hell of a fretboard !!!

  • BBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUZZZ­ZZZZZZZ-----------WOW

  • WHAT GREAT CUT BY ONE OF THE BEST EVER!

  • He always played his ass off for the audience...sure miss him.

  • Outro grande mestre do blues!

  • Um dos melhores guitarristas de todos os tempos,Roy Buchanan!!!!

  • Someone could tell me the lyrics of this song ? Because I'm french and I do not understand the accent ! I love this song and I would like to know what Roy said...

    Thanks

  • Bloody hell! Unbelievable playing and with a cheeky-chappy grin when he carries on soloing with his left hand to free up the right for a swig of beer. RIP Mr B

  • right on...who r the brain doner dislikes....

  • My God the best thing I ever see on guitar.!!!

  • All hail Roy Buchanan!!!....

  • lol 5:48 he drinks and plays haha

  • my 3 three best downloads on the internet. this guy was 1 of them,he was not good .he was without doubt a guitar genius. guess the other 2

  • 8 people need to spend more time practicing 

  • haha dude this audience sucks! i would be freaking out

  • What makes this so bad ass is that Roy is just fucking around, he's not even trying to play.

  • A singer he was not, but what a way to master the guitar.

  • he has to be in the top ten players in the world , heard of him , first time i found him on here thanks

  • goosebumps... nothin' but goosebumps.......

  • 8 guitar players are ashamed to admit that roy did most of van halens tricks before he could pick up a guitar

  • Best guitar tone I've ever heard.

  • Tone!!! One of the best guitarists of all time. Guy had no limits and squeezed emotion into every note unlike nobody Ive ever heard.

  • always so amazing....but damn, he needed a great singer to match all those original riifs. sorry, but his vocals were so bad, it would be better to just be all instumental.

  • This is cool stuff! Love it...

    

  • I know virtually nothing about guitar playing, but I do know that he is doing all this essentially without "effects", and that is astounding to me. I have been a fan of Hendrix since I was a kid, and I love Beck, Mack, Santana etc., and this is downright amazing. Personally I may only enjoy Machine Gun and Hear My Train (live at Berkley) above this. I had Roys Bluz on cd, but to be able to watch him playing this makes the internet worthwhile...

  • @oxenincident i'm gald you didn't throw in the part where you say: 'and i'm only 15, too'.

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  • the best 8:43 minutes in my life ever on youtube

  • I was blessed to see Roy 37 times, it was a church experience each time, no words can explain the loss to the world of true guitar fans, the generation following his passing has NO FREAKING idea what they missed, I used to hitch hk 10 hrs in the snow to see him tear up "my fathers place" in Rosyln NY, or the capitol in Passaic NJ.

  • Where can i find the rest of this show? This is phenomenal!

  • @mauerwacher - looks like it's from the "Live at Austin City Limits" DVD.

  • what a fantastic f....kn guitarist out of this world!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Roxy theatre 1978 in L.A..... Roy had the whole room on the friggin ceiling....emotionally elevated to the point that when I looked around me, i saw tears in the eyes of several people. Bikers, bimbos, guitarists....it was a gush-fest......everybody got it...Roy connected with everyone in that room. I will always love Roy B.

  • For those critical of his vocals . . . blues tradition suggests that, if you stand up front with a guitar, you sing the damn blues. Many legendary acts - including Hendrix & SRV - were famously self-conscious about their voice, but sucked it up cause it was part of the gig. Kudos to all who had the balls to maintain the tradition instead of hiring a honey & lemon sipping, scarf-wearing, tambourine-slapping warbler who wouldn't know the difference between a Robert Johnson Tune and Auto Tune.

  • @benbrung Best comment ever. Cheers to that.

  • @benbrung amen.

  • If you ever want to see a list of great music with nary a clunker in the bunch, play Six Degrees of Johnny Otis.The under-appreciated L.A. great was an unparalleled judge of talent and compiled a list of collaborations that could (and did) even make Frank Zappa drool. To save some suspense, if you play Six Degrees with Roy & Johnny, the answer is one. Only Johnny could could spot a 15 year-old hick from Pixley and see a future for him in R & B. He turns 90 later this month. You're welcome. ;)

  • awesome guitarist cool blues for sure!.

  • Mr. Buchanan.

    No doubt at the same level of Mr. Hendrix, Mr. Clapton, Mr. Beck and Mr Gallaguer.

  • jimmy page used to go and see this guy play before he (page) got famous. He's the son of a travelling priest. How bluesy is that.

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  • Forget about Clapton, Beck & Page! ;-)

    This is mind-blowing!!!

  • Holy fudge Batman! This guy kicked the shitake mushrooms out of this song not to mention but I think I saw Chuck Norris there at the 5:25 minute marker. We need more players like this in today's music because this riff based stuff that they are passing off as musicianship SUCKS! I say bring back the real guitar players and all the children of the blues say AMEN!

  • Well fuck you guys, I m thirsty and i now play better that 99% of the players out there with one fucking hand... and the people go nuts.

    WOW HOLY SHIT MAN!

  • מעולה

  • Check out the audience. Do they know what they are listening to?

  • Wow. Didn't know this guy, he sounds like Hendrix. Amazing

  • @voodoochild1311 Although Roy wasn't as famous, he was another level than Hendrix. Don't compare the two.

  • was thinking "how rude is that guy in the front chatting away on his cell during the entire solo" until i realized..hmm no cells back then. doh

  • Roy's totally doin' some lines before this show... But FUCKING BAD ASS~!!!!!!!!! I say "Suck on this, EVERY guitar player who ever lived". Eric Clapton? Go fuck yourself. If I want to be put to sleep, I'll listen to some fucking "Layla". Jesus, he's just fucking molesting that Telecaster... Look at those fools in the audience... "Yeah, fuck Richard Nixon, dude!" They dont even realize they are in the presence of a living god.

  • 4:40 WTF!!!!!!!!!!! What a bend O.o!!!!

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  • @maxxx1972 I'm sure that if you look closer you will notice that indeed, Roy's hands are pushing down frets and plucking/picking the strings. Thus, Roy is playing guitar.

  • this is THE SHIT, ladies and gentlemen !!!

  • Ron Burgundy on bass???

  • Is possible make someone cry with a guitar.... Now I know....

  • @bigmuffmama I don't know whether or not he was abused by the police. People under the influence can do and say some dumb stuff. I do know that alcoholism was definitely a factor in Roy's life and probably contributed factor in his death.

  • MALCOLM LUKENS.....!!!

  • The Rolling Stones asked Roy to be their guitarist, and he said "No"!!!

  • Where can i find the recording of this whole concert? I've seen clips from a few songs over the years. Help!!

  • no woman could ever play guitar like this, maybe only ana popovich, that sexy and divinely gifted thing

  • All you students out there, This is the way to play

  • @jcghooker We're all students.

  • Nasty!!!!

  • Roy was a master guitarist and like many music greats of my generation, drugs and alcohol took a great toll.

  • J'ai l'brakmar♪♫

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  • Ese mandibuleooooooooooooooooo!!! que tripeo no me kiero ni imaginarrrr!!!

  • Hey !! Jimmy Page Watch out !!!!!! Man !!

  • A super big loss of talent!! RIP never forgotten, we gonna jam someday!!

  • Roy died because God wanted his tone back

  • master of tonal nuance

    he has no competition there

  • Superfreak from 6:45 - 7:00 love it...what was he doing there?!?!?!?!?!

  • 8 guitar players had tears in their eyes and missed the like button

  • is this at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park...i think i was there..

  • @Lilleopea No,it's Austin, Texas. 'Austin City Limits' TV concert, 1976

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  • OMG THATS ONE MEAN MOTHER!!!!

  • sik organ player

  • @guitar19904 Malcolm is the man! I get to jam with him quite a bit!

  • @deepintoblues

    awsome!!!! roys my new muse, guitar wise

  • that sweet, sweet fuzzy overdrive tone!! love his playing and i'm glad i bought his Live Wire CD in a pawn shop for $2! :D

  • What a superb guitar sound!

  • i read some guy saying roy buchanan had randy rhoads beat hands down. not on his best day.

  • AT 5:45, he plays better than me while he is drinking a beer. 

  • Grande!!

  • Best Guitarist of ALL TIME!!!

    

  • The best el-guitar man who ever ticked sounds out of strings .....only my opinion two Roys must make it right Roy on strings (Guitar) Roy( The Voice) fuck imagine those two together !!!!!

  • ZOIKS!!!!!

  • Una pena que lo tengas desactivado para sitios externos como Facebook...

  • El más HIJUEPUTA DE TODOS LOS GUITARRISTAS BLUSEROS!!!! ESO SE LLAMA TOCAR CON HUEVOS!!!

  • Some "idiot" posted that Roy was laking in technique.....

    What planet was he living on....?

  • @Kristopful not in our galaxy *COUGH*

  • I saw Roy in person in 1986 with Lonnie Mack and Dicky Betts.

    What a killer show he put on that night!

  • I had no idea Ronnie Byrd Foster passed away..... I had the privilege of playing with him in Daytona at the Bank and Blues he was the real deal. May he RIP

  • Roy did not play with pedals- the sound you hear was all Roy- JUST RAW talent show me one person who can play his stuff- LMK

  • Almost anybody can sound pretty good with hot pickups, a bunch of pedals, and lots of distortion, but when you plug a Tele straight into a clean amp, you better have your technique and your chops up to par or else you will empty the house quick. Roy had the chops AND the heart. So many people today could learn a lot from just LISTENING to this amazing gentleman.

  •  love the tele masters:)

  • RIP Ron Byrd Foster-6/30/11. He played with Roy for some 7 years or so, and was a fixture in the Pittsburgh music scene. He is missed.

  • Roy's manager at the time he was invited to play with the stones was Charlie Daniels, yes, the fiddler! Unfortunately, he didn't have Roy's best intentions at heart, and Roy never knew that he was sought after. Regardless, he was too stout for any band, and almost any guitarist... I bet Charlie learned a thing or two from the master...

  • Ron Burgundy on bass.

  • I just love it!!!!

  • the white version of buddy guy.  :D

  • I loooooooove it!!!!!!!!! The best!

  • roy buchanan could easily be soloing in slayer :-)

  • and the craziest

    

  • one of the best in the world

    

  • i just shit myself twice this guitar playing is incredible

  • wish the camera would focus on his hands

  • How awesome was that? Stinging tone! How many people could play with that kind of sound? It would expose so many other guitar player's weaknesses and mistakes.

  • When i say there are and there was bluesmen greatest than Eric Clapton i tell the truth!

  • Great talent!!!At the same level of Jimi Hendrix!!!! Albert Lee too!

  • Killer guitar player. So many nasty riffs!!! So many people say ..."who"?, when I mention his name. They don't know what their missing.

    RIP Roy.

  • THAT TONE

  • Steel fingers ! ! !

  • @Roelandr God's fingers!

  • Jeff beck vs Jimmy Page vs alvin Lee vs Peter Green - bring it on home ROY the greatest white man

  • If it's something a little more 'conventional' you wanna listen to then search this out...'Why don't you want me'...also by Roy Buchanan featuring a stunning female vocal alongside his undoubted mastery of the blues :)

  • Very good .. This is music with a rhythm of fact could have it today too.

  • My old school bud, John Harrison on the bass. Awesome.

  • just tricks..this is not playing guitar!!

  • @maxxxx1972 this is not playing guitar, ? how the fuck this is not playing guitar? OK He´s playing a Blues.

  • @maxxxx1972 You're an idiot. Roy Buchanan was a masterful guitar player. RIP

  • @ycicle no i'm not idiot..actually you are 24/7 drunk!!!!

    Just Robbie Robertson is worse than him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ycicle yeah!! much true

  • @maxxxx1972 You're either trying to see who you can stir up or you truly are some kind of pompous idiot... probably never played a guitar in your life... and if you do play, you probably think you're the greatest. "just tricks..this is not playing guitar!!" Why don't you enlighten us all with your genius. What IS playing guitar?

  • @lewis9754 Dude playing guitar is Clapton (do you know? former Cream guitarist!!), is Stevie Ray Vaughan, is Robert Cray, is Jeff Healey, is Duane Allman......wich planet you live on?

    They came from the earth!!!!!

  • @maxxxx1972 Youre a total idiot. Those are just "typica" middle aged white guy who thinks he knows the blues bands. You really dont know dick. Sorry.

  • @TubbsTheCat yeah rite betcha u really know all dicks. yeehawtubbbbbbbbs

  • @TubbsTheCat Are you 12 years old? Or just another stupid illiterate bastard.

  • @whitewitchoz you have the taste and class of a 12 year old .... whatta bozo.

  • THE BEST!!!

  • Has there ever been a more soulful player? Roy's playing has pretty much gone unoticed except by guitarist like myself. He has had major influence in my playing and is one of the greats in my book. The greats allways leave us too early but leave us with a wealth of great music.

  • Rest in Peace, Ronnie.

  • WE'VE JUST LOAT ONE OF THE BEST BLUES DRUMMERS REST IN PEACE RONNIE BIRD FOSTER

  • I love the sound and feeling he had , when this was recorded, he's n' old favorite of mine. THANKS for the up ! : )

  • @ojsojs he was offered a job with the stones one time, fell off the barstool drunk when rehearsing thus didnt get the job, a musician from london i once knew told me. tough luck. dont know if its really true but i cant blame him being not exactly what you call a teetotaler myself. a great guitarist no doubt

  • @noweedman I read/heard that he turned the Stones down because he thought they sucked as musicians. Or that is not to his caliber. It's quite possible I heard it on a well known blues radio program at Long Beach State College.....KKJZ.....formally KLON.

  • @Harpgrindin easily possible the outstanding guitarist he without a doubt was. too bad he´s not with us anymore. allegedly he had hung himself in a county jail after havin been arrested for drunken misconduct.

    but that´s what they say.... we´ll never really know..

  • there's no stupid effect pedals on that stage,no sir.It's all in the guitar and the hands.

  • @rw5791 i guess j. hendrix's effects pedals were stupid also? stop polluting sacred ground with that nonsense

  • @Highway1One stop polluting the internet with your drivel.My comment stands on it's own merit.ok?

  • El Más Grande de todosss los tiempos, el papá de los guitarristas, Maestro de los grandes... Paz en su tumba (que mal por su asesinato).

  • I swear: If I were guitarist (or an applicant to) I'd give the instrument after watching this video.

    Roy Buchanan: "The greatest unknow guitarist In the World".

  • @mrjohn1964 unkow = unknown, sorry.

  • nice, thanks

  • 5:48 - 6:08 Hahaha, this is so cool!

  • Apparently mumbling into a mic passes 4 singing

  • he played a club in philly and gave my friend a guitar for a gram of blow.

  • Yeah. Music is all about technique. That's what matters most. Never let soul or emotion get in the way of proper technique.

    (I'm being sarcastic. Don't start ripping on me.)

  • the smile and the wink at 5:58...... geez, roy.

    alvin 42

  • Jeff Beck is an incredible guitarist now....but when I listen too his magic...it just does not pull me in like Roys playing. Roy had that extra "mojo".

  • Some "idiot" posted that Roy was a good guitarist but was lacking in tenique.!.Don't know what was stuck in his ears...probable BS.

    Roy had it all. Emotion, technique and incredible improvisation skills.

  • Velho Roy!! Linda musica.Deve estar tocando Blues no céu quem sabe até com jimmy hendrix.Amém!!!

  • Jawdropping! Man, this is just TOO good!

  • This should be mandatory viewing in all High School curriculums.

    I never grow tired of watching this. I think he mastered his instrument...

  • I got to hear and met Roy in a club in maryland in '71 He was great and no one sounded anything like him at that time.

  • Absolute legend

  • The most uninspired vocal ever recorded.

  • this band is so much better than that other 3 piece band you see him playing with on other utube vids

  • Check out the Roy Fulton vid (search Roy Buchanan lessons).

    This guy is a player/tutor and demonstrates how Roy B did his magic. Very cool vid and it makes you appreciate Roy even more.

  • Love the part around 5:55 when he takes a sip of beer, plays one-handed, and grins at the audience...

  • Ah yes: Austin City Limits in its Pre-Suck golden years....now it's nothing but shitty indie "rock" bands & "singer-songwriter" mopes who couldn't lay or sing if you held a gun to their heads.....

  • I had a wonderful affair with his son.........i called him my island boy.He was fine,fine,fine.Hey D, if yr out there,i still think of that summer with a big smile.......mmmmm.