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  • Is the guitar he's playing here the famous Nancy guitar, or is it another one of his guitars? Anyone know?

  • @BobDaniel56 This can't be the 53 in that during the closeup of the pickguard, it had too many screws and this has a rosewood fretboard.....so what is the year of the guitar he's playing??

  • one of the best pieces ever made...

    hat down for one of the greatest!

  • `waz privilidged to witness roys wizardry mid-late 80s N,Z auckland town hall in my early 20s to a fullhouse!!!off my face wid my mates 3feet away from the maestro!! unforgettable memories,he let thiz crazed fan hit the strings wile his fingers scaled up n down the fret board to this classic on his knees in front of me!!!! i will never forget!!!! love and miss u bro!!!!

  • maybe one word is enough... GOD!

    

  • i dont and will never belive that roy hes kill him self in jail he was murderd thumbs up how agreed

  • I love this song! Thank you 

  • Always loved the studio version of this tune - great to see this version on here.

  • Goose BumPs central ! Truly a gem of man !

  • Thx for share,

    maximum emotion

  • Roy Buchanan must have inspired so many players, because his many techniques were about just one thing...serving the music he wrote or tunes he covered. Intense actually fits his artistic personality, unlike many for whom the word is a mislable.

    Miss his style, his emotional depth and the humor in his songs, as dark as it often was...the true rock crown is his. Livestock....

  • WHAT kind of guitar is that?

  • @ParisLondonRoma - Fender Telecaster

  • he looks like a spanish peasant - i love that . hes such a refreshing antidote to all these super cool over dressed over glitzed assholes in bluesrock

  • Hendrix, Roy Buchanan, Gilmour...... Listen and learn!!!!

  • @micb666... Wish you could have seen him, sometimes he'd play with his back to the crowd so they couldn't catch his rifs! He was a lovely, man, husband and father... last time we visited, he and Judy had 6 children, but I heard there was a 7th to come along...?!??? A true genius

  • Roy and my husband were great friends.... both gone now :(

  • @SherryBucher...wish id have seen him play....thank god clips like this xxxx

  • @SherryBucher Sorry for your loss. I hope some of Roy's playing helps.

  • I love Roy and this song is possibly my favourite slow blues

    To anyone who hasnt heard it before have a listen to the album version as its magic many thanks for the post

  • klassssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeemaistersztyk.

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  • The day I heard he died I went out and got a bottle of scotch, drank most of it, and cried like a baby. His music had been such an influence on me I felt like I'd lost a close friend.

  • @Biggus63 Don't worry about it... He is the only player that makes me cry and i've been into him for 20 years!

  • @djowens123 - Oh, I'm not worried about it. Life would be poorer if we didn't allow ourselves to be touched by special things. Thanks for the thought though. Way back when I bought my first electric guitar it was a Telecaster and Roy's the reason why.

  • @Biggus63

    I hear you on that one. I was about 11 or 12 years old when I first heard the Live Stock LP.... I was hooked and struck in a big way. There's a biography out about his live which tells a few things, here and there.

    I have never played a volume swell without getting a flash back of his influence on me, either.

    I'm very happy the net provides a source to remember him with out these uploads. There is a God.

  • Respond to this video... I sure wish someone would upload Roy's "Loading Zone" LP. and email the post to me.

    It has some great pieces of music that still stick in my mind 35 years later. Stanley Clark and Chic Corea guest on the album. R.I.P. Roy Buchanan.

  • @stringzzzz1 - Yeah, I've got 'Loading Zone, but I don't even have a turntable to spin it on anymore unfortunately.

  • I wish all these guys would stop killing themselves, crashing in helicopters, get shot or poisoned by jealous lovers - Then again, it is the blues and death don't have no mercy.

  • this is a program from nordlish Deutchland..the germans loved Roy..we all did, rest you well pilgram

  • Roy was a great friend and musian--new him from Wash DC area--he played with alot of my old friends (x-hub)--knew him well-He gave me a wonderful love of music --from a very musical family--wow his sound and what he said with his music--- I truly miss him

  • Volume swells without a volume pedal....all knobs. Sick!!

  • exactly, but who's Larry?

  • he used to play after-hours at small venues/clubs, which of course all the musicians were aware of and showed up for after their gigs.... he'd play with his back to the 'crowd' -- very private about his licks, etc. I heard him make the guitar sound like an airplane, a crying child, you name it!

  • Otherwise Larry would steal his licks!

  • Thanks for that Woodie .... Loved that tune :)

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  • @yourfakemother

    Your most welcome

  • he was one of the greatest!!!!

  • Looks like a Strat neck pickup on his Tele?

  • @spyguys I think he just pulled off the cover

  • @spyguys I think you might be right. It definitely looks like one to me. Kind of odd since he used the trick of using a tele's neck pickup as an extra "fret" on a lot of songs.

  • Rock hard Telecaster master~

  • sooo cruizee

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  • What prison was this recorded at?

  • this takes me back to Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA in the mid seventies, powerful!

  • MAGIC!!!!!

  • I love that airy smoky guitar tone he had. So Beautiful. SO AMAZING!

  • no foot pedal just know how to play/ saw him so many times in George Town--miss him and his sound

  • Roy played from the heart he heard and let us all listen

  • what is the pedal effect he's using? Anyone?

    He's amazing! the best unknown guitarrist!

    THX for the post!

  • @lemadera he is not using any foot pedals, he is just awesome with volume swells, "pinch" harmonics, note bending, etc...

  • It was a great gig. Hopefully Rockpalazt can be persuaded to release this concert on dvd sometime soon. Roy's playing is still an inspiration for me to improve a little every day.

  • as my guitar gently weeps...

  • Too bad this ends? It never ends! Not so long as folks with an ear can hear his music.

  • Does he place his chewing gum in his pocket :)

  • to bad this ends

  • There are a lot of fine Tele players in this world, but i think Roy has the purest Tele sound.

  • @ari1234a Yea Roy and Danny Gatton.

  • Don't know if Gilmour learnt from Buchanan or not, cause they have the same age, Buchanan is not that old, but YES, there are SOME moments when the style reminds me of Gilmour too =))

    Thank you, lee32uk, for this amazing vid, i'm tired of this youtube and finally going to download all the rockpalast session and all other video that may find in net. Thanks =)

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  • Knew and listen to Roy in George Town Blubs/ a wonderful friend-always has a front sit. he stpped singing but sang through his music -I was the singer.  Wow we connected with the music. Our saddest was there-he was a great friend and I still feel his soul

  • If nothing else, Roy taught us you don't have to be black to play the blues..

  • the master of the guitar barring none. if you've never heard of roy buchanan believe me when I tell you your favorite guitar player has. trust me give this song a listen and you will understand why.

  • the master of the guitar barring none. if you've never heard of roy buchanan believe me when I tell you your favorite guitar player has. trust me give this song a listen and you will understand why.

  • Dlaczego pozwoliliście wielcy , mądrzy i sprawiedliwi amerykanie na to żeby ten człowiek umarł z błachych powodóqw !!!????

  • It's the best I hear him!!! as I said knew him -we were friends of the music

  • My favorite guitarist of all time! I had the opportunity to see him live sometime in the 70's not sure which year, lol). H was the lead act for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. I went to see Roy though, and their was only about 100 people in Miami's Gusman Hall. He put on an amazing show, kinda laughed at the small crowd and wailed!

  • jeff beck definitely learned from this guy.

  • i wonder if gilmour learned his amazing feel from this guy; it seems like roy was the granddaddy of pulling amazing feel out of a tele.

  • is that a Vibrolux back there or a Twin?

  • Vibrolux. Roy liked those.

  • Very Tasty

  • What year was this?

  • @blueskidd96 1985

  • @ blueskidd96

    volgens Mij 1973, , Roy is super ... VOOR Mij jeugdsentiment ...

  • these song makes me cry.

  • You just gonna say that on every Roy Buchanan video?

  • SO GREAT! SO TRAGIC!

  • pure music.

    pure art.

  • King of the volume swells!

  • @nevikmoore hehe he was king to a lot of things! Pinch harmonics, swells, etc...

  • Wow! Really forlorn wailin' stuff! Touching...

  • Indeed the King of the Telecaster !

  • Gold

  • qué delicia!!!!

  • the best ever...end of.

  • What a guitar player!! Nice, solid band behind him too. Thanks for posting these vids!

  • the greatest electric guitarist ever to play, plain and simple

  • pure genius

  • the best ever. unbelievable. what album is this song in, i want to buy it.?

  • Saw Roy a lot of years ago in New Zealand. Unreal.

  • great uploading!

  • Saw him in Berkeley in the 70s he rocked the joint

  • what a smokey and brilliant at the same time,guitar style!!

    whit this bended notes with volume swells!!!

    AMAZING!!

  • rest in peace great friend...

  • I saw Roy twice in the Cleveland Agora in the 70's and once in Atlanta in the late 80's. The man could take a mediocre band of session musicians and bring it to the front. A genius, a virtuoso, the world will never see the likes of him again.

  • An incredible artist who could jam with any band

  • roy was a man. most guitar players nowadays are boys. we need to remember this.

  • Wow, this reminds me of the days me and my pals would get stoned and drunk together turn the lights off and listen to Roy Buchanan records.

    Great stuff!

  • I hear ya dude, nothing better than Roy Buchanan when your high.

    Nice job

  • did you know my father Matt Paloor?

  • whoops!! no they are certainly not on piece, my mistake..

  • i dont know if anyone noticed, but the neck body and neck of this guitar are one piece!!

  • GOD

  • This is such a touching guitar play.

    everlasting!

  • I have been listening to Mr. Buchanan since 1978. He is a master guitar player. Plays from the inner soul. When I play one of his CD's I listen to it two or three times, never gets old.

  • BTW, nice kb solo

  • I really can't understand how you can call this a nice keyboard solo (if that's what you mean to say). These are only clichés -- only lot's of non sense form with no content. Where as what RB does here is -- at some moments -- almost the oposite.

  • to each his own

  • Roy could make the most soul touching songs, that's one of them. Does anyone here know where I can download this show and Roy's CD's?

    Thanks

  • soulseek

  • RIP Roy, you'll stay always one of the greatests .....

  • roy & danny were two of the very best telemasters ever!! So lets leave it at that & enjoy both masters in there own right there will never be two more...enjoy...

  • roy & danny were two of the very best telemasters ever!! So lets leave it at that & enjoy both masters in there own right there will never be two more...enjoy...

  • Yeah, I really can't pick favorites. Their styles are so different... and they're both from my area. Can't leave either of them out, but so many people (especially younger folks) seem to be missing them.

  • I'm 15 and Roy is my favorite Blues guitar player. my rock fav. is Jimmy Page. Roy is King of the Blues.

  • People have always said some pretty negative things about Gatton and Buchanan, but you know, it is what it is. -- Also one of the reasons he quit using the magic dingus box.

  • Roy is my hero. Rest in Heavenly peace, Roy.

    I want his awesome hat!

  • Buchanan and Gatton are so underrated.

  • who has ever underrated gatton?

  • Danny always said, "if you love Roy, you'd hate me."

    Danny was great, but he worshiped Roy.

  • Thank you for posting.One of the best songs in the world for twatting along to on guitar (c minor - can't go wrong!).

  • Amazing. The Coltrane of guitar.

  • genial, genial

    5 estrellas

  • What was it he had, a vibrolux cranked? He's absolutely one of the best there's ever been.

  • One of the masters of blues guitar..

    R.I.P

  • ive know this guy for 32 years pity he aint still around inperson but will always be in soul god rest Roy

  • Roy is the best Guitarplayer that ever exist. may the messiah take care of him, and bring him new strings for Nancy, so he can play with the great band in the sky. Rest in Peace, Roy. take care of jimi, janis, jim and syd.

  • Danny Gatton had the gift of GOD in his fingers.

  • This guy was special. R.I.P

  • remembering one of the best. sad to hear he's gone.

  • The actual name of the tune is "Wayfaring Stranger."

    Roy was great--a big loss.

  • I think the title is a conscious departure from "Wayfaring Stranger"; the music is a variation on Wayfaring Stranger, so the title

    is a variation as well (IMHO).

  • I was told by ***** Cage(Bob Dylan guitarist) that he killed himself over a recent divorce and a DUI charge while he was in lockup. Depression hurts. He was the best and is missed

  • Your above explanation is what the police submitted.

    Roy had marital problems, but was not divorced. His widow, Judy Buchanan, stated that she lifted the lid of his coffin & saw massive head wounds.

    Roy was most likely beaten to death by police or other guys in the lock-up. He had serious addiction problems & probably pissed of the wrong guy...but he didn't deserve to die.

    Please stop repeating the "jailhouse suicide" story. It's probably not true. Do you trust the police or the wife more?

  • I WAS TOLD I WAS 1 BLACK GUY CHARGED WITH RAPE AND A LATINO GUY BOTH CAVED IN HIS FACE OVER THE FACT HE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF OVER BEING CALLED A HICK CRACKER..im writing a book over these tragic findings with some police witnesses cant say more for now rip ROY i will uncover the truth for your beauty was unmatched by most

  • He was unbelievable.

  • What went wrong with Roy`s career and life?He`s album "Rescue me" was success in both,musical/financial aspect!On that album horn section is a original "TOWER OF POWER" without a singer,only,with Stephen "Doc" Kupka on baritone sax,and Mick Gillette on lead trumpet!They were (in that time)a ROLLS-ROYCE among brass sections,and they were very expensive too!Even "MEMPHIS HORNS" were much less popular!

    There was a popularity,lot of concerts,and money,as well.WHAT WENT WRONG?Anybody knows?

  • What went wrong with Roy`s career and life?He`s album "Rescue me" was success in both,musical/financial aspect!On that album horn section is a original "TOWER OF POWER" without a singer,only,with Stephen "Doc" Kupka on baritone sax,and Mick Gillette on lead trumpet!They were (in that time)a ROLLS-ROYCE among brass sections,and they were very expensive too!Even "MEMPHIS HORNS" were much less popular!

    There was a popularity,lot of concerts,and money,as well.WHAT WENT WRONG?Anybody knows?

  • He used a digital delay pedal...and I own it. He turned down the Rolling Stones and sadly ended up hanging himself in jail.

  • Roy truly speaks with his guitar, he adds something that alot of guitarists don't use as much, dynamics, this is what makes his playing sound more soulful, you can have all the technical skill in the world but still not master this aspect of playing. Im not claiming to have known the man, but Roy didn't seem like the happiest person, i believe he ended up committing suicide in a jail cell in 1988. This is where the soul of his music is though, its all in experience.

  • its dumb to say that fast is soul less and slow and meaningful is what is truly great. cuz there both different styles. and both styles are beautiful in there own way. like the solo to nottingham lace by buckethead. yes its fast. but listen to it and tell me its not beautiful. just respect different styles. even if u hate satriani and think he shreds soul lessly. respect him and his style. music isnt meant to be one certain way its meant to be molded differently. im a 15 year old guitar player.

  • green as a cucumber... have fun, be young.. don't talk 'til you can back it up little man.

  • Beastman,

    20 years from now, when you've had time to hear more guitarists and become a better player yourself, you will realize how great and eduring guys like Roy truly are. Guys like Buckethead, though talented, are never going to have the same legacy as Roy and Danny. Period.

  • Great! Great!

    The Telecaster is alive...

  • Roy was often referred to as "the guitar player's guitar player," or "the greatest unknown guitar player in the world." The Rolling Stones asked him to join the group. I saw him in Chicago in the 80s and he was simply amazing. Other famous guitar players were there to watch him which was normal for his concerts. He was truly great. Thanks for posting this.

  • Roy I miss you brother... I know the angels are jamin in one big ass horn section.

  • he is he

  • can't argue with that

  • So many much more famous guitarists who are soul-less flashy wankers full of useless runs like Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Satriani etc. They can all go suck lemons - this guy with a fedora and a beer gut playing and twisting one note on a frapped telecaster puts them all to shame with a strong clear tone, but mainly with pain and true soul. He can flash his way up the fretboard like those cockmasters if he wants to, but only if it adds to the feel, not for the sake of it.

  • I wouldn't go so far to call Satriani "soul-less". Just check out his song "searching" on this service. he's puts a lot of soul in his music. of course he plays fast, but if I was as fast as him, I would too. and I think you'd do the same.

    and fast doesn't mean "soul-less", anyway.

    however, I've just heard Roy for the first time and I'm very impressed.

  • Yeah probably unfair to include Satriani in that list coz I know fuck all about him :) Cheers for the correction!

  • I just respect him very much. He mixes many different styles and even if he's not the best at any, he's in the lead.

    Steve Vai and Van Halen don't move me at all but I don't know them much.

  • i don't think satriani's own mother would say he's "soulfull"....and you can play as fast as him, fast is easy-- just repeat patterns,and increase speed- it's like typing, not hard to do--- but you can't practice passion-- you can't teach someone how to "care", or to "empathize" ,or to feel things deeply.

  • It's not fair to go comparing Roy with Eddie or Vai. Roy is extremely expressive and melodic. But if you could give Eddie Van Halen a chance and maybe listen to The Women and Children First album I think you'll agree that Eddie is no slouch.

  • Unlike the show-offs, RB was a very musical. Vai is a tasteless freak show in comparison. I love his amplifier stack - one Twin Reverb - and the effects pedals - none.

  • I agree with everything but it should be mentioned that in the 80's Roy started using a Boss Delay. As far as I know that was the only pedal he ever used. Nothing to hide mistakes with, that's for sure. It's easy to play fast with an OD pedal covering your ass!

  • God I love Youtube!

  • This is the 1st song i heard from Roy, and still my fav. I found it in a old record store in L.A. twenty+ years ago...R.I.P. Roy know one can touch you, or could...

  • very nice and full of emotion

  • Do not spray your guitar with lemon pledge. If you do, all the gays will make a pass at you cause they will think your a great housekeeper. Roy sprayed it on his fingers so the would have just the right kind of slide. It saved him a fortune cause it was cheaper than colone. And he could lick his fingers and get a buzz.

  • Lemon pledge is when you tell your love for lemons. Love is kind of sour at times. Silly, it comes in a spray can for cleaning wood furnature or doors. It smells like lemon.

  • just one word......awesome.......my favorite tele player

  • Here in Serbia,Roy Buchanan is probably the most honoured blues guitarist.After him is Stevie Ray Vaughan,Buddy Guy and Albert Collins!Roy`s musical interpretation is timeless and extraordinary!He`s tone is main reason why kids here in Serbia choose fender telecaster as their first guitar.Later,they realize about amplifiers and playing style and practicing.

  • And well should he be. I know he shunned the spotlight, but with that talent it has always amazed me that he wasn't a guitar superstar despite himself. A musical master, innovative, special and simply the best!

    R.I.P Roy, you are missed!

  • What went wrong with Roy`s career and life?He`s album "Rescue me" was success in both,musical/financial aspect!On that album horn section is a original "TOWER OF POWER" without a singer,only,with Stephen "Doc" Kupka on baritone sax,and Mick Gillette on lead trumpet!They were (in that time)a ROLLS-ROYCE among brass sections,and they were very expensive too!Even "MEMPHIS HORNS" were much less popular.

    There was a popularity,lot of concerts,and money,as well.WHAT WENT WRONG?Anybody knows?

  • ..roy played at the town hall auck N.Z 86-87?..i was 21 @the time..the bar opened,and the rest is history!!..wot a night!!...all i remember is roy at the edge of the stage on his knees and i was there hitting the strings while his fingers ran up the fret-board!..sadly missed!!God Bless!R.I.P..voted worlds greatest unknown guitarist 82-84?..correct me if i'm wrong..CHEERS!

  • Was this ever brought out on DVD as far as anybody knows ?

    I think i should be, cause this is so great.

    Feelin' feelin' feelin'

  • He never gets stuck!! It's one thing to know your scales everywhere on the fretboard, but it's really something else to know just what to place where in a tasteful way. I can't think of anyone that was so adept at getting out of jams on where you should go next on the fretboard with so much feeling as Roy did. What a macroscopic attention span he had!!

  • the guitar sings for him

  • Thank you so much to the people who have posted these videos. Otherwise many people would never get to see the genius at work. I only got to see him once when he toured Australia in 1986. I was so close I picked his watch up for him when it fell off!

    Roy was the best there will ever be inventing his style and in doing so mastering every style. How many guitartist can play the styles Roy played with the mastery he had? Not many, if any.