ate a pizza with Roy one night in mid 70's at "My fathers place" in Roslyn NY.I had traveled 10 hrs in heavy snow storm to see him.He was very unique to talk to, but when he got up for soundcheck, he asked ME what I wanted to hear!I said "roys blues", he played the entire song so they could dial in sound.I felt like he played it just for me.Went on to see Roy total of 37 times.I obtained the contract from one of his last shows, framed it with pics/tickets from shows....miss him deeply.....RIP
I'm not sure if it is in the comments already, but many don't know that Roy was the first pick to replace Mick Taylor with the Stones but he turned them down! Who knows what may have happened. I Definitely don't believe he committed suicide in a Chicago jail. I remember that night very well.... I was right there...
@AngusShanks Never heard of Steve asked,not to mention he was95% singer and maybe 5% guitarist. I've heard Ry claim to be invited to join/replace nearly everybody ! As hard as Roy would be a presumed a fit, Ry would be double the amount of imagination [style-wise]. The story about Roy goes back as far as him replacing Brian. It's all 'hearsay' or conjecture, seeing I have never found any of the aforementioned - nor anyone else - actually Talk about it.The 'Roy' story fits more - to me. Peace Up!
@MicMacGrass1 I just read about Marriot actually having a tryout with the Stones and Keith liking him. I did a Wikipedia on Marriot looking for any evidence that he was picked by Jimmy Page as first choice for the New Yarbirds/Led Zep. That's where I read about the Stones. Turns out he was liked by Page but there is nothing definitive on him being actually formally asked. I agree he was mostly a singer. No reason why Jagger would want him around.
This is incredible! I can't believe I haven't seen this before. Well, even if I don't do that xmas stuff, I did get a nice gift this morn! ;) Peace Up!
Oh-My-God...!!! My naivety precedes me. Just learned of this gentleman today, and feel almost ashamed. What an incredible talent. Just looking at him at first glance, I was curious. Really...??? Then I heard about three notes, dialed in, and was mesmerized and became an instant fan. i yearn for more. Thank you, Michael Phillips!!!
Hairs sticking up on the back of my neck between the 3 and 5 minute mark. How can that be topped.... I don't think it can. Never heard anything that complex or beautiful.
DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS.YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BYE THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS TO THREE OTHER VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN TWO DAYS.NO, YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED READING THIS SO DONT STOP.THIS IS SCARY PUT THIS ON FIVE VIDEOS IN THE NEXT 143 MON. WHEN YOUR DONE PRESS F6 AND YOUR LOVERS NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.this is so scary because it actually works!!!!!!
I knew Roy he played-talked with his music-I heard him so deep--we had the same love of music-he was a wonderful friend & gave me so much through his music
i love how he plays with so much soul but yet no facial expressions he plays the guitar so easily like he really isn't trying maybe he isn't maybe he can really make the guitar blow up if he really wanted too i guess we will never really know.. that's too bad but damn some sick guitar chops r.i.p roy we love you and you will never be forgotten not as long as im alive..
I and my close friends thought that Roy Buchanan was the greatest guitarist alive after the death of Hendrix. I think I might still think that.
A few years ago, Rolling Stone had him listed about 46th or some absurd number like that of the greatest guitarists! What nonsense! As Eric Clapton said, "No one can make a guitar cry like Roy Buchanan!
I was so sad to read about his death in that same issue of Rolling Stone.
n3ph3sh dropped 32:55 of Buchanan live at Austin Texas at his site. Check it out. Lyrically, technically, and creatively the best sustained sequence of electric guitar I've ever heard. These videos were on Youtube(fragmented) about 5 years ago, got yanked by aholes for copyright infringement. Catch it while you can.
New to RB and this version of Hey Joe. This has helped me make the decision to save for an american telecaster and learn blues/electric guitar. I love his playing all the way through, especially the build up starting at 3:10 ish.
For me, he managed to capture the very essence of this song, i.e. not "bang-bang" from the very start to finish, but subtlety, delicate phrasing, much near to whispering, and then eruption.
This has been my favorite song since the day I heard it. It's been two years now and Roy just amazes me every time. His tone is fresh and dynamic. His licks are melancholic and creatively obtuse at times (5:44), which I absolutely love. His volume swells make me want to cry (2:56). His band is seriously on the ball with dynamics. I would sell my own mother out to the gestapo if she told me that any other version of Hey Joe even came close to this one. Love your music and style Roy. Live on!
There was talk that the body had evidence of a Rodney King style beating, and the body was hung by the neck as a cover-up. True? I don't know. He didn't have a good rapport with the Fairfax police department, so I guess anything's possible. :-(
This is quintessential Roy pretty much at the top of his game. There are some amazing sequences in this track. . . not sure when this was recorded but he was playing like this as early as 67/68
I first discovered Roy on his second album , I had been playing about 2 years when that came out. If I got anything at all from him that translates to my playing now, I consider myself lucky. I could copy a lot of guitarists licks, but there's no way to copy the feel and touch Roy had.
Your right , where in the hell did he get all of that ...I just found him tonight , how I've missed this in my 63 yrs on earth and in the live music bar business for over 20yrs and the biggest blues fan ever missed Roy Buchanna...when I listen I known where he's going but i don't know how he gets there or how he does it when he there...I'm in awe...never heard any thing like it
I say it is Duck , watch from .16 -34 , freeze it at 34. On Duck's bio it lists recording credits with Roy, so he could have very well played this gig with him. Who better
could Roy have picked up than the ultimate session bass player.
Clapton and Beck were essetially understudies of Roy. Clapton would attend Roy's shows in disguise (read his bloody fingers), in attempt to capture his arrangement and performance. Beck, on the other hand, acknowledged his fondness and appreciation... Roy respected Beck from what I was told... Not throwing Clapton under the bus, but Roy's daughter said her father didn't speak much of EC, good or bad. Ironically, EC has paid respect to Roy since his passing...
I defy ANY "shredder" to play this fast with a low gain tone like Roy's. So precise! Roy Buchanan is so far beyond what anyone can do these days. He SHOULD be the role model for all hotshots. This is some of the finest rock and roll guitaring ever recorded.
"Who are the six sons of bitches who dislike this?" I say we round up a posse, find 'em, tie 'em up, and make 'em listen to Roy, Rory G. and Warren H. until their gender identity crisis is resolved and they can appreciate real music.
I saw Roy at Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom in the ATL around the same time this video was made. The dude tore it up and then tore it down. He made it look so easy. Nothing but the blues. Sadly, his record labels never knew what to do with him.
I always find it sad on the comments that we have to get in a long discussion of who was a better guitar player each time something like this is posted. I love this music for what it is.
To the Hendrix fans, I like him as well. Clapton fans, Buddy Guy, SRV vans, all of them.
Rock & roll history is made not in huge arenas by bloated, overrated touring bands, but in local public television studios, by regular guys who don't need to prove anything. To think that both Roy and Danny Gatton (also from the DC area and to whom Roy is often compared) both killed themselves within a couple of years of each other. So very sad it is heartbreaking. Thank goodness there are such incendiary, reverberating performances such as this one to remind us of what true greatness is. Wow.
I saw Roy in Sydney back in the 80's it was a fantastic concert just as I knew it would be and the hair on my legs stood up as the tingle ran down my spine. No one could make the guitar sing like Roy not even Hendrix in my opinion.
What is it about Seattle that makes it's musicians kill themselves? It is absolutley tragic to have lost so many good people from there.
notice the smirk on his face, before they begin this set / song! haha you can SEE in roys face, that the crowd has no idea what kind of audio bliss they are about to undertake.. i love this man! where has the genious in music gone these days?! where is the humbleness?! im borderline embarassed to still be alive with the rubbish being played these days
Why? he was taken from us... all the great's! If you could listen to anyone... dead or alive... how can you not have this chap to listen to again live! the best by a long yard
When I saw Roy in the Tomorrow Club in Youngstown, Ohio, it was in a similar, up close setting like this. With all of the Rock Bands that I had seen, there was nothing to compare with way Roy could talk with his telecaster.
Wow. I saw RB on one of his last U.S. tours in the mid-late 80s, maybe his last, and was glad I did, but this is amazing Roy. Many great guitarist but there was only one Roy Buchanan.
I went and saw Roy play once and there were people dancin' like mad but there were a whole heap more people between them and the stage who were stunned into silence and inaction I remember looking around me a people were seriously looking at him thinkin' " am I hearing this right?" behind them were people who'd manged to avert their eyes enough so they could groove a little bit, behind them were the people dancing...he was smokin...they did Led Zep's Rock and Roll, it was mad.
@themunkrikt Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude...bow to one of, if not the, greatest electric blues players ever...and yes, you just sit there and listen when you're stoned to the gills...and lovin' every split second of it...
Great sound from a great player. When you think Tele you immediately think of Danny Gatton, Albert Collins, and "the master of the telecaster" ladies and gentlemen... Mr. Roy Buchanan!!!!!
emotions ...... WOW ! what an amazing guitarist , im amazed , the guitar was shedding tears that sound so simple yet so deep , I think Jimi lost this one !!
LOL, I own this dvd now and i STILL watch this vid on youtube... one of my favs. Thank you so much for posting it and helping introduce me to Roy. I've been fascinated by him ever since.
I will NEVER forget seeing Roy play this at the Keystone Palo Alto in the early 80s, close enough to see all the worn spots on the neck of his Telecaster.....what a unique sound he had.
Nancy, the 53 Tele - one of the happiest Teles in history. Can't you just imagine the smile of satisfied exhaustion on her face every night when her tweed case lid was shut?
Seriously...I want to meet the 3 people who don't like this!!I have met quite a few people in my 50 years on this planet of all backgrounds and shapes and sizes.But I've never had the experience of meeting a person with no soul.It must truly suck to be you...I'm sorry.
Saw Roy way back in '74 at Hofstra U. Was close enough to reach out and touch him. Witnessed the notorious "beer and butt " break in mid solo. Couldn't believe it at the time. Magic.....Pure guitar dexterity! My first electric guitar was a butterscotch tele because of him. Thank you Roy, wherever you are!
TY for posting this, shows how spontaneously great of a player Roy was, a huge influence on my phrasing, great video and sound, this is one of the better ones up anywhere. TY. FF
@mrbullsauce He's one of the few great guitarists in the last 35 years that I missed. I had a chance to see him at Poor David's Pub in Dallas and I didn't go thinking "I'll catch him next time." I hope I won't ever make that mistake again in my life with a great musician.
I was very blessed to see Danny Gatton play at Bumbershoot a month before he died (in 1994). I think the audience was about 80% musicians with dropped jaws.
@Gustavodeloslocos I saw Roy many many times at the Crossroads club in Bladensburg, Md., and out on the chitlin circuit. I was in 2 different bands that played on the same bill on festival tours.with him. You really cannot appreciate from recordings just how unearthly his approach to playing was. Most guitarists who are that up front and loud get tedious very quickly-not Roy. He had an unbelievable vocabulary, and every time i hears him play, he did something astounding-and different.
I had the priveledge of seeing him three times in small clubs in the Albany, NY area. I was going to see him again at Tigers Pub with my bro'. We were riding in the car just a few days before the gig was supposed to be when we heard on the radio that the gig had been cancelled due to his death. Bummer city.
Man. I guess his style came from living on the edge. Too bad he went over it so young.
Well, he did manage to get past 27 by a good piece.
Prince is a Buchannan fan,he don`t admit it but it`s obvious,this guy`s great,love it!!
rwnfrd 2 weeks ago
One of the true masters of the electric guitar. Roy Buchanan will be remembered as long as music itself is played.
Lostchord1000 2 weeks ago
Wow! Incredible.
MickeyFluter 2 weeks ago
He died so young but he looked so old!
Alpha7xxx 3 weeks ago
ate a pizza with Roy one night in mid 70's at "My fathers place" in Roslyn NY.I had traveled 10 hrs in heavy snow storm to see him.He was very unique to talk to, but when he got up for soundcheck, he asked ME what I wanted to hear!I said "roys blues", he played the entire song so they could dial in sound.I felt like he played it just for me.Went on to see Roy total of 37 times.I obtained the contract from one of his last shows, framed it with pics/tickets from shows....miss him deeply.....RIP
ikoiko2631 1 month ago 4
@ikoiko2631 that is a real cool story! RIP
Deevonprod 2 weeks ago
I'm not sure if it is in the comments already, but many don't know that Roy was the first pick to replace Mick Taylor with the Stones but he turned them down! Who knows what may have happened. I Definitely don't believe he committed suicide in a Chicago jail. I remember that night very well.... I was right there...
MicMacGrass1 1 month ago
@MicMacGrass1 Really ? I have read that Steve Marriot and Ry Cooder were both also first picks to replace Taylor.
AngusShanks 2 days ago
@AngusShanks Never heard of Steve asked,not to mention he was95% singer and maybe 5% guitarist. I've heard Ry claim to be invited to join/replace nearly everybody ! As hard as Roy would be a presumed a fit, Ry would be double the amount of imagination [style-wise]. The story about Roy goes back as far as him replacing Brian. It's all 'hearsay' or conjecture, seeing I have never found any of the aforementioned - nor anyone else - actually Talk about it.The 'Roy' story fits more - to me. Peace Up!
MicMacGrass1 2 days ago
@MicMacGrass1 I just read about Marriot actually having a tryout with the Stones and Keith liking him. I did a Wikipedia on Marriot looking for any evidence that he was picked by Jimmy Page as first choice for the New Yarbirds/Led Zep. That's where I read about the Stones. Turns out he was liked by Page but there is nothing definitive on him being actually formally asked. I agree he was mostly a singer. No reason why Jagger would want him around.
AngusShanks 2 days ago
This is incredible! I can't believe I haven't seen this before. Well, even if I don't do that xmas stuff, I did get a nice gift this morn! ;) Peace Up!
MicMacGrass1 1 month ago
Oh-My-God...!!! My naivety precedes me. Just learned of this gentleman today, and feel almost ashamed. What an incredible talent. Just looking at him at first glance, I was curious. Really...??? Then I heard about three notes, dialed in, and was mesmerized and became an instant fan. i yearn for more. Thank you, Michael Phillips!!!
toates1963 1 month ago
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LOVE THIS!
Check my channel out as well (click on my name) and see/hear me play guitar!
BrockDavisson1978 1 month ago
Hairs sticking up on the back of my neck between the 3 and 5 minute mark. How can that be topped.... I don't think it can. Never heard anything that complex or beautiful.
michael5186 1 month ago
I hate trying to learn this song. I start out fine, but by the end of the song my guitar's always back on the stand and I'm sitting here in awe.
srvgravesdime 1 month ago
@srvgravesdime HA'HA'HA'HA....Hang in there man....
johnny1972ism 1 month ago
jesus he shreds- goin five fingers crazy at the end of the solo- holy shitballs
jahrastapack 2 months ago
R.I.P. Roy, best guitar player of all times
MrKohlbert 2 months ago
A true master and absolute genius, what a legend!
subaruforu 2 months ago
Never gets old, he owned it!!
1PJfan 2 months ago
He sounds great! needs to sing in the mic though
TheMonkeysGoOoh 2 months ago
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DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS.YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BYE THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS TO THREE OTHER VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN TWO DAYS.NO, YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED READING THIS SO DONT STOP.THIS IS SCARY PUT THIS ON FIVE VIDEOS IN THE NEXT 143 MON. WHEN YOUR DONE PRESS F6 AND YOUR LOVERS NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.this is so scary because it actually works!!!!!!
cjpm1234 2 months ago
I knew Roy he played-talked with his music-I heard him so deep--we had the same love of music-he was a wonderful friend & gave me so much through his music
wolfjb6 3 months ago
Wow @3.45 things start getting wild, made my morning!
kansasblues 3 months ago
the camermen are total fuckin idiots, don't they realize he had a guitar in his hands!!
19strat57 3 months ago 3
He is one of the best guitarist ever + he is using a telecaster, and that makes him very special.
kingofskateop 3 months ago
An absolutely amazing naturally given gift. Like dayum, Roy, you sure are putting the bar a lot higher, lol !
ZazzOffGuitars 3 months ago
Today my son asked me about volume swells. I sent him this video. Saw RB@WVU ~ 1977 and will never forget it.
goodie7415 3 months ago
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Very good; he is an artist.
KaleApoo 3 months ago
Very good; he an artist.
KaleApoo 3 months ago
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ThePowderfinger71 4 months ago
Goddam why can I only hit like once here. And WHO are the 9 muppets that cant get their heads around this.........seriously now
ThePowderfinger71 4 months ago
Oh sure, he's an absolutely incredible guitar player and a true legend of music, but, LOOK AT THE FREAKIN AWESOME FACIAL HAIR.
MegaYoshitsune 4 months ago
anyone know what amp he used?
1Ma9iN8tive 4 months ago
He was doing things with his fingers that now take several pedals!
SuperJoshman420 4 months ago
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I got a boner around the 3 minute mark...
toekneeeyeoweme 4 months ago
I got a boner around the 3:00 mark...
toekneeeyeoweme 4 months ago
Never heard him before..Woooow.Nice voice as well,wowsers!
rwnfrd 4 months ago
Pleasure to be introduced to such an amazing player.
vastei13 4 months ago
Must be a master of control to hit those notes and not make a guitar face. Amaaaazing!
Kirkola 4 months ago
The best video of Roy doing this ever awesome clear performance.
mikehouston1 4 months ago
Jimi would think this is so groovey!!
chill66blog 4 months ago
i love how he plays with so much soul but yet no facial expressions he plays the guitar so easily like he really isn't trying maybe he isn't maybe he can really make the guitar blow up if he really wanted too i guess we will never really know.. that's too bad but damn some sick guitar chops r.i.p roy we love you and you will never be forgotten not as long as im alive..
nickbarcenas 5 months ago 9
@nickbarcenas yea man that takes practice to play without making guitar faces most people cant play WITHOUT making a face so you know he's goin in
SwaggTastic213 4 months ago
@SwaggTastic213 He is making faces,his sucking the inside of his mouth,if you get me.
rwnfrd 4 months ago
Roy could realy play the Blues....but he always lifts my spirits.
Kristopful 5 months ago
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joe1969812 5 months ago
@joe1969812 When you can play like that, you don't need to sing
TNA796 5 months ago
@TNA796 Right, and he thats what l'm saying...Why?
joe1969812 5 months ago
2:50 and beyond. Good God.
KhaleelKrule 5 months ago
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
seqouiaflame 5 months ago
5:15 There's Kirk hammett haha
charles4hl 5 months ago
what an extraordinary rhythm section !
charles4hl 5 months ago
6 people who voted for Obama's change. Do you miss George yet?
MrBigcarguy 5 months ago in playlist good mix
@MrBigcarguy George still sucks.
RebelThoughts 5 months ago
Dan Aykroyd on bass!
alexmortland 5 months ago
AWESOMISM! :c)
Thanks for posting!
Very best of wishes!
Bill
ginmillsinger 5 months ago
how would you like to be the poor bastards with the DIMED and rear facing vibrolux reverb pointed at your head
greygland 5 months ago
a friend Peter sent me this link.....I love Jimi....but Jimi would have loved this......and this is fuckin' awesome.....
jcsgeets 5 months ago
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my only disappointment here is that I have never heard this before. I love Jimi doing it , but this is unreal, thanks for the upload
cheeseppuff 5 months ago
let it rip
utuberules98 5 months ago
jimi who?
sean64ryan 5 months ago
Where the hell did you get this from, this is probably the best version i have heard
cheeseppuff 6 months ago
Gotta love that smirk!
seqouiaflame 6 months ago
FKN unbelievable.... the very best guitar lick ever. unreal Roy !!
aNumber1NorCal 6 months ago
Wonderful guitar player =] thanks for posting this ;)
unbiased29opinion 6 months ago
Had to watch this again haha. I bet wherever they are, Roy and Stevie Ray are jammin' to Voodoo Child (Slight Return) haha :)
I just heard of Buchanan a couple days ago. The M F'r could play haha
TNA796 6 months ago
5:14 Chuck Norris
MrStockGlock 6 months ago
He looks a tad bit like George Carlin
TNA796 6 months ago
@TNA796
Have you seen Phil Collins on Genesis' 1976 touir? Talk about a Carlin lookalike! But yeah, Buchanan looks a little like him too.
5jerry1 4 months ago
I and my close friends thought that Roy Buchanan was the greatest guitarist alive after the death of Hendrix. I think I might still think that.
A few years ago, Rolling Stone had him listed about 46th or some absurd number like that of the greatest guitarists! What nonsense! As Eric Clapton said, "No one can make a guitar cry like Roy Buchanan!
I was so sad to read about his death in that same issue of Rolling Stone.
conandan 6 months ago
What a Master !!!!!!
aborza 6 months ago
Awesome, fantastic.
movvx 7 months ago
Anyone know which year this concert was recorded?? Awesome stuff !!!!
JonasSweden1 7 months ago
@JonasSweden1
It says in the description, November 1976.
5jerry1 4 months ago
He was "the king of the small room" indeed. I saw Buchanan in some small venues and he was one of the absolute best. Never flashy--laid back
sandtrich 7 months ago
He was "the king of the small room" indeed. I saw Buchanan in some small venues and he was one of the absolute best.
sandtrich 7 months ago
n3ph3sh dropped 32:55 of Buchanan live at Austin Texas at his site. Check it out. Lyrically, technically, and creatively the best sustained sequence of electric guitar I've ever heard. These videos were on Youtube(fragmented) about 5 years ago, got yanked by aholes for copyright infringement. Catch it while you can.
wendellhoff 7 months ago
Roy was an amazing guitarist and performer , love his playing.
SteveBelong 7 months ago
swell pedal? what swell pedal? do it the propper way, using the volume pot.exelent work.
zsxd55 7 months ago
New to RB and this version of Hey Joe. This has helped me make the decision to save for an american telecaster and learn blues/electric guitar. I love his playing all the way through, especially the build up starting at 3:10 ish.
Thanks for the upload, love it
smjenkin 8 months ago
FUCK ANY MOTHERFUCKER THAT DISLIKES ANY OF ROYS MUSIC
kaydawg93 8 months ago
@kaydawg93 7 Lady Gaga fans disapprove of Roy Buchanan. its alright dude considering their taste in music Im not that offended
robinsl27 7 months ago
The beginning is awesome.
For me, he managed to capture the very essence of this song, i.e. not "bang-bang" from the very start to finish, but subtlety, delicate phrasing, much near to whispering, and then eruption.
BluesBelarus 8 months ago
I have a cousin who is his spitting image. Too bad he can't play shit.....;o)
AnnihilatingAngel 8 months ago
This has been my favorite song since the day I heard it. It's been two years now and Roy just amazes me every time. His tone is fresh and dynamic. His licks are melancholic and creatively obtuse at times (5:44), which I absolutely love. His volume swells make me want to cry (2:56). His band is seriously on the ball with dynamics. I would sell my own mother out to the gestapo if she told me that any other version of Hey Joe even came close to this one. Love your music and style Roy. Live on!
srvgravesdime 8 months ago in playlist Blues
This is the guy who taught Eric Clapton how to get his mojo back - oh, wait, Eric's not paying attention.
bamboosa 8 months ago
Got the blues. Got a little drunk. Got arrested. Got locked up in a cell. Got hung by his belt.
Fucking murder..?
Peace. Telecaster Master.
Kristopful 8 months ago
@Kristopful
There was talk that the body had evidence of a Rodney King style beating, and the body was hung by the neck as a cover-up. True? I don't know. He didn't have a good rapport with the Fairfax police department, so I guess anything's possible. :-(
5jerry1 4 months ago
This is quintessential Roy pretty much at the top of his game. There are some amazing sequences in this track. . . not sure when this was recorded but he was playing like this as early as 67/68
richdys 9 months ago
Saw him live in brisbane mid 80's, fuckin awesome
BlueGrassFan66 9 months ago
I first discovered Roy on his second album , I had been playing about 2 years when that came out. If I got anything at all from him that translates to my playing now, I consider myself lucky. I could copy a lot of guitarists licks, but there's no way to copy the feel and touch Roy had.
dontkr 9 months ago
@dontkr
Your right , where in the hell did he get all of that ...I just found him tonight , how I've missed this in my 63 yrs on earth and in the live music bar business for over 20yrs and the biggest blues fan ever missed Roy Buchanna...when I listen I known where he's going but i don't know how he gets there or how he does it when he there...I'm in awe...never heard any thing like it
clarryj1 9 months ago
@clarryj1 Better late than never man. Welcome aboard.
eraffel 9 months ago
@clarryj1
At least you now have had the pleasure.
5jerry1 4 months ago
So many references to Jimi in this. The last lick is the Watchtower opening lick.
Guitslinger59 9 months ago
at what point does it stop being a tribute and start being a huge middle finger?
joesiden 9 months ago
Is that smoke coming off that telecaster?
BoDiggsWPP 9 months ago
Wow, I have the record, thats right record, of this but never saw it live, fucking amazing how he breaks into Foxy Lady
underdogg705 9 months ago
I say it is Duck , watch from .16 -34 , freeze it at 34. On Duck's bio it lists recording credits with Roy, so he could have very well played this gig with him. Who better
could Roy have picked up than the ultimate session bass player.
dontkr 9 months ago
@dontkr I have this dvd and it is indeed John Harrison.
gorthar30 9 months ago
@gorthar30 I stand corrected. Yoy have to admit it does resemble Duck, even the way he plays the bass.
dontkr 9 months ago
duck dunn on bass , how cool is that?
dontkr 9 months ago
@dontkr False, John Harrison, nice try
DougieMcFresh 9 months ago
This guy will beat Hendrix blindfold....
SunTeleLeo 9 months ago
Clapton and Beck were essetially understudies of Roy. Clapton would attend Roy's shows in disguise (read his bloody fingers), in attempt to capture his arrangement and performance. Beck, on the other hand, acknowledged his fondness and appreciation... Roy respected Beck from what I was told... Not throwing Clapton under the bus, but Roy's daughter said her father didn't speak much of EC, good or bad. Ironically, EC has paid respect to Roy since his passing...
1PJfan 9 months ago
amazing !!!
mantinizz 9 months ago
I defy ANY "shredder" to play this fast with a low gain tone like Roy's. So precise! Roy Buchanan is so far beyond what anyone can do these days. He SHOULD be the role model for all hotshots. This is some of the finest rock and roll guitaring ever recorded.
alexdroogie100 9 months ago
Staggering talent! Blistering pure tone! OMG!
bareknuckles2u 10 months ago
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
taterj68 10 months ago
The man that can cry with his guitar. Full of soul and blues!!! A heart full of blues, rock and soul. What a wonderful combination.
asmarojupi 10 months ago
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"Who are the six sons of bitches who dislike this?" I say we round up a posse, find 'em, tie 'em up, and make 'em listen to Roy, Rory G. and Warren H. until their gender identity crisis is resolved and they can appreciate real music.
RuralDeputy 10 months ago
WOW!
HauntedWarrior 10 months ago
I saw Roy at Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom in the ATL around the same time this video was made. The dude tore it up and then tore it down. He made it look so easy. Nothing but the blues. Sadly, his record labels never knew what to do with him.
VainJangling 10 months ago
I always find it sad on the comments that we have to get in a long discussion of who was a better guitar player each time something like this is posted. I love this music for what it is.
To the Hendrix fans, I like him as well. Clapton fans, Buddy Guy, SRV vans, all of them.
larrystarstruck 10 months ago
Rock & roll history is made not in huge arenas by bloated, overrated touring bands, but in local public television studios, by regular guys who don't need to prove anything. To think that both Roy and Danny Gatton (also from the DC area and to whom Roy is often compared) both killed themselves within a couple of years of each other. So very sad it is heartbreaking. Thank goodness there are such incendiary, reverberating performances such as this one to remind us of what true greatness is. Wow.
alexanderai 10 months ago
I saw Roy in Sydney back in the 80's it was a fantastic concert just as I knew it would be and the hair on my legs stood up as the tingle ran down my spine. No one could make the guitar sing like Roy not even Hendrix in my opinion.
What is it about Seattle that makes it's musicians kill themselves? It is absolutley tragic to have lost so many good people from there.
graemebluzman 10 months ago
@graemebluzman Roy was born in Arkansas and grew up in southern California.
Purplemania 9 months ago
I love this but its on 11 lol
joebstarsurfer 11 months ago
Just Terrific!...listen to those whales talking:-)
Mariekesone 11 months ago
notice the smirk on his face, before they begin this set / song! haha you can SEE in roys face, that the crowd has no idea what kind of audio bliss they are about to undertake.. i love this man! where has the genious in music gone these days?! where is the humbleness?! im borderline embarassed to still be alive with the rubbish being played these days
Jagethemage 11 months ago 2
Why? he was taken from us... all the great's! If you could listen to anyone... dead or alive... how can you not have this chap to listen to again live! the best by a long yard
oonank 11 months ago
When I saw Roy in the Tomorrow Club in Youngstown, Ohio, it was in a similar, up close setting like this. With all of the Rock Bands that I had seen, there was nothing to compare with way Roy could talk with his telecaster.
StumpCreekSentinal 11 months ago
Young players take note, no stomp boxes!
DanofTucson 11 months ago
fkn nutz!!! what a guitar talent!!!! quite possibly the best guitar ever!! screaming, crying, beautiful guitar!!!!
rolex427sc 11 months ago
WOW...just WOW!
98682bobbyd 11 months ago
Who are the six sons of bitches who dislike this?
edw700 11 months ago 27
@edw700 6 Folks that are deaf and dumb...
dstephens74 9 months ago
@edw700 Six people who shred without soul.
SwampDaddy7 9 months ago
@edw700 pure morons and ignorants...what else??
shaikhymx 8 months ago 8
@edw700
I m with you, I don t get it either
This guy is so Smooth and Clean, every note is Crystal, and timed perfectly.
bkeay100 7 months ago
@edw700 people who are alergic to slime green P-basses being played by Dan Aykroyd
patfurlan 6 months ago
@edw700 Agreed....and there's 7 now.
jeepsandfenders 6 months ago
@edw700 Let's find them and GET THEM !!!!!
TelecasterLPGTop 5 months ago
he never really seemed to care that he was amoung the absolute top best
aubreyaardvark 11 months ago
Gary Moore and Jeff Beck, among others.... owe a lot to this bloke.
Parisienne walkways is almost a rendition of "the Messiah will come again".
floofynut 11 months ago
Dan Akroyd's a pretty good bass player.
daven58100 1 year ago
hear some jeff beck in there....
stratguy1688 1 year ago
@stratguy1688 That's cause Beck was inspired by Roy. Both some of the greatest players ever.
GuitarSwan 1 year ago
@stratguy1688 he was around before beck :)
floofynut 11 months ago
Wow....!!! incredible...!!!!
caferive 1 year ago
Very cool rendition from a very missed guitar player...the world misses such talent.
CScout671 1 year ago
Wow. I saw RB on one of his last U.S. tours in the mid-late 80s, maybe his last, and was glad I did, but this is amazing Roy. Many great guitarist but there was only one Roy Buchanan.
Box0Rain 1 year ago
I guess in the 70's you just sat there when it was badass.
themunkrikt 1 year ago 20
@themunkrikt lmao I was thinking the same... all these people just sitting and gazing in amazement
kjg8erz8 1 year ago
@themunkrikt it's called awesome, hence awe.
eraffel 9 months ago
@themunkrikt
I went and saw Roy play once and there were people dancin' like mad but there were a whole heap more people between them and the stage who were stunned into silence and inaction I remember looking around me a people were seriously looking at him thinkin' " am I hearing this right?" behind them were people who'd manged to avert their eyes enough so they could groove a little bit, behind them were the people dancing...he was smokin...they did Led Zep's Rock and Roll, it was mad.
franglediddup 8 months ago
@themunkrikt yeah you were too stoned to move
GyeRophe 8 months ago
@themunkrikt We knew then when we were in the presence of an Angel; we were in awe then and still remain is awe.
Huffnhustle 7 months ago
@themunkrikt Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude...bow to one of, if not the, greatest electric blues players ever...and yes, you just sit there and listen when you're stoned to the gills...and lovin' every split second of it...
fxe1979 6 months ago
@themunkrikt stunned with awe
meormous 6 months ago
que buena version, que buen guitarrista. lastima como murio.
elkerblues 1 year ago
to bad the camera didn't capture more that it did
g3currie 1 year ago
Great sound from a great player. When you think Tele you immediately think of Danny Gatton, Albert Collins, and "the master of the telecaster" ladies and gentlemen... Mr. Roy Buchanan!!!!!
spankystrat49 1 year ago
Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan Are my two favourite players in heaven ,
lassalle4 1 year ago 2
emotions ...... WOW ! what an amazing guitarist , im amazed , the guitar was shedding tears that sound so simple yet so deep , I think Jimi lost this one !!
qnate4 1 year ago
Best 7 minutes and 18 seconds of this month for me.
mindingosafado 1 year ago
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mindingosafado 1 year ago
holy shit that was amazing
ojbudz 1 year ago
LOL, I own this dvd now and i STILL watch this vid on youtube... one of my favs. Thank you so much for posting it and helping introduce me to Roy. I've been fascinated by him ever since.
gorthar30 1 year ago
Think I just came in my pants!!!!
mulefa 1 year ago
I have never heard a Tele sound like that! Roy's fingers are the reason for that!
All the best players can not be imitated. Their sound comes from within!
pepachet 1 year ago
I will NEVER forget seeing Roy play this at the Keystone Palo Alto in the early 80s, close enough to see all the worn spots on the neck of his Telecaster.....what a unique sound he had.
InterlochenFan 1 year ago
Nancy, the 53 Tele - one of the happiest Teles in history. Can't you just imagine the smile of satisfied exhaustion on her face every night when her tweed case lid was shut?
Gminor7 1 year ago
Thats just COOL. He Rocks!!!
urankjj 1 year ago
Seriously...I want to meet the 3 people who don't like this!!I have met quite a few people in my 50 years on this planet of all backgrounds and shapes and sizes.But I've never had the experience of meeting a person with no soul.It must truly suck to be you...I'm sorry.
joethepainter90 1 year ago 2
I love how asian his guitar can sound!!!!!! But he has some of the best chops and technique I've ever seen. One of the best ever
nayrniak 1 year ago
Jimmy recorded this song and Purple haze with Noel Redding's Telecaster!
Snotra 1 year ago
Saw Roy way back in '74 at Hofstra U. Was close enough to reach out and touch him. Witnessed the notorious "beer and butt " break in mid solo. Couldn't believe it at the time. Magic.....Pure guitar dexterity! My first electric guitar was a butterscotch tele because of him. Thank you Roy, wherever you are!
guitarzan34 1 year ago
TY for posting this, shows how spontaneously great of a player Roy was, a huge influence on my phrasing, great video and sound, this is one of the better ones up anywhere. TY. FF
Frombonics 1 year ago
the people behind roy probably had their eardrums blown...he cranked his amp and turned it backwards.
overlook77 1 year ago
GOOSE BUMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gustavodeloslocos 1 year ago
How did i miss this guy.....he is beyond belief....out of this world awesome!!!!
mrbullsauce 1 year ago
@mrbullsauce He's one of the few great guitarists in the last 35 years that I missed. I had a chance to see him at Poor David's Pub in Dallas and I didn't go thinking "I'll catch him next time." I hope I won't ever make that mistake again in my life with a great musician.
I was very blessed to see Danny Gatton play at Bumbershoot a month before he died (in 1994). I think the audience was about 80% musicians with dropped jaws.
Gustavodeloslocos 1 year ago
@Gustavodeloslocos I saw Roy many many times at the Crossroads club in Bladensburg, Md., and out on the chitlin circuit. I was in 2 different bands that played on the same bill on festival tours.with him. You really cannot appreciate from recordings just how unearthly his approach to playing was. Most guitarists who are that up front and loud get tedious very quickly-not Roy. He had an unbelievable vocabulary, and every time i hears him play, he did something astounding-and different.
pretorious700 1 year ago
Jesus!!! Knew of him from the start, but this is . . .unbelievable. RIP Roy. You are not forgotten.
triplettam 1 year ago
That's got to be the coolest coloured Precision ever!
stretchmorgan 1 year ago
Just sit back and listen to sounds never before heard.........
opiumsamson 1 year ago
............. wow
dragganforce 1 year ago
Scary!
I had the priveledge of seeing him three times in small clubs in the Albany, NY area. I was going to see him again at Tigers Pub with my bro'. We were riding in the car just a few days before the gig was supposed to be when we heard on the radio that the gig had been cancelled due to his death. Bummer city.
Man. I guess his style came from living on the edge. Too bad he went over it so young.
Well, he did manage to get past 27 by a good piece.
qiaorusi 1 year ago