Roy Buchanan 1985 Live

[KidNoah2012]

Pedals? I don't need no stinkin' pedals. Just give me my tele and a vibrolux and I'll blow you all away. (My paraphrase of the great RB).

[pth564]

Roy could play in so many styles. It's crazy how he could play so proficiently and so versatile as he did. I could listen to him all day.

[loub54]

What's the name of the song/

[Marseglia12345]

in 1967, you felt that you were floating in the English Channel in the middle of the night when his band played "Ferry Cross The Mercy" at the Round Table in Georgetown,Wash. DC

[MrSixstringjohnny]

Roy told me to say "Fuck you and the police." and just keep rockin'...

[1PJfan]

Soohoojrj....Berfore you throw the legend under the bus, get your facts strait. Roy had his issues. The night he was killed by the police, he showed up at his house with a stranger he had met the same night. The dude was hitting on Roy's wife and she called the police to get him out. Roy chased him into the woods, when he walked back to the house, the police, mistakenly arrested Roy instead of the D!ck. Roy was assertained, sustained multiple skull fractuers, and Hung himself with a t-shirt

[cengeb]

One of teh best, he makes teh guitar talk, sing!

[RickReiley]

Great tone. Better than the fake noise boxes in my opinion.

[soohoojrj]

A shy, reticent individual, he made several unsuccessful suicide attempts before hanging himself in a police cell in 1988, following his arrest on a drunk-driving charge,.............WHAT A DUMB ASS!!!!

[borntrippin]

Roy was definetely a master, no doubt about it!!

[wastefulldan]

He may be an amasion musicion, (excuse my spelling) but his TONE is total

CRAP....!  What's wrong with it..? IT'S HARSE, ITS BRITTLE, AND IN NO WAY PLEASING TO THE EAR.... Danny Gatton is about a hundred times BETTER...

Once you listen to Danny Gatton, you'll never listen to THIS CRAP again.....

[kalkokalko]

I love the smoothe moves on 06:52 haha

[beastmry]

LOL at the ''not a half bad guitarist ''

[leifmolin]

he got soul,lol,he is stiff like a nail.

[tabber87]

My dad and his friend saw Roy in some bar in Cal City he was playing. They talked to him before the show and he set them up all night.

Cool, regular dude.

...and not a half bad guitarist.

[lastsinger]

In his own style he was a master.

[acgittah]

If I remember well, this was broadcasted on Newyear's Eve 1984. I was the only one watching Roy on the telly! The others probably liked Killing Joke or Duran Duran more.

[k4fpred]

whos better?

[billbozeman57]

do you know the name of those two tunes he is playing on this video?

[ld68]

First one is instrumental adaption of James Brown's Night Train. Don't know the second.

[hearmecalling2]

@ld68 Second song is an old standard called 'Linda Lou*

[rick5653]

Just figured it out he had 6 fingers on his left and 5 on his right hand,just kidding guys

[FIRECRACKER392]

Mick Jagger could not hire ROY!!! HAHAHAHA,,,,RIGHT ON!

[jimpy419]

story goes roy asked mick if he could wear his hat to play live and mick replied "no people will think youre bald to which roy replied "I am bald" to which mick replied.."do you know mick taylors phone number?"

[PurpleAndZeppelin]

Rolling don't have the level to Roy. some are famous, Roy is good.

[micire]

SAW HIM LIVE. INCREDIBLE LOSS. DAVE

[wayne653042]

When it all said and done, it comes down to the players instincts. I think Roy Buchanan had the best instincts any musician could ask for. Instincts on that perfect tone, instincts on tasteful chops without going too far. More than any other guitar player this is the man to base your playing on. He simply was guided by the most incredible instincts.

There is no reason to go "faster or farther" than Roy Buchanan, but simply really listen to what he played and realize Roy was already "there".

[WHISKERYDICK]

Yes Sir!

[amoskowitz0103]

@wayne653042 Hey may, that's a great way to put it.

Too much overplaying these days.

I know it's heresy to say this, but sometimes Gatton used to overplay a little.

Emmons (steel) always overplayed! (but he was too drunk to know it!).

Check out Brent Mason - Mozart of modern guitar - tons of quick crisp notes, all in the right place.

Good comments dude.

[karennorwegian]

@wayne653042 Wow, Wayne! Beautifully written, You are a major music devotee!

[glasgowkiwi]

You know, I saw Roy Buchanan, Albert Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughan live on seperate occassions just before each of them died. I don't go to blues gigs any more.

[Fuzz0Lord]

no wonder they stopped dying. :P

[mistyk281]

!!!!!! WOW !!!! I love it !!

[mistyk281]

!!!!!! WOW !!!! I love it !!

[eraffel]

Thanks for posting! I've seen Roy Buchanan on three different occasions...twice at the Cleveland Agora, and once in Atlanta when he opened for John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers!

A true virtuoso. Thanks again!

[xJuulyx]

ik had nog nooit van hem gehoord,ik kwam hem tegen via you tube,en ik moet jullie zeggen hij is te gek. greets mustang sally

[bluescat59]

What a phenomenal soul. Much thanks to any and all who post these videos. I only got to see him once, in 1978 at Texas Opry House in Houston. I remember a drunken jerk ruining it by shouting out "Hey Joe" at every break, pissing off the Master and everyone else.

He is my fave of all time

[Dc328]

Man, the Texas Opry House! Haven't heard of that place for a long, long time. I used to live in the Montrose when there were a bunch of hippie freaks, and body painting salons. We used to go there to listen to good music cheap! I saw several people there for $1. It was a rough place back then with a backstop in front of the stage, just like the Blues Bros. movie. People used to throw bottles at it all the time! I wish Rowy would have been there when I lived there!

[bluescat59]

It was a great venue. Saw Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, and Bugs Henderson there as well.

[Dc328]

Yes it was. Is it still there??

[bluescat59]

Nope. Been gone a long time, at least twenty years, I would say.

[Dc328]

That's sad. I had tons of fun there, and you don't see many places like that anymore, at least I haven't found any. I guess the place lives on in our memories. Rock-n Roll Baby!

[bayouhazard]

@bluescat59 That reminds me of going to the Texas Opry house after Dickey Betts and Great Southern in 78. Dickey + band show up. Eventually they get up and play. They start "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and there's some woman in the band they're sitting in with who keeps vocalizing all over everything. Dickey gives her several nasty looks, but she just doesn't get it. He's about to start his solo and she just keeps going. He pus his guitar down and walks off. Broke my heart.

[oditz]

what a tone. unmistakeable

[Dc328]

I saw him live in Miami's Gusman Hall (perfect acousticals) in '74or '75 I think. He led for "Richie Blackmore's Rainbow" of Deep Purple fame. I only went to see Roy. What a show! He has and will always be my favorite guitrist. He is THE KING!

[sick80s]

Saw him in Ocean City,Md back in 78.One of the best showes ever. RIP Roy

[lothy59]

met him, seen him, adored him.. i lived very near to him dc area..live stock i thing is his best..billy price on vocals..this man IS the guitar god..

[slickike]

i'm with you human . roy is the best ever .

[gsasko]

Billy Price is from Pittsburgh and Roy played there a lot with Billy on vocals. Saw Roy at the old Heinz Hall. He was amazing player on a stripped down Tele and no pedals to speak of. Amazing virtuosity.

[fang666LSD]

Roy loved to play, it's apparent in every phase and note he plays. he was one of a kind. comparisons to others are daft. a measure of success is as varied as sands on a beach. to each his own. Roy played with fire. bless his heart. RIP Roy, you were the Tele's true spokesman......

[ImOnTheTube]

Hey don't forget about Albert Collins, the other true spokesman for the Tele. They were both passionate and incredible. Thout Id brought that up.

[ImOnTheTube]

bring that up**** :)

[fang666LSD]

Love the Iceman. yep he's incredible. "too many dirty dishes" blows my mind. actually I own a 66' Albert Collins Tele so that lets you know how much I agree with you there. *S*

[skipper8257]

A friend of mine and a great friend of the late and great Roy, Buzz Evans, wrote a song called Roy's Blues in his honor. Incredible song that I have on a personal cd given to me by Buzz.

[frasci68]

che spettacolo

[vacuumvibe]

Somebody said the eyes are the windows to the soul. In Roy's case it is his guitar playing. No theatrics, no physical emotion, it all comes out in his playing.

[kapacon]

Why do people always wonder why virtuoso guitar players never get commercial success? SRV did because he was a complete package--killer voice. Hendrix got there for the same reason--killer voice. No matter how fast you can rip through the scales, if you don't have the voice or the frontman with the voice, you'll only go so far. That's just the public for ya!

[shaikhymx]

You are so right....but then again..Ravi shankar is not a pretty one, nor many others...so..what is it? why success gets to some and others not?

[stringrip]

But blues has limited commercial rewards . SRV played rock as well as blues , plus he had a more flashy style and employed stage theatrics . Also he had influential people who helped him , before that he was playing bars . For a bluesman, Roy Buchanan was reasonably successful , international reputation , sold records and toured around world , thats not bad.

[kapacon]

No doubt, Roy did very well. I just think the public hears the voice and the whole package before they hear fantastic guitar playing with no voice. And as you pointed out, especially in the blues.

[stringrip]

RE Kapacon. This is true . But Roy Bucahanan was also shy and not into promoting himself . You are right ,being able to sing well is big advantage ,particularly in getting radio airplay , but on the other hand Jeff Beck mostly plays instrumental music and is successful . Also maybe Roy"s drug and alcahol problems kept him down too , unlike SRV he din't get on top of them.

[beachhutblues]

Ya know WHY Roy never got the commercial success he deserved?

Put it this way...imagine if he had a sharp suit and a quiff on in this video instead of looking like a bar bum.

Get it?

[stringrip]

RAY GOMEZ who played with Roy on some albums, deserves more success . If anyone has not seen it , check the video here of him playing "blues for Mez" , beautiful playing.

[BlueRoseRocketBand2]

The blues is the blues. Ain't for the fluff crowd. Nothing like a little bar somewhere

with a nice scooner of beer and some cat playing like this. The point is Success

is not always the goal. If it is then go to Wall st. Leave the playing to cats like this. Fame is lame!!!!

[Boghy90]

I love him.

[richs883lo]

thank you! don't know why it took me so long!!!!!

RIP!

[kticman62]

His wife Judy is responsible for taking off his content

It seems With her its all about the money and not caring about his fans she done the same to her son on his my space page

[randytoma]

If you want this entire concert on DVD, plus the 1976 Austin City Limits show, and the entire 1971 PBS Documentary, let me know.

[kticman62]

What a great hook up I would love to have a copy

Of the rockplest show e-mail me thanks kticman62

[bluezz99]

yea! id like them all,Roy is pretty dam good!

[tommad]

Heck Yeah!!!

[buxongs]

I haven't seen or heard anything about that PBS video since I saw it back in '71! Killer cool you have it:-)!

Do you have it on DVD?

Rock On!!:-D

[Hoeness56]

Huhuhu, I remember this Concert, but I was very drunk this night. Hi Mike, do you remember that concert too?

[wendellhoff]

Assholes removed most of Roy's other stuff from Youtube. Thanks dvdmoviefan1 for this clip.

[urankjj]

That was a cool vid ,and brought back more great memories of Roy, Thankx for the post,in fact, Thank Ya Veri Much!! R.I.P. Roy.

[liamsthings]

i saw roy at the dominion theatre in london, he was using just 1 guitar it was the same guitar as in this video he broke a string took a spare string out of his pocket and changed it on stage infront of the audience while the band played on and he was ready to play within half a minute. support act was martin stephenson and the dainteess roy was out of this world and obvoiusly didnt carry more than 1 guitar with him

[tornotic]

Saw Roy coast to coast and still miss him.