I still remember the day that the Fairfax County Sheriff's Dept let him hang himself. He was picked up on a drunk and disorderly, was depressed and had a history of mental illness. I guess they didn't know, and he was not on suicide watch. He hung himself in his cell. RIP, Roy.
Well, I am a fan of Jimi. A local Blues band from Buffalo,NY played this for me at my son Joe's B/D party on 7/2/11 and from time to time they do it again now. I have listened to recordings of some of the famous groups perform their own rendition of this song. But the way that Roy Buchanan makes it sound is just uncomparable!!
The great Roy Buchanan - The king of the Telecaster - No stomp boxes on his stage - Just pure guitar genius - Many players have come and gone but they all pay homage to Roy. Juiceman
@oloscience - I like Alvin however when you have people like Eric Clapton proclaiming that Roy was the "best in the world" that's hard to argue with. His manipulation of the tone and volume controls that produced the wah-wah effects a decade before the pedal was introduced also his pioneering of the pinched harmonic along with numerous other techniques puts Roy at the top of the ladder with Alvin climbing up but still a long way to go. Juiceman
@2Juiceman - as roy buchanan said at the "rockpalast" in germany, "there is no Number 1, but i gotta love you for thinking about it". oh, we definitely do think about it, all the time, roy.
I don't think he committed suicide. He was arrested for public intoxication in some small town -- in Virginia? -- and turned up dead the next morning. Nobody saw nothin'.
RIP Roy. No one has your style on earth. What an intense guitar player. Underrated and got so little air play. I learned of Roy when I was a teenager only because my cousin was in a band that played his tunes.
I have loved Jimi's version of this song for as long as I can remember. This version of this song is so fucking deep I can't even put it into words.Roy is a musical genius. This song puts me in total bliss.
I was there. Some bitch who came there with me I caught fucking some bum behind the stage, while Roy was doing this number. I shot her, I shot her dead. Down to the ground, I shot her. Then I made the bull dyke doing her swallow my cum. I'm in Mexico at this moment, having arrived from Argentina, and am looking at starting a high class whorehouse for the local cartel, as they seem to have been settling on diseased cunts up till now.
Im probably biased. This version is fucking awesome. I had to listen to jimi's version right after. At first I was convinced that this version had a little edge but jimi's version has such a fucking build up and it all climaxes in his solo. i can barely write this, my hands a shaking!!!!
I listen to and play a lot of music, and there are few songs that the artist truly bares his soul, and I feel this is one of them. It is sad yet beautiful, and is foreboding to Roy's tragic end. It is hard to find a bigger Jimi fan than myself; and it pains me to say, but this version kills his. Great rendition of this old song by the leaves... Bravo Roy, Bravo ;8p
I was working at the isle of wight festival and saw Hendrix perrform it was good but a few years later I was in saint Mary Abbots hospital chelsea recovering from an overdose of methadone valium and southern comfort but sadly hendrix came in the same night D.O.A (Mariane faithful Bexley hospital would understandl) you do not write these scripts, its all part of learning I moved ito Buddhim Thank GOD.
@THEREALD3AL - i saw my idol mid 1980's. i watched every note he played. i was deaf from the speakers by the 3rd song. roy just gave me his sweet, humble smile. he was to play the durham blues festival about 6 weeks later... when i called for tix the booking agent told me roy had been found dead, hanged in his jail cell in wa. d.c. - so, he has passed. watch bill graham's "intoducing roy buchanan" special.
the best version i ever herd. I like this more than jimis version. such a shame we lost roy years too early. Everything song he played was from his heart and soul and remade every song his own!!!!
Comparing Mr Clapton, Hendrix and Roy Buchanan is futile waste of time. Their music is each its own world, with its own followers who love them. Be still and know that I am the Blues...
Please?! the same techniques ?! where ?!? no body also today can do thesame JIMI' technique , because was not "technique , but DNA inside him. Also SRV, one of the more good and BIG bluesman of the STRATO life , was near but NOT thesame...never...also woth cover like voodoo chile , for say... ONLY one in all the world , is really the same, in body, show, VOICE, and ofcourse "sound" and DNA... RANDY HANSEN...and who not see him...MUST see before go away....Clapton?nothing to do with JIMI !
many exercise, same guitar, same equipment, same effects...ando also good hand...but you are ALWAYS far away to jimi... sorry, and don'r forget how played and move when play..NOT ONLY SOUND....and nobody before him madethose...
not DNA? meaby... meaby was not of this WORLD. Ofcourse that's story a reality not only my think..
Clapton? good one.. but dead later CREAM... only cd's for lady's...sure not RIGHT BLUES.
@jimizanei you know Cream with Eric Clapton on guitar was playing like that in 1966, the same year as Hendrix, they both popularised the wah-wah pedal
I know...in the white room , have a long wa solo, one of the clapton'best...
BUT jimi was play in another system...the body, the mind the "MAN" was totaly another...
Clapton was like a stone on the stage..LIKE MANY anothers in this "era".or little crazy (like WHO) but not much good to play really the guitar....HENDRIX in live, was the same the guitar was part of his body...he move, close the eyes, and play notes without touch the guitar...and have not copy to another. FANTASTIC
@jimizanei you just explained why jimi is more popular. i agree, i like jimi better. but they're still using the same scales and they're both limited to using their instrument. now, if we could look into their heads, i'm sure jimi would be A LOT different, but that's no wonder if you take a look at all the drugs he used lol.
@DennChooch I not talk about popolar...CLAPTON was sure more, more popolar of JIMI...
only later..and more later was dead..every body understad what GENIUS lose...
Drugs?! what? you think CLAPTON was meaby more "good boy" ?! eh,eh...British VIPS was 3 times more full od drugs and money about BLACK people from USA... ALCOOL & drugs like candys.. BLACKMOORE was swim in Jackdaniels whiskey. Jimi was burn "drug" he see and made something that nobody make before , and today also is INCREDIBLE!
@jimizanei i wish i knew what you were saying... i didn't get half of it. i think maybe if your english was a little better you'd understand i'm not trying to bring down jimi.
@dasnibba2001 sorry for you...FORTUNATLY the world is not in the had of WHO speak (and write) WELL only ENGLISH.... !!!! unfortunatly , when the people in the NET (and ONLY in the net ofcourse...) have nothing to say in thema... he begine with offensive words..., so not important IF I'm not a "teacher" of English...important I hear WERY well...and know Who is KILOMETERS over the anothers... =)
@jimizanei sorry but i really don't understand what's the sense of your reply. words can make big misunderstandings i think. i only want to tell you that is more than 20 years that i consider this version "the version" of HEY JOE. No one can overcome Roy! cheers
OK you are a BIG fan of ROY...but is more better whe play his music...OF hey Joe , better many another guitar player, and of course NOBODY in all the UNIVERS like JIMI... ROY (for me) hav not a big tecnic, I dont' like the telecaster sound , but I like also what he doit... nothing special but nice. THAT'S all...
In this version of heyjoe...the BEST is ONLY the HAMMOND background sound... ofcourse hammond IS hammond!
Roy, pure talent, pure sensibility,pure masterpiece, pure golden memory.Thank you for this wonderfull gift, and because I am French and english is not easy to me, I wil finish by saying: merci mille fois pour ta fabuleuse présence , sans oublier le merveilleux rory Gallagher!
@Jebbi1956 the first 30 seconds is the most memorable, expressive guitar work i know of.
i watched him play in upper marboro md. Mr. Buchanan was wearing a white suit, playing his ass off and standing straight up and down and stationary. glad i had the chance to see him.
saw him @ 1988 at the Richfield, Ohio Holiday Inn, Barney Googles. GREAT show, got him to autograph my 1976 Cleveland AGORA ticket I still had from him NOT showing up for 2 shows he has scheduled and rescheduled that year. The roadie told me Roy rarely autographed anything at the time. I got him to sign my ticket that nite tho....LOTS of tequila at that show !!!
The guitar playing here is phenomenal but I have a problem with this version when all the other instruments drop out of the mix around 2:45. It just seems a bit ostentatious - it puts the guitar playing on a pedestal at the expense of the overall feel and mood of the song.
@kurtisloew44 Maybe they fudged it during his awesome solo. Who knows? :) It certainly would have sounded better if there was an actual stop rather the dude on the mixing desk playing around. Who was it? He should have known better really, even if it was Roy after the recording.
At this point I will shut my moth$rfu*£ing mouth in case of repercussions from Upset of YouTube :)
@kurtisloew442:45 in seemed to be an excellent look into Joe's mental state caused buy the violent act, i believe the Guitar alone summed it up perfectly, thats what i hear.
@kurtisloew44 Ostentatious? I never thought of it that way. It does sound as if the tuning out of the other instuments may have been done by the sound technicians after the song was recorded. But listen to that guitar just before 2:45, it is crying out from the depths of Buchanan's deep soul. It seems almost impolite to let the other instruments intrude on such a moment. I can see where you are coming from, however and respect your interpretation.
Oh how he made that guitar sing it's song (and what a song!). Roy really knew (and not many do) how to convey his emotions into his music. Just wonderful.
Oh how he made that guitar sing it's song (and what a song!). Roy really new (and not many do) how to convey his emotions into his music. Just wonderful.
Man...whatever happened to Roy? Never hear anything about him any more. I gotta dig up my old LP's. I'd love to get a recording of this, that's for sure. Damn, he's good..
@misterwunderfull123 Yeah, I found that out, and I guess there's some big thing about maybe he killed himself, maybe the police did it, etc. What a drag. What a talent he was. R.I.P., Roy.
i listened to clapton, duane allman, bloomfield, derek trucks, and many others. but i never thought i would find another guitarist who could inspire me. roy buchanan rocks!!
Thanks for posting this! LEGEND. I was lucky enough to see him in NZ not long before he died. Unreal! I've never seen a guitarist play with such ferocity and feeling as he did, yet look so calm and sad and tortured all at once. Only Hendrix played with that kind of feeling. IMO. What a loss. What a god.
Wow, bursting with soul. What a bender to the strings... he is found deep in the biting licks. One of the very best. Right up there with 'When a Guitar Sings the Blues". He was Hendrix' main man.
The earliest known commercial recording of this song is the late 1965 single by the Los Angeles garage band, The Leaves, and then jimi hendrix made a cover later!
Have been looking for this version for 30 years.......thanks......Gotta be one of the greatest examples of string stretching in the history of...uh..well....string....
Which version was first? Roy's or Jimi's? Because some people here say hey! this is better than jimi's! But if jimi's was first, i see much of his influence into this. God bless them both!
r.i.p. roy
watthefuuuck 2 hours ago
Oh Roy, you beautiful beautiful man. Another Legend taken from us far too soon!
Sparta2310 3 days ago
I still remember the day that the Fairfax County Sheriff's Dept let him hang himself. He was picked up on a drunk and disorderly, was depressed and had a history of mental illness. I guess they didn't know, and he was not on suicide watch. He hung himself in his cell. RIP, Roy.
t44e6 1 week ago
Heaven :)
neodog1 1 week ago
Well, I am a fan of Jimi. A local Blues band from Buffalo,NY played this for me at my son Joe's B/D party on 7/2/11 and from time to time they do it again now. I have listened to recordings of some of the famous groups perform their own rendition of this song. But the way that Roy Buchanan makes it sound is just uncomparable!!
OneDawgOne66 2 weeks ago
The great Roy Buchanan - The king of the Telecaster - No stomp boxes on his stage - Just pure guitar genius - Many players have come and gone but they all pay homage to Roy. Juiceman
2Juiceman 2 weeks ago
@2Juiceman ...the king of Telecaster is Alvin Lee :-)
oloscience 5 days ago
@oloscience - I like Alvin however when you have people like Eric Clapton proclaiming that Roy was the "best in the world" that's hard to argue with. His manipulation of the tone and volume controls that produced the wah-wah effects a decade before the pedal was introduced also his pioneering of the pinched harmonic along with numerous other techniques puts Roy at the top of the ladder with Alvin climbing up but still a long way to go. Juiceman
2Juiceman 4 days ago
@2Juiceman - as roy buchanan said at the "rockpalast" in germany, "there is no Number 1, but i gotta love you for thinking about it". oh, we definitely do think about it, all the time, roy.
Floridabred1 1 day ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Roy Buchanan
You hear the solo lines Jimi stole from this version. I love shit like that, to actually hear the inspiration handed from one to another!
krigden1 2 weeks ago
Roy left us way too young. Dying in jail, man - what a horrible injustice. I always loved his playing.
BostonRocker51 3 weeks ago
Roy ...under rated Greatness
susanangelika 3 weeks ago
Long Live Roy...R.I.P.
SuperStuey2 1 month ago
I don't think he committed suicide. He was arrested for public intoxication in some small town -- in Virginia? -- and turned up dead the next morning. Nobody saw nothin'.
TurtleWeasle 1 month ago
@TurtleWeasle ...probably killed him just like they did Jimi..he didnt overdose
susanangelika 3 weeks ago
I like jimi's song version more but this is also a great piece.
FrozenCrewGr 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
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zachNewYork 1 month ago
2 people have no clue!!!
marto880 1 month ago
RIP Roy. No one has your style on earth. What an intense guitar player. Underrated and got so little air play. I learned of Roy when I was a teenager only because my cousin was in a band that played his tunes.
marto880 1 month ago
d a m n
paddie3535 1 month ago
Great guitar. But now it's clear to me why he isn't better known- he can't sing.
auramac 1 month ago
@auramac Past tense: wasn't, couldn't. Roy took his own life some time ago.
Personally, I think his guitar did enough singing for him.
newaccountdebzbd 1 month ago
I'm completly addicted to this song... this is one of the best versions i ever heard. Amazing! Jimi will live in us forever. Ty Jimi!
Anecphya 1 month ago
Idid get the privalidge of seeing him live in Auckland NZ late 70's am i right?frickinihg brilliant
87danyboi 1 month ago
Y.!OU WON'T TO GET TO SEE ROY LIVE HE'S DEAD
87danyboi 1 month ago
Great!
grosper 1 month ago
Great guitar work
SuperLeadguitar 1 month ago
@Dbalx That's What I am Here For - Produced in 1974
spmontgomery 2 months ago
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spmontgomery 2 months ago
makes me miss my old Tele
HendrixString 2 months ago
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LOVE THIS!
Check my channel out as well (click on my name) and see/hear me play guitar!
BrockDavisson1978 2 months ago
It's not an acquired taste, it's a tribute to the human "condition".
couerl 2 months ago
tears of joy, the most beautiful thing i have ever heard
shaka7611 2 months ago
@shaka7611 it sure is
SuperLeadguitar 1 month ago
F'in unreal...this man is a legend
gopheeer 2 months ago
This man is capable of choking out some of the sweetest notes i have ever heard. What a man!!!!
staleyismissed 2 months ago 2
Your backhanded compliment to J. Hendrix for having made "Hey Joe" popular is less subtle than you perhaps realized at the time you wrote it.
dantean 3 months ago
It was hard to digest the part at 2:59 when he let loose, i guess its an acquired taste to appreciate that part.
But the silent start and the progression was perfect. Just perfect.
IdioZeRo 3 months ago
Mmmmm..... So smooth....
heymama1 3 months ago
Thanks for posting this jwel. One of the best players of all time, and a wonderful blues man too
woland64 3 months ago
two thums down? what the fuck is going on here? how can somebody with a feeling for music dislike this absolutely brilliant version???
djangoherbert 3 months ago
its a fuckin mess
kenjajesfeelit 3 months ago
For u youngsters, many people consider this guy the greatest guitarist ever.
rodgilbert 3 months ago in playlist 1960's
Holy fucking shit! Never heard of Roy Buchanan but he is sure as hell on my radar now! AMAZING!
streetjustice 3 months ago
I have loved Jimi's version of this song for as long as I can remember. This version of this song is so fucking deep I can't even put it into words.Roy is a musical genius. This song puts me in total bliss.
MikeC1924 3 months ago in playlist MikeC1924's favorites
who did this song originally? love this version.
6789drummerboy 3 months ago
@6789drummerboy
Billy Roberts gets the credit, according to Wkipedia. I didn't know either, so I had to look it up.
ukeukeaduke 2 months ago
@6789drummerboy tim rose
Dbalx 2 months ago
N°1
MrBosco21 4 months ago
Roy's version is just so beautiful it makes me cry :')
CaptainDickweedJr 4 months ago
I was there. Some bitch who came there with me I caught fucking some bum behind the stage, while Roy was doing this number. I shot her, I shot her dead. Down to the ground, I shot her. Then I made the bull dyke doing her swallow my cum. I'm in Mexico at this moment, having arrived from Argentina, and am looking at starting a high class whorehouse for the local cartel, as they seem to have been settling on diseased cunts up till now.
FuckngBastard 4 months ago
@FuckngBastard wow, that's some story! I saw Roy at the Crossroads roadhouse in Maryland in '68. Awesome.
aucksmix 4 months ago
Im probably biased. This version is fucking awesome. I had to listen to jimi's version right after. At first I was convinced that this version had a little edge but jimi's version has such a fucking build up and it all climaxes in his solo. i can barely write this, my hands a shaking!!!!
strongf 4 months ago
I don't quite like this as much as Hendrix version, but hey, it's a good version.
snakeweirdo 4 months ago
I listen to and play a lot of music, and there are few songs that the artist truly bares his soul, and I feel this is one of them. It is sad yet beautiful, and is foreboding to Roy's tragic end. It is hard to find a bigger Jimi fan than myself; and it pains me to say, but this version kills his. Great rendition of this old song by the leaves... Bravo Roy, Bravo ;8p
brcarter1111 5 months ago
those solos were... some the best i heard. not just technically. Its just sets the whole mood. I mean jesus
Baseballplayinty 5 months ago
WOW first time ive ever heard this version. bravo unbelievably beautiful
gravitysuxz 5 months ago 2
A great guitar performer who sadly died and lost forever as a result of police brutality in a prison cell
Edibloke 5 months ago
A great guitar performer who sadly died and lost forever as a result of police brutality in a prison cell
Edibloke 5 months ago
@Edibloke FTP
bugajozsi11 5 months ago
brought tears to my eyes. some of the most expressive playing i've ever heard.
DennChooch 5 months ago 7
voodoo chile, little wing?
openarms1517 6 months ago
I was working at the isle of wight festival and saw Hendrix perrform it was good but a few years later I was in saint Mary Abbots hospital chelsea recovering from an overdose of methadone valium and southern comfort but sadly hendrix came in the same night D.O.A (Mariane faithful Bexley hospital would understandl) you do not write these scripts, its all part of learning I moved ito Buddhim Thank GOD.
niceonemicky 7 months ago
which album is this on?
SKAuthenticDank 7 months ago
@SKAuthenticDank ,....its on the thats what im here for disc....the whole album is amazing as is roy buchanan
mmusicman11 5 months ago
Thank god for YouTube . I would have never heard this without it. I can't stop listening to this song. Great job realdeal !
LYSE30 7 months ago 18
@LYSE30 you said it man!
strongf 4 months ago
Oh yeah...and there are definately videos of him playing this song...very impressive. I loved Roy
1satisfiedmind 7 months ago
Has Joe Bonamassa ever covered this song?
rottmannash 7 months ago
@rottmannash Not that I'm aware of. If you ever get the chance to see him live, you will not be disappointed.
THEREALD3AL 7 months ago 5
@THEREALD3AL ya like at the crossroads. EVERYONE should be there. 2013. be there.
CantDenyDime 1 month ago
@THEREALD3AL for sure..
susanangelika 3 weeks ago
@THEREALD3AL - i saw my idol mid 1980's. i watched every note he played. i was deaf from the speakers by the 3rd song. roy just gave me his sweet, humble smile. he was to play the durham blues festival about 6 weeks later... when i called for tix the booking agent told me roy had been found dead, hanged in his jail cell in wa. d.c. - so, he has passed. watch bill graham's "intoducing roy buchanan" special.
Floridabred1 1 day ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Roy Buchanan
@rottmannash He shouldn't Noone can touch this Sorry Bonamassa is a Legend, but Buchanan is a God; don't disrespect him with that, I beg youuuu
TheFender52 4 months ago
0 people are idio... oh.
abcdefh1992 8 months ago
ROY IS THE MAN!!!!!! BAD ASS GUITAR PLAYER!!!!!!
yz426er 8 months ago
the best version i ever herd. I like this more than jimis version. such a shame we lost roy years too early. Everything song he played was from his heart and soul and remade every song his own!!!!
socoant2 8 months ago
Comparing Mr Clapton, Hendrix and Roy Buchanan is futile waste of time. Their music is each its own world, with its own followers who love them. Be still and know that I am the Blues...
Glaeken1961 8 months ago
very nice but to much "Clapton" mode.. and nothing of "jimi STRATO sound"....
jimizanei 8 months ago
@jimizanei you do know jimi and clapton basicly use the same techniques right? as do a million other famous guitarists? still, it's an amazing song.
DennChooch 8 months ago
Please?! the same techniques ?! where ?!? no body also today can do thesame JIMI' technique , because was not "technique , but DNA inside him. Also SRV, one of the more good and BIG bluesman of the STRATO life , was near but NOT thesame...never...also woth cover like voodoo chile , for say... ONLY one in all the world , is really the same, in body, show, VOICE, and ofcourse "sound" and DNA... RANDY HANSEN...and who not see him...MUST see before go away....Clapton?nothing to do with JIMI !
jimizanei 8 months ago
@jimizanei I can hear you like Jimi. Sorry to say his guitarneck had nothing to do with his DNA.
DennChooch 8 months ago
@DennChooch
many exercise, same guitar, same equipment, same effects...ando also good hand...but you are ALWAYS far away to jimi... sorry, and don'r forget how played and move when play..NOT ONLY SOUND....and nobody before him madethose...
not DNA? meaby... meaby was not of this WORLD. Ofcourse that's story a reality not only my think..
Clapton? good one.. but dead later CREAM... only cd's for lady's...sure not RIGHT BLUES.
jimizanei 8 months ago
@jimizanei you know Cream with Eric Clapton on guitar was playing like that in 1966, the same year as Hendrix, they both popularised the wah-wah pedal
cheeseppuff 8 months ago
@cheeseppuff
I know...in the white room , have a long wa solo, one of the clapton'best...
BUT jimi was play in another system...the body, the mind the "MAN" was totaly another...
Clapton was like a stone on the stage..LIKE MANY anothers in this "era".or little crazy (like WHO) but not much good to play really the guitar....HENDRIX in live, was the same the guitar was part of his body...he move, close the eyes, and play notes without touch the guitar...and have not copy to another. FANTASTIC
jimizanei 8 months ago
@jimizanei you just explained why jimi is more popular. i agree, i like jimi better. but they're still using the same scales and they're both limited to using their instrument. now, if we could look into their heads, i'm sure jimi would be A LOT different, but that's no wonder if you take a look at all the drugs he used lol.
DennChooch 8 months ago
@DennChooch I not talk about popolar...CLAPTON was sure more, more popolar of JIMI...
only later..and more later was dead..every body understad what GENIUS lose...
Drugs?! what? you think CLAPTON was meaby more "good boy" ?! eh,eh...British VIPS was 3 times more full od drugs and money about BLACK people from USA... ALCOOL & drugs like candys.. BLACKMOORE was swim in Jackdaniels whiskey. Jimi was burn "drug" he see and made something that nobody make before , and today also is INCREDIBLE!
jimizanei 8 months ago
@jimizanei i wish i knew what you were saying... i didn't get half of it. i think maybe if your english was a little better you'd understand i'm not trying to bring down jimi.
DennChooch 8 months ago
really a legend!
thanks for sharing
dasnibba2001 8 months ago
@dasnibba2001 sorry for you...FORTUNATLY the world is not in the had of WHO speak (and write) WELL only ENGLISH.... !!!! unfortunatly , when the people in the NET (and ONLY in the net ofcourse...) have nothing to say in thema... he begine with offensive words..., so not important IF I'm not a "teacher" of English...important I hear WERY well...and know Who is KILOMETERS over the anothers... =)
jimizanei 8 months ago
@jimizanei sorry but i really don't understand what's the sense of your reply. words can make big misunderstandings i think. i only want to tell you that is more than 20 years that i consider this version "the version" of HEY JOE. No one can overcome Roy! cheers
dasnibba2001 8 months ago
@dasnibba2001
OK you are a BIG fan of ROY...but is more better whe play his music...OF hey Joe , better many another guitar player, and of course NOBODY in all the UNIVERS like JIMI... ROY (for me) hav not a big tecnic, I dont' like the telecaster sound , but I like also what he doit... nothing special but nice. THAT'S all...
In this version of heyjoe...the BEST is ONLY the HAMMOND background sound... ofcourse hammond IS hammond!
jimizanei 8 months ago
Tim Rose does a good version as well as Jimi. But this is just unreal.Roy is a true legend.
LYSE30 8 months ago
It not how many notes you use its what you do with them.
TrainingStream 8 months ago
GIMPLE
peonwarrior 8 months ago
simplemente , THE BEST !!!!!!
AdRy19961 9 months ago
amazing...
heymama1 9 months ago
Its wonderful-thanks for posting it
jk140461 9 months ago
This is from the album " That's what I am Here For"
underdogg705 10 months ago
used to listen to this when i was a kid and now my kids are listening to it and loving it
MsBub74 10 months ago
ues to listen to this when i was a kid and now my kids are listening to it and loving it
MsBub74 10 months ago
the master of guiter - blues - thanks
royjimi 10 months ago
like the piano in the background , and roy is a real badass :)
mightymax1992 10 months ago
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mightymax1992 10 months ago
Roy, pure talent, pure sensibility,pure masterpiece, pure golden memory.Thank you for this wonderfull gift, and because I am French and english is not easy to me, I wil finish by saying: merci mille fois pour ta fabuleuse présence , sans oublier le merveilleux rory Gallagher!
piandey 10 months ago
I was just told about this man today. My God. Fantastic is all I can say.
msk195850 10 months ago
the reason jimi hendrix's verion is the best is that it sounds the most dramatic, imo. the back vocals on the album version make it too great.
LfunkeyA 10 months ago
Have always loved this guy!!!
Jebbi1956 11 months ago 3
@Jebbi1956 the first 30 seconds is the most memorable, expressive guitar work i know of.
i watched him play in upper marboro md. Mr. Buchanan was wearing a white suit, playing his ass off and standing straight up and down and stationary. glad i had the chance to see him.
mvagusta750 11 months ago 8
@mvagusta750... I never got to see him play. How cool that you did. Many blessings to you, friend.
Jebbi1956 11 months ago
saw him @ 1988 at the Richfield, Ohio Holiday Inn, Barney Googles. GREAT show, got him to autograph my 1976 Cleveland AGORA ticket I still had from him NOT showing up for 2 shows he has scheduled and rescheduled that year. The roadie told me Roy rarely autographed anything at the time. I got him to sign my ticket that nite tho....LOTS of tequila at that show !!!
cb3961 11 months ago
Much better cover then I expected, but I prefer Hendrix's version to be honest.
joezetank 11 months ago 2
from "the leaves", i believe.
only claim to fame.
54taqiyya 11 months ago
If anyone could play like this knock it .
joebstarsurfer 11 months ago
The guitar playing here is phenomenal but I have a problem with this version when all the other instruments drop out of the mix around 2:45. It just seems a bit ostentatious - it puts the guitar playing on a pedestal at the expense of the overall feel and mood of the song.
- Just some constructive criticism.
kurtisloew44 1 year ago
@kurtisloew44 shut your motherfucking mouth.
onlyawolfmaylive 1 year ago
@onlyawolfmaylive
He was making a point - and your comeback is weak
JamEcono1 1 year ago
@kurtisloew44 Maybe they fudged it during his awesome solo. Who knows? :) It certainly would have sounded better if there was an actual stop rather the dude on the mixing desk playing around. Who was it? He should have known better really, even if it was Roy after the recording.
At this point I will shut my moth$rfu*£ing mouth in case of repercussions from Upset of YouTube :)
MalquiLans 11 months ago
@kurtisloew44 2:45 in seemed to be an excellent look into Joe's mental state caused buy the violent act, i believe the Guitar alone summed it up perfectly, thats what i hear.
mvagusta750 11 months ago
@kurtisloew44 Ostentatious? I never thought of it that way. It does sound as if the tuning out of the other instuments may have been done by the sound technicians after the song was recorded. But listen to that guitar just before 2:45, it is crying out from the depths of Buchanan's deep soul. It seems almost impolite to let the other instruments intrude on such a moment. I can see where you are coming from, however and respect your interpretation.
Muskratrowdy2 6 months ago
One of his best
SuperLeadguitar 1 year ago
Saw this cat in L.A. in the early 80's. By far the best guitar player EVER!!!
visdial 1 year ago
@visdial You are spot on. Roy was the best ever.
sellitman 11 months ago
What record is this from _ SUPERB version of all known song
wsublov 1 year ago
glad youtube exsists abd by the way wht an AAAAAAAwsome solo
virajrocking 1 year ago
soul medicine right there! thanks for sharing! peace
Dongabhana 1 year ago
Oh how he made that guitar sing it's song (and what a song!). Roy really knew (and not many do) how to convey his emotions into his music. Just wonderful.
spmontgomery 1 year ago
Oh how he made that guitar sing it's song (and what a song!). Roy really new (and not many do) how to convey his emotions into his music. Just wonderful.
spmontgomery 1 year ago
Man...whatever happened to Roy? Never hear anything about him any more. I gotta dig up my old LP's. I'd love to get a recording of this, that's for sure. Damn, he's good..
danrenewed 1 year ago
@danrenewed Roy's Dead!
misterwunderfull123 1 year ago
@misterwunderfull123 Yeah, I found that out, and I guess there's some big thing about maybe he killed himself, maybe the police did it, etc. What a drag. What a talent he was. R.I.P., Roy.
danrenewed 1 year ago
i listened to clapton, duane allman, bloomfield, derek trucks, and many others. but i never thought i would find another guitarist who could inspire me. roy buchanan rocks!!
wholeinmytree 1 year ago
This hand is guided by God. Terribly great.
prunaca 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this! LEGEND. I was lucky enough to see him in NZ not long before he died. Unreal! I've never seen a guitarist play with such ferocity and feeling as he did, yet look so calm and sad and tortured all at once. Only Hendrix played with that kind of feeling. IMO. What a loss. What a god.
daverlb 1 year ago
The best verzion of this song!!!
bobopope9 1 year ago
Wow, bursting with soul. What a bender to the strings... he is found deep in the biting licks. One of the very best. Right up there with 'When a Guitar Sings the Blues". He was Hendrix' main man.
lightlyone 1 year ago
it is from the 'that is what im here for ' album..i have it..its so good too
meandmaria25 1 year ago
jimi hendrix is better
johnny2x4x2 1 year ago
The earliest known commercial recording of this song is the late 1965 single by the Los Angeles garage band, The Leaves, and then jimi hendrix made a cover later!
lisfub 1 year ago
mowambo says; WOW.
mowambo1 1 year ago
ty ty ty ty so much for this ...... i hadn't heard this version until now ....... long live the Master!!!
shaunthewood 1 year ago
Yea, Roy was one of greatest ! Miss him
playlikemicktaylor 1 year ago
this man was a truly genius......what a loss....
emmy84d 1 year ago
Astonishing
baaford 1 year ago
@baaford this was a great great version roy left us to early dave.b
TheStabilo321 1 year ago
Does anyone , anyone at all know where I can find the best unknown guitarist in the world, download or cash???
Please its driving me mad trying to find it.
cityslickereind 1 year ago
Yikes ! ! ! Busy fingers ! ! ! !
owlgulch 1 year ago
Unbelievable, amazing, awesome, fantastic, unreal. The contrast between the screaming Telecaster and Roy's singing is just amazing.
Check the live version of this song.
SuperSolaris 1 year ago
Esaltante!!!
Pietroprog 1 year ago
People who can do that kind of thing with a guitar are one step closer to god, no doubt
KrauseVet 1 year ago
Have been looking for this version for 30 years.......thanks......Gotta be one of the greatest examples of string stretching in the history of...uh..well....string....
verdurenoire 1 year ago
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verdurenoire 1 year ago
This guy is THEREALD3AL
harrydoxisthechubaca 1 year ago
I heard Roy perform this live (many times with Billy Price) in the Pittsburgh area in the 70s. Thanks for the memories!!!!!!!!!!
heyitsnick21 1 year ago
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mscintiazucchi 1 year ago
Roy just reaches into my soul and tears it apart.
bluseyg 1 year ago
Although there are alot of live versions of this out there this is my favorite because it is a track from an album I had way back in the day.
stacykotowski 1 year ago
I had forgotten about Roy's version. The man is on fire!!! RIP, Roy.
SiderealLight 1 year ago
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
ccumm 1 year ago 12
@ccumm Glad I could share!
THEREALD3AL 1 year ago
@THEREALD3AL what album is this from btw?
thx man!!
ccumm 1 year ago
@ccumm This is one of the best performing I ever heard of this song “Hey Joe” original written and performed by Billy Roberts.
ajdontknow 1 year ago
@ajdontknow "Hey Joe" is actually a folk song. Roberts only claimed copyright for it in 1962, but there's no proof that he wrote the song.
TravisTrixta85 1 year ago
@ajdontknow
Hey joe is an american traditional song, can't be traced to any creator much like alot of the old blues-tunes.
tvrulesnation 1 year ago
es una buena cancion da igual kien toca tiene mucho estilo e parce un carnaval de armonia de los ke no cedan escuchalo bien aver si nos entendemos
ihab101010 10 months ago
@ccumm FUCK!
is this real?
blew my balls off
thanks uploader x
neodog1 9 months ago
shocking good. Slash did a smooth remake, but this is off the F*ing hook, thanks for uploading
ccumm 1 year ago
shocking good. Slash did a smooth remake, but this is off the F*ing hook
ccumm 1 year ago
Good but hendrix's is better I think..But don't get me wrong or get mad me, I like this.
mewnessbro 1 year ago
Which version was first? Roy's or Jimi's? Because some people here say hey! this is better than jimi's! But if jimi's was first, i see much of his influence into this. God bless them both!
destihado1 1 year ago
this is awesome quality, i had the snake stretchers and it was not this quality! thanks!
54taqiyya 1 year ago
havent heard of roy buchanan up until very recently. glad i heard of him. one of the best hey joe covers i've ever had the pleasure of hearing
profgrowop 1 year ago
i heard this version first then was a bit disappointed with jimi's!
mahtay2000 1 year ago