beat to DEATH by rotten hellbound cops !!!!! in the land of the free no less .....why does the land of the free have prison inmates than any country on EARTH !! BAR NONE OTHERS....IS THERE A FUCKED UP LOGIC HERE IN THE land of the fee's
Seen Roy at the Schaeffer Music Festival in Central Park back in 75. I remember him acting a little overwelmed from the warm welcome he received and actually saying to himself "Roy, you made it!"
How can Rolling Stone justify his omission from the top 100? I mean Paul Simon makes the list? Paul Simon is a singer and songwriter first, guitarist second. Willie Nelson exact same. Mike Campbell? Why not Keith Scott if we're taking side men? No way are Leslie West or Johnny Winter better then Roy either, no way. Mike Bloomfield is never as important as Roy either. Annoys me. And Derek Trucks at #16... laughable when guys like Roy, Setzer and Gary Moore are not even listed. Call the cops.
@Gonzoidzz Puh-leeze....not the cops! Those omissions deserve at least the County Mounties and forty days in the hole! It's sickening, yes. And the ones left out of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are also sickening. There is no explanation for it, except to remind you that there is no shortage of buttheads in this world.
@exotool i'm sorry to hear that you think that was'nt Roy's best playing , indeed i don.t think i ever heard him play any thing but his best the man was a legend!! God Bless Him.
I hate to even post this but get your facts straight Theironicidiot.
The facts:
He was found hanged from his own shirt in a jail cell on 14 August 1988 in the Fairfax County, Virginia Jail. According to Jerry Hentman, who was in a cell nearby Buchanan's, the Deputy Sheriff opened the door early in the morning and found Buchanan with the shirt around his neck.
I remembered when he died, what a shame, him and Danny Gatton both.
@hatman231 yea thats the OFFICIAL STORYLINE ! WE KNOW BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT COPS WOULD NEVER LIE FOR EACH OTHER ,AYE.......HOW MUCH TIME OFF DID THIS STOOGE "jerry hentman" GET FOR LYING ? ROY SMOKED WEED AND DID OTHER THINGS ---HE ALSO HAD NO RESPECT FOR THE NAZIS THAT CONTROL THINGS..ROYS ATTITUDE GOT HIM KILLED ---THE SAME ATTITUDE THAT FOUNDED THIS COUNTRY .....WHAT IS IT --YOUR DAD ? UNCLE THAT WAS ACCUSED OF THIS MURDER....THE COVERUP CONTINUES WITH THEIR KIDS
@D28JB THE PROOF BE IN THE VIDEOS OF THE COPS BEATING UP AMERICANS ........THEY HAVE A 90 YEAR OLD WOMEN IN JAIL IN hall county ,ga as we comment RIGHT NOW ---she got 30 days for not kissin the police states ass.....HER YARD THAT SHE OWNS IS MESSY AND HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED UP ! GO CHECK MY WORDS OUT....Then go fuck your silly ass BACK TO SLEEP , BOY !
The Maryland POLICE BEAT ROY TO DEATH IN A JAIL CELL WHILE HE WAS IN THEIR CUSTODY .......HE SMOKED POT ! THEY GAVE HIM THE DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE HE COULD NEVER KISS ANOTHER MANS ASS !
saw roy in springfield ma said he had to piss comes on stage with a bottle of beer drinks it up then , proceded to use the bottle as a slide nothing more cool
And don't forget to visit Doctor Noe's Smooth Gadget (Google it - it's my web site) for the only in-studio high-quality digital interview Roy ever made before he died ... recorded by Yours Truly Noe the G
Marty Scorsese told me when I interviewed him for the Hollywood Reporter ... about choosing Roy Buchanan's rendition of "Sweet Dreams" for the soundtrack of "The Departed": " 'Sweet Dreams' is like a theme that goes through the picture. The downbeat in the beginning of the song, the way Buchanan plays it, is so melancholy and so powerful that I thought, here's a perfect place for it, at the end of this movie -- so I put it there."
@dodger19701 nothing like carlos, if i was to compare him to anyone it would be david gilmour, carlos is more like peter green, and he even admits to greens influence.
I guess the most sincere form of praise is imitation,as copied by many. My favorite being Gary Moore (who idolised Roys pinch harmonics) with Parisian Walkways. May they both live long in our collections.
Read Roy's excellent biography, "American Axe." (It's available from amazon.) Roy had once before tried to hang himself in jail. He had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse (and belligerence toward cops). There's little doubt the cops roughed him up, but it's highly doubtful they killed him.
saw him around 85 in dalaas at the Fast and Cool club...sat right in front of him, less than ten feet away. The man could play effortlessly above the fretboard|! Best song he did that night was Down by the River
Snuck into Armadillo World HQ, Austin Tx in 1974 when I was 15 and saw Roy. I had never really heard of him and was completely, completely blown away! What that man could do with simple guitar and amp was so ahead of his time. Shame he left us so soon! Thanks for posting these clips lee32uk you have brought back some great memories of a truly magical night many years ago :-)
Robbie was Scorsese's music supervisor on "The Departed" This is from my interview with Marty: " 'Sweet Dreams' is like a theme that goes through the picture," says Marty, "The downbeat in the beginning of the song, the way Buchanan plays it, is so melancholy and so powerful that I thought, here's a perfect place for it, at the end of this movie -- so I put it there."
obbie was Scorsese's music supervisor on "The Departed" This is from my interview with Marty: " 'Sweet Dreams' is like a theme that goes through the picture," says Marty, "The downbeat in the beginning of the song, the way Buchanan plays it, is so melancholy and so powerful that I thought, here's a perfect place for it, at the end of this movie -- so I put it there."
roy is god!! fuck the bastards who killed this hero! i don,t believe in suicide. the cops just used the fact that he tried to kill himself as an excuse. so that they could get away with it. it pisses me off. and it was so long ago. for example mike bloomfield, he took an overdose. that,s his own fault. it,s horrible, but his own choise. roy was taken from us. by the people who should keep the country safe from criminals. fuck that!! Roy, wherever you are, you'never walk alone!!!
This guy was an unbelievable guitarist ... One of my favorite albums of his was MY BABE, not the song My Babe, the album.... Could someone please post the songs from that. They would get so many hits...it's a little different than the masterpieces we have here...it's rock music, really some good stuff. I've tried to post it but I can't figure out how to do it right...
this was the best part of the departed besides being filmed here in mass the best state in the union if your from clinton that is ,thats pride showing all you immigrants who ain't from clinton mass worcester aint so bad either
this was the best part of the departed besides being filmed here in mass the best state in the union if your from clinton that is ,thats pride showing all you immigrants who ain't from clinton mass
@Harry427 Yes, this live version is a bit more mellow and more honky-tonkish than the original recording played at the end of The Departed, but it is just as brialliant.
One of the masters at String Bending? I'd say he's one of the Masters at guitar. He doesn't play according to scales, he plays according to emotion and badassery. You see that hammering on and pulling off? If he kept doing that with more distortion he could be a Metal Band's Guitarist.
Can anybody tell me if Roy started on some level shredding? i'm not sure when he was most active etc but he definitely does what can be classified as shredding on some songs (eg Hey Joe)
Amazing! This is the first time I have heard Roy's playing! I recently bought a Guitar World issue from June 1988 for the Yngwie cover article, and there is a great interview with Roy. Thanks for posting this vid!
I love this song and Roy Buchanan. My son is a 50 year old S. California "rocker" and guitarist. He says the band part is a piece of cake to do but Roy is pure magic with the guitar and he hasn't been able to figure it out yet. I want it exactly like this except 2-3 time longer. Dear ol' Dad is still a beach bum!!
Is his fretboard made of glass? I know bands, like As Cities Burn, had glass on the surface of their fretboards, and it made that same reverb-y sound that Roy got in this video.
We just sat there aghast. It was some of the best playing I've ever heard... He defied the laws of verse-chorus-verse and just blazed. -- JEFF BECK
Roy Buchanan and Jimi Hendrix has some things in common. Roy was one of the creators of the pioneers of innovating sounds. It seemed as though I was hearing them come first from Roy Buchanan. -- LES PAUL
check out the book Roy Buchanan: American Axe By Phil Carson -- Google Books lets you read the first 26 pages free...
I saw RB soon after the PBS special broadcast in the 70's in a club in Queens under the Elevated train in Sunnyside...... and The Ramones were the opening act ....Roy was the greatest guitarist of his time and he was on fire....it almost made up for me not seeing Jimi before he passed......
damn this is good! brilliant guitarist, i really want to learn after seeing this and some stones stuff and jimi hendrix! have only really started learning about roy and his music the last few weeks (due to me being young as well) after i watched "the departed" last week where they played this at the end. instantly liked it!
quality!
RIP roy, this world and music lost a legend when you went!
Thanks so much to lee32uk for putting up these wonderful videos of Roy. I learned from Roy's terrific biography, "American Axe," that Roy always had a strong following in the U.K. and loved touring there.
I had a "holy shit" moment at the very end of The Departed. I had listened to RB's music for years but never expected the surprise at the end---or the other surprise ending in that movie either as well.
@oeyesea - we must thank Marty Scorcese for having the brilliance and understanding of Roy's virtuosity to insert his gut-wrenching version of "Sweet Dreams" right where we'd feel it most!
Roy B and Frank Z.. Both god-sends and immortal guitarist there are others, That I know, but this is like sugar over sweetness...for both of these KATZ...MAGNIFICANT
Saw Roy many times in the 70'z & 80'z, in the U.S. Also saw J. Beck & S.R.V. back then. Roy just spoke to you through his Tela like no one else could. Long live Roy , be him dead or alive.........
Man oh man. Beck and Roy don't even play the same kind of music It's like comparing the most beautiful diamond to a perfect ruby. What's the point? I ahve alwyed loved this man. One of his guitar players spent the night onmy floor in
Denton, Texas in 1977. I showed him my Gibson Les Paul Jr. (Late 50' vintage). He chewed me out cause there was dust on it. Well, I can't play very well and always put it down in the presence of talent, you know?
@lanadoitch.......go post that on a Beck fan group or a beck Video you'll get all kinds of lip......Much Like Roy...Jeff Beck plays sounds no one else can period......granted he's not a schooled musician but his command of nuance is absurd.......I 'll go back to what i said here a year ago....I had the fortune to Meet Beck, Vai and Zappa.....what did they all have in common ? HUMBLE They all thought someone else was better....Roy PROBABLY felt the same
easily one of the most underated guitar players ever
everyone has theie favs but for me it;s Roy, Jeff BecK AND Steve Vai....the last having a very different style......and Roy was a huge influence on Beck who is now probably the "greatest" alive
I had tickets to see Roy on two seperate occasions, and both times the shows were canceled...One was at Toad's Place in New Haven...I never was able to see him live, but from a young age was awed by his playing...As a teenager in the 70's, I remember trying to turning my friends onto Roy...An earlier post mentions Zappa, Beck and Vai, all great...I have seen them all, multiple times...Still, Steve Howe (Yes) tops my list...
urwclwg LOL Zappa, Roy, Beck, Buchanan, Vai are all EASILY TOP 10 all time players with very different styles....Zappa was probably the better musican but Roy was the better guitra player
wheni heard the closing song to that scorcese film, i couldnt believe it...... discovered roy when i was 15 back in 73 or so......... met him after a show in ny and he had his tele on the bar,for some reason,he told me he was going to die. true story
from Dc Roy was a very close friend-he had a talent that is missed--very blessed with music but also the times---He spoke through his music but didn't save him--he will always be in my heart with him and the power he had for music
@wolfjb6 Yeah he influenced my paying for sure. During that time in the DC area we were blessed to have such a talent pool. Also, some really great tele players.
Thanks for posting. I only saw him once. I was introduced to him by some guys from Greenville, Texas, upon whom I was alway thrusting Zappa (we were stuck together on a contract job in the Sinai). What have you got? I'd ask. They had Roy Buchanon, and they shut me up.
Just found out about him today - watching the credits at the end of "The Departed" this song was playing - what a talent - wished I could have seen him live - RIP
spotdogg48: Gotta love Teles! Actually, a lot of my favorite guitarists play them--Danny Gatton, Brad Paisley, John 5, Roy Buchanan and many others! Anyway, Teles are just great guitars. The only bad thing about them is that I don't have one.
It's so eerie watching this, hearing a very familiar sound and playing style, much like my own. After all, my teacher is a former student of his, so I suppose it only makes sense. Still, it's just uncanny, haha.
wotjesus lol, you sound like Roy Buchanan, thats a good one. He is Jeff Becks hero, so if Jeff heard you, you would be Jeffs hero, you little legend!!!
While your cleverly hidden satire is appreciated, I've been playing for 15 years. My teacher is former student of Roy Buchanan's. I don't see how that's so far-fetched. I guess only famous people can be good musicians, right?
To Bluezguitarz - I love Roy who was a complete original and a great influence on Danny who switched from playing a Les Paul to Tele after seeing and talking with Roy. To my ears - which like everyone else's are entirely subjective - Danny blends country, rock, jazz and pop in a seamless and magical way. And he can actually play 'pure' jazz if pressed - though his imagination was so rich and musical ideas so complex he - like Lenny Breau - transcended such categories.
beat to DEATH by rotten hellbound cops !!!!! in the land of the free no less .....why does the land of the free have prison inmates than any country on EARTH !! BAR NONE OTHERS....IS THERE A FUCKED UP LOGIC HERE IN THE land of the fee's
TheIronicIdiot 6 days ago
Jimmy Nalls (sorry Jimmy)
DaddyGabby 6 days ago
in '73-'74, Roy wound play with DC Dog, he made Jimmy Noles(?) and the Dogs shine, too gracious!
DaddyGabby 1 week ago
lordy, lordy, lordy . . .
teigh11 1 week ago
its that fuckin volume knob he loves tinkerin with
CantDenyDime 1 week ago
Seen Roy at the Schaeffer Music Festival in Central Park back in 75. I remember him acting a little overwelmed from the warm welcome he received and actually saying to himself "Roy, you made it!"
TheRomanmoroni 2 weeks ago
I've just recently found out about Roy Buchanan, this is a really good performance and I love his playing style! Thanks for posting!
martinwhitemusic 2 weeks ago
Wow. That was beautiful. He puts so much feeling into each and evry note.
BobDaniel56 2 weeks ago
I rememer he used to grind his teeth when he played. Great player
Rainman270 3 weeks ago
a sweet dream indeed! Beautiful!
fryerel 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
A real Roy Buchanan fan! My fan`- jules
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How can Rolling Stone justify his omission from the top 100? I mean Paul Simon makes the list? Paul Simon is a singer and songwriter first, guitarist second. Willie Nelson exact same. Mike Campbell? Why not Keith Scott if we're taking side men? No way are Leslie West or Johnny Winter better then Roy either, no way. Mike Bloomfield is never as important as Roy either. Annoys me. And Derek Trucks at #16... laughable when guys like Roy, Setzer and Gary Moore are not even listed. Call the cops.
Gonzoidzz 1 month ago 6
@Gonzoidzz Puh-leeze....not the cops! Those omissions deserve at least the County Mounties and forty days in the hole! It's sickening, yes. And the ones left out of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are also sickening. There is no explanation for it, except to remind you that there is no shortage of buttheads in this world.
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BrockDavisson1978 1 month ago
what a loss!!!!
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@exotool i'm sorry to hear that you think that was'nt Roy's best playing , indeed i don.t think i ever heard him play any thing but his best the man was a legend!! God Bless Him.
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I hate to even post this but get your facts straight Theironicidiot.
The facts:
He was found hanged from his own shirt in a jail cell on 14 August 1988 in the Fairfax County, Virginia Jail. According to Jerry Hentman, who was in a cell nearby Buchanan's, the Deputy Sheriff opened the door early in the morning and found Buchanan with the shirt around his neck.
I remembered when he died, what a shame, him and Danny Gatton both.
hatman231 2 months ago
@hatman231 yea thats the OFFICIAL STORYLINE ! WE KNOW BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT COPS WOULD NEVER LIE FOR EACH OTHER ,AYE.......HOW MUCH TIME OFF DID THIS STOOGE "jerry hentman" GET FOR LYING ? ROY SMOKED WEED AND DID OTHER THINGS ---HE ALSO HAD NO RESPECT FOR THE NAZIS THAT CONTROL THINGS..ROYS ATTITUDE GOT HIM KILLED ---THE SAME ATTITUDE THAT FOUNDED THIS COUNTRY .....WHAT IS IT --YOUR DAD ? UNCLE THAT WAS ACCUSED OF THIS MURDER....THE COVERUP CONTINUES WITH THEIR KIDS
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#TheIronicIdiot - He was arrested for being drunk, and found hanged. If you have proof otherwise, please share.
D28JB 2 months ago
@D28JB THE PROOF BE IN THE VIDEOS OF THE COPS BEATING UP AMERICANS ........THEY HAVE A 90 YEAR OLD WOMEN IN JAIL IN hall county ,ga as we comment RIGHT NOW ---she got 30 days for not kissin the police states ass.....HER YARD THAT SHE OWNS IS MESSY AND HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED UP ! GO CHECK MY WORDS OUT....Then go fuck your silly ass BACK TO SLEEP , BOY !
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The Maryland POLICE BEAT ROY TO DEATH IN A JAIL CELL WHILE HE WAS IN THEIR CUSTODY .......HE SMOKED POT ! THEY GAVE HIM THE DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE HE COULD NEVER KISS ANOTHER MANS ASS !
TheIronicIdiot 2 months ago
fucking blue eyed mick......GOD BLESS YA ROY !
TheIronicIdiot 2 months ago
Love that tone.
Rosieisapunk1200 3 months ago
Can anyone tell me how to get the backing track of this song?
musicinmusic 5 months ago
saw roy in springfield ma said he had to piss comes on stage with a bottle of beer drinks it up then , proceded to use the bottle as a slide nothing more cool
quahog900 5 months ago
Clearly not his best playing.
exotool 5 months ago
woooow, great master :)))
in my playlist, thankssss !
betterway2 5 months ago
wow, very pretty, I liked it a lot
jeffreyandsierra 5 months ago
heaven holds the faithful departed
hornick18 6 months ago
volume swell master!
mrsoundwave 6 months ago
Amazing. No words.
JoaoOliveira8D 6 months ago
Genius playing! Amazing rendition.
drummingface 6 months ago
Excelente melodía. Genial, me encanta!
Miledark69 7 months ago
Roy makes that guitar gently weep, cry, and wail
joeylodes 7 months ago
roy has always made his guitar talk
craig4419 7 months ago
And don't forget to visit Doctor Noe's Smooth Gadget (Google it - it's my web site) for the only in-studio high-quality digital interview Roy ever made before he died ... recorded by Yours Truly Noe the G
doctornoe 8 months ago
Marty Scorsese told me when I interviewed him for the Hollywood Reporter ... about choosing Roy Buchanan's rendition of "Sweet Dreams" for the soundtrack of "The Departed": " 'Sweet Dreams' is like a theme that goes through the picture. The downbeat in the beginning of the song, the way Buchanan plays it, is so melancholy and so powerful that I thought, here's a perfect place for it, at the end of this movie -- so I put it there."
Noe the G
doctornoe 8 months ago 10
@doctornoe Wow! What a story! What an incredible musician....and how horribly tragic his loss is to us music devotees.
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MadeInGermany011 8 months ago
the master of ' how to make a guitar cry'
shaggadelic87 8 months ago
I know a guy who looks just like Roy and plays the most soulless guitar you could imagine. Weird.
bamboosa 8 months ago
Awesome
jafangi007 8 months ago
Awesome .can never get sick of the master of the telecaster
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tenioas789654 9 months ago
Love the Hellecasters !!!!
surfwolf3 9 months ago
Brilliant.
gymnosophy 10 months ago
So far you tube is a piece of shit app that doesnt work at all all it does is buffer 5 to 15 sec playback
hobbasin 10 months ago
One of the best heart felt guitarists I have ever heard. Glenda-Marie
beastyclarke 10 months ago
he's like a sad carlos santana, hence the blues
dodger19701 11 months ago
@dodger19701 nothing like carlos, if i was to compare him to anyone it would be david gilmour, carlos is more like peter green, and he even admits to greens influence.
shinybald36 10 months ago
#57 greatest guitarist of all time
FyreTiger2K 11 months ago
Priceless clip!!!!!! Ty
shaunthewood 11 months ago
sounds like pedal steel ! ....great stuff.
TheMichaelseymour 11 months ago
I guess the most sincere form of praise is imitation,as copied by many. My favorite being Gary Moore (who idolised Roys pinch harmonics) with Parisian Walkways. May they both live long in our collections.
MrPod15 11 months ago
yet anutha maestro ah didnae geet ta see...and srv< gutted
makemeateeshirt 11 months ago
Check out that tone and volume control work~
GuitarsPeople 11 months ago
so, SO very good, starting almost to cry now.. Master!!
harrypros 11 months ago
Read Roy's excellent biography, "American Axe." (It's available from amazon.) Roy had once before tried to hang himself in jail. He had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse (and belligerence toward cops). There's little doubt the cops roughed him up, but it's highly doubtful they killed him.
bro689 1 year ago
saw him around 85 in dalaas at the Fast and Cool club...sat right in front of him, less than ten feet away. The man could play effortlessly above the fretboard|! Best song he did that night was Down by the River
mark54ization 1 year ago
How I miss this guy....He didn't need to sing...his guitar did!!! All these years later, there is no one that quite compares with him...
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robbada1 1 year ago
Snuck into Armadillo World HQ, Austin Tx in 1974 when I was 15 and saw Roy. I had never really heard of him and was completely, completely blown away! What that man could do with simple guitar and amp was so ahead of his time. Shame he left us so soon! Thanks for posting these clips lee32uk you have brought back some great memories of a truly magical night many years ago :-)
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Robbie was Scorsese's music supervisor on "The Departed" This is from my interview with Marty: " 'Sweet Dreams' is like a theme that goes through the picture," says Marty, "The downbeat in the beginning of the song, the way Buchanan plays it, is so melancholy and so powerful that I thought, here's a perfect place for it, at the end of this movie -- so I put it there."
doctornoe 1 year ago
obbie was Scorsese's music supervisor on "The Departed" This is from my interview with Marty: " 'Sweet Dreams' is like a theme that goes through the picture," says Marty, "The downbeat in the beginning of the song, the way Buchanan plays it, is so melancholy and so powerful that I thought, here's a perfect place for it, at the end of this movie -- so I put it there."
doctornoe 1 year ago
This is similar to Sleepwalk, by Santo an Johnny, but even better! I love it!!!
SiccariiHMB 1 year ago
roy is god!! fuck the bastards who killed this hero! i don,t believe in suicide. the cops just used the fact that he tried to kill himself as an excuse. so that they could get away with it. it pisses me off. and it was so long ago. for example mike bloomfield, he took an overdose. that,s his own fault. it,s horrible, but his own choise. roy was taken from us. by the people who should keep the country safe from criminals. fuck that!! Roy, wherever you are, you'never walk alone!!!
hanvschip 1 year ago
@hanvschip well said!!
matrich1983 1 year ago
This guy was an unbelievable guitarist ... One of my favorite albums of his was MY BABE, not the song My Babe, the album.... Could someone please post the songs from that. They would get so many hits...it's a little different than the masterpieces we have here...it's rock music, really some good stuff. I've tried to post it but I can't figure out how to do it right...
dannachanna 1 year ago
@dannachanna if you want to send me the mp3 files mate i will post them, sure it willbe of great interest and will be a treat for roys fans! :)
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@dannachanna if you want to send me the mp3 files mate i will post them, sure it willbe of great interest and will be a treat for roys fans! :)
matrich1983 1 year ago
this was the best part of the departed besides being filmed here in mass the best state in the union if your from clinton that is ,thats pride showing all you immigrants who ain't from clinton mass worcester aint so bad either
robertlaverdure60 1 year ago
this was the best part of the departed besides being filmed here in mass the best state in the union if your from clinton that is ,thats pride showing all you immigrants who ain't from clinton mass
robertlaverdure60 1 year ago
roy sounds great doing those volume swells
mrsoundwave 1 year ago
roy buchanan is probably THE most underrated guitartist in history....
busajasweyoo 1 year ago
Beautiful track - so melodic and feelgood
pawnshops 1 year ago
Great Roy!!!
ptrpovski 1 year ago
best guitar solo ever
spunkmaster7 1 year ago
Love Roy,s style soothing & draws ya in,thanks for sharing :)
TribalMother 1 year ago
isnt this song on the end credits of the departed?
btw roy is an awesome player, one of the masters at string bending.
Harry427 1 year ago 17
@Harry427
Yes it is the same song
lee32uk 1 year ago
@Harry427 Yes, this live version is a bit more mellow and more honky-tonkish than the original recording played at the end of The Departed, but it is just as brialliant.
ohen 1 year ago
@Harry427 yes
xMoDzProductions 1 year ago
@Harry427 Roy was the master of Harmonics.
Kals33 5 months ago
@Harry427
One of the masters at String Bending? I'd say he's one of the Masters at guitar. He doesn't play according to scales, he plays according to emotion and badassery. You see that hammering on and pulling off? If he kept doing that with more distortion he could be a Metal Band's Guitarist.
Kr0nic777 5 months ago
heard bettah obviouslt:~~# god bless ya Roy
makemeateeshirt 1 year ago
Can anybody tell me if Roy started on some level shredding? i'm not sure when he was most active etc but he definitely does what can be classified as shredding on some songs (eg Hey Joe)
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Tremain0919 1 year ago
Roy's style is almost hyptnotic...My absolute favourate!
MrZee1967 1 year ago
If every single person in the world listened to this masterpiece, the world would know the meaning of peace.
MokRodrigues 1 year ago
Amazing! This is the first time I have heard Roy's playing! I recently bought a Guitar World issue from June 1988 for the Yngwie cover article, and there is a great interview with Roy. Thanks for posting this vid!
DoctorGutberlet 1 year ago
everyt time I hear this I think maybe the world could live together - why not? - imagine! <}:-)
thumbpickr1812 1 year ago
so nice................
starsrought 1 year ago
This is how it ment to be. Love it.
CrowJaneAlley 1 year ago
a GENIUS.. ALL i CAN SAY ABOUT THIS
Royalhighlander 1 year ago
I love this song and Roy Buchanan. My son is a 50 year old S. California "rocker" and guitarist. He says the band part is a piece of cake to do but Roy is pure magic with the guitar and he hasn't been able to figure it out yet. I want it exactly like this except 2-3 time longer. Dear ol' Dad is still a beach bum!!
sarg909 1 year ago
I loooooooooove it!!
marija1952 1 year ago
seriously awesome guitar.....i frikin love it
dudewheresmy6string 1 year ago
great..i have the first recording hehe
panagiotis444444 1 year ago
Is his fretboard made of glass? I know bands, like As Cities Burn, had glass on the surface of their fretboards, and it made that same reverb-y sound that Roy got in this video.
overcometheidiots 1 year ago
@overcometheidiots
Nah, the way he uses the pic, the amp settings and picking near the bridge all contribute to the sound more than the frett board.
ChrisHallam08 1 year ago
We just sat there aghast. It was some of the best playing I've ever heard... He defied the laws of verse-chorus-verse and just blazed. -- JEFF BECK
Roy Buchanan and Jimi Hendrix has some things in common. Roy was one of the creators of the pioneers of innovating sounds. It seemed as though I was hearing them come first from Roy Buchanan. -- LES PAUL
check out the book Roy Buchanan: American Axe By Phil Carson -- Google Books lets you read the first 26 pages free...
melmel075 1 year ago
@melmel075 , yes, Roy made me feel the same way! He is a Master's Master, imho!
Dc328 1 year ago
Genius! He played with his soul not with thousans of notes...a real LEGEND
FalcoDiMezzanotte 1 year ago
anyone who thinks this guy is NOT one of the 6 or 7 "best" ever simply never picked up an instrument
renduke 1 year ago
Fated day is approaching (August 16) when he, poor, decided to disappear. He remained a legend. Legend!
uterclenoi 1 year ago
Legend !
thestanstube 1 year ago
Suicide was the story, hung himself in jail after being taken in for being drunk.
taichigusto 1 year ago
I saw RB soon after the PBS special broadcast in the 70's in a club in Queens under the Elevated train in Sunnyside...... and The Ramones were the opening act ....Roy was the greatest guitarist of his time and he was on fire....it almost made up for me not seeing Jimi before he passed......
andyvincentwhostube 1 year ago
didn't he commit suicide
lyntonio 1 year ago
@lyntonio
That's up for debate. He was found in his cell hung by his shirt but friends and family don't believe it was suicide.
areyoureadyeddy 1 year ago
My husband (now deceased also) played with Roy in D.C. ( he could also pass for his twin brother!)
SherryBucher 1 year ago
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damn this is good! brilliant guitarist, i really want to learn after seeing this and some stones stuff and jimi hendrix! have only really started learning about roy and his music the last few weeks (due to me being young as well) after i watched "the departed" last week where they played this at the end. instantly liked it!
quality!
RIP roy, this world and music lost a legend when you went!
matrich1983 1 year ago
That is what I call some smooth picking!
woodwired1 1 year ago
Thanks so much to lee32uk for putting up these wonderful videos of Roy. I learned from Roy's terrific biography, "American Axe," that Roy always had a strong following in the U.K. and loved touring there.
bro689 1 year ago
bless your sweet sad soul, roy
littlewingthing 1 year ago
" Il miglior chitarrista sconosciuto del mondo"
bluessando 1 year ago
Super,super,un titan al chitari,
ionpescarul 1 year ago
I had a "holy shit" moment at the very end of The Departed. I had listened to RB's music for years but never expected the surprise at the end---or the other surprise ending in that movie either as well.
oeyesea 1 year ago 9
@oeyesea same here, when roy hits those early notes i was like "Who the FUCK IS THAT", scorsese has great taste in music
maxmontreality 1 year ago
@oeyesea - we must thank Marty Scorcese for having the brilliance and understanding of Roy's virtuosity to insert his gut-wrenching version of "Sweet Dreams" right where we'd feel it most!
MsJollycholly 8 months ago
@oeyesea Exactly the same happened to me!!
feldmanmiriam 7 months ago
Roy B and Frank Z.. Both god-sends and immortal guitarist there are others, That I know, but this is like sugar over sweetness...for both of these KATZ...MAGNIFICANT
telecaster24 1 year ago
the track that introduced me to the talented Roy Buchanan..........sweet dreams and may you rest in peace Roy wherever you are
de1ce 1 year ago
He is wonderful. I just discovered him this year and it makes me really sad to hear of how his life ended. Truly a loss.
moovgirl 1 year ago
Beautiful !
nicerobin 1 year ago
Muy buena canción
esmeyayis 1 year ago
With most guitarists the tone button on the guitar is simply a volume control. In Roy's hands it was like a seventh string.
castlehilldude 1 year ago
yes well a slight lesson in telecaster playing i guess lol HOLY sHIT
buckbuck666 1 year ago
I would almost die to see the "Live in Japan" version
richs883lo 1 year ago
Saw Roy many times in the 70'z & 80'z, in the U.S. Also saw J. Beck & S.R.V. back then. Roy just spoke to you through his Tela like no one else could. Long live Roy , be him dead or alive.........
urankjj 1 year ago
Man oh man. Beck and Roy don't even play the same kind of music It's like comparing the most beautiful diamond to a perfect ruby. What's the point? I ahve alwyed loved this man. One of his guitar players spent the night onmy floor in
Denton, Texas in 1977. I showed him my Gibson Les Paul Jr. (Late 50' vintage). He chewed me out cause there was dust on it. Well, I can't play very well and always put it down in the presence of talent, you know?
OdinsAcolyte 1 year ago
@lanadoitch.......go post that on a Beck fan group or a beck Video you'll get all kinds of lip......Much Like Roy...Jeff Beck plays sounds no one else can period......granted he's not a schooled musician but his command of nuance is absurd.......I 'll go back to what i said here a year ago....I had the fortune to Meet Beck, Vai and Zappa.....what did they all have in common ? HUMBLE They all thought someone else was better....Roy PROBABLY felt the same
renduke 1 year ago
txtr57 saw roy many times first about 1974 best of the best he is missed
landonshipman 1 year ago
It's just hard to fault a guy like Buchanan. He inspired the likes of Jeff Beck and so on. Truely a master.
neonchesticle 1 year ago
Wow - Still blows my mind - all these years later - The guy could work that tele !
stevesacharoff 1 year ago
R.I.P. Roy Buchanon - The Best Guitarist nobody has ever heard of ....
ClassicRockDJdotcom 1 year ago
he's only underrated to people that dont know any better....
paintdis423 1 year ago
easily one of the most underated guitar players ever
everyone has theie favs but for me it;s Roy, Jeff BecK AND Steve Vai....the last having a very different style......and Roy was a huge influence on Beck who is now probably the "greatest" alive
renduke 1 year ago
@renduke Beck the "greatest alive"? not hardly!
lanadoitch 1 year ago
I had tickets to see Roy on two seperate occasions, and both times the shows were canceled...One was at Toad's Place in New Haven...I never was able to see him live, but from a young age was awed by his playing...As a teenager in the 70's, I remember trying to turning my friends onto Roy...An earlier post mentions Zappa, Beck and Vai, all great...I have seen them all, multiple times...Still, Steve Howe (Yes) tops my list...
vjenergy 1 year ago
The little device at 0:57 - Roy makes it sound like a voice; simple but just gorgeous.
K3KCT 1 year ago
urwclwg LOL Zappa, Roy, Beck, Buchanan, Vai are all EASILY TOP 10 all time players with very different styles....Zappa was probably the better musican but Roy was the better guitra player
renduke 1 year ago
he makes that guitar sing
joeylodes 1 year ago
wheni heard the closing song to that scorcese film, i couldnt believe it...... discovered roy when i was 15 back in 73 or so......... met him after a show in ny and he had his tele on the bar,for some reason,he told me he was going to die. true story
chumbels 1 year ago
One of the greatest guitarists ever.
airmotion1 1 year ago 2
nice song
lukat93 1 year ago
This would be perfect live on a summer night
blackbriar1138 1 year ago 8
great
chimobayoconnection 1 year ago 2
from Dc Roy was a very close friend-he had a talent that is missed--very blessed with music but also the times---He spoke through his music but didn't save him--he will always be in my heart with him and the power he had for music
wolfjb6 1 year ago 2
@wolfjb6 Yeah he influenced my paying for sure. During that time in the DC area we were blessed to have such a talent pool. Also, some really great tele players.
teleblaster2 1 year ago
Wow! Sweet Sweet Guitar!
Usurped 1 year ago
Could sing but sang through his guitar- as I was right there listening-lots of feelings going
wolfjb6 1 year ago 3
Haunting.
briarsmoke 2 years ago
That's a very great guitarist ! guitar génius ...Thanks Roy fot this all mémory's !
Bigerjoel 2 years ago
Yeah pinch harmonics!
casco18 2 years ago
& swells!! Cannot forget about that Roy revolutionized this technique
BiZZiEBucKZ 2 years ago
There's bit of the Shadows in this interpretation.....
moshepotts 2 years ago
This man was just brilliant. love him
TheChrisOrange 2 years ago
Thanks for posting. I only saw him once. I was introduced to him by some guys from Greenville, Texas, upon whom I was alway thrusting Zappa (we were stuck together on a contract job in the Sinai). What have you got? I'd ask. They had Roy Buchanon, and they shut me up.
urwclwg 2 years ago 17
@urwclwg that is funny... and life changing... Thank god for the guys from Greenville...
BlackStratCat 1 year ago
@BlackStratCat I had better luck proselytizing with Johnny "Guitar" Watson; they loved the low note in Lover Jones.
urwclwg 1 year ago
no wonder this is jeff beck's hero
500ncb 2 years ago 2
Just found out about him today - watching the credits at the end of "The Departed" this song was playing - what a talent - wished I could have seen him live - RIP
mcpojack 2 years ago 3
I saw him a couple of times...He is the reason I play a Telecaster...He was phenomenal...
spotdogg48 2 years ago 2
spotdogg48: Gotta love Teles! Actually, a lot of my favorite guitarists play them--Danny Gatton, Brad Paisley, John 5, Roy Buchanan and many others! Anyway, Teles are just great guitars. The only bad thing about them is that I don't have one.
badfinger848 2 years ago 3
My God....i had never seen him play before..just heard about him...
He's a true original.
and whatever i heard about Roy...he's way better than that..
Hats off
arjunkaul 2 years ago 3
It's so eerie watching this, hearing a very familiar sound and playing style, much like my own. After all, my teacher is a former student of his, so I suppose it only makes sense. Still, it's just uncanny, haha.
wotjesus 2 years ago
wotjesus lol, you sound like Roy Buchanan, thats a good one. He is Jeff Becks hero, so if Jeff heard you, you would be Jeffs hero, you little legend!!!
dan32113 2 years ago
While your cleverly hidden satire is appreciated, I've been playing for 15 years. My teacher is former student of Roy Buchanan's. I don't see how that's so far-fetched. I guess only famous people can be good musicians, right?
wotjesus 2 years ago
A TRUE MASTER OF HIS CRAFT!!!
sixnationriders 2 years ago 2
To Bluezguitarz - I love Roy who was a complete original and a great influence on Danny who switched from playing a Les Paul to Tele after seeing and talking with Roy. To my ears - which like everyone else's are entirely subjective - Danny blends country, rock, jazz and pop in a seamless and magical way. And he can actually play 'pure' jazz if pressed - though his imagination was so rich and musical ideas so complex he - like Lenny Breau - transcended such categories.
zthetha 2 years ago
this is music my friends
bleedy01 2 years ago 2
Roy is my favorite guitar player so underated it makes me sad but the people who heard him all love him
jhump2431 2 years ago 26
yeah it is its a damn shame,even worse that the fact he commited suicide.
wisdomstar1981 2 years ago
@jhump2431
Yup, it's a shame! Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan are really incredible guitar players; unreal. But they're just so underrated, somehow.
bush555 1 year ago
@jhump2431 I hear him right now and I hate it.
moneyquickeasy 1 year ago
@moneyquickeasy
You obviously have no sould then
floofynut 1 year ago
@moneyquickeasy
that sucks for you
TheElMendigo 1 year ago
i loved him too seen my mates band back him up in the 70s at the concert hall in perth western australia . i was a kid and went on me own.
ratrodralphy 1 year ago