Roy Buchanan - The Messiah Will Come Again

Just a smile,
just a glance
The Prince of darkness
he just walked past...
There's been a lot of people
and they've had a lot to say
But this time
I'm gonna tell it my way:

There was a town
A strange little town, they called 'The World'
it was a sad, lonely little town.
'Till one day a stranger appeared
And their hearts rejoiced, and the sad little town
was happy again...
But there were some that doubted; they disbelieved, so they mocked him
And our stranger, he went away
Now the said little town that was sad yesterday
is a lot sadder today...

I've walked in a lot of places that I never should have been
But I know that the Messiah, he will come again...

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[naguiat1]

anyone know what type of guitar he's playing? looks like an 80"s washburn with EMG pickups-but i don't know. its weird seeing a tele with a hockey stick head. Roy gets the best tone out of anything...

[SnakeSSSStretcher]

@naguiat1  I'm pretty sure it's called a Guild

[SnakeSSSStretcher]

It is a shame the taper ran out of tape when he did....

[buggieman]

Is that a tele of some sort? Have we just been tele-ported???

[curiousgeorge555]

Roy got high playing his music. We get a contact high by listening to it.

[Floridabred1]

@naguiat1 - to my knowledge it is a 1953 Fender Telecaster (that was his most played guitar). roy buchanan's harmonics were often referred to as "sonic fuzz". you all know he played with tone, techniques and effects way before all the special effects pedals you see so much onstage, nowdays. I think roy got the best of almost everything he could ie: the comment "i know why i am here". they say he challenged jimi hendrix to a "pick off". jimi hendrix declined to accept.

[Kristopful]

@SnakeSSSStretcher Thank you so much for uploading this incredible performance by Roy. The tape ran out but what followed must have been breathtaking...Roy was on fire here. The bad crowd seemed to inspire him. They were silenced when he went into overdrive.

This is in my top 5 all time great performances. Thank you again for this iconic recording. Peace.

[Renhjarta]

I wish he was still alive... would have loved to see him playing

[Kristopful]

Fingers and frets on FIRE.

Never heard anthing to touch this. Would sell half my soul to hear the "finale."

It's a tragedy this genius performance has so few views.

[Kristopful]

Genius improvisation.

The little know Master. Speechless.

[melmel075]

stellar!

[latinoyam]

soul player