Only real musicians who knew of him…saw him at Town Hall with Larry Coryell and Michal Urbaniak. He was headlining. I’d only heard of him but Bob D’Andre, a musician I was acquainted with, said this cat is something special. He was. The king of tone
Better than most. Do you think. Every living blues rock player in the day wanted to sound and play like Roy. I get a kick out of Roy sometimes he will turn his back so as not to give up some of his fashion chops. Not that many could anyhow. Few if any.
Nobody Could have bent those strings like that! Except Roy. That guitar was born from Roy’s ribs I kid you not! An’ I tell you this. He never sold his soul to nobody! That’s them Blues like it was meant to sound. Now turn out them lights. Cause Roy has left the stage.🇦🇺
I remember hearing this song for the first time... went right out looking for the tape. this track and Sneaking Godzilla Through The Alley were my favorites of the record. This guy was one cool cat with his Telecaster. Nobody will ever sound like this again.
He created sounds with his telecaster will never hear again in my pain is going to be very most underrated guitarist out there rest in peace for you per Gladys and great great music
The late great Roy Buchanan here doing some great stuff no effects no pedals his signature sound is all in his fingers! Great talent and sound! Very underrated guitarist along with Danny gatton two of my favorite players along with Rory Gallagher Gary Moore Alvin lee frank Marino Scotty Anderson srv and junior brown
Just EPIC when @ 7:23 he motions to the drummer to hold up, and then he tears into Korsakov's ' Flight of the bumble bee' . Amazing work and thankfully it was captured on video.
He could get the most dirty tone, to the most soulful tone from a tele. When you listen to Mrs Pressure, you here a tone never heard on a telecaster. Just magic!
This is a guitarist Jeff Beck would go see when he had the chance. There is a book called Roy Buchanan: American Axe which tells his story (I didn't write it, just read it and recommend it).
Jeff and Roy were good friends both did tunes they named after that friend . The extended version of messiah is one of the very best pieces you'll ever hear Rock On J Deuce RnR Toronto Canada
Would you happen to know if Roy is using the Bill Lawrence T1 &T2 pickups here? I know the tone is in me and my fingers but I'd love to Know the kind of pickups. I'd also like to terrorize my neighbors at night. Thank you.
It's funny and kinda heart warming to see that Roy, towards the end of his career, had become more lively and animated onstage. As if he was feeling more confident or something. And yes, he's not the greatest singer, but his voice wasn't bad at all and suits his music just fine
@@gregorygoldsmith1921 Yes, there is a segment in this performance where you can even see he walks over to his pedal board. You can’t produce delay like that without a pedal.
I thought I heard a small bit of the intro to "Xanadu" from Rush during the opening. I don't know the year of this video so it makes me wonder if Roy was tributing Alex or if Alex was inspired by the riff. (or stole it outright!! lol!!)
Anybody know where I can get good clones of the 'Nancy' pickup set which I believe were in Roy's other maple-necked tele? Virgil Arlo maybe? Fuck it. I can take a loan against my house. Also, does anyone know if the Bill Lawrence T1 &T2 pickups are in the guitar used in this video? Thanks.
I will believe he rarely used effects but surely here I hear echo, so is this a moment where he uses some stuff or how then does he create echo on the tele without some pedal/amp effect? I know it is possible to create reverb effects with a tele without extra pedals (by accident I still have to figure out how I did) but still it sounds here as if he uses some device. But regardless of that this man is awesome...love his playing..
