Just scored the vintage vinyl record of this album in mint condition at good will for $1. Took a chance, cause I never heard it before. My initial response, was nothing short of blown away. Absolutely love it. The composition, the diversity, not to mention the emotion Buchanan translates into his guitar. I am a true lover of all genres of music. Rock, jazz, funk, soul, hip hop & more. But this! This is something special from the beginning of side A to the end of side B. Plus I absolutely love the fact that this is mostly an instrumental album. I know it's listed as rock/blues. But I'd feel safer defining it as a fusion of rock, jazz, blues & soul. Not to say these other elements are in every track, but they certainly find themselves sporadically appearing in their appropriate places. Overall, though, it IS mostly blues/rock heavy. I also love that he is not afraid to work the synth/Moog sounds in. Would've loved to hear what he might've done on this album if he had an orchestra at his disposal. Still, it's nothing short of brilliant. It's very hard to believe this was a commercial failure in 1978. Probably because the 60's & 70's audiences were so saturated in good music coming from every direction, that maybe thats why they probably turned their nose up at this record. Well, thank you, I'll take this record for $1 all day. This is a masterpiece.
Of course, the Gilmour/Buchanan celtic inner workings - culture is expressed despite origins and their lives being so different. You can hear musical language that way...
I have heard the greatest guitarist. 🎸 Roy Buchanan has no equal. He's the Top Dog. I love Jimmy Page Jeff Beck Frank Zappa ....but Roy Buchanan is from another dimension
He was very special. But due to his shy introspective nature. And not really caring for FAME and fortune..He never got the true respect and recognition his tremendous talent should have brought forth.
@@LegendLength your vision of the world ain't wrong. There is no such thing as free will, therefore it is a movie. But more than that: according to the general theory of relativity time is not subjective. It is objective. The "feeling" of time is subjective". Therefore you can infer that all moments in time are happening at the same "time". There is not "past" and "future", there is only the "subjective present" (and when you're experiencing it, all moments possible in the spacetime continuum are happening all at once). So it's not a "roll of film", it's a film that's going on until eternity, and from a certain perspective, you could witness reality "as a roll of film".
I met Roy 2 xs both after 2 s seperate shows. Really was kind. He took a smiley picture with me ..father and brother. He really is in his own class. What I adore about his music ...his guitar playing. Is his flawless skill. His command ...his control...his focus and most of all. He just lets the music do the talking. His. Musical voice his soul just pours out of him ...R.I.P. Roy.....You made a lot of people happy. Every talent should share their God Given gift ANF you did exactly that.
Mine too .. since college days ... late 70s .... gives me tears still now ... have to keep it for special times .. memorys ... roys music is apart of me ....
@@vasiliosagio3127 can’t forget Gary Moore. Rory Gallagher’s was phenomenal too. All these guys are great ax slinging fretboard genius’s in their own way
I love Floyd but let it be known Dave Gilmour and many other players would not be the player they became if it were not for Thev Messiah Himself Roy Buchanan..R.I.P Roy but never forgotten.........................
Gerry Quigley: Dark Side of the Moon release date: 1973, Wish You Were Hear release date: 1975, Animals release date: 1977, Roy Buchanan's You're Not Alone release date, 1978. Sounds more like Roy was listening to Gilmour and Floyd and was the influence for this album rather than Gilmour being influenced by Roy. I do agree with you on the "many other players would not be..." comment. That being said, Roy Buchanan's guitar on this is phenomenal. Roy Buchanan was one of the greats, no doubt. Gary Moore is one guy who was heavily influenced by Buchanan's ripping, emotional, untamed, and sometimes reckless guitar style. And there are many others.....
@@gtrsuite roy was robbie robertsons teacher on the road in the late 50s ... roy was on rd at 14 in 50s .... did what hendrix did in the mid 60s then when bar playing ans haircutting ... he saw hendrix and was disapointed cause he used " gadgets " to get sound that roy got raw ... then 71pbs did a doco on roy .... the worlds greatest unknown guitarist ..... (but all the muscos .. beck whose blow by blow is decicated to roy , green .. clapton etc were all following roys playing ) ... then he made a huge comeback .. latter he got trapped in bad record deal .. and rest go look up .. stop thinking you know it all .... go check 1971 pbs special .. its on u tube
My favorite to,alongside '77s "loading zone"which I like equally the perfect 2 on 1 cd for 70+minutes of mostly instrumental IMO, first heard this on radio back in '78 after being released, 98 rock a Tampa radio station would play a full album once a week, back when radio was halfway decent certainly the last years of decent probably 70s and first part of 80s, after that downward spiril downhill
He' s one of the most underrated musician of all time.......dig and you'l find that most talented guitar player know him...but still that does 'nt give him what he deserves really..this guy is a true American Hero......
@@JoeMode213 roy wrote after .. ended as lovers was dedicated to him by S Wonder (writer ) and Beck on .. blow by blow .. a song (tune)called ... My friend Jeff ... to Beck ... go listen ... plus we ended as lovers was mostly done in a Buchanan style ... plus he mentored robbie robertson in mid late 50s for few months to get him up to speed as an electric player .. roy was abput 15 , robbie 17 .. roy born 1939 .. on road alone by 14 yrs old ...
Buchanan stands alone. In my opinion he was beyond Floyd. Sacrilege to compare the two! The man deserved honor he never got. Mainly because the lack of air play. There is so much unheard great music because the radio is stuck in a rut! If it weren't for Austin City Limits, many would not know who he was.
Roy Buchanan is the Barry Sanders of guitarists. By far the most talented to ever play, just put into a shitty circumstance. Nobody can or ever will play like Roy. R.I.P. you genius.
How I did for not discover this before??? A Masterpiece, masterful! Comment ai-je fait pour découvrir ça seulement maintenant??? Chef d'oeuvre, magistral!
Even now im old this still blows me away ... amazing piece of music ... puts a tear in my 60odd yr old eyes ... what a fukn waste of talent that happened that fateful night ... roy deserved the results of his do it his way attitude ... things were coming right and he was on top of his game ... such a loss ...
For sure John, my equal favorite to this one equally good, if was to have only 2 Roy Buchanan albums "without question ""loading zone""is the other one with this one no hesitation, thanks for mentioning that other great album top to bottom hands down,thanks to you I'll revisit that cd, been awhile
I USE TO SEE HIM WALKING UP FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT GOING TO THE CROSSROADS BAR DANCE CLUB AT PEACE CROSS IN HYATTSVILLE, MD. ALSO USE TO SEE HIM JAM AT THE HAYLOFT, DOWN ON 14TH STREET TOO. "GUITAR ON FIRE" R.I.P. SCOBIEAKALINKWRAYBAND Laurel, Md.
A true psychedelic masterpiece. Yes the whole song sounds like it could easily be a Pink Floyd composition, but when they do the dramatic run up the scale , the progression matches that of Pink Floyd's "Dogs".
David Hornbuckle You are absolutely right. As a Pink Floyd fan, I have listened to this track and there are elements that kind of sound similar to Dogs and Careful With That Axe Eugene. But this rocks!
@@roberttwo-hatchett9102 Musically quite similar. I hear Shine on You Crazy Diamond in the synth too. Roy was definitely a different breed than British prog rock, but this was the popular style of rock in the mid 70s. Roy was a great blues player, but lots of rock n roll licks too. He covered Turn to Stone and Down By The River, Green Onions, and others. David Gilmore wasn't exactly a slouch with the axe, nor was Syd Barrett.
When I installed my first cassette player in my first car, this was one of three cassettes I owned, the others were Alan Parsons, and Jean Luc Ponte. This is still my favorite.
I met Roy 2 times 1 time backstage b 4 concert and once after where he took a picture with my father and brother with a smile. Real nice guy was a total gentlemen how he was with us....kind how he was with us. .....Thetes No one like Roy. I firmly believe as a blues oriented guitarist my self for 36 years that there's 10 % chance u can really fully do what Roy can do as a whole. Where there r so many artist that u can pull off in a tribute easily. Roy had incrediblrcommand. Control focus. Concentration. A true bluesman. A true gifted guitarist. Plays from his spirit and soul. He lets the music do the talking now seeing him on u tube more and more its come to b that I always liked him a lot along with the other greats but now I feel him more.....Roy is my favorite guitarist on my list of all others now....I say that from my heart! R.I.P. ROY. U MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE JOY WITH SHARING UR GIFT. JOE
One of my favorite all time SONGS to listen to. We not alone, everything is interconnected, just like the 4 Directions. And the possibilities of enjoying life are endless and wonder of it all.
Roy challenged all other guitarists, this just happens to be hit challenge at Gilmour, come on, Dark side of the Moon, Roy says hey, Your not Alone, great work the whole album is fantastic
Roy Buchanan, conhecido como "o melhor guitarrista desconhecido do mundo", mestre da Fender Telecaster, era parte importantíssima de qualquer publicação sobre grandes guitarristas no início dos anos 70. Roy parou temporariamente sua carreira e, antes da sua aparente volta, depois de uma briga familiar, foi preso em Reston, Virginia. Roy Buchanan foi encontrado morto numa cela da delegacia para onde foi levado, enforcado na própria camiseta, no dia 14 de Agosto de 1988. Sua morte é coberta de mistérios e muitos não acreditam na tese de suicídio. Ele tinha 48 anos de idade.
Found Roy by accident .., spotted the live album liked the cover so I got it.. Roy's meats I was floored .. What a tortured soul he had.. Rest in peace, Roy ..
Greetings as well. Catholic is a word meaning "everywhere" or universal. It was used by a Roman Emperor (that is a cult!) to describe the rise of Christianity in Roman Empire. If you were Polish, you would understand this statement in context of another cult, Communism. Hence the statements stands as does the music.
Possibly the best guitar solo I ever heard n I heard a fuckin lot Man inspired every legendary guitarist you see today You name em he touched their hearts n now he touching ours w this beauty
This number of Roy's made mE re-evaluate my who's is who's list order,hE went to the top that was 35yrs ago,the similarities of You're not alone and Shine on your crazy diamond by Floyd so very clear... Roxk I Paradise Roy Buchanan ✊🏾 ✊🏾 👊🏾 ✊🏾 ✊🏾 ✊🏾 ✊🏾 Gone Never Forgotten
Hence why David Gilmour listens to Roy Buchanan. This is tune was cut in 1978, so I'm sure they've already cross pollinated quite a bit. Buchanan and Gilmour are both masters of the frets :)
JJ Cale's Durango is a masterpiece! It takes me to another place & time. Comforts me & gives me peace & solace. It's other wordly and reminiscent of simpler times. His best. ☮️💟🎵💫
