Roy's Trip Of The Week Article

I posted that one in the proper section of the forum also. But I thought I'd post it where the traffic is also... go read it!

Well written article(good job whoever wrote it), from a " Roy newbie's" standpoint liked it and it got me to check the webpage, which has a sample of his playing(just what I was hoping for) At least now I'll know a bit more what you guys are talking about when you refer to him.

From what I read not many CDs got released so dare I ask what's the one to get for a wide range of what the guy does, any compilation or official live if any got released? If someone is up to helping me hear more from him lemme know.

Confessed Pickaholic

hi glorbz

i know a lot of people like the alligator releases, and roy himself said that they were the best records he made, but the roy i grew up on, and still like the best are the first 5 records on Polydor, with the 1st and 2nd being my favorites.

and somewhere floating around is a tape of roy at My Fathers Place in Long Island. seeing and hearing him play "The Messiah Will Come Again" was just incredible. if i get my hands on a copy i'll send you one too. btw, i got a Jacques TS808 pick with my Meisterchorus. you want it?

Roy Buchanan, 1972, Polydor
Second Album, 1973, Polydor
That's What I Am Here For, 1974, Polydor
In the Beginning, 1974, Polydor
Live Stock, 1975, Polydor

Jonc thanks for that offer, you've got mail

Confessed Pickaholic!

One incredible player who's tone i could not stand. but he was so good, i got used to it. tragic end. VDG

I am NOT too loud!

Hey Glorbz there's a 2-disc anthology called "Sweet Dreams" that's got some great stuff on it and I'm pretty sure spans most of his career. Mix of live & studio, probably a good place to start

So funky I can smell it!

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Originally posted by voodoogreg:
One incredible player who's tone i could not stand. but he was so good, i got used to it. tragic end. VDG

I am NOT too loud!

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Definitely an acquired taste...but I loved it from the first time I heard him.

A dear friend of mine and sometime bandmate was Roy's drummer on the Atlantic releases. Ronnie "Bird" Foster. Monster swing/shuffle player with a voice like Bobby Blue Bland.

He has recounted some grerat Roy stories and maintains that Roy was the sweetest cat Ever. RIP.

Yeah, Roy's tone is not gonna be for everybody... I don't think some of those squawks & squalls & pinched harmonics would have been coaxed as easily out of a warmer tone. Same deal with Danny Gatton.

"Roy Buchanan" was a textbook record for me, and quite a turning point... Up until that record, I'd mostly been listening to the British Blues-Rock guys... Hearing Roy was the point where I decided that Country & Western Swing stuff could be cool. I stole all the licks off "I Am A Lonesome Fugitive" and "Hey Good Lookin'", & they're still part of my basic lick vocabulary.

i was also, and remain, a hugh brit blues/rock fan, and of course a lot of those guys had heard roy from his days with Hawkin's, etc. just listen to stuff on Beck's Truth, Beck Ola, or other late 60's Beck, and there's roy riff's all over it, like the climb in Beck's Boogie. not done as well as the "master," but a tribute all the same.

Yep, and if I remember correctly, "'Cause We've Ended As Lovers", or maybe it was the entire "Blow By Blow" record, was dedicated to Roy.

Maybe I like his tone from loving my thinline tele so much these last few years... definetaly have to investigate that one furthermore. Thanks for the help guys.

Confessed Pickaholic!

On the Sweet Dreams Anthology there is a tune called "Dual Soliloquy" That kicks my tail to this day.He was a master indeed.

KEEP ROCKIN'