I play the electric guitar since about 30 years now and I can assure you that it's NOT only the guitar, the wood or something else. FIRST of all the sound comes from the guitarist. It's the artist, not the gear that you recognize. When i play my strat or my tele they sound like me, if my fellow guitarist plays them they sound totally different. Thats it, it's in the fingers, not in the wood!
Amen. Lotta people think you need a 59 Les Paul and a Marshall plexi to sound good but guaranteed if Gary Moore played on my shitty rig he’d rock the shit outta it. Sorry Gary rip
@@williamdon3442 Hi William! I totally agree. Btw: It's kind of weird to get a reply to a 12-year-old comment. Feels a little bit like a time travel. :-)
@@williamdon3442you can't buy tone although almost everyone tries to & spends all their time & money buying things that they don't need trying to achieve tone instead of practicing & mastering their craft &spending the time and effort where it counts instead of thinking you need an expensive amp, pedals and guitars as once you master the instrument all that gear becomes irrevalent, like you pointed out if you focus your time mastering your craft you will sound awesome regardless of what rig you play thru, you have to earn your tone the hard way as that is something the lazy guitarist can't buy as it comes thru hard work and constant practice &and like body building there is no shortcut or buying it, you have to earn it
The Man had More feel, and Soul than a lot of other Players of his time. Even when you think he may be playing out of tune he actually wanted those notes in there so he can resolve to the root in an unorthodox way. Notice his picking hand, and how he uses his other fingers along to create the intensity, and texture of the motif .Seymour Duncan actually wound his pickups for this particular Telecaster in this Video. Another Genius " Roy Buchanan" whose time came too soon. Thanks for the memory
Guitar genius genius genius! To say the least ! So unknown but so superb masterful playing jaw dropping never overplays plays what's right for the song and moment few have this skill
Guitar God, Love you Roy, R.,I.P best unknown player still. And hes been dead for many many years Long live Roy Buchanan, one of the top 5 players to have ever picked up a Guitar. No question, if you disagree , you know very very little about the guitar and Roy. .........R.I.P Roy
My father turned me on to Roy when I was 12-13 years old. Strange circumstances brought me to Roy as my father frequented a small barber shop on Route 1, Hybla Valley in Fairfax County, Va. Roy was taking a break from playing on the road & drying out from a narcotics addition. After our haircut, my Dad would walk out to the car & fetch his Gibson Super 400. I dont remember much about their playing but my Dad was a Jazz musician & he had no interest in R&B til he met Roy. (continued)
I agree totally with you Bruno Dickhoff...each great well known guitarist has their own touch..and sound...I am not a musician in anyway...but enjoy mainly rock music...as a teenager I got "hooked" ...on Carlos Santana...and he is still one of my favourites...I have been exposed and introduced to many over the years...and wow...some that I never enjoyed much in the beginning...wow me..with some of their "stuff"....but Roy...can sure produce some awesome sound and riffs...
Roys "Second Album" to this day remains one of the all-time great blues albums ever..His playing on that is incredible...No effects, not too much reverb,just a pure natural sound..A classic for blues players,imo..
no doubt jimmy had that awesome rock and roll presence and an overwhelming power that nobody could match but come on its Roy Buchanon as a guitarist he runs circles around page.
Roy had No Equals. Page Beck Clapton Hendrix all dug the shit outta Roy. He inspired them all. Was waaaaay better than Hendrix . He used no distortion or pedals or gimmicks ..just his heart and soul poured into those incredible double jointed fingers
Claiming a particular guitarist is the greatest ever is obviously a personal thing, but to me Roy Buchanan was unmatched by anybody else. If somebody else comes along that can move people emotionally more than Roy did I will travel as far as I have to to see them doing it. His gigs were often attended by other guitarists who basically stood in awe watching him tear that Tele to pieces, of course this was in between making it cry and whisper sweetly. God Bless you Roy, and thanks!
@ Steven Stanley......You'll never convince me it was suicide either. Do you know how much truth there is to the story about the cop who took Roy in that night? I've heard there was a long-running grudge (for want of a better word) held by this particular cop towards Roy. I too find the whole story a wicked cover-up. Bless you Roy, you were magic. RIP.
I knew Roy for a long time, I went to all his shows on the east coast and I talked with him on various occasions. No one will ever convince me that he took his own life. The bruises that were found on his head and the goings on at the police station that he was being held in were never fully disclosed and his wife, Judy, tried to have his body exhumed but could not and later it was found that other prisoners at the time were also mistreated at this cell by the same guard(s) but no one could do anything. Everything was covered up. If it happened today it would have blown up all over the news the way the Ferguson incident did. Except this time with good reason.
Naw. Never the fault of a coked out drunk telling a cop for the 20th time to fuck himself. How do I know this? Been there done that. Been there done that. Been there done that. Ad nauseum.... Sad story. Great artist. The desperation of an addict is one hell of a lot stronger than the fear of taking control and ending the Hell. Now we are at 50,000 dead a year. Always some one else to blame. Big Pharma. The Man. Ma and Pop. The old lady. No bread. It never ends
B3... Walter is indeed a master, no doubt. And I love the stuff he does, listen to him a lot and he puts on a killer show. But I will bet you even up that Walter is not gonna compare himself to Roy. Roy just had so many tools in his blues workbench that nobody else had or figured out how to acquire. But Walter is a monster bluesman! Whoever you like, the main things is just livin the blues and respecting the tradition! A whole lot of people don't understand what the blues are about. -Z- -dw-
Roy is great, but for me the two greatest exponents of the Telecaster are Scotty Anderson and the ultimate player, the genius that is Danny Gatton who I think had loads of soul and feel - his jazz playing is exquisite. I would also give kudos to Jerry Donahue - no one bends a string like him.
zebop45 you totally have it right, i dont think you can compare the two and you have to show extreme respect to any of the players on that level of playing no matter what genre band or style
@urheadonastick Yep, you're also right. To make things more complicated, not only every guitarist achieves his own sound through his playing technique, also the different guitars can put a slightly different colour (or call it voice) to the result. I agree, holding another guitar beauty in my hands make me play slightly different.
Have you ever read "This Wheel's On Fire?" It is Levon Helm's book about his own life and the career of The Band. In it he makes some good points, such as Robertson getting writing credit for numbers like "Chest Fever," where a big chunk of it is solely Garth Hudsons work. He saysRobertson exploited the rest of The Band and cashed in on it, then brought the end about when he was the only one who wanted to stop. It's a good book.
Yeah,I guess he just liked to do it on stage,like in Germany,and in the rest of the world.And I guess a lot of people liked to watch him ? So keep on tryin Cldf,mabey you`ll get to do it there to some day to, good luck!!
Buchanan was with the original Hawks (later known as "The Band"), and Levon Helm says he was a strange person with weird eyes and a bizarre sense of humor. And where Ronnie Hawkins wanted showmanship in his musicians (dance steps and so forth) he just let Buchanan stand on the side of the stage and play the living crap out of the guitar. You can hear his influence on The Band's Robbie Robertson, though Robertson on his best day (I feel) can't touch what Buchanan did on an average day.
@squaredave2002 What do u mean by that hes dead,I just heard of him,and im 50ive been a hard core Zappa fanatic since i was 14,This dud Roy kiicks ass.
I don't think I would make that statement SirCallahan17. Gatton was influenced by Roy but I wouldn't say that Roy was his "teacher" by any stretch of the imagination!
@britturner: Yep, i see you know what i mean. Some people think if they only buy the same guitar and the same other equipment they would sound like their idols. But this is not true. Every musician has his own sound (at least the better ones). The Jazz Guys knew this already a long time ago. Miles Davis sounds like Miles, any other Player - even with Miles original instrument - will sound different. Even so with Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Page, Jerry Garcia, Santana etc. 1 note is enough to recognize.
I guess in the end Robertson had trouble with the Band members as there were copyright issues that involved those who truly wrote the Band's music. It seems like Roberson got the best of the authoring rights of the music. Other members claim he took advantage of them and the situation. If this is true I find it very unfortunate for one member to take advantage of others...
@jonnny9000 Not really at all. Of course you will hear effects thats being used, but first of all it comes from the musician himself. btw, i never use any effect pedals, only plain guitar and tube amp. The rest is in the fingers, man!
True, but he isn't bad at all. Some of the little flourishes Robertson used in The Band and his solo career directly reflect tricks he picked up from Buchanan. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, I admire his taste in influences.
So Mr Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones claimed he n Eric Clapton and Ron Wood pissed in Roy's beer cause Keith thought Roy was an "arrogant ass"....(but of course lay prostrate in front of Hendrix...roy played like Hendrix in the 1950s!!... Well Keith..why dont you n your friends just try playing Roy's intro to this Blues Shuffle...just his intro! Cant can you!?
Some claim he hung himself in his cell. Some say he was beat to death by Fairfax County sheriff's deputies. Somebody needs to investigate his death other than the Fairfax County sheriff's office.
no you can't ,you could get close, but thats it, even using the same guitar you can't match the same exact tones because their made of wood, and each peice of wood sounds unique
Roy was definitely one of the least appreciated guitarists of all time....I feel lucky to have seen him play in college. He has such a unique sound....I agree it's more his playing than the guitar. That given, and as I don't play the guitar, what makes the telecaster such a better blues guitar than the strat (in my opinion)?
I bet he went through an ass of strings. He twists the shit out of them. What a great slow groove he's got. I've finally found something I don't like about Roy's music. He has so many great songs it's nearly impossible to pick a favorite one.
sometimes blues can get really repetitive and simplistic. I hate the blues sometimes because of how repetitive and simplistic my playing becomes. I hear the blues is used to express emotion but ironically the blues has a tendency to piss me off. Not all of what this guy is playing is bad but every now and then he plays something I've played hundreds of times in my solos and I cringe a little bit inside!!! gotta love guitar...
I'm sorry everyone. I'm not trying to be morbid, just to get it straight. Roy hung himself, right? I don't want to get him confused with someone else. Seriously.
SRV is a hack. Sure, he knows the licks, but he has no taste. He always plays at Warp 9. No buildup. Actually, that is too harsh, but the sentiment stands. Those of us from Washington DC make the natural comparison of Roy to Danny Gatton. Danny could probably outplay Roy, but Roy had more Soul in his playing.
I saw you in 1973. I was eighteen and caught up in your spell. Lucky me!!!!
I play the electric guitar since about 30 years now and I can assure you that it's NOT only the guitar, the wood or something else. FIRST of all the sound comes from the guitarist. It's the artist, not the gear that you recognize.
When i play my strat or my tele they sound like me, if my fellow guitarist plays them they sound totally different. Thats it, it's in the fingers, not in the wood!
Amen. Lotta people think you need a 59 Les Paul and a Marshall plexi to sound good but guaranteed if Gary Moore played on my shitty rig he’d rock the shit outta it. Sorry Gary rip
@@williamdon3442 Hi William! I totally agree. Btw: It's kind of weird to get a reply to a 12-year-old comment. Feels a little bit like a time travel. :-)
You are exactly right
@@williamdon3442you can't buy tone although almost everyone tries to & spends all their time & money buying things that they don't need trying to achieve tone instead of practicing & mastering their craft &spending the time and effort where it counts instead of thinking you need an expensive amp, pedals and guitars as once you master the instrument all that gear becomes irrevalent, like you pointed out if you focus your time mastering your craft you will sound awesome regardless of what rig you play thru, you have to earn your tone the hard way as that is something the lazy guitarist can't buy as it comes thru hard work and constant practice &and like body building there is no shortcut or buying it, you have to earn it
Just a treat to listen 🎶 what a master!
O melhor e maior guitarrista desconhecido da história 🤙👏👏👏👊
The Man had More feel, and Soul than a lot of other Players of his time. Even when you think he may be playing out of tune he actually wanted those notes in there so he can resolve to the root in an unorthodox way. Notice his picking hand, and how he uses his other fingers along to create the intensity, and texture of the motif .Seymour Duncan actually wound his pickups for this particular Telecaster in this Video. Another Genius " Roy Buchanan" whose time came too soon. Thanks for the memory
Guitar genius genius genius! To say the least ! So unknown but so superb masterful playing jaw dropping never overplays plays what's right for the song and moment few have this skill
@mikej70 Stop. Buchanan CONSTANTLY overplays and deadens the song.
Guitar God, Love you Roy, R.,I.P best unknown player still. And hes been dead for many many years Long live Roy Buchanan, one of the top 5 players to have ever picked up a Guitar. No question, if you disagree , you know very very little about the guitar and Roy. .........R.I.P Roy
Roy was THE MAN when it came to Telecasters
Gosh he was amazing
DANNY GATTON. YES. Roy and Danny. It makes me proud to be a guitarist from Maryland.
My father turned me on to Roy when I was 12-13 years old. Strange circumstances brought me to Roy as my father frequented a small barber shop on Route 1, Hybla
Valley in Fairfax County, Va. Roy was taking a break from playing on the road & drying out from a narcotics addition. After our haircut, my Dad would walk out to the car & fetch his Gibson Super 400. I dont remember much about their playing but my Dad was a Jazz musician & he had no interest in R&B til he met Roy.
(continued)
Great Video. Roy was the best!
Well , I must say, blues is music of all people in the world ....
Big hello to all people in the world who live with this kind of music ... :)))
That confederate flag was a true blues maker....for black people
De los mejores blues de Roy, inspiración completa. Increíble..
I agree totally with you Bruno Dickhoff...each great well known guitarist has their own touch..and sound...I am not a musician in anyway...but enjoy mainly rock music...as a teenager I got "hooked" ...on Carlos Santana...and he is still one of my favourites...I have been exposed and introduced to many over the years...and wow...some that I never enjoyed much in the beginning...wow me..with some of their "stuff"....but Roy...can sure produce some awesome sound and riffs...
The man with the guitar ... "effective" only in the fingers
Excellent !
Roys "Second Album" to this day remains one of the all-time great blues albums ever..His playing on that is incredible...No effects, not too much reverb,just a pure natural sound..A classic for blues players,imo..
he does not just play he independently mutes any thing he does not want to hear, with his hands to get that sweet tone coming through. Scary good!
Un monstre de la guitare... et du blues.
no doubt jimmy had that awesome rock and roll presence and an overwhelming power that nobody could match but come on its Roy Buchanon as a guitarist he runs circles around page.
Roy had No Equals. Page Beck Clapton Hendrix all dug the shit outta Roy. He inspired them all. Was waaaaay better than Hendrix . He used no distortion or pedals or gimmicks ..just his heart and soul poured into those incredible double jointed fingers
Rest in PEACE great sounds
Claiming a particular guitarist is the greatest ever is obviously a personal thing, but to me Roy Buchanan was unmatched by anybody else. If somebody else comes along that can move people emotionally more than Roy did I will travel as far as I have to to see them doing it.
His gigs were often attended by other guitarists who basically stood in awe watching him tear that Tele to pieces, of course this was in between making it cry and whisper sweetly. God Bless you Roy, and thanks!
Saw him twice in DC. I'll never forget him!
@ Steven Stanley......You'll never convince me it was suicide either. Do you know how much truth there is to the story about the cop who took Roy in that night? I've heard there was a long-running grudge (for want of a better word) held by this particular cop towards Roy. I too find the whole story a wicked cover-up. Bless you Roy, you were magic. RIP.
Any subsequent info??
He had something special in his playing - not only technically - Great
Tone heaven! Roy and a Tele.
It's marvelous, fantastic ... .. .
Pourquoi l'excellence se fait-elle si rare ... .. . et ne dure t-elle pas ?
Novalee
wow!!!this is sick!
SRV and Roy were similar in that they truly became one with the guitar - like Hendrix and few others.
I dont think Hendrix nor SRV were as skilled and utilized as many styles as BUCHANAN
love that tele sound.
I knew I could always hear Roy......in Stevie Ray.
You can really hear his influence on Jeff Beck.
Can't remember if I saw him at the Armadillo Head Quarters. Or the then new Audutim both were in Austin around 1976-77
Awesome !!!!!
thank god that he make me hear musik like this!
great! great! great!
wonderful
Another masterpiece. Again i ask,,,why not 2M hits?
its in the mind finally...
roy had those huge hands the tele never had a chance
Youse is Da Blues Roy!!!
I knew Roy for a long time, I went to all his shows on the east coast and I talked with him on various occasions. No one will ever convince me that he took his own life. The bruises that were found on his head and the goings on at the police station that he was being held in were never fully disclosed and his wife, Judy, tried to have his body exhumed but could not and later it was found that other prisoners at the time were also mistreated at this cell by the same guard(s) but no one could do anything. Everything was covered up. If it happened today it would have blown up all over the news the way the Ferguson incident did. Except this time with good reason.
Naw. Never the fault of a coked out drunk telling a cop for the 20th time to fuck himself. How do I know this? Been there done that. Been there done that. Been there done that. Ad nauseum.... Sad story. Great artist. The desperation of an addict is one hell of a lot stronger than the fear of taking control and ending the Hell. Now we are at 50,000 dead a year. Always some one else to blame. Big Pharma. The Man. Ma and Pop. The old lady. No bread. It never ends
@@charlespeterson3798 he had no drugs in his system ... go find the facts before you spout bullshit ...
B3... Walter is indeed a master, no doubt. And I love the stuff he does, listen to him a lot and he puts on a killer show. But I will bet you even up that Walter is not gonna compare himself to Roy. Roy just had so many tools in his blues workbench that nobody else had or figured out how to acquire. But Walter is a monster bluesman! Whoever you like, the main things is just livin the blues and respecting the tradition! A whole lot of people don't understand what the blues are about.
-Z-
-dw-
Roy is great, but for me the two greatest exponents of the Telecaster are Scotty Anderson and the ultimate player, the genius that is Danny Gatton who I think had loads of soul and feel - his jazz playing is exquisite. I would also give kudos to Jerry Donahue - no one bends a string like him.
*© 1985*
God I LOVE Tele blues.
zebop45 you totally have it right, i dont think you can compare the two and you have to show extreme respect to any of the players on that level of playing no matter what genre band or style
@urheadonastick
Yep, you're also right. To make things more complicated, not only every guitarist achieves his own sound through his playing technique, also the different guitars can put a slightly different colour (or call it voice) to the result. I agree, holding another guitar beauty in my hands make me play slightly different.
gotta lab it!!
the man
Have you ever read "This Wheel's On Fire?" It is Levon Helm's book about his own life and the career of The Band. In it he makes some good points, such as Robertson getting writing credit for numbers like "Chest Fever," where a big chunk of it is solely Garth Hudsons work. He saysRobertson exploited the rest of The Band and cashed in on it, then brought the end about when he was the only one who wanted to stop. It's a good book.
Yeah,I guess he just liked to do it on stage,like in Germany,and in the rest of the world.And I guess a lot of people liked to watch him ? So keep on tryin Cldf,mabey you`ll get to do it there to some day to, good luck!!
Buchanan was with the original Hawks (later known as "The Band"), and Levon Helm says he was a strange person with weird eyes and a bizarre sense of humor. And where Ronnie Hawkins wanted showmanship in his musicians (dance steps and so forth) he just let Buchanan stand on the side of the stage and play the living crap out of the guitar. You can hear his influence on The Band's Robbie Robertson, though Robertson on his best day (I feel) can't touch what Buchanan did on an average day.
5jerry1 I’d love to hear some of the old Ronnie Hawkins songs which featured Roy. Anyone know of any?
As good as it gets
That and the Bill Lawrence Black Label pickups he has in them...
@squaredave2002 What do u mean by that hes dead,I just heard of him,and im 50ive been a hard core Zappa fanatic since i was 14,This dud Roy kiicks ass.
Telecaster Master
Like my 1000 view here as well as the song blues shuffle.
I don't think I would make that statement SirCallahan17. Gatton was influenced by Roy but I wouldn't say that Roy was his "teacher" by any stretch of the imagination!
There once was a boy named Roy....who had an Ax for a toy....and BOY could he make love to that thang!!!
@britturner: Yep, i see you know what i mean. Some people think if they only buy the same guitar and the same other equipment they would sound like their idols. But this is not true.
Every musician has his own sound (at least the better ones). The Jazz Guys knew this already a long time ago. Miles Davis sounds like Miles, any other Player - even with Miles original instrument - will sound different. Even so with Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Page, Jerry Garcia, Santana etc. 1 note is enough to recognize.
Roy kinda reminds me of ole Pete Townsend
sucks he died :( unique player, one of a kind
I guess in the end Robertson had trouble with the Band members as there were copyright issues that involved those who truly wrote the Band's music. It seems like Roberson got the best of the authoring rights of the music. Other members claim he took advantage of them and the situation. If this is true I find it very unfortunate for one member to take advantage of others...
Roy Buchanan was Danny Gatton's guitar teacher
And roomie
Walter Trout is the living master . Check him out!
@jonnny9000
Not really at all. Of course you will hear effects thats being used, but first of all it comes from the musician himself. btw, i never use any effect pedals, only plain guitar and tube amp. The rest is in the fingers, man!
True, but he isn't bad at all. Some of the little flourishes Robertson used in The Band and his solo career directly reflect tricks he picked up from Buchanan. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, I admire his taste in influences.
If you like this guy check out The one and only Walter Trout
Sounds like it's whistling
So Mr Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones claimed he n Eric Clapton and Ron Wood pissed in Roy's beer cause Keith thought Roy was an "arrogant ass"....(but of course lay prostrate in front of Hendrix...roy played like Hendrix in the 1950s!!...
Well Keith..why dont you n your friends just try playing Roy's intro to this Blues Shuffle...just his intro!
Cant can you!?
GOOD point, they can't fucking do it...Out of The Brits, ONLY Jeff Beck can even come close to Roy's abilities...
Some claim he hung himself in his cell. Some say he was beat to death by Fairfax County sheriff's deputies. Somebody needs to investigate his death other than the Fairfax County sheriff's office.
Guess you haven't seen Jimmy Page properly then, I suggest White Summer 1970 at Royal Albert.
and what did you say?
geez.that intro would put. neil youngs tone to shame...razor blade city...but the guy can play...
no you can't ,you could get close, but thats it, even using the same guitar you can't match the same exact tones because their made of wood, and each peice of wood sounds unique
Roy was definitely one of the least appreciated guitarists of all time....I feel lucky to have seen him play in college. He has such a unique sound....I agree it's more his playing than the guitar. That given, and as I don't play the guitar, what makes the telecaster such a better blues guitar than the strat (in my opinion)?
The rhythm is monotonous, but that is offset by the soloing (though it really didn't have to be as long as it is).
I bet he went through an ass of strings. He twists the shit out of them. What a great slow groove he's got. I've finally found something I don't like about Roy's music. He has so many great songs it's nearly impossible to pick a favorite one.
DITTO!
really are they playing better shuffles?
Roy is definately top3 for me, but I still prefer Jimmy Page.
...and the cops murdered him...
Better than Clapton, and Clapton's great.
define better
Very great guitarist.
Maybe is fault : playing whith so much treble.
what's the big deal
it's a guitar like any others
Nobody else thinks this is boring? Going on the same beat for so long.
Es la cancion que mas me gusta de Roy y dices eso, jajaja
sometimes blues can get really repetitive and simplistic. I hate the blues sometimes because of how repetitive and simplistic my playing becomes. I hear the blues is used to express emotion but ironically the blues has a tendency to piss me off.
Not all of what this guy is playing is bad but every now and then he plays something I've played hundreds of times in my solos and I cringe a little bit inside!!!
gotta love guitar...
I'm sorry everyone. I'm not trying to be morbid, just to get it straight. Roy hung himself, right? I don't want to get him confused with someone else.
Seriously.
SRV is a hack. Sure, he knows the licks, but he has no taste. He always plays at Warp 9. No buildup. Actually, that is too harsh, but the sentiment stands.
Those of us from Washington DC make the natural comparison of Roy to Danny Gatton. Danny could probably outplay Roy, but Roy had more Soul in his playing.
Roberson is a basic player!