Roy Buchanan - Live At Rockpalast 1985

 Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound,^[1] Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career^[2] and two later solo albums that made it to the Billboard chart. He never achieved stardom, but is considered a highly influential guitar player.^[3] Guitar Player praised him as having one of the "50 Greatest Tones of All Time."^[1] He appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits in 1977 (season 2). 

 

Death

Grave of Buchanan in Columbia Gardens Cemetery

According to his agent and others, Buchanan was doing well, having gained control of his drinking habit and playing again, when he was arrested for public intoxication after a domestic dispute.^[2][6] He was found hanged from his own shirt in a jail cell on August 14, 1988, in the Fairfax County, Virginia, Jail. According to Thomas Hartman, who was in a cell near Buchanan's, the deputy sheriff opened the door early in the morning and found Buchanan with the shirt around his neck.^[9][17] His cause of death was officially recorded as suicide, a finding disputed by Buchanan's friends and family. One of his friends, Marc Fisher, reported seeing Roy's body with bruises on the head.

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Setlist: 1. Thing In G (Short Fuse) 0:02:19 2. Green Onions 0:06:57 3. Roy's Blues (Roy's Bluz) 0:12:20 4. Walk Don't Run 0:23:37 5. Sweet Dreams 0:26:00 6. Peter Gunn 0:29:44 7. Blues In D (Blues Shuffle instrumental) 0:33:18 8. Hey Joe 0:39:12 9. Foxy Lady 0:43:57 10. Massiah (Massiah Will Come Again) 0:47:36 11. Night Train 0:55:02 12. Linda Lou 0:59:13 13. Wayfaring Pilgram 1:04:23 The Rolling Stones wanted him to replace Brian Jones, and Eric Clapton asked him to play the guitar for Derek & The Dominos – but he turned down both offers. ROY BUCHANAN was a true master of the Fender Telecaster guitar; and his playing technique significantly influenced musicians such as Gary Moore and Jeff Beck. He moved to Los Angeles when he was a teenager and played in the band Heartbeats with Spencer Dryden. After this, he went on tour with Dale Hawkins and played with Robbie Robertson (The Band) who described BUCHANAN as one of his main influences. In the sixties ROY BUCHANAN got married, moved to Washington D. C. and worked as a studio musician for more than one hundred album productions. His first solo album was only released in 1971 and which led to the result that he and his inimitable playing of the Fender Telecaster was a well-kept secret among the likes of John Lennon, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones. Despite this reputation and the huge success he experienced in the seventies, BUCHANAN felt restricted in the creativity granted to him by the record companies. In 1981 he decided to go on a four year break. This Rockpalast concert was recorded at the Markthalle in Hamburg on February 24, 1985 – just three years before his tragic suicide. It is a performance that shows ROY BUCHANAN’s genius on the guitar in an extremely unique way – especially with his brilliant covers by artists including Jimi Hendrix or Don Gibson. An impressive legacy! Lineup: ROY BUCHANAN - guitar, vocals MARTIN STEVENSON - vocals JOHN STEELE - guitar, keyboards, vocals ANTHONY DUMM - bass MARTIN YULA - drums Thumbnail picture by: Thomas von der Heide MIG music online: Website: http://www.mig-music.de/ Facebook:   / migmusic.de   Instagram:   / migmusicde  

 

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