Roy Buchanan - Hot Wires

High Wire 0:00
That Did It 2:44
Goose Grease 7:52
Sunset Over Broadway 10:55
Ain't No Business 15:12
Flash Chordin' 18:32
25 Miles 22:41
These Arms Of Mine 26:31
Country Boogie 31:49
The Blues Lover 36:23

[@malcolmstinson1352]

Chris Kelsch cheers sir, I couldn't agree with you more. An amazing talent with a troubled soul. RIP Roy ,,, you are loved and missed very much. 🎶🌈💞🎵💕🎼

[@tns4421]

My absolute best Roy album....just a legend!!

[@richardwhitfill5253]

A great talent with a very sad ending. Heart breaking.

[@jacobcoil2739]

One of the very best to ever walk this plant rest in peace see you when I get there✌✌

[@tomarmstrong4761]

I first encountered Roy Buchanan's music in 1989 or so. The Alligator albums were a real treat! Someone asked me who I would like to be able to emulate if I woke up tomorrow being able to play guitar. Roy Buchanan was one of my top three (Foree Wells was another, and Duane Eddy was the other).

[@ikoiko2631]

Saw Roy 37 times, Had dinner with him one time at MFP's in Rosyln NY.A master like no other...but the coldness in the way people banter about his death is disheartening.Regardless of how he passed, he was a tortured soul, who took US AWAY from OUR troubles everytime he picked up an AXE.Lets all keep comments respectful to his memmory....he desserves no less.PEACE

[@Pazernator]

I met him in Perth Western Australia about 18 months before he left us. My friends and I made our way thru some doors(20th century security right?) at the Concert Hall and found ourselves in the bands dressing room. they pointed us to the green room were I sat one on one with him for 30/40 mins just talkin' about our favourite beers and how we hung out to which album etc then we spoke about the show which piece I liked etc ..So accomodating. polite, with that long laid back drawl...He could have easily flicked of this skinny little fan-boy in the 1st 10 seconds, but now I have a life experince I'll treasure forever...

[@derbypreston5547]

If someone spoke in a coldness tone to me about Roy Buchanan and how he died .... they wouldn’t discover a kind of coldness they never knew....... he was murdered by the Police in Fairfax County , Virginia and I pray .... that a Coldcase is opened on the true cause of his death !!!$

[@gerardhaubert8210]

chris kelsch use to frequent MFP in early 70’s, great venue. Wish I had known about RB in those days

[@hannesstuber222]

@@derbypreston5547 got some sources?

[@bidensclueless7353]

The greatest unknown guitarist ever!

[@TheBorjamz]

The first time I ever heard him was a PBS special on his life many years ago. before he passed away .Never heard anyone play that way. Dont know if he had magic fingers or magic strings whatever it was He was and still is Roy Buchanan.

[@gilesfamily2653]

So good like Rory Gallagher and Johnny Winter

[@ondshot8720]

One Of The Greatest Guitar Player In The World.

[@theherbpuffer]

Got that right. It's Rory Gallagher then the rest of them are one of the best

[@markrobinson8410]

He was

[@DogCatchersBand]

I agree. Met Uncle Roy in 1985 and he was a true gentleman who embraced his fans.

[@chrisbelanger9021]

"That boy is hotter than pepper pudding!"....Albert King

[@TelecasterLPGTop]

Saw Roy live twice, an amazing guitarist.

[@vonsnitchzel735]

Man plays blues that shreds metal to pieces!

[@theherbpuffer]

Don't forget Rory Gallagher

[@PulauSwan]

Chris Kelsch, u are so lucky, seeing the master 37 times. I saw him once in Australia, as it turns out, I wish I had groupied the whole tour, as he died not so long after. He still inspires me, as I am sure he still does, to you.

[@AlexMarin1000]

Extraordinario,eso es lo que sucede cuando una guitarra toca blues,es un sentimiento extraño pero maravilloso, guitarras desgarradas y punteos que elevan, hacen danzar el anima de cada uno.When a guitar plays the blues.

[@atuk1607]

love it, just the raw sound of roy buchanan, he may be not the only one, but hearing his sound make me feel a lot younger

[@lsunationalchamps08]

this is my first Roy Buchanan album i've ever listened to! I Love it!!

[@richardwhitfill5253]

Yes. Love Roy

[@sasadekic5450]

a little town in central serbia where he was so loved, never got so lucky to have him perform live

[@johnamaral1786]

Sasa there's lots of good video on KZbin of Roy live. Check out his Rockpalast and St. Joseph's Foodliner vids.

[@francesconeri-cc1qz]

Best Ever. Best Ever. Allucinante. Pazzesco. Best Ever.

[@gazoswoodrat]

That cat can make his guitar wail and sing them blues ;-))

[@DogCatchersBand]

When I was photographed backstage with Jeff Beck in 1999 I was wearing the ROY BUCHANAN "HOT WIRES" T-SHIRT!

[@kentbrown2721]

damn I fell in love with this to late to see him... i missed an awesome player!

[@3papaw3]

excellent...definitely has the right album name "hot wires". i can't believe this is the first time i've listened to this man, but it won't be my last. i'm putting this on my amazon shopping list for when the eagle flies over.

[@michaelellis7787]

You will never regret following his work. A real innovator in Guitar Technique / skills / original innovations. Page credits him with many things borrowed from "the greatest guitarist you never heard about" -- to quote a PBS Documentary. RIP and will not be forgotten.

[@johnamaral1786]

Thanks Tommy for the great upload of possibly Roy's best album. These Arms Of Mine is certainly his prettiest number. He saved the best for last. A beauty. RIP Roy.

[@MrSmithoono]

Best interpreter of the blues guitar, period.

[@theherbpuffer]

Close but no cigar; Rory Gallagher

[@bad2mx]

If not thE greatest, every great guitar player now, has been or ever will be all wrapped up into one.

[@a.s.2426]

Love Roy’s work. This album here calls to mind Buddy Guy a lot during his peak era, for me. Another great player.

[@IgnacioPerezVizzon]

Amazin Blues

[@williamgibson4053]

At one point in my life I was lost to Roy Buchanan and Link Wray. I loved it but that way madness lies.

[@dezionlion]

what's your point

[@samissomar]

Good Old Blues...Go Roy Goooo!...

[@Gibson4383]

Flash Chordin! HOLY MOTHER OF CHRIST! awesome thanks for upload.

[@francollis52]

Talk about making a gitiar talk this guy makes it scream I would have loved to see him and Rory Gallagher get together they would have ripped the roof off anywhere they went this guy is smoking!!!!

[@arhauw]

Dude have done a great job , the album is just good

[@RobHollanderMusic]

Man, was he great!

[@johnamaral1786]

Yes!!

[@anthonyhaas8096]

saw Roy a few weeks before his death in atlanta what a show Lonnie Mack Koko Taylor where also on the bill that was great concert

[@johnamaral1786]

A super line-up for the great show that must of been!

[@uranium591]

Nice blues . . . i love it !

[@bucketsz]

From Allmusic: "Master guitarist Roy Buchanan elevates his already astronomical musical standard on his third Alligator release, HOT WIRES. With his searing tone, fluid runs, screeching harmonics, dynamics experiments, and grab bag of scratches, wails, and noodles, Buchanan's Fender often sounds less like a guitar than a channel for highly articulate alien intelligence. As usual, Roy has backed himself with some of the finest blues and rock studio musicians--including guitarist Donald Kinsey.

[@johnamaral1786]

Except...wasn't he playing a Les Paul at this time?

[@BuguiMen]

gooooooooooooodddddddddd

[@williamcordova4452]

Nothin but ROY!!!!

[@jcmangan]

Master of the Telecaster. That`s why I`m wondering the Les Paul on the cover.

[@Rekeza]

This album (1987) and his album You're Not Alone (1978) both feature Les Pauls on the cover, there are three albums in between but I couldnt see their covers, so im assuming, maybe later in his career he switched to a les paul

[@ironpirites]

+anthony ricchezza At the time Hot Wires came out he was quoted as saying he wanted to show that he could get all of his usual sounds out of a Les Paul.

[@AvaPxiaO]

Some of his late teles were really partscasters he developed together with Bill Lawrence but his real Nancy trick was uncovered by Don Mare not long ago. +ironpirites

[@ironpirites]

I've seen the video of Don Mare playing his "Nancy" bridge pick up. The tone is definitely there. Quite an achievement for him to have found its source and been able to duplicate it. Makes me wonder about the Les Paul sound on Hot Wires. Roy was known for being an unreliable source of information about himself. Great player though. I was really upset when he died. I couldn't even listen to his music for a long time.

[@johnbeishline6914]

yeah. the review I read when this album came out said that he did play a Les Paul here. I think this was the last album he did?

[@MrMALLEE]

Fond memories of Roy at the Corner Hotel Richmond in the mid '80's.

[@HeavyD2544]

If you like this, look into You're Not Alone by Roy. It has this incredible mix of trippy Pink Floyd style rock, with the same blues inspired hard rock of this album. It came out 10 years earlier, and it holds his most impressive stuff in my opinion.

[@damnSpambackwards]

Agreed.

[@smokethapimp]

Thanks for the upload. Man I miss Roy.

[@kentinspacetime5378]

In his last year's Roy switched to a Les Paul. Some of this is clearly the sound of a Les Paul.

[@rickdavis3593]

Master of the Telecaster

[@dougstuber]

Roy- Why? A good friend, fellow stagemaster and hot guitarist. Long time no see. No one lived harder.

[@JanetcbTube]

I thought it was Stevie Ray! Love It.

[@dezionlion]

yeah srv playing with the fabulous thunderbirds

[@Tizio12]

best guitar player I ever heard

[@theherbpuffer]

Have you heard Rory Gallagher? Just curious

[@rickshipman9279]

Yea Roy was My Uncle,should of met him in person !

[@johnamaral1786]

P.S. I was happy to get this off the triple six number of likes. Onward and upward for Roy.

[@redeyexpress1]

Thanks man. been look'n fer this!

[@timpenfield5]

best vibrato ever?

[@peglegnoid6139]

BUENO

[@fritzduerst1875]

Gute Platte, mag virallem die langsamen Songs, Danke für Posten, Frederic duerst lefthand Gitarrist Switzerland

[@richardkraus277]

what are / were the details of his death ? I saw him perform live once in Cambridge , Mass around ' 83 or so . I am a fan of Roy - heard of his problems with the Baltimore police - right ? Any info . would be appreciated - thanks.....

[@richardkraus277]

very good idea - I will check out his bio - why didn't I think of that ? One thing I do is true - he did have problems with the Baltimore police and I'm pretty sure he died while in custody .

[@ikoiko2631]

I have no official info, I am just a fan, a rather ardent one, I believe his memory should be pragmatic, in the sense that people should not "speculate" that cops killed him, or whatever.If he took his own life, such a tragedy is staggering...but having seen him, spoke to him..my experience was that he was multifaceted....uhhhh, and therefore...ANYTHING could have occurred.READ HIS BIO..it's cool....teach kids about him..peace

[@jeffnelson5919]

Hendrix 3rd Stone from the Sun sounds alot like Sunset over Broadway

[@bluelibra65]

i do the robot to this album , while dusting my furniture, ? - oh, and i dance in circles.

[@danielgoodyouarroyo7773]

BLUESNSIMO ROY HOT WIRE

[@johnwoody7979]

I just got hit by 220 volts of live wire and it made my whole body jump........!

[@johnamaral1786]

Wasn't it great?

[@giuseppesecondolelli199]

Campione

[@gilesfamily2653]

Roy wasn’t afraid to turn the volume up on his guitar and play it some other guitarists could learn a few things

[@vonsnitchzel735]

In "Hurriganes medley" middle part is named Roy On Flashtop and sounds quite a lot like Flash chordin'. And that song is made in 1973 by finnish rock band Hurriganes. Can anyone explain this?

[@ironpirites]

Nice catch. I am looking into this. I haven't compared the two pieces, but when I listened to "Roy on Flash Top" I thought Roy Buchanan was playing. Albert Jarvinen must have been influenced stylistically by Buchanan. The title of the tune suggests that. Jarvinen really has that feel and phrasing of Buchanan, but not the same shrill Tele tone. By 1973 Buchanan was a fully formed guitar stylist. He tightened up his presentations when he was with Alligator records and made some great albums, like Hot Wires before he died, but the tools were all in the tool box in the early 70s, in my opinion. Interesting though. I wonder if Roy heard the Jarvinen piece and stole some licks, or stole them back.

[@samnrob1]

was that 1 dislike REALLY necessary?

[@francollis52]

Sam Gladwish that's only because that person don't know shit about real raw talent

[@chilitoday]

I wonder if Roy ever jammed with Robert Cray.

[@spencere58]

I need the recipe for that goose grease

[@bob7155]

Заставка с лесполом неуместна. Рой играл на телекастере.

[@rightondude]

moses wapshot Don't know what you're listening to. His guitar is definately not "buried in the mix".

[@trikoo1]

Did anyone see him using Gibson ever???

[@knightfall9394]

Yea there’s studio pics of him using one with p90s, he had quite a few non tele guitars

[@MrSammy1776]

@richard he hung himself in jail(apparently) .Some think he was killed by the police.

[@henryVIIIification]

Yea but he couldn't play with his teeth (smile) that's a joke folks. Some people can literally become part of what they're doing. Roy was one of those and a shape shifter. He could become a guitar and then he would speak. Take the guitar away and he was just an old country boy. Give him a guitar and he was a giant.

[@jimdandy3573]

Roy can. sing and play rip

[@johnamaral1786]

Well, he can play!

[@knightfall9394]

he cant sing for shit

[@tikijaymo007]

sounds like the band cant match his talent is he playing gibson or fender telecasters bring out the raw guts of the man for sure

[@patcraven7026]

Show me any of those effects pedal shredders that can play like this.

[@knightfall9394]

i love how you’re shitting on those guys and calling them “effects pedal shredders” when during this period roy was using effects pedals, you can literally hear the delay and chorusing on the alligator albums and see/hear him using pedals live during this time you shitting on “shredders” is funny especially when you hear roy do the crap at 12:33 and hear him try to play fast and it just comes out as sloppy noise, lets also not forget whatever crap he’s doing in flash chordin because its just him making noise through most of it 20:51 is absolute garbage, i dont know what possessed him to do that shit but its crap compared to other stuff he’s done

[@chuckjaynes4974]

to bad he couldn`t sing.

[@MrFrenchHarp]

chuck jaynes Its all art.. not the best voice but not "bad".. he made up for it w talent on the guitar in spades.

[@kaharoa9807]

Just a STRING ENCHANTED freak ...who had to play every string just 4 the fun of it ....backwards,forwards upside & downside too !! bit like a weird MOZART on guitar...?

[@sprucetree49]

Just awful! It's stuff like this that kept him back. His guitar is buried in the mix and the backing band sounds robotic. And putting a piicture of a Gibson guitar on the cover screws him image wise. Roy was the ultimate Telecaster jock. There should have been a butterscotch Tele on the cover. This record takes something unique and tries to turn it into generic blues. Even worse than Fat Poissum's sticking 80 year old bluesmen with heavy metal sidemen.

[@michaelellis7787]

Over a long and often interrupted career [he had to give up music for a while and cut hair to survive], Roy had many styles and sounds, this is the commercial one which comments indicate is still much appreciated. I prefer the hard edged "live" recordings, but still deeply value his vast range of skills and innovations.