roy buchanan - peter gunn theme

Roy Buchanan playing the Peter Gunn Theme live.

[@MrRippedRocks]

Great Version. I was lucky enough to see him on the same bill as Johnny Winter and Dickey Betts in the mid-eighties.

[@woodwired1]

Roy is definitely one of the most under-rated guitar slingers that ever plugged in.

[@de1ce]

Roy Buchanan........the right hand of God on guitar! RIP Roy you were never truly appreciated.....but thank you for the music you left behind

[@Wintermute0168]

Hearin' Roy play "Peter Gunn" always gives me chills!

[@PavelVolchek-q3y]

Hes on my short list of best electric guitarists.rip😢

[@keefek]

Here, you see and hear a genuine guitar god. Roy's story is also -- yet another --blues man tragedy.

[@lindadote]

There is a superb clip of Roy doing "Down by the River". Watch his fingers on THAT solo, he truly was magnificent. RIP Roy.

[@sawmillslim]

The guy was over the top! I saw him numerous times in and around Pittsburgh during the mid/ late '70's as his producer, then, Jay Reich, was from the Steel City. In person, I have not...before or since..seen any one command the guitar as well as he did. One time stands out...he played slide...using a switchblade...after the encore finished, he flipped "Nancy" over..and stuck the blade in her wooden backside!

[@mimsmagz]

One of the greatest-EVER. It doesnt get any better....

[@erickarreman6119]

I saw Roy Buchanan in Paradiso/Amsterdam and I shook his hand in the parking lot, back in the day. Incredible player, tragic ending...

[@wralford]

The Master of the Telecaster!

[@ericynot]

There are other great players, but none better than Buchanan. He's got the tone, he's got the technique, he's got the soul, and he knows every trick in the book (including the ones he invented himself). And he never showboats -- he lets his hands and his instrument do all the talking.

[@RootBoyJim]

Well, Danny Gatton...and maybe the Hellecasters

[@bloozedaddy]

All these techniques were in use for quite a while. I'd say this entire performance is based on showboating and that's exactly what he was going for... speed picking and even some EVH style tapping. You must be watching a totally different video.

[@sireliot2149]

I love listening to Roy. He does throw in showboating or parlor tricks here and there. I suspect its tongue in cheek. Jeff Beck makes similar use of the volume knob, and has subtle wizardry with strat tremolo. Some call it airplane noises, but when they are "on" they are both incredible.

[@scurpenin]

What an extraordinary guitarist he was!

[@frankstecker5675]

The great Roy .. 🎸

[@sylviawood7767]

AAAwesome guitar work ROY Legendry band i grew up with years ago

[@martinevans7771]

that was one awsome guitarist

[@parmec1875]

Awesome! Tapping!

[@knight1wolf]

I could practice till my fingers bleed (and have) I will never be this GREAT!!! So few real deals anymore, Roy is the real deal!

[@delpuckett]

that Tele is SCREAMING !!

[@rorygg1]

hey, roy's music is of a universal language. you have no manners, ingrate !!!!!!

[@MrRippedRocks]

Peter Gunn theme performed by the master of the Telcaster - Roy Buchanan!

[@urankjj]

Looks like he had to sweat that one a little, but man-o-man was he workin that Tele.Roy rocks! Thankx Lee and keep um commin KZbin!!

[@cobar5342]

I love this version

[@stratmandeville]

I would have loved to see him and Danny Gatton play together. Rest in peace, to both of you.

[@michaeladrian2210]

They were roommates

[@lindadote]

Ahh, Roy Buchanan, the man with whom Hendrix refused so much as a "pick off" with, can't imagine why. I've long loved Roy's amazing sound and just for the record, I'll never believe the man suicided either. RIP Roy.

[@richardbrice8330]

Linda Jones no shit the man Didn’t kill himself. The cops did him. The greatest guitar player nobody knows. Glad to see somebody that understands!

[@jimmyingram9657]

The only way to go

[@lindadote]

SteppenWolff100 ......yes, according to those who saw him, he looked to have sustained a beating. It’s a disgraceful business, Roy was still a relatively young man.

[@catman306]

When some obnoxious guitar player starts bragging about his talent just put on some roy buchanan. ANY Roy Buchanan cut available should do nicely. That should quiet them down.

[@cptntwang]

have mercy! this is excellent!!! hats off.....

[@forbyn]

i think Roy, Eddie VH and Page are all about 10 times the musician most people are or could ever hope to be. They all kinda rule at different things so its hard to really say better..I love what this guy and Jim campilongo do with a tele. so cool. For whatever thats worth. Rock on.

[@rayrob11]

Underrated...all I can say

[@semismokeymama]

one of the best of the best

[@KnightOwl2006]

I saw Roy at the Bottom Line in NYC a couple months before he died. Shook his hand. Nice guy. RIP.

[@MitchTenderness]

i love how he's toying with the melody hitting points and then dancing around the theme. check out the Hellecasters' version of this song you guys will like it if you like this.

[@backwoodsgps]

can roar like a lion and sing like a bird a Heroic Man a Nice Man

[@JesustheMadDog222]

He Is a GUITAR GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kurtr9395]

Roy was just simply a cut above the rest.

[@kraigbretz8555]

The Master of the Telecaster.the cops murdered him.

[@jctradeshowjoe1]

This the Shizzellllll! Right up there with Bonamassa, Vai, Gallagher Zack,possibly the best of all.

[@ivoted7199]

Good lord! BAD! ASS!

[@toncuz8291]

Only Page and Buchanan were doing anything like this on stage back between 1969 and 1973. They influenced everyone.

[@mikej70]

Yes he and Page just go for it with reckless abandon not afraid to take chances playing differently every night using the guitar like a voice full of emotions feelings and power. . Can't believe Roy is hardly known by music fans

[@PaulC39]

He was an incredible blues guitar player. What stands out besides his great picking is that he didn't use pedal effects. The sounds he got out of his Telecaster and the strings he used were magnificent. Of course the amplification.

[@bloozedaddy]

He's using a Boss delay pedal here.... heavily.

[@rycooder9486]

I dig this because of the stacattoesque attack rythm that is maintained at will. But I really really love this song on his album. ..there is a pause just after opening defining rift where he just EXPLODES for about 90 seconds......jarring! Yes Gary Moore n Jeff Beck n Danny Gatton n Van Halen were influenced (Moore I believe decided to listen to all Roys songs to really get to understand his technique) by Buchanan but being artist they created their own voice.

[@lylecosmopolite]

It was in 1978 or 1980 that I first read, in the Chicago Reader I think, that Roy Buchanan was the greatly undervalued master of the electric guitar. Back then the fellow had cut only 2-3 vinyl LPs that had not sold particularly well. He needed a day job and played only in a suburban DC roadhouse on Friday & Saturday evenings. IMO, he also looks like a college prof, not like a rock star. Dozens of wannabes are dead or burned out. Roy soldiers on.

[@redflamered]

Should do a movie about this guy's life. Would be a great movie.

[@64roo]

A legend

[@Eduardojcastroviejo]

AMAZING!

[@RoyBuchanan309]

N that's coming from someone who has heard 90% the gig's he has ever played. At his best he makes this entire show look like a practice session.

[@punkrockefeller]

yes, an out take which was released after his death on the war heroes lp. its here on you tube, just search hendrix peter gunn. also, check out the remo 4 version for some real rock history.

[@louangelwolf]

in case you were wondering was truly freakin cool ..this is.

[@knight1wolf]

thanks pal, I still love to play!

[@戸谷健二-q9b]

センス抜群、燻し銀、渋いなぁ。

[@WilliamSlaght]

@wickedtothemisty No, just take reverb on your amp and put at max and you'll get the same effect he's gettin in this vid.. Remember he only has his Fender 43 guitar and with his amp thts all folks!

[@cobraristein]

How funny....When I was fifteen and traded my clarinet for a Harmony H22 Bass at the localmusic store, the first tune I played was the Peter Gunn tune. I stayed on that E string forever. Just a 15 yr old kid and wanted to be like the Beatles and Stones.

[@tamatoa7ful]

Master..

[@eticketme619]

I want to use this in my Reality Show openener...AWESOME!!!!!!!! DAM!!!!!

[@MeSeGe4_Sergey_M]

*© 1985*

[@bubbah671]

jesus christ what a guitar player dam .

[@Husker22U]

SWEEETTTTT !!!!!

[@bombniboy3]

hey does anyone know the tabs for this song. i would really love to play this. also, i just love the way roy plays, hes not like jumping around the stage, he just stands there and delivers great music! well done!

[@lrb3989]

Wow

[@johnhill156]

wow

[@ironpirites]

This is definitely the version to use if they ever remake the TV program.

[@lylecosmopolite]

@nora22000 : You are right and I stand corrected. Moreover, he was found hung in a jail cell where he had spent the night after being booked for a domestic dispute. It was ruled a suicide, but his friends dispute that.

[@smotpoker86]

Thumbpick,you are crazy...yeah

[@76MOUSE77]

And there you have it, now go play it.....

[@jscforum]

holy shit

[@cameronsilvas4073]

Did I really just see that? God damn sam!

[@aceboy723]

you dig.?...i wish i could play with myself like disisz.....da beat is wickard

[@alexagc74]

I think Buchanan among Guilmour Page Hendrix Clapton steve vai Satriani and some others i dont remember right now are the best guitar players ever with electric gutar. god bless the blues

[@DONDIVA1969]

Hendrix's version was just him playing around and joking in the studio. It was never meant to be released.

[@mraquel07081]

Maravilloso. La versión de Jeff Beck es también impresionante!!!!!

[@tbonewalkerleefrom]

impresionante madre mia

[@BlueRoseRocketBand2]

One of the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!As for hanging himself in jail. never bought the story still don't! Make a good book and movie. Hear me Hollywood....

[@dyskover]

@toncuz ..........oh, contrarily, my friend....there were others with wondrous skillz....like Jeff Beck.....Alvin Lee...Elvin Bishop.....yet....I agree that ROY was doing his amazing stuff before ANYone....and like no one since...

[@jimmuncy5636]

OMG! He's tapping.

[@maxeexam]

and his fingers never leave his hand

[@michaelpolson482]

Check out Phil Keaggy from Glass Harp he gets some pretty amazing sounds out of his guitar too

[@JRR951]

I don't consider Page overrated... Anyone who made it big doesn't have to be considered overrated just because they found success. He's a great guitarist. It's Roy on the other hand who is completely underrated

[@sireliot2149]

Can anyone tell what Roy doing with his foot at the start? Volume or delay?

[@ManagFTW66]

eff eddie, this is a badass guitar player...wow...

[@habappy]

Bluesman. A jail cell. Belt.

[@herrtrigger7]

Great job on a great tune! Roy Buchanan was a one of the best as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan. Ya... Eddie Van Halen is a one trick pony

[@butchermachine]

Fucking killer song! Is that Chuck Norris clapping in the striped shirt?

[@l.s.contreras7120]

No one beats the blues brothers version!

[@rickhahn950]

How high are you?!

[@feicodeboer]

Interesting twist to the song. At least an original cover instead of just a copy. Like it or not, it's art.

[@punkrockefeller]

sorry, i guess i should've said boring as compared 2 the jimi hendrix version, in my humble opinion of course. mr. buchanan truly is a great talent.

[@PeterMayer]

Jimmy Page did some tapping in 69, Steve Hackett did in 73. Eddie just made it his own.

[@nora22000]

@alnot01 Roy's playing is great, but he's just as dead as the rest of 'em. 1988 R.I.P.

[@Golfshooter]

@jbassman666 how the hell can you compare this to eddie van halen?

[@drakath726]

the lights went into the camera at 1:03 lol

[@waycrosswaif]

@macplumber im jealous!

[@jhoelzler]

whaa?

[@amoskowitz0103]

Was Roy actually sober at this gig? Unbelievable.

[@wizardalvin]

different

[@kenp3L]

Same bass line as Planet Clair by the B-52's!

[@kurtr9395]

kenp3L ummm. no the Veturas did Peter gun in the 60ds. with that base line.

[@JohnLeePedimore]

Henri Mancini wrote Peter Gunn and Duane Eddy recorded it first in 1959.

[@FeldwebelWolfenstool]

@nakadashi19631 You can say that again!

[@foxyroxstar]

Van Halen Could Do This..Jimi Hendrix..The Talking Heads..Emerson, Lake, and Palmer you know...a friend of mine had his door unlocked at a light and the heist was...(at gunpoint)'Take Me To Philadelphia...aka'Had a Gun..Will Travel!...TAXI!

[@DJKr15py]

@jbassman666 eddie totally stole two handed tapping off roy

[@davidb1953]

Compare to Dick Dale's take. Roy sounds like he's from outer space!

[@lee32uk]

Honestrate KZbin is for everyone and not just English speakers!!! Have some manners yourself

[@ClydeRockwaY]

What Year?