Roy Buchanan's Sound | Fazio Electric Record Collection

[@robertbarnes9745]

I am from the DC area and heard Roy many times live in local clubs. He always played a vibrolux reverb. Always. Most of his finest playing never got on a record. Cocaine really screwed him sideways in later years. I've played a Telecaster for 50 plus years because of Roy and Danny.

[@robertbarnes9745]

Neglected to say I first heard Roy in 1969 at the Crossroads in Bladensburg MD with a borrowed draft card to get in. Crazy days.

[@goodun2974]

You guys in the Maryland area were lucky because you got to see Roy when he was young and at his best, before the booze hollowed him out. He didn't make it up to New England very often during his peak years, and a co-worker of mine who saw him twice said the first time was fantastic and the second time was awful. I bought all of his records and never found one that really impressed me, certainly not if you compare them to Danny Gatton's phenomenal "88 Elmira St" (Cruisin Deuces and Unfinished Business also have their moments). I saw Roy just once, playing with a local pickup band a few months before he died, and it was a sad affair. For that matter, I had tickets to see Danny play on the Cruising Deuces tour but he canceled the tour because he didn't want to be away from his family, and a few months later he was gone. Depression is a terrible thing.

[@robertbarnes9745]

You are so right on so many things. Depression is a terrible thing. Danny had it too. The first time I saw Danny was about 1970 when he played banjo and guitar with Liz Meyer and friends. I disagree about Roy's body of work on records. There are many examples in the earlier records where he was on fire. His tone and his ability to bend strings into amazing semi tones was other worldly. You could hear Roy's tortured soul cry out and wail on so many things. I don't mean the volume swells he did with his finger. I just mean playing Hell out of Nancy so it sounded like he was crying from his soul. Sounds overly poetic I know, but that's the way it struck me. If ever anyone met the devil down at the crossroads to trade his soul for his prowess, it was Roy. RIP good sir.

[@goodun2974]

@@robertbarnes9745 , Like I said I bought all the records and I've watched many of the Buchanan videos you can find online. People say that the really great players sound as if they're channeling something powerful from outside of themselves or elsewhere in the universe, but generally it seemed to me as if Roy was just super-imposing himself on the band in the background, not really listening or finding the pocket. Groundbreaking technique for sure, but not very musical to my ear. Danny, on the other hand, Danny *listened*.

[@goodun2974]

@@robertbarnes9745 , I also bought Arlen Roth's "Guitarist" record around the time I was buying Roy's records ---- Arlen obviously learned from Roy but in my opinion was more musical. There's some great playing on that record. Duke Levine is another one I like, "Nobody's Home" is a great record.

[@iplaymytele]

I have every Roy Buchanan recording on vinyl known to man…🙏🏻 I have been a professional working musician, most all of my life…🎶 I just turned 70 years old last Thursday, March 28…! And I am still gigging and teaching….( 😳👀 ) Two and three copies of some of them …! Roy Buchanan, is a reason I started playing telecasters in the 70s..❤️👍🏻 I really enjoyed your video…!! ( The Jeff Galey Channel )

[@HoltAudio]

I saw Roy circa 1976 at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin Texas. A wonderful venue that is longer in existence. As a young budding guitar player he blew my mind and was super inspirational.

[@Earthshaker1965]

Awesome video!!! Jeff Beck called Roy Buchanan "The greatest unknown guitarist."

[@markkasick]

I believe that was the name of an early 70's PBS Documentary about him. He is mention on the back of Blow by Blow on the track Cause We've Ended as Lovers - (dedicated to Roy Buchanan). High praise any player coming from the Great JB.

[@DisappearingNightly]

Thanks for this. Sometimes I think, sadly, that Roy's music is long forgotten. It's hard to comprehend. I mean seriously, in an era of so many guitar legends, there was just something about that guy that was unlike anyone else before or since. Kudos to you for recognizing, appreciating and sharing the genius and legacy of Roy Buchanan.

[@chuck17alpha]

100% agreed

[@patrickkauffman]

I always thought of Roy as some lonely comet that only graces us once. That quote from his friend about a distant heaven, wow… The neck on his Tele too, its like he played it for 1,000 years! Volume rolling and the amp cranked!!

[@michaelbujanda8785]

Roy Buchanan is like an unsung guitar hero of mine!!!! I didn't get into him until recently! I learned that he passed away😢 already!!!! His tune, " The Messiah Will Come again", gives me chills and gives me goosebumps!!!! His guitar tone was so tasteful and soulful!!!! 😊😊😊😊🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@vayabroder729]

He died around 1988-89

[@JeffreyDopp]

I grew up in DC and having Roy and Danny Gatton locally was great and it’s no wonder my favorite guitars are teles! Already crushing on you and now Roy, damn girl!! Thanks!❤

[@DisappearingNightly]

A couple years ago, I painstakingly built a replica (as nearly exact as I possibly could) of a 1953 black guard Telecaster. Why a tele? Why a '53? Two words. Roy and Danny. Nuff said.

[@fordsrestorations970]

Thanks for the video Lady. I saw Roy , a plain stage with house lights on. Roy with a metal fold-up chair with his little amp turned around backwards, no foot pedals except for the one that went to the amp... Roy used to play for Merle Haggard. When Roy was young he wanted a steel guitar but ended up getting the Telecaster so he turned that into his steel guitar - mastering the volume knob. I told my family at my funeral I wanted them to Blair Sweet Dreams by Roy Buchanan !

[@cliffbungalow9373]

I bought this one when it came out, still have it Fine album

[@gregfranklin1350]

I love his playing, especially first few albums. It's so OBNOXIOUS! I love it. The band stops playing but he KEEPS shredding away. It goes on so long the band realizes its not going to end, so they start playing again. It's great and HEAVY.

[@julesl6910]

Hey Fazio, thank you so much for sharing this. Spent the entire afternoon discovering Roy Buchanan, and having grown up with a VHS of SRV Live at Mocambo, I am absolutely blown away that I didn't know about this guy. I can hear the very clear Hendrix influence which obviously passed on to Stevie Ray, but I absolutely love the volume modulating technique. Insane. Thank you.

[@michaelbujanda8785]

I also like that he played on a telecaster!!! 😊 I saw his performance on Austin City Limits on PBS special on TV!!!😊❤

[@christopherweise438]

His version of Hey Joe from that set is legendary.

[@johndrx165]

That is my favorite by him! I bought it in 1977 when I graduated High School. I love Roy and Stanley.

[@vayabroder729]

That ‘53 Telecaster called Nancy was offered for sale in 1990 after his passing at American Guitar Center (now Parts is Parts) by John Sprung in the Maryland/Va. area for $15,000.00. Love that ‘51 P Bass RI on the wall. I have one just like it.

[@edmili1129]

In all respect to Roy, I hope no one ever forgets the other 1 who could play note for note with him. And that was the great Danny gatton.

[@slowjammerukdog]

Nice tribute to an absolute master guitarist. The first Roy Buchanan album just fried my 14-year-old brain when it came out. The sounds and the playing are just unbelievable. Thanks so much!

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

I got into listening to Roy not long before he died. I was starting uni and picked up a vinyl copy of Hot Wires which I still have. Roy had so much variation in his sounds with his picking hand from unusual strumming techniques to pinch harmonics, just to mention a few.

[@DirkDillingerBlues]

I had tickets to see Roy but sadly the show was cancelled two days before because of his death. Ever since I have absorbed this album endlessly. Great video !

[@justinguitarcia]

Roy is def one of my heroes, especially as a tele player. I took lessons with the great Jim Campilongo and he hipped me to Roy’s legacy. Great stuff, thanks for the share!

[@pwman]

Love Roy, listened to himfor decades bug never saw him live. Love his sound...

[@BearOfStone]

That butterscotch, tho. LOVE the listening area, and Roy is a fantastic start to something like, and you navigated introducing him engagingly.

[@davydean]

The nicest compliment I ever got was that I sounded like Roy. Really. Unbelievable... This album literally changed my life forever. At the same time The Police and The Ramones were on my turntable, and I was just 14 years old. If you don't have a copy, look around till you find a clean one,.without scratches.. When you get home, throw it on and crank it up!!! You won't regret it ❤❤❤❤❤ I really Miss Roy, and I sure wish I had met the man. Dearly loved and forever soulful... ❤❤❤❤❤

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Fantastic video choice, I saw Roy in the Mid eighties in a London Pub ( Tottenham court rd) ,My pal dragged me to see him, I had'nt heard him play before but that night he played Jimi Hendrix songs all night and left an indellable mark on us 4 ever!

[@JasonT-xp3kh]

I grew up with that exact same Afghan in the early seveties. My mom still has it. (The yellow and brown throw on the couch) You're really nailing the seventies vibe and aesthetic from someone who actually lived it. Super cool.

[@kilcar]

My Cousin Tommy Todd,( 1922-1984) Pianist- arranger/ writer went to the best teachers, they told him in short order " we can't teach you anything else Tommy, youve got it".. I wish I had that gift!

[@bobschenkel7921]

Had the great good fortune to see Mr. Roy Buchanan twice in concert. The first show was at the college I was attending in central New Hampshire, in a room with maybe 500 people. It was the first time I had seen someone who could make his Guitar "talk", and the fact that he used NO effects pedals and id it all with technique was stunning. The second time he was the first of two opening acts for my first Grateful Dead concert, it was 9/6/80 in Lewiston, Maine. Abou 30,000 Heads on the "grassy" infield at the State Fairgrounds race track. Roy got a great response from the crowd, and an encore. He was amazing at both shows. The other opener was a band called The Cate Brothers, with special guest Drummer Levon Helm, of The BAND. Loved you video highlights, and I do have "Loading Zone" in my LP collection too.

[@Eric_01]

Cool segment idea that still segues with the amp theme of the channel. Very slick.

[@samuelhatman8995]

Well, it's time to revisit Roy Buchanan!! Yes! This is a great addition to Amp Tech. I should encourage my own daughter to put up a channel. She is a podcaster already. Like Roy, my roots parallel his. Regionally, musically, and yep... play anything by ear. Still taking lessons to legitimize the gift I was given. Ummm, 66 years later I'm learning the theory behind what I've played. Thank you for sharing! Great video as always.

[@UncleBuckDallas]

Cool video! I heard in an interview that Roy would turn everything on his amp to 10 and control the amp with the volume knob on the guitar, which explains the intensity of his volume and tone swells.

[@techslfink9722]

I remember him from when I was young - thanks for bringing his name back!

[@ClemsonJohnson]

Great video! I not only love that album, but had seen him a couple times and had the great privilege of owning one of his Telecasters.

[@beachcomber4141]

So great to see someone younger respecting Mr. Buchanan. New subscriber here! Looking forward to future videos and will have to see what I have missed already!

[@EricCirca]

Hi Colleen, I like your new format. Your voice is very soothing to listen to. I also really like your '54 style P-bass. I have one that looks just like it.

[@giostroppa]

Great video! Roy is on my GOAT list since the day I heard him for the first time. Beyond comprehension domain of expression in the instrument and interaction with the amp sound.

[@davidfox3374]

A godess that likes unique music and can repair amps. Every guitar players dream

[@demurets]

There's a fine US PBS Television doco online from 1971 - it features Roy and his family and reveals much about the enigmatic Roy Buchanan.

[@goodun2974]

The PBS documentary was "The best unknown guitarist in the world". A few years later they did one about Danny Gatton where they used basically the same title. For my money, Danny played rings around Roy. Roy was a guitarist with groundbreaking technique, but Danny was a musician. Compare any of the half-dozen records that Roy put out (I bought them all in a futile effort to find "the one") with Danny's "88 Elmira Street" (or the best parts of "Cruisin' Deuces" and "Unfinished Business" and Roy comes across poorly. I'm told that if you caught him in his younger days before the booze took him over that he was, or could be phenomenal; a co-worker told me that he saw Roy play twice and the first time was incredible but the second time was awful. I only got to see Roy play once ( he didn't make it up to New England very often), just a couple of months before he died, and he was like a hollowed out shell. Much to my regret I never got to see Danny play either; I had tickets to see him on the Cruisin' Deuces tour but he canceled the tour because he didn't like to be away from his family, and then a few months months later he was dead. At least Danny is pretty well represented on record, but Roy isn't. There are tons of good live videos of Danny's playing on KZbin, but I have yet to see one by Roy that really knocks me out.

[@guitarzan2626]

Hello Fazio, I love Roy Buchanan as well as your channel. Love the amp repairs you do. I'm east coast and just hope you keep the clips coming out. I also have a tele but can't pick like Roy or Danny. Anywho, please keep putting out interesting info.

[@guitarzan2626]

You need to listen to some seventies Link Wray.

[@goodun2974]

​@@guitarzan2626, Shoot Out the Lights by Richard Thompson is heavily inspired by Rumble, but with psychotic lyrics and a pair of jagged, dissonant solos. Somewhere on KZbin there's also a sonic collage titled Shoot Out the Rumble where somebody with great mixing skills expertly blended both songs together!

[@chardschoice]

I saw Roy Buchanan play a couple of times, sometime in the mid-seventies, in Los Angeles, when I was in my late teens. It was truly inspiring! I remember it well and not just for the expressive virtuosity of his playing, but also how his amp was turned around to face the back wall at an angle. I remember how doing so, caused the sound to envelope the club, so that Roy’s guitar sounded like it was coming from all directions. I didn’t know much about amps at that time, so I am not sure what it was. In my memory it had a squarish profile, like a Super, but if it was the Vibrolux on a flight case, then that would have given it a similar appearance from the back. Soon after seeing Roy, I traded my SG for a very beat up ’61 Telecaster.

[@thenameless3271]

Ooh, this series was such a great idea! Can't wait for more, it's going to get so convoluted with some of the more harder-to-confirm setups! P.S. I love your old bass on the wall!

[@davidhollfelder9940]

I had that record when it came out. They were playing Green Onions at the record store, and bought it right then. I saw the ‘53 Esquire/Tele like my dad’s, and that sealed the deal.

[@nicolasgullstrand9741]

Thanks! Never heard him before and just started the first track on Spotify, "Wayfaring Pilgrim". Dear God, what a feeling and tone 🙏 💚

[@bradnelson2637]

Awesome! Thanks for posting this!

[@joestep21]

Great video! Alot of what u say about roy is true. Im actually bestfriends with his youngest child. She speaks about him all the time and has alot of his stuff. Great video.

[@markkasick]

My initiation of Roy Buchanan's unreal guitar playing was actually seeing him live at the Aragon Ballroom, in Chicago in 1986. He was the opening act for Johnny Winter. That goes back a long time, but I seem to remember him playing a Fender Twin sitting up on a chair on the stage? Anyway, my friends and I were all impressed and I personally have his whole catalog to this day. My favorite album is his "Second Album" .

[@12stringblues]

I have that record!! also it Roy B. inspired me to get a Tele & Vibrolux. Thanks for the vid.

[@oscarpolo6310]

❤Roy Buchanan❤ Thanks.

[@paulcooper5748]

Thanks for doing this vid i love roy buchanan loading zone is a great album i love hotwires and when a guitar plays the blues also.

[@geneobrien8907]

In 1973, my guitar teacher was all about Clapton, he knew his material note-for-note. After a brief respite from lessons, I returned and he had become a Roy Buchannan clone with a vintage Telecaster, technique and goatee! It was through this teacher that I became a big fan of Buchannan. I saw Roy play live about five times, including the Town Hall concert in NYC from which the Livestock album was recorded. One thing that his fans knew was when Roy slipped the pick into his jacket pocket, you were going to see some finger-picking fireworks! I once read that The Rolling Stones asked Roy to join the band and he turned down the offer. It was nice hearing Sweet Dreams at the end of the movie, The Departed, Martin Scorsese has always had good taste in music!

[@monto39]

Really dig this deep dive into someone I know but not as well as I prob should've. This video helped correct that a bit. It'd be cool to hear more about the amps, esp from the perspective of a seasoned tech

[@bizzierhythm]

I love hearing about Roy. He was the best guitarist that most people aren't aware of.

[@alanknox9914]

That guitar on the LP cover, if it is the same one, has been with Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash for many years . Buchanan, near the end, used a SESSION amp, made in England. All the best

[@DougMen1]

When I saw him at the Fillmore in SF, not long after his first album was released on Polydor, he was using a BF Princeton, propped up on a metal folding chair, the kind you'd find in every high school in the country.

[@waldodontliveherenomo2488]

Saw Roy have a pizza delivered on stage. Unconventional. The fire is in the fingers.

[@goodun2974]

Hank is just so chill! The older of my two Anatolian Shepherds is very much like this, *except at dinnertime* when he goes bouncing through the house knocking the rugs around and making the floor shake (video on my channel). Otherwise he's completely unflappable and conserves energy until mealtime rolls around.

[@alanknox9914]

There was/is a video of Buchanan and band on the Old Grey Whistle Test, with Jerry Mercer, who went on to drum for April Wine

[@Bucksucc]

For anyone digging Roy Buchanon...check out Greg Koch, he really carries the flame of Roy in a wonderful way!

[@JS-oq2cd]

Another brother from a different mother was Danny Gatton. Listen to his version of Harlem Nocturne on the album "Cruisin' Deuces"....love that album.

[@nosportsteamfollower516]

I had that record and it was one of my favorites to listen to while getting stoned. LOL... I was unaware that there was a video to the songs on this album.

[@TheEasyTube]

You are such a dreamy goddess- with obvious impeccable music taste! 😍

[@PeteEllson5656]

Excellent video. Really well done. Thanks.

[@oscardelatorre]

Saw him play many times! Bobby Gregg "The Jam pt 1 and 2 from 1962 just a Killer record he played on!

[@freerangericky]

Roy! “Livestock” album too. Track 5 “Can I Change My Mind?” contains a gorgeous solo. It answers the question nobody asked; Can Roy channel George Benson playing the blues to a sweet soul music standard? Oh yeah. Great program! thanks!

[@EdwardIglesias]

Thank you for introducing me to a new (to me) musician!

[@rjwiggins8699]

Love this episode!

[@Andy-ql9wh]

I very much enjoyed the Vid. Thanks😘

[@dennismullins4930]

Excellent ☮️

[@goodun2974]

Albert Collins used to play through *a pair* of sideways-aimed Fender amps (Twin Reverbs, I think), with his Tele capoed up high. I got to see him play about a year before he died; you could tell from the look of him that he was ill, but he played great.

[@Timothy-remembers]

Hells yes ! I loves me some Roy Buchanan !!! The greatest least known guitarist of all time!!

[@kennethquintini658]

I still have his second album and the album with the gold Les Paul on the cover

[@BluesJammer69]

A must have album!

[@richfiryn]

I have been enjoying listening to Roy's music for decades. He was truly a master of his craft. If you want to hear something just insane from him check out his, Sneaking Godzilla Thru The Alley. It is highly suspect how he passed away. R.I.P. brother.

[@MrPnew1]

Roy is The Master of the Telecaster. Nice choice Colleen and I am lucky enough to have half a dozen vinyl records of his that I treasure. I was fortunate to see Roy play at a small club in Canberra Australia in the late 70's early 80's from memory (it was the 70's after all but I did not inhale)

[@MrPnew1]

Also, I say it every time we see inside your home Colleen, it looks fantastically warm and interesting. You have an eye for all that is beautiful in our world, and your voice is so soothing. Maybe you can also branch into ASMR

[@george-st-george]

Thanks for this !!!! Great sounds and stories !!!!!!!!

[@apuldilgeriy]

I watch your videos through the Yandex browser, with translation into Russian! You are a very cool girl and I really like what you do with musical equipment! I myself play the guitar and understand a little about it! You are a true professional! Please continue in your unique way! And the fact that you love animals is very good!

[@2500BC]

His studio and live Sweet Dreams and The Messiah will Come Again are good places to start if you are new to Roy. He also laid down a killer pinch harmonic w Merle Haggard which is a short clip on youtube.

[@billtice5057]

You can’t say enough about Roy Buchanan’s playing . The man was a savant!

[@glenlapwing8468]

Great video Colleen, wouldn’t mind more like it! 🙂

[@johnreilly9748]

Great insight interesting Stanley Clark produced his record! Nice bass is that a 68 Tele or a reissue? I have a 68 looks just like that one.

[@75YBA]

All the best Colleen! 🐶🐕🦮

[@Eric_01]

I LOVE how the dogs appear and disappear throughout the video. 😄

[@southboundsuarez9832]

Hey you have some great taste in music! Off topic, whatever became of the Marshall 2203 that kept blowing fuses?

[@gregedenfield1080]

do one on Danny Gatton. Thanx 4 the vid.

[@BasicDrumming]

Great video.

[@slamcrank]

Hi Ruthie!! 🐾

[@sammysamsam1415]

Hey neighbor, don’t forget about the dimed Vibrolux Reverb Roy often turned backwards because of it’s paint peeling tendencies 😉

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also happy first day of April ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@mikefromusa6902]

I have found that I can get extremely close with my teles and black/silver face amps.

[@A14b19]

He was well respected by famous guitarist there is some wear George Harrison I think on Eric clapton tour about a Roy bucannon reissue tele he just got and talking about him lots .

[@christopherweise438]

I believe the Stones wanted him to join after Brian Jones was fired, but he turned them down so he could keep doing his own thing.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Amazing thing about Roy was no pedal dancing Just the most amazing volume swills ever.

[@Strumbum01]

There’s a really cool clip on KZbin of Roy playing with Merle Haggard and Roy Nichols. Check it out if you haven’t already.

[@michaellichter4091]

Oh my God, those are such cute dogs.🥰🤗

[@RaduB.]

Cool!

[@waynepollard6879]

I'm surprised you have your turntable on top of the receiver , which as you now blocks the air vents ! Thanks for the history lesson on Roy .

[@goodun2974]

Stacking the turntable on top of a receiver allows hum fields e from the transformer to be induced into the phono cartridge.

[@mikedavis3841]

He was offered a job playing for the rolling Stones and turned it down. I forgot how good he was I'm going to have to start listening to him again 👍

[@FleagleSangria]

The touch master-Roy Buchanan

[@HighlineGuitars]

Wagon Boss. If you know, you know.

[@macdaddyblues1]

I saw Roy play live in a bar not long before his death... I was so excited to see him as I was a big fan and had a lot of his recordings. His first set was so damn loud with that ear piercing treble and it was just not enjoyable at all... We left soon after the first set. I think he was playing a Seymour Duncan Convertible amp at that point (believe he had a connection with Seymour, those amps were not great). He was a tremendous talent no doubt...

[@goodun2974]

Same here: I saw Roy playing with a local pickup band a couple months before he died and he was a hollowed out shell of himself; he played poorly and looked worse. A co-worker of mine saw him play twice years before, and said the first time was phenomenal and the second time was so awful he walked out. If you compare their recordings, Danny Gatton comes off a lot better than Roy does.

[@kellypeterson2625]

I liked you before but the fact that you are a Roy Buchanan fan raises you up several notches

[@younkinjames8571]

If yall love you some Roy Buchanan, I have a treat for you. The kids name is Donnie Bell. He's from the Pittsburgh area. He's the only one who comes close. I'll provide links if anyone is interested... I thought the same thing you are thinking right now...but seriously...it's legit