ROY BUCHANAN - SWEET DREAMS(LIVE 1976)

DEDICATE TO ROY BUCHANAN
So cooool!!!
Love this so much!!!
Guitar・Vocals：ROY BUCHANAN
Bass：JOHN HARRISON
Drums：BYRD FOSTER
Keyboards：MALCOLM LUKENS

[@buckfan1969]

When I was in college a million years ago, a buddy of mine liked to say that no matter how good someone we all idolized was at something, whether it was sports or music or whatever, there was someone out in the world we'd never heard of who was better than our idols. We argued about that all the time. Then, in 1972, Buchanan's 2nd album came out, and I bought it. At the time it was all about Beck, Clapton, Hendrix, etc. I'd never heard of Roy Buchanan. But after listening to that album, I had second thoughts about what my buddy said. Maybe there is someone out there who's better. Buchanan opened my eyes to that concept with 'The Messiah Will Come Again', and reinforced it with many more magic works over the years. He was a true master that few knew of; much like Rory Gallagher and James Burton, only less famous than either of them even. RIP Roy. You are missed, and you are remembered fondly by many of us.

[@470mick]

+buckfan1969 Roy was about the only guy who escaped my concert going back then. I was so stupid to pass on an intimate concert at a medium venue in Minneapolis. That era had so many gifted - when guitar was the "it" . Seeing Johnny Winter and Frank Zappa multiple times. We were huge Rory fans along with Ten Years After, Zeppelin, Climax Blues, Jeff Beck, ect. I regret never seeing Roy when I had a chance. We all had his albums.

[@SlowmanX]

+buckfan1969 Oddly enough I knew this song for years(I'd heard it at the end of departed) and it haunted me, until I finally looked into who had played it, weird thing is coincidentally I had just bought my first telecaster the very same day hours before finding out that it was performed by Roy on a telecaster(on October 17th 2015(Last Saturday)), which was mind blowing to me, and still is. I feel this unknown man(To most people anyways) is proof that the music industry is not about great music, but great brainwashing. Oddly enough just learned or Rory Gallagher in July of this year(Found him while I was trying to learn White Summer/ Black Mountain side) and while Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck are amazing, it's great to see players arguably equal or better. Right now in my opinion, Roy Playing this Cover of Don Gibson's "Sweet Dreams" is extremely, beautifully, hauntingly, amazingly, adjective inducingly the best and my favourite song out there! It'll be interesting the next time I find one of these unknown gifts to humankind

[@buckfan1969]

+Curtis Low I think you're right about the music industry; it's all about marketability rather than talent. I think the people who decide what will be put out for sale are often sitting with marketing degrees and don't really have the musical chops. But it's a kick getting turned on to someone new that can really play, isn't it?

[@SlowmanX]

+buckfan1969 very true, I love to see someone who not only plays amazingly(understatement) but his music and attitude appear genuine, and its not about anything but the music, the audience appear hypnotized by his musical presence

[@tuxguys]

+Curtis Low Gentlemen, accepting your wise observations... Investigate Danny Gatton: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJDNnpiLapVofas

[@booognish]

Absolute masterpiece and a serious crime how underappreciated this man is to this day...

[@jamesbehrje4279]

who is he? ? ? lil wayne is better! ! !

[@nirvanadev]

who the f is lil wayne

[@jamesbehrje4279]

You don't know? ? ?

[@nirvanadev]

roy is the best.dude''

[@TheVeek192]

It's not a crime. Crap almighty.

[@connormacarthurmusic]

I love how understated his demeanour is. Not windmilling around, putting on some big show. Just thoughtfully doing his thing. & what a tone!

[@tonyvincent9753]

Clean, no distortion, no pedal board, no tricks or gimmicks! The man could play!

[@alanoneill3065]

spot on!

[@bradleyebling1464]

Oh absolutely !

[@maraviyoso8473]

And a SUPER amp

[@ZekeMan62]

​@@maraviyoso8473 He was known for playing through Blackface Deluxe Reverbs.

[@matthewtop]

Its a bit distorted. Not by a pedal though I read Roy did it Kinks style and took a razor blade to his speaker cone. Makes it sound thin and treble boosty

[@matthewmaloney5955]

An absolute Stoic. It’s no wonder he didn’t buy into fame. A master doesn’t need that

[@007attaboy]

As a musician most of my 85 years (clarinet, piano) I've never been much of a guitar fan. But I'd like to think I have a great deal of appreciation of great music, mostly jazz and classical. Its a sad commentary to humanity that a great musician like Roy Buchanan never really got his due while he was alive, and then had to die so sadly. I keep playing Sweet Dreams over and over having first heard it in the film The Departed. It haunts me. I've diddled a little with it on piano which of course is not the right instrument for it. I dearly wish I could go back in time and help make things right for Roy Buchanan. What a great musician he was!! Kudos to Scorcese for featuring Sweet Dreams in his film.

[@christianduenas1976]

I couldn’t describe those feelings any better, I feel exactly the same. He deserves our ear

[@rodkirkbride2230]

I'd like to hear that on piano bud. 👍

[@patrickcharneau5318]

Il était déjà ailleurs quand on me l'a fait découvrir .. Mais je n'ai pas mis longtemps pour comprendre toute la subtilité et l'acharnement et surtout ... la sensibilité dont Roy pouvait ressentir ... --- ... ... --- ...

[@larissapadilha1463]

Bom dia, sou trombonista ,mas gosto muito de guitarra, o Mark knopfler é meu preferido, por seu som único e sentimento, mas assim que conheci esse guitarrista, gostei muito, muito sentimento também, além de uma bela música e interpretação, vou pesquisar a respeito da vida dele, grande abraço.

[@mandofisher70]

Amen , brother. Obviously you are a lover of great music. Sweet Dreams is certainly a haunting tune and Roy squeezed every drop of emotion out of it with his playing.

[@ianbambergermusic]

I must have watched this a thousand times by now. Absolute Legend.

[@SPdefender]

His use of the volume knob is absolutely amazing. What a talent.

[@keithrichardscorpse1230]

Wish he'd dial that verb back though....too much.

[@socallars3748]

Wonderful performance...Eric Johnson is the only other guy I've seen do volume knob swells as effectively. Takes all the attack off the note, makes the guitar sing like a violin.

[@knowmusicman157]

@@socallars3748 he used to do it a lot. Now almost never. EJ that is.

[@doggybones]

@@socallars3748Jeff Beck did it a hell of a lot very very effectively

[@varinavonstefan8669]

One of the saddest musicians ever. A pure genius and talent. RIP

[@Abraxas0365]

Why?I dont know a lot about him.Amazing music though.

[@earlmcpherson6913]

I loved him.

[@j.d.o5709]

@@Abraxas0365He unfortunately committed suicide.

[@Abraxas0365]

@j.d.o5709 after I made this comment I looked the story up.

[@juniorhart5960]

Absolutely a masterpiece. The greats like SRV, Gary Moore, Peter Green and many others would have looked to this song for inspiration. Unbelievable

[@dennissweeney6774]

I only got to see the GREAT R.B but what a show it was at C.W. POST college in LONG ISLAND NY and to make the night even better S.V.R played not together but both were amazing. STAY safe my friend.

[@goldenage1978]

Nobody can or could make a guitar sing like Roy could, famous or not he was the best.

[@ledleyking2496]

One of the only songs that moves me! Already got it down as my funeral song! Sounds morbid but i love the passion in this song!

[@66tas95]

This was my father's funeral song

[@richardhartley4145]

My dear partner died in 2021.This was her funeral song

[@geraldfitzpatrick9123]

Funeral song, was thinking that myself😂 Good one.

[@dbdoberman]

This song actually made me cry. I've been a professional musician my whole life (67yo) it's rare when you see such musicianship presented in such an honest way.

[@davidsurf930]

Who needs vocals when a guy can make his guitar cry and sing like that?

[@ravenmeadows7350]

exactly

[@sasodcfred]

Exact. Much the same as Fr. Chopin didn't need an orchestra to accompany his beautiful piano playing.

[@tn07l0146]

His soul n life got wasted....why god

[@maximuskhan2100]

Actually I think that was the whole thing, his raison d'etre if you like.

[@knowmusicman157]

His guitar sings for him.

[@scotthudson8648]

The greatest guitarist you’ve probably never heard of. Just dripping with soul and emotion - Thank you for this haunting masterpiece Mr. Buchanan.

[@williamdon3442]

There’s times you hear something and you say “that’s a nice song” but once in a great while you hear something beautiful words cannot describe. I just experienced that with this. Wow

[@ArkRed1]

Rips your old heart out by the roots and stomps on it. What a life cut so short. RIP Mr. Roy.

[@lionelmoss5637]

I never get tired of listening to Roy playing Sweet Dreams. The Master!

[@taildragger53]

Few guitar players can reduce me to tears. When Roy played a ballad, even a soppy C& W ballad, you could feel his inner torment and his choice of notes were perfect.. In his biographical book it is said Roy was like a paddling duck in a strong current....calm on the exterior but underneath it all he was struggling to stay afloat. There will never be another RB.

[@MrFrenchHarp]

Well said brother. My heart and soul agrees. Listening to him to play this song may make me feel like my soul is crying in sheer joy. I’ve been playing harmonica and guitar for over 30 years and he has always been my strongest guitar voice and influence. There will never be another Roy Buchanan. He achieved something in music that very few will understand enough to emulate. That’s how I play harmonica and one day I will give it to the world, God willing.

[@mikeclaunch3135]

Tears definately, for I am a poet,,,RIP Sir ❤️🔥🥲⚡️

[@mikeclaunch3135]

Give a listen to Hey Joe⚡️🔥

[@MJSNEAKERHEAD2003]

Amazing Job Great Uncle! R.I.P.

[@Wooyeahh]

Brandon Buchanan wow man you're lucky dude to have someone like him part of your family, one of my most favorite guitarists ever.

[@MojiBeau]

My dad told me that when I was a baby, one of the only albums he would play that I would just be quiet and listen to is your great uncle’s debut album. His art means so much to me. To you and the rest of his family, know he’s loved and missed

[@ClassicRockDJdotcom]

@@MojiBeau Any Idea where this was? I saw him at Hampton Beach Casino NH, I think it was in 1976 also. Never will forget it.

[@MojiBeau]

ClassicRock4EVER I’m pretty sure this concert footage is from Austin, Texas

[@ClassicRockDJdotcom]

@@MojiBeau Thank You :)

[@paulconrad7649]

Listening to him play the guitar is like listening to Roy Orbison sing. Simply magical and heavenly!

[@brahmburgers]

When George Harrison first got together with Orbison to do some recording, .... the first moment Roy started singing, George was overcome with tears at the sound.

[@LoveBandit1000]

The BEST story involving Roy (who I saw a few times in The Wash DC area in the mid-80's) is when he played in Germany and after one particularly kick ass song the German crowd all starting chanting "Roy number one!, Roy number one!" and with his head tilted down in utter humility he softly said "I love you all for saying that but the truth is there is no such thing as number one"....that was Roy in a nutshell right there.

[@michaelellis7787]

+LoveBandit1000 Hi and thanks for post. The footage of that concert is on youtube, and its exactly as you quote. That whole concert is really impressive!

[@whiketurner6249]

+michael ellis Thanks for the tip! Rockplast?

[@michaelellis7787]

Hi Whlke Turner. Yes - great that you found the Rockplast post, and can share a great moment from a great talent .... Beck especially, and Gary Moore were fans and Clapton took some of his work too at one point.

[@RRW276]

This great man, so many inspired by him, never achieved stardom during his lifetime. He's easily one of the top 5 most underrated guitar players in history. He had no effects here, just a simple tele, a chord and a Fender Super Reverb. No processors, no nothing. Guitar, amp, and the hands of Roy Buchanan.

[@subhanmalik6866]

when you lying alone in darkness and listening to music of sweet dreams. You cant see anything but you can feel your eyes gettining wet !! You want to move a bit. You start to think if everything is going to end !! Everything!! You loved and cared most . It's going to fade slowly. You feel like someone loved going away or may be it's you going away you want to see that vision for the last time but eyes are wanting to close but you can't shut. Tears are rolling down and the vision is getting blurry. You realize may be this time it's your soul leaving you like everyone did !! He knows this time I am gonna be all alone so he asks his soul for the last dance together as it sticked with him in all times !! He is about to close his eyes as the tears are making his vision blur all he can see is the light for the last time in the darkness and music fading away as this the last sweet dream ❤️

[@paullevine1813]

He was one incredible musician and so down to earth it wasn't funny. Those of us that saw him back in the 70s in Washington DC were so freakin lucky .. He is sorely missed ...

[@M.O.G.]

I confess no other freaking guitarist ever played a love song to make me cry, like this guy doing this song make me did. that's right and I'm a black man well so they say and I love reggae. but above all I appreciate music and I don't care who's playing it the way I love it.

[@M.O.G.]

withgoddess that's freakin hysterical. sorry for your pain but that was worth it hahaha

[@jackempson3044]

hahahaha!

[@rrecer]

saw n heard this man in 1973 on the whistle test, i was 18 im now 63 still touches my soul. special person roy. sweet dreams n thanks.

[@fuckwits1]

one of if not THE finest player of all time

[@johnduckworth474]

This is just jaw droppingly good. I am in awe every time I hear it. Brilliant.

[@prissyfoo40]

I JUST LOVE THIS SONG. IT TOUCHES YOUR HEART AND SOUL WHAT TALENT OMG

[@johne.stevens5863]

One of the very BEST! I love his work - and so sad that he left this earth too soon! This song always shoots tingles up my backbone!

[@bkcharlie2408]

Went to see Roy in Central Park, NYC in the early 1970's after my dad, of all people, yelled for me to come into our living room to see this dude playing incredible guitar on public TV (Channel 13 in NYC) He was right and so when I had the chance I got tix and saw the great Roy play. After that, he was never "unknown" to me. RIP Roy nearly 30 years since he left us.

[@GrahamMo]

I sort of get lost in this - it plays around me and over me and I get lost in it. I don't know if I will ever come out of it it. Thank you Roy this is a very special piece that I treasure.

[@stevemunselle4976]

I was there this night in Austin (still live here) and I was so moved afterwards I went home and picked up my old SG and haven"t quit playing since then. I'll never forget it.

[@SFShoim]

I was lucky enough to see him around this time at Winterland in SF...blew me away...and I already had his album!!! ;^>

[@tonyfreeman1339]

My goosebumps have goosebumps.

[@fender1000100]

The most expressive beautiful playing Ive ever heard. He was something. Should be up there with the likes of Page, Hendrix and Clapton. Theyrw sitting there in awe. Listening to the greatest tele master of em all.

[@tsimakis100]

The Messiah. My first experience listing to Roy. Went to every concert at Christmas time in Pittsburgh PA. Was an out of body experience. Best Blues guitarist of our time.

[@gabriele.mueller6037]

I saw Buke at the Syria Mosque

[@sasodcfred]

This was MUSIC!!!!!!! Thanks from Macedonia...

[@RamusiewiczRockMe]

People who have never heard Roy's playing are missing out on one of life's TRULY PASSIONATE Artists......

[@rockn0329]

This is my favorite KZbin video...the most soulful guitar playing ever recorded, from a magic performance on a magic night. Roy didn't always get it happening like this, but when he did, he was peerless.

[@brahmburgers]

You'd probably also like Keith Richards singing a duet on the Everly Brothers' song 'Love Hurts' The lady he sings with is ravishing. I can't recall her name just now.

[@iplaymytele]

I’m 67 years old this man right here is why I have played telecasters for over 50 years........! There are a lot of telecaster players that I think are phenomenal but there will never be another Mr. Roy Buchanan...🎶🙏🙏🙏🎶 I had the Extreme pleasure of seeing Roy play twice in my life ........... It was not enough................!

[@BattlecatRed]

I bought the studio version of this song when it first came out. I saw him live a couple times. Seeing this still brings tears to my eyes. The girl's expression at 3:15 says it all.

[@thetaoofscott]

I was fortunate to see Roy live 8 times in my life and everyone of them was magical.

[@paulcooper5748]

You are lucky i would have loved to see roy.

[@johnthonig1692]

Six times here

[@Trouserman1]

Absolutely sublime - if the blues was ever played better I missed it. RIP Roy and thanks!

[@leoayoroa9526]

This will be my song to be played at my funeral

[@goldniner]

I ALWAYS shut up when I heard anything by him and listened and hung on every note--always immediately knew That's Roy!! I was crushed when we lost him...

[@carlwilson5339]

He didn't seek fame look at his face and concentration for gratification he got before the pay came ...... He was a true devotee of the guitar and he is famous because most well known guitarists cite him as an icon

[@patrickcharneau5318]

Quel chef d'œuvre !!! Roy tu es et seras toujours mon meilleur ... Fabuleux tu resteras \m/ \m/

[@michaelhayes6887]

What a joy! I was lucky to come up and play in the 70s when guitarists played telecasters. He's great!

[@MrYeloot]

Will always be thankful I got to see Roy play three times in Vancouver. He was truly one of a kind

[@skipper376]

I was watching The Departed and heard this..thank gawd I 'shazamed' that. This is brilliant!

[@917KFan]

I've been listening to every version of this I can find, including others of Roy, and this live performance just nails it. What an artist! STP

[@jizmosisify]

Check Elvin Bishop's version.

[@tomdevol6035]

Have you heard The Hellecasters version?

[@j.p.fitting9226]

IMHO Roy Buchannon w/the snake stretchers , the black and white profile cover, has both the BEST VERSION OF MESSIAH he ever cut! & a sublime Don Gibson's Sweet Dreams! It finishes that film The Departed and Martin Scorsese has good taste haha plus the Maestro Roy told me himself in Toronto ,at Alberts Hall(rip) that was his fav record.. i 2nd it! Andy Paley was on drums that night,wicked man

[@stormyweather9917]

@@j.p.fitting9226 Yes, this song is played as the closing credits roll in the 2007 movie "The Departed." (I want to thank my library for having the film on blu-ray!

[@rickheron792]

I choke up whenever I hear this, such a beautiful piece of music played by such a brilliant guitarist. Such a shame that his life ended as it did.

[@rogerthat309]

I bet I've listened to this 20 times in the past week. This is so so good and encourages me to practice. Music connects so many people it's amazing.

[@petehicks4866]

The man could actually make a guitar cry. I have never seen this with anyone else

[@rosemarybasty9020]

When Roy hits his first cord my heart melts...The master...Always will be remembered and loved :) Top Shelf.

[@mikeroberts510]

No tricks. No flashy ego. Just utter mastery. Beautiful.

[@tlemsuny2943]

such a beautiful song

[@abdullzain]

Thank you The Departed for introducing me to this gem of Guitarist

[@tylerbyers89]

abdul azeez zain same here man, I just finished watching it and thought this was jimmy page the way it sounded.

[@williamlevine2864]

Me too...i said Who is that ??

[@mikelib100]

abdul azeez zain remember the rat at the end of the departed. Movie. Scene?

[@painiscupcake5433]

Okay..

[@lesterwink23]

Greatly underappreciated. And he makes it look so easy

[@favance1]

I saw him live once, just before his untimely death...simply astonishing. I actually walked up and introduced myself as a guitar player. He was a gentleman and a humble guy. I don't know if he knew how good he was...or at least he didn't acknowledge it to me when I showered him with accolades.

[@PhilipJRiley]

Roy used to sit in when I was with a group called - The Monkey Men - Learned more about playing like him, but only on the bass, than any other guitist - Thanks so much for posting all these clips - Our most fun song was "Aligator Wine" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins and "Haunted House" we performed together a lot after that.

[@williamkerr3350]

Lucky person,i envy you,just to watch somebody like Roy is an honour,i bet you played mighty good in the presence of R.B.

[@TheScabhunter]

first heard this track when I was 14, back in the early 70's, growing up in Liverpool...as fresh and breathtaking now as it was back then...God Bless Roy

[@DNGINFORMANT]

I found out about this man after watching the Departed. This Guy is amazing! I am sure I have come across his discs at the store just not knowing who he was. Such a great piece of music!

[@gregboardman915]

i missed seeing a guitar legend ,he toured Australia once and i missed it dam

[@347chas]

Always brings a tear to my eye, beautiful playing.

[@bjpd1111]

Up there with the greatest guitar players ever, thanks for playing sweet dreams the way no one else has on guitar, brings back good and sad memories.

[@sandymiller6680]

As outstanding to listen to today as it was years ago. A masterpiece!

[@Kristopful]

Thats what I call Sweet Tone. How he gets that out of a Telecaster is beyond me.? Some have critizised Roy for being a little sharp in tone...but I don't hear what they are talking about. It's pure and clean as it gets.

[@mehcol]

one of my first singles. just remembered

[@JackieAprileJr]

If you play guitar and don't know of this man, it's like playing baseball and not knowing Babe Ruth

[@InterlochenFan]

I was so lucky to see him twice in the early 80s at the Keystone, Palo Alto, small venue, where I watched him make the Telecaster cry from a few feet away...magical memories from my youth! Thanks Roy, you were amazing.

[@danielstoddart]

At around the 2:00 mark you can see Roy's view from the stage and the fans mesmerized and drinking it all in. Listening to this song and the way he played it, I still get a dust mote in my eye trying not to get upset thinking about what happened to Roy in the end :-(

[@woody816]

Daniel Stoddart I hear ya bro ✌️&❤️ fae Bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Land of whisky ✊🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃 cheers

[@zachherbert7673]

THE BEST! Hands down. What wonderful sounds!

[@artymgysgt]

First time I ever heard Roy Buchanan play "Sweet Dreams" was in an episode of the "Soprano's"

[@tophermarlin6167]

The Departed,for me

[@MoonKhan39]

This Is Out Of Earth ♪♫ This Is Divine

[@joblase8642]

R I P ROY RESPECT

[@iagobroxado]

4 years ago, I watched this video and that made me go buy a Telecaster the next day. Thanks Roy.

[@arthanshaw2665]

Roy. one of the greats for all time.

[@64fairlane305]

one of??

[@jameslomenzo1139]

I grew up with Patsy Clines son and he introduced me to Roy, great seeing him do a song of Patsy's. He was so underrated.

[@janiopadilha1984]

Que coisa mais linda, até chorei quando assistir,

[@shanebowers7902]

You right my friend

[@enigmadroid127]

Most excellent and most beautiful

[@leobarth2629]

O maior guitarrista desconhecido do mundo...gigante!!!!

[@marlynhutcheon6548]

remember hearing Sweet Dreams in the 70.s and only come back to it now with You Tube. Thanks as it is a masterpiece..

[@stephenjimmilee6452]

I was lucky enough to see Roy once in the late 70's in Toronto, at the old El Macombo Lounge. It was truly amazing! I recall that in the middle of one of his 10 minute guitar solos (Down by the River....I think), my friend said to be "go get some water" and I asked him why. He replied "I saw smoke coming off the fretboard!"

[@normbeale9008]

Far out,I was there too and it was killer !!!

[@paulamendola5456]

I saw him at the El Macombo as well amazing!

[@viniciuscamargo8085]

This is a masterpiece. Long live, Roy Buchanan.

[@ShaneOBrien]

To buckfan1969 I can't imagine putting my thoughts, after watching a few of this artists' videos, into any better perspective than your words communicate. I feel as strongly as you do. Add in that I write and perform my own music and somehow, sometimes, forget about this gentleman's wonderful skills. That is, until I take time out and re-listen and re-watch him once again. Man oh man, is he ever good, OMG... How so very, very cool...

[@lulukot7377]

People in this video realising that they are part of a history moment... There is something sometimes and first you even didnt notice but then you know it was something special... Unique... That was for sure one of these moments

[@jimreid6305]

He makes that guitar cry. Bought the studio version 45 when it reached the back end of the charts in the 70s

[@robertgarvin4993]

I was living in the Mid South around the early seventies. My parents lived in Arkansas just across the Mississippi river from Greenville, where I was able to see him perform. Later, he performed at what I thought was an all-African American roadhouse in Alligator, Mississippi when Gatemouth Brown was still hitting those places in the south. Buchanan seemed shy, but he got up on stage later in the evening and jammed with all the regulars. ...Great memories. This kind of reminds me of 'sleepwalker' in many ways

[@jackwalker8829]

Guitarists appreciate Roy. That's all that would have mattered to him. I feel so privileged to have lived in a town where both Roy Buchannan and Danny Gatton lived.

[@jsphillip60]

Buchanan and Gatton. Geez, I wish I'd have lived in the D.C. area back then!!

[@garyfitzhugh671]

Saw them both many times. Roy played 'The Crossroads' in Bladensburg Md., my home town, all the time. He recorded this LIVE there for his famous 'Burlap Bag' album which was a novelty at the time. I think there were only 5K copies and I have one of them. Danny Gatton was from Waldorf, about 20 miles from D.C. and played all over Georgetown back then. I was a very lucky man to have been able to see both of them so many times. RIP Roy and Danny. You both were spectacular.

[@brahmburgers]

I saw Roy (and the Snakestretchers) play that on stage in Wash. DC - around 1971 in a concert put together by local boy Nils Lofgrin (who sat in one 1 or 2 songs). I'm also an electric guitarist, and not surprisingly, it was one of the dearest most memorable concerts I've ever seen.

[@brahmburgers]

@Jonathan Birch I love his instrumental version of 'Sweet Dreams.' I've been tooling with it on Keyboard, in key of A. I embellish the progression a bit (from the original). On organ, it sounds like a hymn.

[@dfbrod]

great song, i wish Roy and Patsy were still with us.

[@pamunderwood2719]

This was fantastic! And Patsy was unbelievable.

[@bobhayett2376]

There's always somebody better, except nobody beats Roy. Nobody could make a guitar cry like this. Nobody could bend notes so effortlessly. He had signature runs that I've never heard anybody duplicate. I don't think they CAN be duplicated.

[@nitrousninja882]

This guy doesn't sound like anybody else that ever picked up an electric guitar. His playing is more melodic than anyone else Ive ever heard.

[@zenobardot]

May I introduce you to Bill Frisell, playing 'Shenandoah' in the basement of Elvis Presley's first house in Memphis? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKrHkn6dYsdgftE

[@prestonrogers9633]

I remember going around UT passing out "Free" tickets to this show. Got to meet Roy. After this taping, he played at the Armadillo World HEADquarters that same evening and the next night. Did not ever miss his shows when he came to town.

[@TheDimas871]

The sound of the TELECASTER IS ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@elcamino-go3pb]

Malcolm Lukens on organ fabulous job with this piece, blends with Roy perfect!

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Imo this man is the best guitarist of all time