Roy Buchanan - When A Guitar Plays The Blues

[@victorsvideos27]

Once in every few generations, maybe even a dozen, a master will come along and level the field leaving no doubt who the master was. Roy was this master and his ridiculous superior ability was the masterpiece. How is it that we could love this man’s soul even though we never met. I think it’s because we could hear it crying to us through those strings with his fingers telling them what to say to us. He gave us a sermon with every note to remember him by, as Angels often do. You are sorely missed Roy! R.I.P.

[@richardk6659]

Thanks. That really come from the heart about Roy.

[@peterbartolomeo9574]

BRAVO. Says it all. R.I.P. Roy

[@elaztec.aztecca]

Beautiful eulogy there thank you 🙏. RIP Roy .

[@Jrlabiak]

Disse tudo!

[@thegoldenagetvshow]

Best comment to anything I've ever read

[@thematchedmaple1942]

Virtuoso guitar player and a real technician. Not as unknown as he used to be. One of the best guitar players who ever lived. Maybe the best of them all.

[@donaldelley2802]

master guitarist of all guitarists

[@carlsmith1263]

Wow. Sorely missed. RIP Roy Buchanan

[@TheCowboyangelshorse]

perhaps the most underrated guitarist

[@JamesQuirk]

The BEST, probably ever

[@spinellirio]

TheCowboyangelshorse iiiii

[@BlindMellowJelly]

Now, sure but back in his day there was nothing underrated about him. He just lived a reckless life and could not preform on a regular schedule. His contributions were too great to ever call him that.

[@sgrroiii]

Underrated is the most overrated comment on YT .

[@bumpdunlop]

Agreed, Buchanan was never underrated. Unknown by some but never underrated, always rated as one of the greats.

[@RichardFeynmanRules]

"Fasten your seatbelts" is right. Simply awesome!

[@billtaylor4224]

First heard him in 74. Scorsese used his music at the end of "The Departed". Thanks Martin for showing the world his talent.

[@contactkeithstack]

that song at the end of the departed is amazing. That caught my ear first time I saw the film.

[@joefairweatherblues8511]

@@contactkeithstack Must catch it

[@wildbill5670]

@@fu6223 I believe it was called "The Messiah will come again"

[@cophahn]

@@wildbill5670 Sweet Dreams in The Departed

[@MrDoomed81]

Roy was one of the most underrated guitar players EVER....thank God Jeff Beck dedicated "Cause we've Ended as Lovers" to him . Thats where Jeff got the volume swells from...no doubt. R.I.P Roy.

[@richardk6659]

He and Jeff were on the same level....that is to say, off the scale. " My Friend Jeff "

[@peterbartolomeo9574]

@@richardk6659 to be honest ....no one was on the same level as Roy. I love Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Two wizards unequalled. Magical. But Roy does this stuff with his eyes closed ......he's toying with us......showing us a little more each performance. Roy didn't seek fame or fortune. He played effortlessly for his spiritual connection to God and all of us. He chose to seek perfection over material rewards. Like he said ..." I played my music the way I wanted it to sound .my way."

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

@@peterbartolomeo9574 👍💯 exactly .. someone once tried to convince me he copied hendrix .. said to him .. was hendrix playing like this after 7yrs on rd alone at/by 1960? Roy was always his own sound and a mentor to the later 60s greats .. he copied NO ONE .. they all came to learn and watch roy ... some dont realise he was doing this by 1960 ...

[@knightfall9394]

⁠@@sebatianalvarado7171obviously he’s copying pedal steel players, where do ya think he got the idea for the volume swell and tone control stuff from, hell he’s even admitted to getting ideas from different instruments. I sometimes wonder if roy fans conjure this shit up or were told this crap and they started to believe it, you guys make it sound like he was the best when he had zero songwriting talent and was known for playing lead.

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

@@knightfall9394 ok Jimmy

[@timoflea8417]

RIP, Roy Buchanan. Youwere the real deal, and you are sorely missed. You played your guitar so fine,, Mr. B. No one before or since has ever come close to your level, your mastery . You truly played, no smoke or mirrors. Just you, your guitar, your fingers, your thumb and a pick.. No toys, no devices. Lord almighty, you made them sing. I stood not ten feet from you in 1974 and I watched, and I could not turn away. The way you played was like you didn't play; rather, you found the way to really let your guitar play the blues. I swear, the way you played all those half notes, quavers,, hammering, sliding - caressing - it was like your fingers spoke to the strings and they sang for you, as though you raised them to the threshold where they came alive, and were released by every touch of your deft fingers. I bow to you, true artist, you sculptor who knew where to chisel to bring forth the art that was waiting there for you to bring it out. My God, you wrought such great beauty that it still resonates in me even to this very moment, as I am sure is true for many others who appreciated your gift, who miss you as do I. I believe if there is a heaven, then there must be a guitar there just for you. Peace on you, Roy Buchanan. Oh, and if you can, save me a seat down front, okay?

[@leobreedt1656]

Tim fukkit you so right !

[@buickman350]

@bluesbug54 thats awesome i wish i could of met him my father was great friends with him he used to tell me all kinds of storys about there times togather. RIP DAD and ROY

[@avant0211]

This guitar is as good as anyone ever played or...ever will. Thank the gods for Roy.

[@peterbartolomeo9574]

This guy was a real WIZARD

[@MendryMusic]

He knew he was a genius and many others imitated him. He didn't get the attention he deserved, strange...

[@mohamedabushwigir873]

This is the soul of blues

[@urankjj]

Was lucky to see him live in Clevland back in the 70's. He was unforgettable then and still is now.

[@gustavorodriguez6365]

THAT GUITAR IS REALLY PLAYING (GOOD) BLUES, THANKS ROY R.I.P

[@johnrowan7288]

Should have been with us a lot longer. I'm sorry if we let you down Roy. You were great. You and Jimi probably the reason there's thunder and lightning outside my window right now. RIP.

[@joemontano71]

Wow ! What an amazing/beautiful thought.

[@mtadams2009]

Back in the 70s and early 80s I went to a lot of Roy's shows in small clubs and this video reminds me of not only Roy's greatness but also the wild and crazy fans that would attend his shows. I lived in New England and he played there often. Roy liked a good time and I think he very much enjoyed all of the crazy drunk fans. One time he invited me and a couple of my friends backstage to drink a couple of beers. It was a good time and we talked about Hendrix and Roy thought the world of Jimi. When he passed it broke my heart, Roy was my Hendrix , R I P

[@happyjoyjo]

9:34 - greatest tone ever produced. That scream. That brutal scream. My favourite guitarist of all time. RIP Leroy.

[@BanquetNZ]

@9:34

[@peterbartolomeo5542]

Salute' to Roy and all his fans that get it how great he was. I can't stop watching his videos or listening to him play. I'm 65 and I saw a lot of the best MSG Nassau coliseum

[@jeffroberts3939]

Man I love this version, so raw! Roy just kills it!

[@johnamaral1786]

Thanks Snake. This is one of the best videos to display Roy's talent and the best recorded performance of this awesome tune I've seen! Roy was great and his music still is, through the magic of recording tech. His guitar did not play, it cried and it sang! Thanks to the preserved performances, such as this one, that we are still blessed to see and/or hear...that guitar still sings! RIP Roy.

[@hughc023]

The Greatest Unknown Guitarist in The World. . .

[@mikegianas]

Hugh Fathers I had no idea about him until about 3 or 4 years ago, trying to dig into blues past known names, still further past Kimbrough, Burnside, origins or 'answer' songs, then I come across this guy....jaw dropped.

[@hughc023]

mikegianas Came across some of his music, somehow had heard the name but not the music, so thought I'd take a listen. My reaction, the same as yours . . .

[@billkerns1633]

I still grieve he is no longer with us. Way overlooked and forgotten for what was guitar greatness. RIP Roy Buchanan

[@lanceherman4773]

Walked by a club back in NY didn’t know who he was bought a ticket from then on I tried not to miss him . To me there was no equal. P.S I’m on the live stock album . Blues for ever

[@michaeloliver6347]

The best I know

[@jochemvanderdussen6565]

Meesterlijk!

[@TimJackson-eq6iy]

He truly was one of kind. 'tis great that we not only have his recordings, but can watch him perform too.

[@PRINCIPALBROKER]

a true master and sadly missed....

[@donnamcvarnock2567]

Meet Roy Buchanan Auckland Town Hall N.Z. Made my own Hot Wires T-shirt, he loved it. We had a chat, he signed my concert ticket. But wait there's more. The guys I were with, were Roy mad. Never seen a bunch of guys pounce so quick. Roy put his cigar out, and it was like, I am sure you can imagine. Most humble man and 1 of the best concerts I been to, brilliant

[@big_thought05]

One thing out of many thing that impressed me about Roy is the he effortlessly knows what notes belong together. True Master RIP Roy

[@jeffhenion6422]

These guitarists today can't even come close. He was so INCREDIBLE!!!!!

[@petegasper2806]

Thats the greatest guitar solo or solos ever played and Roy Buchanan was easily the greatest guitarist to walk the earth. No one even comes close or femotly close. There is Roy and Then there is nothing Then long after comes the other guitar players.

[@petegasper2806]

Roy was so intidating even Jini Hendrix refused a pick-off with him. Not to mention Hendrix needed pedals to do What Roy had been doing 15 years earlier with his fingers.

[@petegasper2806]

But Hendrix Off course were No Where the speed of the picking of Roy. Not that speed matters but when you can pull it off like Roy with feeling Then you are on another level Then all other guitarists. At least the way Roy mixed speed with feeling. Off course it did not matter had Roy been 5 times better than Hendrix, Roy was not main stream and Hendrix certainly was. Like a friend of mind Said after watching Roy ” Well its time to put Jimi Hendrix Off the No 1 spot he always receives in Magazine reviews of best players ever”

[@matthewcumberland6877]

During his Rockpalast performance, someone in the audience tells Roy that he's number one. His response is there is no such thing.

[@matthewcumberland6877]

His playing became more complex, and incredibly wilder as he grew older. compare this performance to the livestock album. He is fookin light years ahead on his late model stuff. If you try and dig deep down into the meaning and depth of his playing in his mid forties up till his death... I think you would be hard pressed on to find another rock guitarist that can come close.

[@4mommiemae]

Roy Buchanan is one of my all time favorites. I was supposed to go see him but he died about 2 weeks before the scheduled show. What a miss.

[@claytongillaspy8847]

Roy is great absolutely one of the best ever right behind Danny gatton and Rory Gallagher and Alvin lee

[@dmelv]

saw Roy in ohio in the 80's first thing he did was crank his amp as loud as it would go......you know constant feedback even before playing anything we almost left as i forgot my earplugs but IT SOUNDED SO GOOD i punished my ears for an hour and a half of this mans pure genius!!!!

[@ibrahimbahasuan7987]

Big amplifier and extreme volume!

[@nevardtellalian5666]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@johndicapua2412]

BOY DO I MISS THIS MAN - HIS CONCERTS WERE AMAZING . HE WAS WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME. MY HAIR IS STANDING STRAIGHT UP ---- WOW --- ROY CAN BEND A STRING .... MANY A TIME WHILE DRINKING A GLASS OF WATER ( but that really wasn't his style ) HE WAS SERIOUS -- LIKE HARPO MARX ON HIS STRING INSTRUMENT !!

[@JRoberts1260]

Honestly what 15 people could not like this video? RIP Roy.

[@Alexander-uj5pb]

They were policemen in a county Jail.

[@MrRazzguy]

You are so right. This is what guitar playing is all about. Nobody can play like this, and nobody ever will. I miss him too.

[@firdausHITMAN]

Roy had it all.

[@cameronclark390]

2:21 "WOOOOOH!! SHIT!!" Some guy at a Roy Buchanan concert

[@royboy56100]

Roy played the "Bluz" like nobodys business!!He,Stevie Ray,Tommy Bolin,and the late great Bugs Henderson really tore us up then,and still do!!R.I.P.

[@geanmatiello]

fuckin amazing...... I just listen this song on the first time in 1992.... Tx KARIKA forpresentation, you're in my heart, man........... regards......

[@james041]

The master sorcerer at play RIP ROY J DEUCE RNR ONT.CANADA

[@markbryantaylor6331]

i saw him at the seria mosc in pittsburg,about a year before he died,one of the best bluesmen out there,didnt know of him before that,no radio air

[@urankjj]

Dang it. That was just Roy warmin up......

[@doda26]

Absolutely Outstanding!

[@RichardSmithrsmithing]

Just incredible.

[@americanmystic1306]

Definitely one underated guitarist and blues musician. Oh i learned alot from this man!

[@americanmystic1306]

Hes on the top of my list ! Jimi H. Buddy G. SRV. Roy B. Johny W. Rory G.

[@deanwilliams8331]

Elijah Cole Freddie King?

[@americanmystic1306]

Freddie king!

[@gdawgs101]

+Elijah Cole Peter Green?

[@americanmystic1306]

Peter green would be #7 on my list #8Henry Garza

[@predator0010]

I love them all.My favourite blues guitarists are Roy and Peter Green,type this into youtube search without quotes "peter green i've got a mind to give up living" and click on the 1st video.Masterpiece.

[@michaeladrian2210]

This is uncommon music that should be heard in respectful awe not in beer drowning scream

[@sertanza]

a real telecaster legend. r.i.p.

[@lousydevotee9169]

Every time I watch this it literally gives me chills

[@RoyBuchanan309]

You get the strangest kind of feelin'...

[@matzalka5552]

From another planet... unbelievable..

[@geoffreycoates4720]

My buddies are the 2 guys center stage on the back cover in the seats of the live stock album! Best ever!

[@peterbartolomeo9574]

If he was alive playing like this today. ......I think he'd be finally recognized as the Greatest Known Guitarist. No one can do what he does. No one ever has.

[@knightfall9394]

plenty can do what he does, lots of guys can do roy pretty well. Jeff beck was a fan and started incorporating some roy like stuff into his playing too and you can hear it on blow by blow and live performance of further on up the road from the early 80s

[@Sparta2310]

The Master of the Telecaster

[@lilyroseable]

I saw him play live in NYC he was fantastic

[@TheShinkickersBand]

What legend! Love his music. Another guitarist to look out for is Gerry Quigley ... he met Roy backstage once and Roy passed his guitar over and asked him to play ... when he played Roy himself was so amazed he said "man, I LOVE your vibrato!" If you ever see Gerry play live, you'll know exactly what I mean. Hope you get to see him play sometime.

[@terryconaway9738]

I love the blues particularly blues guitarist and the bluesmen are the best my son is a metal guitarist and yea some of those guys can play too i tell my son listen to the bluesmen. Roy or anyone of that caliber will put most other guitar players to shame and take them to school when they make those strings talk you cant out play them but if you listen and learn and.have enough talent you will be able hang with them and hold your own cause metal aint nothing but spoiled brat blues

[@philfrank9226]

With his old 50`s Telecaster he sounds the best.

[@raross6119]

To the young musicians Roy was before Hendrix long before van. Halen he was the original shredder

[@LDM662]

The only man I've ever seen that can make his guitar sound like a violin

[@KUNO-e5r]

No Commentar. Best Guitare Player ever

[@lewiswrenne9058]

Fantastic work

[@teiltje]

The audience so loud, Roy so shy - that's why he makes his guitar scream. Most underrated Master of Telecaster, best of them all. RIP Roy, never forget you.

[@rosiewomack6425]

Rob Olykan pb

[@nevardtellalian5666]

NEVER, Rob. NEVER.

[@danceforusmonkeyboy]

Great post! Such a talent he was.

[@dannyphillips7196]

master of the blues

[@mikej70]

So innovative and soulful your right the most underrated

[@enstigatorofficial]

Carey Ziegler on bass is such a treat. Just like unknown Roy, you could say the same about this great bass player who has a history

[@michaeladrian2210]

You can see the bass playyer near end goinng wild

[@bcummings2187]

Beast ......anybody who knows anything about guitar knows this guy was one of the best ....ever .....Gatton as well.

[@johnanthony6742]

Went to a show of Roy's back in the 80s favorite part was getting back stage and smoking a joint.. Think it wasn't long after that when my father showed me the newspaper obituary of Roy...

[@deirdrea100]

bowing down to the greatest guitar player ever

[@elsyepetrie]

Thank you 242Is88 from my heart. They say that you never die until you're forgotten. Peace and heath to you and your friends and family. Andrew Petrie. Vancouver Island.

[@johndoherty8251]

The best. Open and shut case ❤

[@knightfall9394]

No, tons of talented players out there other than roy and this doesnt even begin to show off how good roy was. There are much better compositions that show off his playing than this

[@hedwigthuilot]

I was lucky to see him at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago 1985. With Jonny Winter and Lonnie Brooks. I will never forget this in my life. When a guitar plays the blues...

[@burroughs334]

This was absolutely masterful.

[@Dc328]

Roy, the GreTest Guitar Player you've Never Heard of! Smoke EM ROY!!!

[@markbennett9597]

One of my best old skool favorites..No frills just going hard with a bit of reverb, And it is guitar playing the BLUES

[@mattyp3400]

never herd some one play guitar like that make those strings sing like the way he did

[@bozboz133]

mattyp3400 Sing or crying in pain and submittence haha

[@johndicapua2412]

BEST FEELING WHEN ROY PLAYS THE BLUES !

[@deirdrea100]

People say so and so is the best, there is no way you do that, look how many we have lost, the best of the best already there, there are many more still here, young folks are taking the tor torch and running with, rock on my children, I am 68 they said I played to hard, you can never play too hard. Peace

[@atcycle]

I really loved the way he played. Jammed with him once in Austin. I really wonder what really happened to him in that jail? I guess we really will never know.

[@nilakantanv398]

Knew about you just now Roay...Miss you already !

[@elsyepetrie]

Might even snatch a cry... Still miss ya' Roy. Weeping as I write this..

[@elkie64]

This is the best video on you tube! Hands down!

[@barryzenas]

one of the best.

[@darrellthornton8671]

His studio albums are so so so good but his live shows are wild in comparison. He certainly loved to perform. That is what live music is all about!

[@bcummings2187]

@DarrellThorton ......His studio albums are fantastic ....but you are right his live shows are a sight to behold....The Austin City Limits show is a fine example. Interestingly he was quite shy and introverted and may not have loved performing live as much as you may think. Who knew though. I am reading American Axe right now, a biography about his life that, so far is quite good. I have always loved his playing and was in awe of it. I was not aware however when he started though ....he was playing in the 50's in the era of Dale Hawkins (Suzie Q) ...Chuck Berry and Scotty Moore (Elvis) .....long before Hendrix. Alot of people credit Hendrix for his "revolutionary" playing and sounds ....but it may have started with a certain Mr. Roy Buchanon. He was certainly one of the best ever.

[@ramonsanchez7961]

One of The three Best Blues Telecaster, The underrated Roy Buchanan guitar 🎸

[@MrCkomili]

Love it!

[@Tadow7984]

Good god he can play the blues. Hes in my top 3 as of 6 months ago. So glad I found him.

[@Nick_Tippett]

how have I never heard of this guy?

[@dandrechesterfield5411]

The most expressive blues guitarist that's ever lived, and barely moves an inch while he's playing.

[@johnrowan7288]

I never know what this guy is doing. But it's fucking great. Saw him live once. RIP

[@johndicapua2412]

MY FIRST LOVE ….. OF THE BLUES THE MASTER HAIR RAISING BLUZ !!

[@russjalichandra5491]

Roy didn't have much widely commercial success. But to say he is underrated might not be very correct. He will always be well recognized among those who know as one of the all time greatests.

[@Domblues]

Ich bin sprachlos. Eines der besten Gitarrenspieler der Welt. Da hilft auch keine Wortklauberei

[@sheilabarron7206]

Damn Roy's Guitar is Playing them Blues WooooooW♥️♥️♥️

[@afrikafrank6259]

well , i think, one of the best in the world who handle a guitar

[@Wagiblues]

a Master of high notes and Telecaster

[@martinspencer366]

Roy and Jeff Beck, the two most supremely gifted electric guitarists ever, especially in terms of melodic taste.

[@elsyepetrie]

Since we ended as lovers was a good come back. Ok, you got me there. He wrote that, how many years ago Nothing ever after to say where he was coming from as in a guitar style.. Big whippy do...

[@videoguitarlesson]

i would have loved to see phil keaggy and roy jam togather now that would have been somthing.

[@ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΣΑΒΒΙΔΗΣ-κ2π]

the greatest guitar player in rock and roll history the MAN who said NO to the rolling stones best of the best masterclass rip roy miss you

[@valentinejaniky9644]

Adore !