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.
+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.
+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
+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?
+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
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.
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
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.
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 ... --- ... ... --- ...
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.
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.
This is my favorite RUclips 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.
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.
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................!
Dozens of GREAT players do some of their best work with Telecasters. Brian Setzer plays a Tele, George Harrison played a few, Jimmy Page, and the list goes on. The Tele is what every other solid body guitar made was born from, and most of those were built to go in one direction. The Telecaster was built from the start to do it all, but guys like Clapton, and Gilmour play Strats so that's what many beginners want. My first electric was a Telecaster, and I do not own a Strat. I love my Tele.
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.
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.
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.
I often fantasize about what Roy, Stevie ray, and Jimi would be playing today, after all these years have passed? I'm in no hurry to go, but when I do, first thing I'm doing is getting tickets to that G-3 in the sky!
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!"
Saw him three times in concert. Twice at a small club in Albany where it was like he was playing just for me. Of course, he wasn't, but he made it seem that way. I was planning on seeing him a fourth time at another little dive in the area, but a few days before I'm listening to the radio. The announcer said "The Roy Buchanan show at Tigers pub has been cancelled due to the guitarists death" or something close to that. What?!! Massive bummer! A troubled soul he was, but a great talent lost on the tragic day he hanged himself.
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.
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.
At UT, Knoxville he opened for 'Mountain' and all those kids all smoked up... shut up when Roy started. We didn't even understand, but we knew he was not normal.
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.
+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!
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.
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.
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
So, been around a bit and love the Blues. Heard this, like many, at end credits of The Departed...and I froze, riveted, and my heart turned over. Wow! Sounded like Pasty Cline, crying thru a guitar. Stunning in its movement, complexity, simplicity, sweetness and tones. But, the ache, the soulfulness. Made me weep, with sadness and joy. All this at once. Jeezus, what a musician. I play a little keyboards, but this...this makes me want to learn guitar. 10,000 hours worth.
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...
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 ...
+peter mcclelland people in the audience (in this video) look to be pretty attentive, some look close to tears, and that made me happy to see, but I would agree the majority of the time value is invisible when it's abundant
Value can be assessed at any age. I saw Roy twice in the Boston area and in small venues. No one was there for the light show, we were huge fans and were there to see him.. I took a woman that wasn't really into music and she was mesmerized. The people in the audience are in their Twenties mostly, they're not kids. Stay young with music.
+Alex Yaniuk If you look again you'll see his combo is facing backwards so that it doesn't feedback. It has a microphone close to the speaker running into the PA. So, there is the answer crank it up to 11 with the speaker facing away, and damn the neighbours!This is sent from a Saxophone player.
OzymandiasDK2 is completely right tho, Mr. Buchanan has such the touch for his instrument, as it's very easy to see how at peace he is during his performances. What a great guitar wizard. So as stated above, "Because you ain't Roy Buchanan...?". Hey, that doesn't mean we all can't have fun playing along and trying to learn his great skills. Thank You, You Tube ey!
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.
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.
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.
My Roy Buchanan story: I saw Roy play at "Club Soda" in D.C. in 1986. After the show I went up & shook his hand & talked to him. He was so humble. On this night I was completely & totally seduced by The Telecaster. On this night I became a man & the next day traded my Flying V for a Telecaster. They say Roy was offered a gig with The Stones, he turned it down. The thing I remember about meeting Roy was his hands when I shook them. If those hands could talk.........DAMN !
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
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...
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 :-(
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.
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.
+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.
+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
+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?
+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
+Curtis Low
Gentlemen, accepting your wise observations...
Investigate Danny Gatton:
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One of the saddest musicians ever. A pure genius and talent. RIP
Why?I dont know a lot about him.Amazing music though.
I loved him.
@@Abraxas0365He unfortunately committed suicide.
@j.d.o5709 after I made this comment I looked the story up.
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.
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
Absolute masterpiece and a serious crime how underappreciated this man is to this day...
who is he? ? ? lil wayne is better! ! !
who the f is lil wayne
You don't know? ? ?
roy is the best.dude''
It's not a crime. Crap almighty.
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.
I couldn’t describe those feelings any better, I feel exactly the same. He deserves our ear
I'd like to hear that on piano bud. 👍
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 ... --- ... ... --- ...
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.
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.
The greatest guitarist you’ve probably never heard of. Just dripping with soul and emotion - Thank you for this haunting masterpiece Mr. Buchanan.
This is my favorite RUclips 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.
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.
I love how understated his demeanour is. Not windmilling around, putting on some big show. Just thoughtfully doing his thing. & what a tone!
Smooooth...and lifts your spirits, too, like a good, aged bourbon.
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................!
Dozens of GREAT players do some of their best work with Telecasters. Brian Setzer plays a Tele, George Harrison played a few, Jimmy Page, and the list goes on.
The Tele is what every other solid body guitar made was born from, and most of those were built to go in one direction. The Telecaster was built from the start to do it all, but guys like Clapton, and Gilmour play Strats so that's what many beginners want. My first electric was a Telecaster, and I do not own a Strat. I love my Tele.
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.
Hey attaboy Roy appreciates your recognition of something he feels mundane
Absolutely a masterpiece. The greats like SRV, Gary Moore, Peter Green and many others would have looked to this song for inspiration. Unbelievable
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.
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.
Who needs vocals when a guy can make his guitar cry and sing like that?
exactly
Exact. Much the same as Fr. Chopin didn't need an orchestra to accompany his beautiful piano playing.
His soul n life got wasted....why god
Actually I think that was the whole thing, his raison d'etre if you like.
His guitar sings for him.
Oh! Beautiful, amazing, but what GREAT GUITARIST, sure one of the best ever! that fine !!! that technique! that harmony! all in one. IS MAGIC!
4 years ago, I watched this video and that made me go buy a Telecaster the next day. Thanks Roy.
I often fantasize about what Roy, Stevie ray, and Jimi would be playing today, after all these years have passed? I'm in no hurry to go, but when I do, first thing I'm doing is getting tickets to that G-3 in the sky!
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!"
Far out,I was there too and it was killer !!!
I saw him at the El Macombo as well amazing!
Loved roys version of "sweet dreams" he wrings every tear out that patsy did with her voice.
This Is Out Of Earth ♪♫ This Is Divine
Beautiful. Lost for words.
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!
This was my father's funeral song
My dear partner died in 2021.This was her funeral song
Funeral song, was thinking that myself😂 Good one.
This is like Sunday School Psychedelic! Hallelujah
great song, i wish Roy and Patsy were still with us.
This was fantastic! And Patsy was unbelievable.
Saw him three times in concert. Twice at a small club in Albany where it was like he was playing just for me. Of course, he wasn't, but he made it seem that way. I was planning on seeing him a fourth time at another little dive in the area, but a few days before I'm listening to the radio. The announcer said "The Roy Buchanan show at Tigers pub has been cancelled due to the guitarists death" or something close to that. What?!! Massive bummer! A troubled soul he was, but a great talent lost on the tragic day he hanged himself.
I was watching The Departed and heard this..thank gawd I 'shazamed' that. This is brilliant!
just magnificent
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.
remember hearing Sweet Dreams in the 70.s and only come back to it now with You Tube. Thanks as it is a masterpiece..
His use of the volume knob is absolutely amazing. What a talent.
Wish he'd dial that verb back though....too much.
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.
@@socallars3748 he used to do it a lot. Now almost never. EJ that is.
@@socallars3748Jeff Beck did it a hell of a lot very very effectively
THE BEST! Hands down. What wonderful sounds!
Que coisa mais linda, até chorei quando assistir,
You right my friend
At UT, Knoxville he opened for 'Mountain' and all those kids all smoked up... shut up when Roy started. We didn't even understand, but we knew he was not normal.
Rips your old heart out by the roots and stomps on it. What a life cut so short. RIP Mr. Roy.
Absolutely perfect.
He makes that guitar cry. Bought the studio version 45 when it reached the back end of the charts in the 70s
Thank you misstree love love love it!
Always brings a tear to my eye, beautiful playing.
The master of the Stratocaster, There will never be another Roy how sad...
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.
+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!
+michael ellis Thanks for the tip! Rockplast?
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.
Thank you Roy.
Listening to him play the guitar is like listening to Roy Orbison sing. Simply magical and heavenly!
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.
used to go see roy buchanan play at my mothers place!
Clean, no distortion, no pedal board, no tricks or gimmicks! The man could play!
spot on!
Oh absolutely !
And a SUPER amp
@@maraviyoso8473
He was known for playing through Blackface Deluxe Reverbs.
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
Roy's smile at the end. RIP genius.
A telecaster in the hands of the master wooooooooooooow xx
So, been around a bit and love the Blues. Heard this, like many, at end credits of The Departed...and I froze, riveted, and my heart turned over. Wow! Sounded like Pasty Cline, crying thru a guitar. Stunning in its movement, complexity, simplicity, sweetness and tones. But, the ache, the soulfulness. Made me weep, with sadness and joy. All this at once. Jeezus, what a musician. I play a little keyboards, but this...this makes me want to learn guitar. 10,000 hours worth.
I never get tired of listening to Roy playing Sweet Dreams. The Master!
The face of the young lady at about 3:20 pretty much expresses how I feel when I hear this. Mesmerized. In awe.
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...
Just with one tele, he got all that sound. They never gave him the recognition he deserved.
An absolute Stoic. It’s no wonder he didn’t buy into fame. A master doesn’t need that
No one can get near this, absolute beauty and reaching beyond our everyday reality xxxxx
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.
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.
Tears definately, for I am a poet,,,RIP Sir ❤️🔥🥲⚡️
Give a listen to Hey Joe⚡️🔥
Thank you, Roy! ❤
Amazing Job Great Uncle! R.I.P.
Brandon Buchanan wow man you're lucky dude to have someone like him part of your family, one of my most favorite guitarists ever.
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
@@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.
ClassicRock4EVER I’m pretty sure this concert footage is from Austin, Texas
@@MojiBeau Thank You :)
Awesome telecaster playing!
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.
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.
True Master of the Telecaster...
so great. the chill concert vibe is amazing
Just stunning. If I could play half as good I'd be a happy man.
Roy, God Bless You.
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.
withgoddess that's freakin hysterical. sorry for your pain but that was worth it hahaha
hahahaha!
that's what a guitar sounds like when it's talking to you.........brilliant
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 ...
Buchanan and a coffee cup made my morning
If you play guitar and don't know of this man, it's like playing baseball and not knowing Babe Ruth
Great Sounding Guitar/And Musician....
How many of them were aware that they were witnessing pure genius?
Yes, youth is wasted on the young.
+peter mcclelland people in the audience (in this video) look to be pretty attentive, some look close to tears, and that made me happy to see, but I would agree the majority of the time value is invisible when it's abundant
Damn near all of them.Are you more than 12? People that went to see Roy were there for the music with very few exceptions.
Value can be assessed at any age. I saw Roy twice in the Boston area and in small venues. No one was there for the light show, we were huge fans and were there to see him.. I took a woman that wasn't really into music and she was mesmerized. The people in the audience are in their Twenties mostly, they're not kids. Stay young with music.
RIP Roy Buchanan. I always get a bit of joy when I listen to your songs.
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.
Especially love the bit that starts at 2.23 gorgeous emotive playing from a master.
why doesn't my telecaster sound like that?
i was thinking the same thing
+Alex Yaniuk If you look again you'll see his combo is facing backwards so that it doesn't feedback. It has a microphone close to the speaker running into the PA. So, there is the answer crank it up to 11 with the speaker facing away, and damn the neighbours!This is sent from a Saxophone player.
+andrea22213 A great way to play small clubs too.
OzymandiasDK2 is completely right tho, Mr. Buchanan has such the touch for his instrument, as it's very easy to see how at peace he is during his performances. What a great guitar wizard.
So as stated above, "Because you ain't Roy Buchanan...?".
Hey, that doesn't mean we all can't have fun playing along and trying to learn his great skills. Thank You, You Tube ey!
Exactly
When I first started drinking, they put a jukebox in my local and this was played all the time early 70s. Still listening 50 years later!.
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.
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.
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.
Played in clubs with Roy... he was "always" fabulous and amassing!
one of if not THE finest player of all time
I met Roy and he was so nice!
I must have watched this a thousand times by now. Absolute Legend.
Beautiful ♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️
My Roy Buchanan story: I saw Roy play at "Club Soda" in D.C. in 1986.
After the show I went up & shook his hand & talked to him. He was so humble.
On this night I was completely & totally seduced by The Telecaster.
On this night I became a man & the next day traded my Flying V for a Telecaster.
They say Roy was offered a gig with The Stones, he turned it down.
The thing I remember about meeting Roy was his hands when I shook them.
If those hands could talk.........DAMN !
He has a very distinct voice which comes out through the telecaster. I just love his playing! Amazingly wonderful!
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
Fabulous Player. Tragic life. I will never understand why the greatest artists always seem to die so young.
Nobody can or could make a guitar sing like Roy could, famous or not he was the best.
R.I.P. Roy and brother Ronnie Byrd Foster
I was lucky enough to see him around this time at Winterland in SF...blew me away...and I already had his album!!!
;^>
A man and a guitar (Nancy) BEAUTIFUL miss you man x
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...
saw roy in a 600sf bar in capitola ca. about 5 months before he died.. a class of his own.
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 :-(
Daniel Stoddart I hear ya bro ✌️&❤️ fae Bonnie Scotland 🏴. Land of whisky ✊🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃 cheers
Could watch this over and over and over. Such talent!
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.
I saw Buke at the Syria Mosque
R.I.P. Albert Avila. Great friend who introduced me to Roy Buchanan. 1953-2020
People who have never heard Roy's playing are missing out on one of life's TRULY PASSIONATE Artists......
simply the best music!!!!!