If there ever was a guitar player who could wrench more emotion and play with more dynamic range than Roy Buchanan... well, no, there wasn't, and isn't...
You really have to listen to the whole thing just to get a sense of how good this guy was. And, as good as this "Austin City Limits" performance is, I've got lots better recordings.
As a point of interest and comparison (guitar geeks already know this stuff), you might find the following interesting. Some bum named Jeff Beck...
Yeah. Roy had acolytes, tons of 'em...
Beck had lots of influences. I was always happy that he liked Charles Mingus.
ReplyDeleteBrendan,
ReplyDeleteYes, you're right. The clips I posted didn't really show the influence as clearly as I would have liked. Listen to "The Messiah Will Come Again" (RB) and then listen to "'Cause We've Ended as Lovers" (JB-Blow by Blow version).