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Aug 14, 2024 · Born in Ozark, Arkansas in 1939, Leroy ‘Buch’ Buchanan was a master of the Telecaster who elevated Leo Fender’s humble “working man’s” electric guitar to the level of a Stradivarius violin. It was Buchanan, along with fellow doomed genius Danny Gatton, who seeded the ongoing obsession with Telecaster tone.
Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, [1] Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career [2] and two later solo albums that made it to the Billboard chart.
Roy Buchanan and his battered 1953 Telecaster guitar got inside your head and grabbed you in the gut. He had eclectic musical tastes, an arsenal of techniques, a devotion to craft, and something to say.
Roy Buchanan has long been considered one of the finest, yet criminally overlooked guitarists of the blues rock genre whose lyrical leads and use of harmonics would later influence such guitar greats as Jeff Beck, Robbie Robertson, ZZ Top.
Roy Buchanan builds whirlwind solos with brilliant technique and flat-out blues feeling. A master technician and simply one heckuva guitarist. - Guitar Player. A master of his instrument. -...
Robbie Robertson - their famous lead guitarist – was the bass player originally and studied guitar from Roy. He later became their lead guitar player after Roy left. Roy tried to break out as a guitarist – for both sessions and live bands - during the early '60's but failed to find success.
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Sep 2, 2017 · "Introducing Roy Buchanan" 1971 PBS Special documentary also known as "The Greatest Unknown Guitarist In The World"WNET 13 Reels with Slate for Broadcast Jun...
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