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05-19-2010, 08:50 PM #1
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Roy Buchanan
Deserves his own thread imho. Great biography here.
Bet Tipp either saw him or came close, and saw one of his early compadres, Danny Gatton...
A few clips:
good Hey Joe cover
early version of The Messiah
later and 'polished' version...
Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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05-20-2010, 08:02 AM #2
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there was a thread on him awhile back-or maybe it was in the greatest guitarists thread...
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05-20-2010, 08:06 AM #3
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Yeah, he's been mentioned in the Blues thread, and a couple others...
There's a pretty amazing DVD out there from WNET/PBS, in 1971, by Bill Graham, called "Introducing Roy Buchanan", where he calls him 'the greatest guitarist you've never heard of'...Well worth picking up if you see it around, i had to hit egay for it...Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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05-20-2010, 01:39 PM #4
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Listened to his version of "Green Onions" on the way into work this morning.
Never saw the man in person. Saw Danny Gatton a couple times at Club Soda back in the day but honestly was waaaaay too fucked up to really remember.
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05-20-2010, 03:53 PM #5
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+ 1 for Roy
Live In Japan has a version of "Hey Joe" that absolutely kills.
A great start w/ Roy would be: "Sweet Dreams: the Anthology". 2 Disc set of great material.
Dude was gifted with the Tele. Too bad he went from being asked to record/tour with the Stone pre Mick Taylor to hanging himself in jail after being busted for bottle/pill excesses.
rip
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05-20-2010, 04:57 PM #6
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RIP indeed. What happened in the jail is still not accepted by all, given the anecdotal reports of bruising on his head 'looking like someone beat the shit out of him'. A shame, regardless.
Originally Posted by amatog
Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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05-21-2010, 12:18 AM #7
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I heart Live Stock. Roy was a badass.
"I knew in an instant that the three dollars I had spent on wine would not go to waste."
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05-21-2010, 12:35 AM #8
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Saw Roy about 83 at the Keystone Berkeley and don't remember being too impressed. Alvin Lee w/Ten Years Later played there a few weeks later and I enjoyed his show a lot more. Both were snoozefests compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan's show there on his Texas Flood tour. [/HazyMemory]
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12-22-2011, 12:15 AM #9
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just tripped over this cut, pretty damn good imho
Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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12-23-2011, 07:50 PM #10
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shame when the PGCO cops killed him
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05-02-2017, 09:58 PM #11
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Originally Posted by Tye 1on
Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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05-02-2017, 10:05 PM #12
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great chops, for sure
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05-03-2017, 09:44 PM #13
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He died in the Fairfax jail, not PG. Originally Posted by cdlv
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