Roy took the time to show me some of his technique one on one. He explained how he achieved his sound, spent time encouraging me and willingly corresponded with me for a couple of years. His graciousness was surpassed only by his massive talent. Anyone who heard him or watches these old videos will never consider him an ‘unknown guitarist’.
I'd say being that type of person surpasses any type of guitar talent. That's why Roy and Rory Gallagher are my favorite musicians. Not only the greatest guitarists but also known to be the most humble men in the industry. Rory and Roy will forever be blasting through my speakers🤘
I was in the studio with Roy Buchanan and Bob Johnston. I was 15 years old. I asked the master of the studio what's up with the Grumpy Old Men. Chris set me aside and told me "Those old men have probably forgotten more music than you've ever heard." Then Chris asked "What's your first responsibility as an apprentice?" I answered "To listen." Chris Hackney looked at me and said "That's right you do as they tell you and stay out of their way and you just might learn something." I didn't say a word from that point on. I set the mics for Dual Soliloquy. They were at Sky Blue Studios in Sonoma California for about a week straight. June 1974 around the same time Roy was recording at the Record Plaint in Sausalito California. Roy didn't talk a lot. He said thank you with his eyes and a nod of his head. Harry Diltz showed up and shot pictures. Being quiet can be very powerful- a sign of respect.. I had no idea who these people were when I met them. Ran into Bob Johnston again in connection with an album entitled Go Cats Go. He was wearing a similar gold corduroy jacket with the leather patches on the elbows. He still had pitted teeth. We were talking about Nashville Skylines. I said that Bob Dylan was so good that anybody could have recorded him. Johnson looked at me and this is what he said. " I did it and I didn't fick it up." I responded "Oh my God that is the perfect answer." We both started laughing because it was the perfect answer- it was a first take perfect answer.
Roy, he was fanyastic!!! 'll never forget Roy! I' ll be 71 3dec su I know I'v heard a lot of music. Roy is still one of the best!!! Thank you for your music, may you RIP. Willy(fem) from beautifull AMSTERDAM NL
Amen,...Amen,...Amen. i had the distinct pleasure to meet him twice being from his home town of Lanham MD and his humility was off the charts. His playing had sooooo much "soul" while others just shred and think they are doing something. RIP Roy,...Brother,...you were one of a kind,..period,...end of story.
@@Porkleaker Can't think he'd be anything other than admiring. Jeff and Tim both dead too soon....what are the chances eh? Would LOVE to have seen Buchanan.
In about "79 , I yelled out to Roy at the Agaora Ballroom in Houston " Tell it your way, Roy!" and he answered" I'm gonna tell it my way , and smiled."
I saw him at the Bottom Line in NYC. He was playing while sitting at a tiny round table with a pitcher of beer on it. Was 10 ft away for his performance. What a memory! RIP
For all the times I've watched this, I wonder if the people in the audience really understood what they were witnessing. To see Roy play this live must have been an experience of a lifetime. A genius with a telecaster, an amp turned backwards with all the knobs on 10, sending out heartbreak one note at a time. RIP Roy. You are not forgotten. Legend.
Saw him live in Sydney, Australia, about 1980. He was quite well known over there, for some reason. Finest concert I ever witnessed. People walked out silent, lost in their thoughts. What a magnificent guitarist.
My 21st birthday, July 29, 1978, Roy Buchanan and Canned Heat at the Starwood in West Hollywood. First legal drink that same evening at Trader Vic’s across the parking lot.
Mr. Roy Buchanan Lived in the same town as I did in the 1970's Reston Va. I got to see him play the Kennedy Center. If you closed your eyes when he played Hey Joe you would think Jimi was on stage playing. Great does not cover how good he was. Rest in Peace Roy. I pray one day that we get to meet in Heaven. And the Messiah will come again.
the effect Roy had live was basically mesmerism ..one biker said you had to drink yer beer before he played or you'd forget you were even holding it...that's power, making bikers forget to drink...the audience here is entranced and spellbound...speechless...
His tone and deep thoughtful approach to guitar influenced some of the greatest guitarist of the past 40 years. Roy is the father and of this family of memerizing guitar performances. Jeff Beck comes to mind above all, but Gary Moore Santana Robbie Robertson SRV and hundreds of country rock and blues players ... Roy, a pioneer chicken picker, influenced many country players who chose to follow with the Telecaster
COOL! Some school friends of mine caught him opening for B.B. King in Indy. Said B.B.'s fans were yelling "Go home, Roy" when the show began, but were all spellbound before his set was over!
I am old now. I remember this as a young man . Now as I understand the gospel and know Jesus as my Lord and savior. I understand the emotional toil of the world In travail every time I hear this song
@anthony lets chat , just remember the good news of the Gospel is that Jesus came to fulfill the father's will. He went to the cross and died for the sins of the whole world was buried and rose again on the third day he said if you believe in me and trust in me you have passed from death into life. Ephesians second chapter we are saved by grace through faith not by works lest any man should boast. So as long as you hold on to Jesus trust in him you are okay. Regardless of how much wrestling with the flesh you do. My life scripture is Galatians 5:6 the Apostle Paul said the only thing that really counts is Faith working through love. ..Faith in God and love for your neighbor😇✌️🌻
This is an homage to the lord. God bless you, Roy, for expressing the sorrow and joy of life. As transcendent an experience with music that one could ever have.
I had to watch this. Reminds me of my childhood. My dad would go to see him in concert when he came into our city. He had him autograph some pictures for him too❤
I have nothing to add about all the heartfelt and astute comments about Roy’s playing. I’ll just say that the organ was a wonderful counterpart to his guitar sound.
this is the most beautiful Melody I know my mother loved it and I play several songs that remind me of this often. but I was so pleasantly surprised to find this on the Almighty and all wonderful CZcams hail CZcams God bless Roy Buchanan
@@brucehanson6427 Makes a big difference when your amp is a vintage Super Reverb. Most guitarist use pedals because they can't play at the volume these pro players play at.
@@ttexas1963 Can't in my apartment. LOL. I saw Roy around 1986. Small (hundred or so) peoples. Small dance floor but nobody on it. Walked up and watched him. I'll remember that forever.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE TUNE, @ THE MAN. TIMELESS PIECE. SO AHEAD OF HIS TIME..in my humble opinion. Decades later....im STILL standing by The Grace of Our LORD. .
heard this song being played by my dad as kid around 1978 my dad just passed away a year ago and this song popped in my head i ran out to buy a cd man what a flashback kickass song i could not play my dads album of roy i wore it out when i was a kid ! they make songs like this no more!!
Mr BUCHANAN was one of Jeff Beck's all time favorite Guitar players!! Mr Beck barrows many of his lickss in his own solo's!! Music for the Soul!!! Thanx for sharing.
It is so amazing to think that Roy didn't have any guitar effect gadgets/pedals in front of him at all. Yet he can produce all the wonderful sounds only by using guitar knobs and his fingers! I can't think of any other great guitar players who can do that. Roy is the greatest guitar player in his own right by any definition.
Like Van Gogh, you will be appreciated more in death than in life, God bless you Roy, this is one the most beautiful songs ever written, , RIP, Roy, the world is a little darker without you, and a lot brighter thanks to your music RIP
Elias Ulrich People may think I'm crazy, but to me, SRV overplayed, to my tastes anyway. Great player no doubt, a legend, but I much prefer guys like Roy and Mark Knopfler.
Had a buddy a million years ago who used to say that nobody who we were admiring; whether they were an athlete, a musician, or something else, there was always someone we'd never heard of who was better. We'd argue about that all the time. Then sometime around 1971 or 72 Roy put out an album with the song 'The Messiah Will Come Again', and I had to admit that maybe my friend was right. Gone much too soon, but he'll be remembered by anyone who ever heard him play.
Lyrics just a smile, just a glance the prince of darkness he just walked past there's been a lot of evil there've been a lot of sayin' but this time I'm gonna tell it my way: There was a town Strange, lonely little town, they called 'The World' a lovely, lovely little town 'Till one day a stranger appeared And their hearts rejoiced, and the sad little town was happy again But there were some that doubted; they disbelieved, so they mocked him And the stranger, he went away Now the sad little town that was sad yesterday is a lot sadder today... I walked in a lot of places that he never should have been But I know that the Messiah, he will come again Related
Easily the greatest underrated musician that ever lived. Very few could convey such emotional content, and considering he was doing all this back then is legendary.
What an intriguing man. He has no expression, his eyes are cold and dead. I think maybe Roy had trouble showing his emotions and so he used his guitar to do it. He makes that guitar cry drops of blood with each ghostly note. Gives me goosebumps throughout my whole body.
@@boydmking1 You might not be aware but "the devil horns", as you call them, was a religious symbol that originated in Europe used to ward off evil. Chances are you are an American, and somewhere in the cultural wars between 1970-1990, you got this symbol confused with it's use in Rock music as something that represents evil.
Agreed,,, he held in much,,,his release was through the notes he played,,,and he was a master of it,,,such a good man,,,,harmless in a world of lions,,,,
Under-appreciated in Life, Under-appreciated in death--Thanks for sharing one of my all-time favorite people doing what he did so well. I miss Roy. Peace.
I was lucky enough to see Roy in 1988 in Australia, at the Village Green Hotel, Melbourne. Hearing his searing tone was like getting stabbed in the ear with an ice pick. Once heard, never ever forgotten. Utterly and totally tonally unique sound.
When i heard this for the first time i wanted to break my guitar all those years of practice could never get me to play like this true master of guitar RIP Roy! You’re music changed my life!
Who are the idiots who could possibly give this video a thumbs down.......?????? Do they not know who Roy Buchanan is....? He is the reason I have played telecasters for over 50 years....🎶🙏🙏🙏❤️🙏🙏🙏🎵
Although totally different, Roy’s lonesome tones remind me a great deal of Gary Moore. Both of them had so much feeling when they played, both left this world way too soon also!
And I thought it was only me. I agree with you 💯% Paul. I think those two guys were two of the greatest guitarist we have ever been fortunate enough to enjoy. May they both RIP 🙏.
Roy was great. My pals and I used to go to his shows a lot in NY in the late 70s. At one show at the Bottom Line once after a particularly flaming demonstration of guitar prowess, someone yelled out "do you give lessons?" and Roy responded into the mic, "I take lessons."
After a night out in the clubs with my generation, the current generation. I like to come home drunk and listen to this song and other songs from the same era. It’s heaven to my ears. I wonder to myself. What happened to music. Why must I be young in todays world. I thank my dad for exposing me to guys like Roy, Stevie ray Vaughan, Gary Moore and many others. Rip dad and rip Roy!
@@300HSM have you actually watched Gary Moore play this? It's all a matter of opinion, but give me Gary any day. Props to Roy as original composer of course.
Andy Thomas Nothing wrong with technique when its played from the heart like Gary did. Over the top is was Gary Moore's style. Roy took liberty on this tune and was over the top back in the day. Your no where to go comment is over the top!
I still can't get enough of this song! This is the blues Jesus felt when he was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, as He was waiting and anticipating to be taken away to be scourged and crucified, even though completely innocent of wrondoing, in order to pay the penalty in the place of all who believe in Him; past present and future. So stressed, that he literally sweat drops of blood; praying, "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me. Nevertheless, not as I wilt, but as Thou wilt." "Hematidrosis :...tiny blood vessels that cause bloody sweat are more likely to rupture under intense stress. The stress can be physical, psychological, or both."
Fabulous! 1976 ! Our nations 200 TH birthday. I had never heard this man play. Look how long it took Oct. 23, 2017. This performance is perfection. Only a few in my lifetime have achieved it.
I shared this song with my son today. I was a little younger than he is now when I first heard Roy play this. I hope my son will take to it. Roy Buchanan was vastly underrated, and was a true virtuoso. My favorite guitarists are Clapton, David Gilmour, Duane Allman and Roy Buchanan. If he did nothing else but this song, he'd deserve a place in rock music history.
This is one of a 5 song performance, every one incredibly moving and historic in my view. The set is on the CD/DVD "Live in Austin, Texas" released in 2012. Rest in peace Roy, and thanks. Your music lives on.
" I've walked in a lot of places that I never should have been. But I know that the Messiah, he will come again."...yeah, maybe Roy will come back someday...did get to see him twice at the Bottom Line in NYC in '82 though...shame he's gone though, and way too soon...
This song gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. I was lucky enough to see Roy at Winterland in San Francisco in 1970. Maaan... what a ride! A true Master~ #RIPRoy
Roy Buchanan is the most underrated, unappreciated guitarist of all time! Thank you for posting this concert. I will never get tired of watching it! RIP Roy we love you! Your music lives on.
Well it finally happened after 50 years or so people asking me who my favorite guitar player is I now have the answer. It's been Gary Moore up to now, but I wouldn't take anyting away from either one of them.
One of the most underrated US guitarists ever ,because he was not a showman ,he was quiet thinker and innovator. RIP Roy ♡
Roy was once selected as the best guitar player in his field by the Downbeat magazine. He was not underrated, but people today don't remember him.
@@tiitulitii keep telling yourself that. He's simply underrated
Agree. RIP Roy
@@tiitulitii Always some jackass claim "he" was one of the most underrated.
He's underatted by you!!
Fender should have a Roy Buchanan signature telecaster, he deserves one.
Fuck yeah
A roycaster
Or a telebuchaster
Fender are not worthy
Complete with a hole drilled in the headstock. :)
Roy took the time to show me some of his technique one on one. He explained how he achieved his sound, spent time encouraging me and willingly corresponded with me for a couple of years. His graciousness was surpassed only by his massive talent. Anyone who heard him or watches these old videos will never consider him an ‘unknown guitarist’.
I'd say being that type of person surpasses any type of guitar talent. That's why Roy and Rory Gallagher are my favorite musicians. Not only the greatest guitarists but also known to be the most humble men in the industry. Rory and Roy will forever be blasting through my speakers🤘
@@theherbpuffer I too LOVE Rory! He and Roy - great all the way around.
@@theherbpuffer frank marino is a very humble person and his music is as raw as raw can get as well
Absolutely
Great story, Michael
Love Roy ! May he and Gary Moore rest in eternal peace with our Messiah ... ♥️
I was in the studio with Roy Buchanan and Bob Johnston. I was 15 years old. I asked the master of the studio what's up with the Grumpy Old Men. Chris set me aside and told me "Those old men have probably forgotten more music than you've ever heard." Then Chris asked "What's your first responsibility as an apprentice?" I answered "To listen." Chris Hackney looked at me and said "That's right you do as they tell you and stay out of their way and you just might learn something." I didn't say a word from that point on. I set the mics for Dual Soliloquy. They were at Sky Blue Studios in Sonoma California for about a week straight. June 1974
around the same time Roy was recording at the Record Plaint in Sausalito California. Roy didn't talk a lot. He said thank you with his eyes and a nod of his head. Harry Diltz showed up and shot pictures. Being quiet can be very powerful- a sign of respect.. I had no idea who these people were when I met them.
Ran into Bob Johnston again in connection with an album entitled Go Cats Go. He was wearing a similar gold corduroy jacket with the leather patches on the elbows.
He still had pitted teeth. We were talking about Nashville Skylines.
I said that Bob Dylan was so good that anybody could have recorded him. Johnson looked at me and this is what he said. " I did it and I didn't fick it up." I responded "Oh my God that is the perfect answer." We both started laughing because it was the perfect answer- it was a first take perfect answer.
Eric Clapton said Roy Buchanan was the only man who could make a guitar cry. I agree.
Gary Moore. Cmon
Yeah, Gary, plus Rory Gallagher
@@0211571Roy makes a guitar a Space Voyager. Gary a sexy Toy. Both unique and Legend
God plays guitar......he just uses Jeff Beck's hands.
I was listening to this in 1988 Mount Magnet Western Australia.
Roy, he was fanyastic!!! 'll never forget Roy!
I' ll be 71 3dec su I know I'v heard a lot of music. Roy is still one of the best!!! Thank you for your music, may you RIP.
Willy(fem) from beautifull AMSTERDAM NL
The Best Unknown Guitarist In The World ..
It makes me happy that Roy is not forgotten for he truly is one of the finest guitarists! CZcams is a wonderful thing. RIP Roy
This tune is kept in my head since pbs special
Well put K, he is criminally underrated and a magnificent player. Jeff Beck loves him,'nuff said!
Amen,...Amen,...Amen. i had the distinct pleasure to meet him twice being from his home town of Lanham MD and his humility was off the charts. His playing had sooooo much "soul" while others just shred and think they are doing something. RIP Roy,...Brother,...you were one of a kind,..period,...end of story.
@@garymorgan4274 But what'd Jeff Buckley think of him? jk too late. Though another awesome musician taken too soon.
@@Porkleaker Can't think he'd be anything other than admiring. Jeff and Tim both dead too soon....what are the chances eh?
Would LOVE to have seen Buchanan.
In about "79 , I yelled out to Roy at the Agaora Ballroom in Houston " Tell it your way, Roy!" and he answered" I'm gonna tell it my way , and smiled."
I saw him at the Bottom Line in NYC. He was playing while sitting at a tiny round table with a pitcher of beer on it. Was 10 ft away for his performance. What a memory! RIP
@szs voc amazing!..there weren't very many people at that show.
That's the best.
Wow! I can see a smile on his face!
@@terrylee9091 , man the Bottom Line was the best
For all the times I've watched this, I wonder if the people in the audience really understood what they were witnessing. To see Roy play this live must have been an experience of a lifetime. A genius with a telecaster, an amp turned backwards with all the knobs on 10, sending out heartbreak one note at a time. RIP Roy. You are not forgotten. Legend.
I was that lucky person to receive that experience: Winterland, San Francisco, 1970 ;)
Saw him live in Sydney, Australia, about 1980. He was quite well known over there, for some reason. Finest concert I ever witnessed. People walked out silent, lost in their thoughts. What a magnificent guitarist.
@@deneseburrell I envy you!!!
If i had to pick the most technical guitarist ever it may just be Roy
@@deneseburrell Gary Moore and Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac are my favorites. How about you, whose your favorites?
이렇게 솔직하고 맑고 수순한 음악이 있다니.
40년 묵은 나의 심장과 간이 새롭게 바뀌는 느낌을 받았다.
Favorite guitar song & performance of all time! 🎸
My 21st birthday, July 29, 1978, Roy Buchanan and Canned Heat at the Starwood in West Hollywood. First legal drink that same evening at Trader Vic’s across the parking lot.
A true gift to this world you were Roy Buchanan.
Countless guitarists learned from you.
No posing, no bs, no jumping up and down, just man, guitar, epicness
The way he plays the Telecaster....that tone....For me he's one of the greatest guitarplayers. RIP Roy Buchanan
Apparently Roy's Telecaster was much modified from standard...!!!!
Mr. Roy Buchanan Lived in the same town as I did in the 1970's Reston Va. I got to see him play the Kennedy Center. If you closed your eyes when he played Hey Joe you would think Jimi was on stage playing. Great does not cover how good he was. Rest in Peace Roy. I pray one day that we get to meet in Heaven. And the Messiah will come again.
He was talking to the guitar, and the guitar was obeying to his commands. Simply one one of the greatest.
the effect Roy had live was basically mesmerism ..one biker said you had to drink yer beer before he played or you'd forget you were even holding it...that's power, making bikers forget to drink...the audience here is entranced and spellbound...speechless...
YAH,
His tone and deep thoughtful approach to guitar influenced some of the greatest guitarist of the past 40 years. Roy is the father and of this family of memerizing guitar performances.
Jeff Beck comes to mind above all,
but Gary Moore Santana Robbie Robertson SRV and hundreds of country rock and blues players ...
Roy, a pioneer chicken picker, influenced many country players who chose to follow with the Telecaster
Or just drunkeness...
COOL!
Some school friends of mine caught him opening for B.B. King in Indy. Said B.B.'s fans were yelling "Go home, Roy" when the show began, but were all spellbound before his set was over!
That's so great! :) What a great quote.
Thanks for being part of my youth, Roy! It was a very sad day when we lost you...
Fans, look for Gary Moore's version that is an awesome tribute.
Once you discover that perfect piquant tone and soulful blues playing, you're hooked.
He could make his guitar talk, holler, and cry. Such command and talk about tone. This man is a legend amongst legends. RIP brother.
I met Roy Buchanan in Coconut Grove Florida and smoked a joint with him. He was the master of Telecaster
I am old now. I remember this as a young man . Now as I understand the gospel and know Jesus as my Lord and savior. I understand the emotional toil of the world In travail every time I hear this song
TÉ RECORDAMOS ROY.
as a man 53 that struggles with his sins--of this song i understand what you write
@anthony lets chat , just remember the good news of the Gospel is that Jesus came to fulfill the father's will. He went to the cross and died for the sins of the whole world was buried and rose again on the third day he said if you believe in me and trust in me you have passed from death into life. Ephesians second chapter we are saved by grace through faith not by works lest any man should boast. So as long as you hold on to Jesus trust in him you are okay. Regardless of how much wrestling with the flesh you do. My life scripture is Galatians 5:6 the Apostle Paul said the only thing that really counts is Faith working through love. ..Faith in God and love for your neighbor😇✌️🌻
me too .. God bless Roy and may his demons be gone and hes now ... RIP ..
In the presence of Humble GREATNESS. Even just listening to this on CZcams. What an honor.
R.I.P. Roy
The amount of soul and feeling in this track is emotionally overwhelming. A rare and inspiring talent for anyone who loves guitar. RIP sir
Some of the best guitar playing ever. I bought this album back in the mid 70's and still play it today. R.I.P. Roy
I stopped playing guitar for a long time, just had no motivation to, and then I decided I'd try this song out and it was amazing and got me back in
This is an homage to the lord. God bless you, Roy, for expressing the sorrow and joy of life. As transcendent an experience with music that one could ever have.
Brilliant! Nothing in modern music can compare to this!
Modern music is utter rubbish.
2021 and I still get chills
Into22
Facts
As you should, graham. as you should.
Make that 2022, almost into ‘23!
What feeling!
2023 and counting
I had to watch this. Reminds me of my childhood. My dad would go to see him in concert when he came into our city. He had him autograph some pictures for him too❤
I have nothing to add about all the heartfelt and astute comments about Roy’s playing. I’ll just say that the organ was a wonderful counterpart to his guitar sound.
this is the most beautiful Melody I know my mother loved it and I play several songs that remind me of this often. but I was so pleasantly surprised to find this on the Almighty and all wonderful CZcams hail CZcams God bless Roy Buchanan
He feels the deepest feeling in his soul as his listeners.
something you will never see today, a guitar plugged directly into an amp. A true master !!!
Night flight
Derek Trucks does not use effects or even picks. His SG goes straight into the amp.
@@brucehanson6427 Makes a big difference when your amp is a vintage Super Reverb. Most guitarist use pedals because they can't play at the volume these pro players play at.
@@ttexas1963 Can't in my apartment. LOL. I saw Roy around 1986. Small (hundred or so) peoples. Small dance floor but nobody on it. Walked up and watched him. I'll remember that forever.
Bill Frissell does it. But yeah, you gotta be a great player to just plug straight in
Roy Buchanan in the morning commute is awesome. Friday will come again
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE TUNE, @ THE MAN. TIMELESS PIECE.
SO AHEAD OF HIS TIME..in my humble opinion. Decades later....im STILL standing by The Grace of Our LORD. .
I was fortunate to see him in 73 or 74 at the Kennedy center. The most amazing guitarist ever
This is what music these days can't give me.
Great Comment! Words can't describe how amazing this is!
Sanjak Pitakrat then you're not listening to the right music
Snarky Puppy, for example
@satrsmndri Or people that have spent their entire lives searching for good music from today and have come to nothing.
Greetings from South India. Nothin' like a dose of plain ol Blues.
Roy's my favorite guitarist of all time. Sadly missed. RIP Roy.
The guitar is just an extension of himself. He fully and completely expressed himself there. He made it talk, sing, cry and and scream
I died once, and this was the music playing on the PA system in Heaven !
So sad. Another great underrated guitarist. His expressiveness was chilling. RIP Roy
Roy, GOD bless...you were an amazing guitarist!!
This song make me cry when I hear it because it’s so beautiful. He is real genius like another musicians.
heard this song being played by my dad as kid around 1978 my dad just passed away a year ago and this song popped in my head i ran out to buy a cd man what a flashback kickass song i could not play my dads album of roy i wore it out when i was a kid ! they make songs like this no more!!
Hey man, sorry to hear of your loss. I hope you have lots of support around you, and can overcome the shock.
So much emotion...must be the one of the most soulful performances I've ever seen!
Beautiful! And when He comes everyone will know!!!
Amen. Closer than ever. God bless you.
The purest guitar tone I've ever heard.
Dit is niet te verwoorden, waarom nooit iemand gezien heeft wat voor een talent deze man had. Gewoon de beste gitarist ter wereld.
Wow..fantastic guitarist...Absolutely brilliant and emotional... ROY BUCHANAN - THE MESSIAH WILL COME AGAIN(LIVE 1976)
Very underrated, he is one of the very best I've ever heard. Incredible skill and tone of virtuosity.
Gary Moore did the song righteous justice too!
God love them both!
Mr BUCHANAN was one of Jeff Beck's all time favorite Guitar players!! Mr Beck barrows many of his lickss in his own solo's!! Music for the Soul!!! Thanx for sharing.
It is so amazing to think that Roy didn't have any guitar effect gadgets/pedals in front of him at all. Yet he can produce all the wonderful sounds only by using guitar knobs and his fingers! I can't think of any other great guitar players who can do that. Roy is the greatest guitar player in his own right by any definition.
Like Van Gogh, you will be appreciated more in death than in life, God bless you Roy, this is one the most beautiful songs ever written, , RIP, Roy, the world is a little darker without you, and a lot brighter thanks to your music RIP
no one made a guitar cry like Roy
+bluesborn Stevie ray vaughan. Im just gonna leave that there. Not disagreeing with you that Roy can make that guitar cry.
+Elias Ulrich yes another amazingly emotive and lyrical player and soooo missed.
Gary Moore
Peter Green
Elias Ulrich People may think I'm crazy, but to me, SRV overplayed, to my tastes anyway. Great player no doubt, a legend, but I much prefer guys like Roy and Mark Knopfler.
Had a buddy a million years ago who used to say that nobody who we were admiring; whether they were an athlete, a musician, or something else, there was always someone we'd never heard of who was better. We'd argue about that all the time. Then sometime around 1971 or 72 Roy put out an album with the song 'The Messiah Will Come Again', and I had to admit that maybe my friend was right. Gone much too soon, but he'll be remembered by anyone who ever heard him play.
Lyrics
just a smile, just a glance
the prince of darkness
he just walked past
there's been a lot of evil
there've been a lot of sayin'
but this time I'm gonna tell it my way:
There was a town
Strange, lonely little town, they called 'The World'
a lovely, lovely little town
'Till one day a stranger appeared
And their hearts rejoiced, and the sad little town was happy again
But there were some that doubted; they disbelieved, so they mocked him
And the stranger, he went away
Now the sad little town that was sad yesterday
is a lot sadder today...
I walked in a lot of places that he never should have been
But I know that the Messiah, he will come again
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Thank you for this.
Easily the greatest underrated musician that ever lived. Very few could convey such emotional content, and considering he was doing all this back then is legendary.
Once again, Roy doing things with his instrument others can only dream of.
Rory Gallagher is the exception lol
You can see why Jeff Beck was enamored with him.
What an intriguing man. He has no expression, his eyes are cold and dead. I think maybe Roy had trouble showing his emotions and so he used his guitar to do it. He makes that guitar cry drops of blood with each ghostly note. Gives me goosebumps throughout my whole body.
Devil's horns at 6:16. The End. He was no Christian. SAD
@@boydmking1 You might not be aware but "the devil horns", as you call them, was a religious symbol that originated in Europe used to ward off evil. Chances are you are an American, and somewhere in the cultural wars between 1970-1990, you got this symbol confused with it's use in Rock music as something that represents evil.
@@Anthony-wr2sm
Do you honestly want us to believe that
Hollyweird and the music industry are all
Christians? Come on.....
Agreed,,, he held in much,,,his release was through the notes he played,,,and he was a master of it,,,such a good man,,,,harmless in a world of lions,,,,
@@Anthony-wr2sm you’re lost
Six minutes and Thirty Seven Seconds of perfection.
Under-appreciated in Life, Under-appreciated in death--Thanks for sharing one of my all-time favorite people doing what he did so well. I miss Roy. Peace.
I think, Rory (Gallagher) and Roy (Buchanan) are the two of my all-time favourite guitarists off all time. Next comes only Brian May.
Always appreciated by those who know what a real guitar player is.
I was lucky enough to see Roy in 1988 in Australia, at the Village Green Hotel, Melbourne. Hearing his searing tone was like getting stabbed in the ear with an ice pick. Once heard, never ever forgotten. Utterly and totally tonally unique sound.
The man was a genius - and this is an understatement
When i heard this for the first time i wanted to break my guitar all those years of practice could never get me to play like this true master of guitar RIP Roy! You’re music changed my life!
Who are the idiots who could possibly give this video a thumbs down.......??????
Do they not know who Roy Buchanan is....? He is the reason I have played telecasters for over 50 years....🎶🙏🙏🙏❤️🙏🙏🙏🎵
Look kids....no phones.....just sat watching and listening intensely, just how it should be.
🎸 What a sad sad loss to the music world , he was second to none 🎸. ✌ & 💟 & 🎼
People sitting and grooving to live music, totally invested. The world will never be like that again.
the art of perfection the greatest guitar player in rock history rip roy miss you
What a beauty this video ... thank you
Although totally different, Roy’s lonesome tones remind me a great deal of Gary Moore. Both of them had so much feeling when they played, both left this world way too soon also!
And I thought it was only me. I agree with you 💯% Paul. I think those two guys were two of the greatest guitarist we have ever been fortunate enough to enjoy. May they both RIP 🙏.
Roy was great. My pals and I used to go to his shows a lot in NY in the late 70s. At one show at the Bottom Line once after a particularly flaming demonstration of guitar prowess, someone yelled out "do you give lessons?" and Roy responded into the mic, "I take lessons."
After a night out in the clubs with my generation, the current generation. I like to come home drunk and listen to this song and other songs from the same era. It’s heaven to my ears. I wonder to myself. What happened to music. Why must I be young in todays world. I thank my dad for exposing me to guys like Roy, Stevie ray Vaughan, Gary Moore and many others. Rip dad and rip Roy!
Gary Moore''s version is quite stunning, but being from Fairfax, Virginia myself, I will always love Roy!
Love gary moores version 2 both underated guitarist (n ireland)
@@kencomfort7664 Roy smokes them all for soul!
@@300HSM have you actually watched Gary Moore play this? It's all a matter of opinion, but give me Gary any day. Props to Roy as original composer of course.
@@sillysausage4549 Gary took a masterpiece and made it even better but all praise to Roy should be given.
Roy created this masterpiece and Gary Moore gave life to it like no other in my opinion. RIP both 🙏
God bless your soul Roy Buchanan. You are deeply missed.
His playing speaks better than any words.
As it should be!
Too many guitar players sing too much. Someone needs to stick a sock in their mouth when they start to sing.
stan gore Which is why Gary Moore did a great version of this song.
Christopher Miller Gary Moore's version is ridiculously over the top. As were most things he touched! A skipload of technique with nowhere to go!
Andy Thomas Nothing wrong with technique when its played from the heart like Gary did. Over the top is was Gary Moore's style.
Roy took liberty on this tune and was over the top back in the day.
Your no where to go comment is over the top!
Lucky enough to see him once. Capitol theater, Port Chester, NY.
If it wasn't for Tony Harvey AKA Henry I wouldn't have heard this guy, thanks Henry
Henry liked his music so much he bought a record shop
I still can't get enough of this song! This is the blues Jesus felt when he was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, as He was waiting and anticipating to be taken away to be scourged and crucified, even though completely innocent of wrondoing, in order to pay the penalty in the place of all who believe in Him; past present and future. So stressed, that he literally sweat drops of blood; praying, "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me. Nevertheless, not as I wilt, but as Thou wilt."
"Hematidrosis :...tiny blood vessels that cause bloody sweat are more likely to rupture under intense stress. The stress can be physical, psychological, or both."
I'm the first malaysian who listened to this guy back in 1982.Such a great yanky guitarist if I not mistakenly.
Damien Curtis oh boy my god!
Roy wasn’t a Yankee. He was from the southern USA. The state of Arkansas.
We would go see Roy at the Crossroads club at Peace Cross.I lived 10 minutes away.He would always play that song.
Fabulous! 1976 ! Our nations 200 TH birthday. I had never heard this man play. Look how long it took Oct. 23, 2017. This performance is perfection. Only a few in my lifetime have achieved it.
I shared this song with my son today. I was a little younger than he is now when I first heard Roy play this. I hope my son will take to it. Roy Buchanan was vastly underrated, and was a true virtuoso. My favorite guitarists are Clapton, David Gilmour, Duane Allman and Roy Buchanan. If he did nothing else but this song, he'd deserve a place in rock music history.
This is one of a 5 song performance, every one incredibly moving and historic in my view. The set is on the CD/DVD "Live in Austin, Texas" released in 2012. Rest in peace Roy, and thanks. Your music lives on.
one of the best pieces of music I have ever heard!! i dare someone to say otherwise
Check out Danny Gatton nit pickin' and nightwalk
still with us and with God
Also check out jumping at Shadows at the Boston tea party I think SRV Hendrix and Peter green are THE best musicians of all time
Otherwise comment from 5 years ago
You. Are so. Right. He was 1 of the best. A long with Stevie Ray, Gary ,Rory, jimi
The hair on my goosebumps have goosebumps. This is guitar playing at its best.
saw him 4 times in the mid 70's in Chicago 2 or 3 times at a small club called the park west great times
Just so beautiful... come back to Earth, Roy.
We need you more than ever right now.
" I've walked in a lot of places that I never should have been. But I know that the Messiah, he will come again."...yeah, maybe Roy will come back someday...did get to see him twice at the Bottom Line in NYC in '82 though...shame he's gone though, and way too soon...
This song gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. I was lucky enough to see Roy at Winterland in San Francisco in 1970. Maaan... what a ride! A true Master~ #RIPRoy
Roy is the greatest blues guitarist of all time.
Seeing stuff like this on TV as a kid made me a lifelong PBS fan. You just never know what you'll see next...
The stage was totally overlit, with no colored spots, and the camera work was crap
I saw Roy play at the Yale University commons green shortly before his death. What a fabulous concert. He’s always been one of my favorites.
Roy Buchanan is the most underrated, unappreciated guitarist of all time! Thank you for posting this concert. I will never get tired of watching it! RIP Roy we love you! Your music lives on.
Great guitarist and amazing music, Roy.Yes!🎸🎸🎸🎶👍
Well it finally happened after 50 years or so people asking me who my favorite guitar player is I now have the answer. It's been Gary Moore up to now, but I wouldn't take anyting away from either one of them.