Roy Buchanan - The Best of Roy Buchanan: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
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Artist: Roy BuchananEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-03-26
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Sweet Dreams
- Pete's Blue
- The Messiah Will Come Again
- Filthy Teddy
- After Hours
- Five String Blues
- Hey Joe
- Roy's Bluz
- CC Ryder
- Country Preacher
- Wayfaring Pilgrim
- I'm Evil (live)
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Free Music Review: The blues (and theology) of Roy Buchanan
Hit: 5 Stars
I recently rediscoved Roy Buchanan at the advice of a friend. I owned one of his albums back in the mid seventies, but didn't follow up on him since. Then it happened. I was mesmerized by this collection, which is excellent except for one loser--"C.C. Rider." Besides this plodding, stupid song--in which Roy lacks the freedom to ascend into the telesphere--all the cuts are good and some are superb.
Roy's tone, given his long-time friend, the telecaster (most bluespeople use a stratocaster or a Gibson), has a bit of a country edge, but the playing is more blues than anything. I used to think that Stevie Ray Vaughn was the best ever, but now I'm not sure. Roy had chops Stevie lacked, especially the "chicken pickin" (I think that's the term for it) technique of choking off a note then hitting one fully. He uses this masterfully.
If you are a blues fan and a Christian, try listening to "The Messiah Will Come Again" without getting a bit choaked up. It is a simple plainspoken (not sung) take on the gospel. The "lonely, lonely, little town called the world" rejoiced at he coming of "a Stranger," but some mocked, and he went away. But "I've walked a lot of places that I never should have been, but I know that the Messiah, he will come again." Confession and hope of final redemption come through, even if the Cross is not explicitly mentioned. And what painfully beautiful playing!
No, Roy couldn't really sing--and he shouldn't have been made to try. The singing on "I'm evil" is barely audible and quite a juxtaposition to the powerful, searing playing. Nevertheless, the lyrics (by Roy) are rather amusing, and, in a strange way, telling. The song is in the Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker tradition of "Watch out for me, I'm bad." Roy sings, "I was born standin' up and talkin' back." Weren't we all? That's the problem, isn't it?
Roy's gone. He died mysteriously in a jail cell in 1988 in this "lonely, lonely little town called the world."
But the Messiah will come again.
Doug Groothuis
The Best of Roy Buchanan: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection Poster
Roy Buchanan was what you might call a "guitarist's guitarist." Here are 12 gems from his 1972-75 Polydor LPs and his Live Stock concert LP: Sweet Dreams; Pete's Blue; Filthy Teddy; After Hours; Hey Joe; CC Ryder; I'm Evil (live), and more!This album compiles highlights from unjustly obscure guitarist Roy Buchanan's first solo albums for Polydor (1972-75), efforts that defined his country-blues-gospel roots and showcased the fiery, emotionally charged technique that awed even fellow guitar gods like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. In a 1971 interview, Buchanan confided, "This star business scares the hell out of me." That remark says much about both the guitar phenom's humble mindset and promising yet oft-troubled career. Buchanan apprenticed with '50s rockabilly star Dale Hawkins (and later, Hawkins's cousin Ronnie in the Hawks, soon to become the Band), but was in his 30s before he got the attention he so richly deserved. Buchanan's solos here often seem to bypass his conscious mind and connect directly with his complex, conflicted soul (he committed suicide in 1988). Contrasted with his plaintive, near-spoken vocals on spiritually disparate tracks like "The Messiah Will Come Again," "Hey Joe," and a live take on "I'm Evil," the solos can be gut-wrenchingly powerful. Buchanan's public acceptance was limited, but his playing continues to influence new generations; here are a dozen good reasons why. --Jerry McCulley
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