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Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career and two later solo albums that made it to the Billboard chart.
Aug 14, 2023 · 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.
Our Top 10 Roy Buchanan Songs list presents the best Roy Buchanan Songs like "Sweet Dreams," "Roy's Bluz," "Pete's Blues" and many more.
The master guitarist whose unprecedented technique made him a blues hero in the 1970s. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 1980s. Born. September 23, 1939 in Ozark, AR. Died. August 14, 1988 in Fairfax, VA.
1939 - 1988. 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.
Photo by Seymour W. Duncan. 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. And he said it with soul.
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Aug 15, 1988 · Roy Buchanan, regarded as one of the world's finest rock guitarists, died of heart failure Monday at his home in Reston, Va. He was 47. Buchanan had just completed a leg of...
Feb 10, 2024 · Roy Buchanan was an American guitarist and blues musician, known for his soulful playing and innovative use of tone and technique. He was born on September 23, 1939, in Ozark, Arkansas, and passed away on August 14, 1988.
Aug 16, 1988 · Roy Buchanan, whose work stretched the limits of the electric guitar and had an influence on musicians from blues to country-western, hanged himself in a jail cell, officials said Monday. He was...
Aug 17, 1988 · Roy Buchanan, who was once described on a television documentary as ''the best unknown guitarist in the world'' and who went on to produce two gold records, hanged himself...
