billybob Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 When attempting to grow up while living in a smallish Florida town, my friend would sometime discover some treasures for us to listen to. Still unknown to some like Rory, I feel a disservice to my now deceased friend and Roy, for not posting before now. He liked to bend an elbow also. Here is a taste from the forerunner of the Austin City Limits: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Very talented, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Very talented, thanks for posting. Thanks for checking it out Carl, if I may. Figure Texas folk know for sure. My friend bent an elbow as well as Roy, now that I think of it. Maybe not as well as Roy but pretty close. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Great talent, life out of control.... most of the time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Great talent, life out of control.... most of the time... LOL, sure makes me thirsty! Thanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 That is some good stuff, You like must Elvin Bishop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 That is some good stuff, You like must Elvin Bishop? Dang, that is my sirname...amazing! Thanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) When attempting to grow up while living in a smallish Florida town, my friend would sometime discover some treasures for us to listen to. Still unknown to some like Rory, I feel a disservice to my now deceased friend and Roy, for not posting before now. He liked to bend an elbow also. Here is a taste from the forerunner of the Austin City Limits: Saw Roy Buchanan 3 times. Twice indoors, and once outdoors. Hi amp was backwards second time, which I though was weird. There was a full page ad in the Detroit News, summer 1974, stating: "Possibly the world's greatest guitarist" at Ford Auditorium, where the Detroit Symphony used to play. So I went with a co-worker...............Man when this guy played, everyone's jaw dropped and you could have heard a pin drop in between solos. Holy crap. This is only 4 years after Hendrix died and Roy was THE inspiration for Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow, considered Jeff's best instrumental recording produced by George Martin. I do remember Roy not being very exciting on stage. He just stood there and played. No leaping about crap for that boy. It was all about the notes. Edited February 20, 2014 by ClaudeJ1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 That is some good stuff, You like must Elvin Bishop? Dang, that is my sirname...amazing! Thanks These cats could play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BePz4N156-Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Did not know about the Beck inspiration. Blow By Blow and Beck a favorite and have the album as well as other Beck jazz and rock. Never saw Roy except on TV. He was playing rock my plimsoul with a bass and drummer. Sounds like what was going around that I heard, from some. The greatest. Super that you saw. Thanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yes man, I can dig it! These cats could play: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BePz4N156-Q 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Forgot to mention, I saw Danny Gatton in a small club in Dearborn, Mich. His band was the tightest I've ever seen, and yes, he played slide with a half full beer bottle. He and Roy Buchanan were pals in the DC area. Gatton was called "the Humbler" by fellow musicians. He could play just like Roy Buchanan when he felt like it and went way beyond what Roy ever did. He also mentored guitar prodigy Joe Bonamassa, who I saw at the Fox in Detroit last May. Gatton was a head cutter and never lost a challenge. He also commtted suicide about 6 years after Roy Buchanan did. Roy at 48 and Danny at 49. It's a shame these guys never got the commercial success they deserved. They were definitely "musician's musicians." I'm so glad I saw these guys live besides owning their recordings. Kinda like the last time I saw Jeff Beck in Detroit at the Opera House. 90% of the audience was guitar players, some with their kids. I remember Stevie Ray Vaughn being quoted when asked: "Do your consider yourself the world's greatest guitarist?" To which he replied: "No, the best guitar player in the world is some guy in a smoky bar somewhere you never heard of." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Forgot to mention, I saw Danny Gatton in a small club in Dearborn, Mich. His band was the tightest I've ever seen, and yes, he played slide with a half full beer bottle. He and Roy Buchanan were pals in the DC area. Gatton was called "the Humbler" by fellow musicians. He could play just like Roy Buchanan when he felt like it and went way beyond what Roy ever did. He also mentored guitar prodigy Joe Bonamassa, who I saw at the Fox in Detroit last May. Gatton was a head cutter and never lost a challenge. He also commtted suicide about 6 years after Roy Buchanan did. Roy at 48 and Danny at 49. It's a shame these guys never got the commercial success they deserved. They were definitely "musician's musicians." I'm so glad I saw these guys live besides owning their recordings. Kinda like the last time I saw Jeff Beck in Detroit at the Opera House. 90% of the audience was guitar players, some with their kids. I remember Stevie Ray Vaughn being quoted when asked: "Do your consider yourself the world's greatest guitarist?" To which he replied: "No, the best guitar player in the world is some guy in a smoky bar somewhere you never heard of." feeling humble here...good stuff. Will pass on this to my surviving friend from that era who also likes info about Roy. Thanks some more. Saw a bunch but never Beck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Great video billybob. Gonna have to go spin one of his LPs. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yes, I think so. pretty good for youtube being a pro presentaion from PBS. Roy had to get the showboating out of the way first with Roy's Bluez. I can see the influence now upon folks like Beck with his jazzlike tunes. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 His version of "Hey Joe" is pretty legendary for his explosive playing. I always liked his live album, "Loading Zone". Roy & Danny Gatton are 2 players whose skills were far superior to many of the more famous names in the pantheon of guitar playing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Going to have to check out this Gatton fellow. Second time mentioned here. Friend was excited about Roy's Hendrix sounding style, when he wanted to. LZ...will have to check out also. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 billybob, check out Danny Gatton's playing on Delbert McClinton's "Sun Medley" i.e. "Mystery Train/My Baby Left Me/That's Allright Mama", Some of the scariest guitar playing I have ever heard. Right up there with any playing laid down by ANY guitarist, EVER. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 That is the fun part of all of this...discovering the overlooked by me. Thanks, I will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Moved to Rory Gallagher thread. Edited February 25, 2014 by Islander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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