{"id":3420,"date":"2012-04-09T15:20:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2012-04-09T15:20:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:20:52","slug":"king-of-the-blues-telecaster-sound-roy-buchanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/king-of-the-blues-telecaster-sound-roy-buchanan\/","title":{"rendered":"King Of The Blues Telecaster Sound, Roy Buchanan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3421\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/king-of-the-blues-telecaster-sound-roy-buchanan\/roybuchananperforming_flip\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3421\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3421\" src=\"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/RoyBuchananPerforming_flip-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy Buchanan is one of the most underrated guitarists among popular audiences, but one of the most respected blues guitar players among blues musicians. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It would be wrong to write all these posts about blues guitarists and not include the pioneer of the blues Telecaster sound, Roy Buchanan.\u00a0 Although Buchanan didn&#8217;t reach the heights of fame of other blues guitarists like B.B. King or Eric Clapton, Buchanan is highly respected in the blues guitar community.\u00a0 In fact, his influence reached guitar greats Gary Moore, Danny Gatton, Jeff Beck, and countless others.\u00a0 I went looking for video performances with Roy Buchanan and found three videos that I think you&#8217;ll enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to start off with a performance from Austin City Limits in 1976 featuring Roy Buchanan and his band.\u00a0 Check out this great performance at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DDOIL5OqvYs\"> http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DDOIL5OqvYs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[youtube_sc url=&#8221;http:\/\/youtu.be\/DDOIL5OqvYs&#8221; width=&#8221;420&#8243; rel=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next I&#8217;ll jump ahead a few years to 1985 to see and hear Buchanan with all his blues chops on showcase.\u00a0 Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GzA7_vMADdg&amp;feature=related\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GzA7_vMADdg&amp;feature=related<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[youtube_sc url=&#8221;http:\/\/youtu.be\/GzA7_vMADdg&#8221; width=&#8221;420&#8243; rel=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ll finish up the post with a great performance featuring Roy Buchanan, Albert Collins and Lonnie Mack.\u00a0 All three guitarists play some screamin&#8217; blues with a killer backup band.\u00a0 Check it out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wp4BlGXwSew&amp;feature=related\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wp4BlGXwSew&amp;feature=related<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[youtube_sc url=&#8221;http:\/\/youtu.be\/Wp4BlGXwSew&#8221; width=&#8221;420&#8243; rel=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Roy Buchanan was responsible for influencing some of the great blues guitarists in music history.\u00a0 By all means, don&#8217;t stop with these three videos, because there are a lot of great videos on YouTube featuring the great Roy Buchanan.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed this post because I had a fun time writing it for you!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Griff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would be wrong to write all these posts about blues guitarists and not include the pioneer of the blues Telecaster sound, Roy Buchanan.\u00a0 Although Buchanan didn&#8217;t reach the heights of fame of other blues guitarists like B.B. 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