Roy Buchanan - Agora Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio September 3, 1973 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting) '2025

Tracks list

	Tracklist:

1. Intro/warm Up (Live) (04:38)
2. C.C.Ryder (Live) (05:46)
3. Rodney's Song (Live) (08:05)
4. Johnny B. Goode (Live) (03:34)
5. Hey Joe (Live) (07:49)
6. Suzie Q (Live) (03:05)
7. Sweet Dreams (Live) (03:52)
8. Roy's Bluz (Live) (09:21)
9. Audience (Live) (02:27)
10. Whole Lotta Shakin' (Live) (04:41)


 moreBy the dawn of the '60s, Buchanan had relocated once more, this time to
Canada, where he signed on with rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins. The bass
player of Ronnie Hawkins' backing band, the Hawks, studied guitar with Buchanan
during his tenure with the band. Upon Buchanan's exit, the
bassist-turned-guitarist would become the leader of the group, which would
eventually become popular roots rockers the Band: Robbie Robertson. Buchanan
spent the '60s as a sideman with obscure acts, as well as working as a session
guitarist for such varied artists as pop idol Freddy Cannon, country artist
Merle Kilgore, and drummer Bobby Gregg, among others, before Buchanan settled
down in the Washington, D.C., area in the mid- to late '60s and founded his own
outfit, the Snakestretchers. Despite not having appeared on any recordings of
his own, word of Buchanan's exceptional playing skills began to spread among
musicians as he received accolades from the likes of John Lennon, Eric Clapton,
and Merle Haggard, as well as supposedly being invited to join the Rolling
Stones at one point (which he turned down).

The praise eventually led to an hour-long public television documentary on
Buchanan in 1971, the appropriately titled The Best Unknown Guitarist in the
World, and a recording contract with Polydor Records shortly thereafter.
Buchanan spent the remainder of the decade issuing solo albums, including such
guitar classics as his 1972 self-titled debut (which contained one of Buchanan's
best-known tracks, "The Messiah Will Come Again"), 1974's That's What I Am Here
For, and 1975's Live Stock, before switching to Atlantic for several releases.
But by the '80s, Buchanan had grown disillusioned by the music business due to
the record company's attempts to mold the guitarist into a more mainstream
artist, which led to a four-year exile from music between 1981 and 1985.

Luckily, the blues label Alligator convinced Buchanan to begin recording again
by the middle of the decade, issuing such solid and critically acclaimed
releases as 1985's When a Guitar Plays the Blues, 1986's Dancing on the Edge,
and 1987's Hot Wires. But just as his career seemed to be on the upswing once
more, tragedy struck on August 14, 1988, when Buchanan was picked up by police
in Fairfax, VA, for public intoxication. Shortly after being arrested and placed
in a holding cell, a policeman performed a routine check on Buchanan and was
shocked to discover that he had hung himself in his cell. Buchanan's stature as
one of blues-rock's all-time great guitarists grew even greater after his tragic
death, resulting in such posthumous collections as Sweet Dreams: The Anthology,
Guitar on Fire: The Atlantic Sessions, Deluxe Edition, and 20th Century Masters
and the live When a Telecaster Plays the Blues, which appeared in 2009.

Biography by Greg Prato



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