Roy Buchanan Musical artist

Roy Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan worked as both a sideman and solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career, and two later solo albums that made it on to the Billboard chart. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still considered a highly influential guitar player. Guitar Player praised him as having one of the "50 Greatest Tones of all Time."

Personal facts

Roy Buchanan
Birth dateSeptember 23, 1939
Birth place
Ozark Arkansas
Date of deathAugust 14, 1988
Place of death
Fairfax Virginia

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Musical artist

Career started1958
Career ended1988
associated musical artist
Robbie Robertson
Dale Hawkins
The Snakestretchers
Danny Gatton
The British Walkers
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Blues
Country music
Rock and roll
Blues rock
Electric blues
Rockabilly
instrument
Bass guitar
Guitar
Singing
Fender Telecaster
record label
Atlantic Records
Polydor Records
Alligator Records

Roy Buchanan on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/buchanan.htm
  2. http://www.vinylrecords.ch/winter/rbuch.html