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Roy Buchanan
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About
Roy Buchanan's (September 23, 1939 - August 14, 1988) musical career began in Pixley, California. His father was a sharecropper (not a Pentecostal preacher as Buchanan himself had claimed). Buchanan told how his first musical memories were of racially-mixed revival meetings his family would attend. "Gospel," he recalled, "that's how I first got into black music". He in fact drew upon many disparate influences while learning to play his instrument (although he later claimed his aptitude was derived from being "half-wolf").
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Top Tracks
- 1
Sweet Dreams
- 2
The Messiah Will Come Again
- 3
Wayfaring Pilgrim
- 4
When a Guitar Plays the Blues
- 5
Five String Blues
- 6
After Hours
- 7
Chicago Smokeshop
- 8
Hey Joe
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