Roy Buchanan- 2nd ALBUM

[tweedman]

After Hours= "THE Roy Buchanan Telecaster TONE.
This is my favorite Telecaster recording of all time.

[Mark Davis]

Me too.

Roys 2nd album is the best Tele sound there is bar none.

[Brutalblues]

I like it when Roy does his own vocals. I have the album...great pic of Roy with Nancy on it.

[Mickey]

I just started listening to the first album. First song is the most haunting beautiful thing, wow. It had been a looooooong time since I'd heard something and just had to stop what i was doing to listen like that.

I'm going to wait on the second. There are only so many masterpieces, I hate to ruin them by going through too quickly.

[Mark Davis]

My all time favs are Roys 2nd the orange one then the 1st the black album then Live Stock.

[Jazzabilly]

I've got it on original vinyl from when it was new. I guess it's time to pick up the cd.

[Bruce Kiely]

Those first 2 albums are just killer.

And I've always liked the 2nd one best.

But the first one is killer, too .....

Wait a minute, didn't I say that already?

:-)

BK

[Geo]

"Tribute To Elmore James" and "Treat Her Right"!

[stantheman]

The two that always slay me are:
1. "Sweet Dreams"; for that ALONE Roy Buchanan belongs in The Country Music Hall Of Fame.
A. "After Hours" ; The Musicians National Anthem.

[Tiddles]

Yeah those first two albums are just pure magic … tracks you mentioned , & Filthy Teddy, Messiah, & other titles I forget without dusting off the 33rpm turntable … wonderful stuff 8) .

Ian.

[Sounds like Roy]

A friend turned me on to that album in 1976 when I was first starting to pick up the guitar. I recently retired the vinyl and picked up the cd. I have to laugh now thinking how my friend said if you want to play guitar you need to learn this...
Definately started my gas for a blackguard Tele with the wear on the mapleboard. I finally got one (52RI) back in 1998, but no matter how much I try, its still shiny. Wonder how long it takes to wear like that.....(probably about as long as its going to take me to learn to play like Roy).

[Dan R]

I love the first two Roy Buchanan records. However, I didn't buy the 2nd until much later on CD. Roy's sound basically pushed me towards the tele. The last song on the 2nd album is so killer, I get goosebumps every time I hear it. "She Once Lived Here" I think it's called. That whole album is a study in tele tone. It really doesn't get any better.

Dan R

[Tiddles]

Just for info … First Album just called “Roy Buchanan” (1972), second called “Roy Buchanan Second Album” (Jan 1973), both on Polydor. Tracks as follows -

First Album … Sweet Dreams , I Am A Lonesome Fugitive , Cajun , John's Blues , Haunted House , Pete's Blues , The Messiah Will Come Again , Hey Good Lookin' .

Second Album … Filthy Teddy , After Hours , Five String Blues , Thank You Lord , Treat Her Right , Won't Tell You No Lies , Tribute To Elmore James , She Once Lived Here.

Ian.

[Buck Cannon]

Loading Zone has always been my baby!

Of course I'll always agree most Tele players dig #2, Seymour Duncan sure does!

"Loading Zone" smacks me upside the head like a brick in 1976 , and it still does almost 30 years latter-- still 29 years latter I'll catch myself listening to it daily!

[jdfoosh357]

I was looking on Amazon, but the 2nd Album is selling privately for $45......i guess it's out of print. I'm gonna get the 1st Album, but what is the next best album with country/blues?

foosh

[Geo]

JD,
FWIW, CDnow.com has an import twofer which
combines the "Roy Buchanan" and "Second Album"
All the original cuts for both are included.
They have new and preowned ones.

[jdfoosh357]

beware...............

in the reviews, it says that the sound quality of this release is very bad, as if it were a bootleg.

[michael123]

i bought the combined '1st & 2nd' cd on amazon and it is perfect!

check out 'livestock' and 'that's what i am here for'

[jdfoosh357]

So would you say the sound quality is good? be honest but pleaseeeeeeeee say yes i want to buy.

[michael123]

Originally Posted by jdfoosh357

So would you say the sound quality is good? be honest but pleaseeeeeeeee say yes i want to buy.

jd, i bought one about 6 mos. ago, it skipped on a couple tracks, so, i returned it and it was refunded. i still had to have it. i went back to amazon and tried a different vendor. i also 'just had to have it' i was very skeptical. it is not a 'muddy boot', it's crystal clear, no hiss, no mud. i can turn it up real loud or play it real low(no point in low volume as far as i am concerned, lol) and hear everything that roy probobly intended for me to hear! every drop of his sweet telie tone! again, i bought it on amazon, not cdnow. it was about $15 to $20 bucks. i am not affiliated with amazon in any way

[mr tom]

Can I Change My Mind

my favorite song to hear, and play, ever. do I appreciate the alteration in the changes? not necessarily. do i love the tone? the duane allman -meets-george benson soloing? absolutely.

[myse1f]

I swear, Roy is the most underrated and forgotten guitarist ever. First listen to the eponymous album and seconds later I'm facing Cajun. Hard piece to play, maybe someone has a clue how to play the openning motive easier then here:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/...guitar_pro.htm

[Telehackster]

No sound problems at all for me on the combo disc of the first two albums.

Also, although the Buch and the Snakestretchers CD has kind of poor sound, the playing is, of course, superb.

[jimmtimm]

His Second Album is my favorite as well.

Five String Blues and Filthy Teddy...SO GOOD!!

[jimmtimm]

Myself:

There is a great copy on Cajun in a Roy B. songbook you can find online.

The intro is a little tricky with the C-C/Bb chord. Try fingering the normal C chord with 2, 3 & 4 fingers then play the Bb w/ your 1st finger.

[jimmybusk]

Its the best !!! I wore out 3 vinyl 2nd albums ,When I was a kid. But what about the third album !!,Why doesn't anyone ever mention that one???? ..'You know ,the one with "hey joe". It's called "Thats what I am here for'' ..And it's a SMOKER!! 'And thats not an opinion..,it's a Fact !

[TyWebb]

The Live in Japan album is also an excellent live document. The one with Roy in a plaid(!) suit, alone under the stage lights on the cover.

I especially love how the guitar intro on the second song "Honey Do", is soooo loud for the first two bars. Y'all know how Roy rode his volume knob, and for the first 5 seconds of that song he's wide open and...just...so...raw.

Ahh, yeah.

[myse1f]

There is a great copy on Cajun in a Roy B. songbook you can find online.

The intro is a little tricky with the C-C/Bb chord. Try fingering the normal C chord with 2, 3 & 4 fingers then play the Bb w/ your 1st finger.

Maybe you're right. I was thinking about 2 fingerings for those chords. First involved 'jumping' from one to the another, while the second was your idea. Too bad that I had rarely used my little finger. Anyway it's never late to develop it, seems that now I know what I'm going to do through all evening:P. Thanks.

[Elliot Easton]

The Best.

[Telemarkman]

I'm listening to the 2nd album as I write this, and I agree that it's his best studio effort with some fantastic Tele tone and playing.

Still I think that "LiveStock" is maybe even better, but then I've always thought that Roy was that kind of player who did his best things on stage.

I think you need both of them though ...

The best I've ever heard him play is on 2 bootleg CD's from Heinz Hall, Pittsburg, 1972-12-16. (The sound quality isn't that great of course). Here he's totally on fire with a cooking backing band. I've never - and I mean NEVER! - heard an electric guitar make a better - and more moving - impersonation of a pedal steel than on his version of Buck Owens' "Together Again" ...

The 2nd album is still playing, and it's GREAT !

[GuitarJonz]

1st 2 albums and Livestock are my faves. One of the best examples of Roy "making a guitar talk" is on Five String Blues, near the end, about 5:30, where Roy is dong a haunting wah-wah effect that sounds like someone moaning, or wailing, a chilling effect IMO.

I love his playing, but can pass on his singing, especially the grim preacher-like monotone ramblings over sad church-organ at the beginning of a couple of his songs, like Messiah, I just cut that out with Audacity, I can't take 3 min. of that. YMMV.

[gmann]

IMO the 1st two are indespensible, must have documents of a man playing a Tele the way it's supposed to be played. Roy's 2nd is my fav of the two, it never really got any better than that, no way it could really. Livestock and Live In Japan are must haves too!