One of the greatest guitarists of all time. Roy Buchanan has long been considered one of the finest, yet criminally overlooked guitarists of the blues rock genre whose lyrical leads and use of harmonics would later influence such guitar greats as Jeff Beck, his one-time student
Robbie Robertson, and ZZ Top's
Billy Gibbons. Although born in Ozark, AR, on September 23, 1939, Buchanan grew up in the small town of Pixley, CA. His father was both a farmer and Pentecostal preacher, which would bring the youngster his first exposure to gospel music when his family would attend racially mixed revival meetings. First learning steel guitar, he switched to electric guitar by the age of 13, finding the instrument that would one day become his trademark: a Fender Telecaster. By 15, Buchanan knew he wanted to concentrate on music full-time and relocated to Los Angeles, which contained a thriving blues/R&B scene at the time. During the mid- to late '50s, Buchanan led his own rock band, the Heartbeats, which soon after began backing rockabilly great Dale ("Suzy Q") Hawkins. By the dawn of the '60s, Buchanan had relocated once more, this time to Canada, where he signed on with rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins. 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 guitarist 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. For full Biography please visit this great guitar site, with many exercises tabs and tips. ( http://www.myguitarsolo.com/Players/RoyBuchanan.htm ) Please do visit this site.
Alright here i am posting this because something very interesting has appeared while i was watching a youtube video, a lot of people left comments saying that the Yamaha Sgs are better than the Gibson Sgs. The reasoning behind is the 100+ years that yamaha has been making guitars has given them the proper experience and insight to produce some wonderful guitars. Now i am not questioning the fact that they make some sweet guitars what im interested in is if they are really better than the Gibsons. I have heard that yamaha has actually brought Carlos Sanatana some of their prototype SG series guitars to test out and he wanted a guitar with a lot of sustain, so he believed that extra weight would do the trick, and it did, these guitars has incredible sustain but that is why they are so damn heavey. And they have a wonderful creamy tone but are they really able to out perform a real Gibson SG. I want you guys to tell me what you know especially if you own, im looking itno buying one as a distant future guitar
Today I would like to share with you the story of BB King and his guitar "Lucille" and how he named his guitar. A while back when King was playing gigs in clubs he had a near death experience. This happened during winter, King was playing a gig in a nightclub and since the place was poor they heated it using a barrel and fire. People would gather around the burning contents of the barrel for heat during the performances, and it just so happened that this night a fight broke out. Two men started fighting and one of the men got pushed onto this flaming barrel. The club lit up like a match due to its wooden construction and everyone including King fled the club. Once he left he realized he had forgotten his guitar, he quickly rushed back into the burning building to save his guitar and luckily made it out with his life. He later on found out that the men had been fighting over a waitress in the club called Lucille, and he named his guitar Lucille after the women that had caused this fire.
The Dark Side of the Moon, my favourite album of all time. (I do not own rights to this photo)
Now heres a great distortion pedal i found, its made by Steve Vai and its called the Jemini. Depending on the store or site i have seen this pedal to cost around 200+$. Now if you want to see the legend Steve Vai play and show you the features of this wonderful pedal here is a link to his video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrBLnB3ze5Y
Posts
