Roy Buchanan

 

Artist:  Roy Buchanan
Birth Name:  Leroy Buchanan
Born:  September 23, 1939.  Ozark, Arkansas, USA.
Died:   August 14, 1988.  Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Genre:   Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, Rockabilly, Country
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:   Guitar, Bass, Vocals

Roy Buchanan was an American Guitar, he has been considered one of the finest Blues Rock Guitarist and a pioneer of the Telecaster Sound and he is still ccnsidered a highly influential the great guitar players such as Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice), Robbie Robertson (The Band) and Billy Gibbons (ZZ Tops) and on the Rolling Stones list "100 Greatest Guitarists of all time".

Title:  Street Called Straight (2002)

Genre:   Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, Rockabilly, Country

Label:  Wounded Bird Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD 

Tracks:

 1.  Running Out (2:51)

 2.  Keep What You Got (3:17)

 3.  Man On The Floor (3:26)

 4.  Good God Have Mercy (4:09)

 5.  Okay (2:37)

 6.  Caruso (3:24)

 7.  My Friend Jeff (4:03)

 8.  If Six Was Nine (4:04)

 9.  Guitar Cadenza (3:47)

10. The Messiah Will Come Again (4:11)

11. I Still Think About Ida Mae (3:44)

Personnel:

Roy Buchanan:  Guitar, Vocals

Will Lee:  Bass

John Harrison:  Bass, Vocals, Backing Vocals

Billy Cobham:  Percussion, Timbales, Tom-Tom

Andy Newmark:  Drums

Ronnie "Byrd" Foster:  Drums, Vocals, Backing Vocals

Rubens Bassini:  Percussion

Gonzalo Sifre:  Percussion, Drums

Malcolm Lukens:  Keyboards

Kenneth Bichel:  Synthesizer

Buddy Lucas:  Harmonica

Luther Vandross:  Vocals

Michael Brecker:  Horn

Randy Brecker:  Horn

George Opalisky:  Horn

Barry Rogers:  Horn

Lew Del Gatto:  Horn

David Brigati:  Vocals, Backing Vocals

Robin Clark:  Vocals, Backing Vocals

Diane Sumler:  Backing Vocals

Street Called Straight is an album by Roy Buchanan, originally released in 1976 by Atlantic Records, remastered and reissued May 7, 2002 by Wounded Bird Records.