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Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues rock musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, [1] Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career [2] and two later solo albums that made it to the Billboard chart.
Rick Parfitt (1948-2016) of Status Quo, "one of Britain's longest-lived bands," was a faithful Tele player. [84] Roy Buchanan (1939-1988) played a 1953 Telecaster called Nancy. He used only this guitar, and went straight into his amplifiers.
In the 1980s, Guild introduced a series of Superstrat solid bodies including models such as the Flyer, Aviator, Liberator and Detonator, the Tele-style T-200 and T-250 (endorsed by Roy Buchanan) and the Pilot Bass, available in fretted, fretless, and 4- and 5-string versions.
An early and important guitar for Stern was a hybrid 1950s/1960s Fender Telecaster, previously owned by Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton, which was stolen from him in an armed robbery in Boston. This guitar is the basis for a custom-made guitar built by Boston-based luthier Michael Aronson. [12]
The Snakestretchers was an American band assembled by Danny Gatton to play a PBS documentary on WNET in New York City, hosted by Bill Graham.The original band was Roy Buchanan (lead guitar), Dick Heintze (keyboards), Michael "Pokey" Walls (drums & vocals), [1] Chuck Tilley (vocals & rhythm guitar) and Danny Gatton on bass. [2]
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The Guitar Album is a 1974 double compilation album featuring live performances of popular guitarists. It features eighteen tracks from artists Eric Clapton, Roy Buchanan, Rory Gallagher, T-Bone Walker, Ellen McIlwaine, Link Wray, Stone the Crows, John McLaughlin and Area Code 615.
Denise Marie Lupinacci of Ambridge gets her name on a Times Square bulletin board May 30.. That's one reward for Lupinacci earning second-place honors at The BookFest Awards for her Renaissance ...