Walt wrote:But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
Totally. I found some of his stuff a bit on the heavy side but he was one of the main reasons I got into guitar music the other was watching 'The Last Waltz'...
My Mom had Roy buchanan LP's in her record collection and I used to play 'Please don't turn me away' 'The Circle' 'Wayfairing Pilgrim' 'Filthy Teddy' and 'Royz Bluz' over and over and over........Oh, and that 'Brer Rabbit meet Tar Baby' instrumental too.
Didn't he hang himself in a police cell or something? I know there was kind of a mystery surrounding his death. Real shame...