Roy Buchanan (album)

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Roy Buchanan
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1972
StudioRecord Plant East, New York City
Genre Rock, country, blues
Length33:33
Label Polydor
Producer Peter K. Siegel
Roy Buchanan chronology
Buch and the Snakestretchers
(1971)
Roy Buchanan
(1972)
Second Album
(1973)

Roy Buchanan is a 1972 album by American guitarist and blues musician Roy Buchanan. [1] It is his second album and first for Polydor.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Newsday C [2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

AllMusic commented: "It is a loose, highly improvised affair that amply demonstrates why the leader is one of the underappreciated giants of rootsy guitar." [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Roy Buchanan except where indicated.

  1. "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson) – 3:32
  2. "I Am a Lonesome Fugitive" (Casey Anderson, Liz Anderson) – 3:44
  3. "Cajun" – 1:36
  4. "John's Blues" – 5:06
  5. "Haunted House" (Bob Geddins) – 2:44
  6. "Pete's Blue" – 7:17
  7. "The Messiah Will Come Again" – 5:55
  8. "Hey Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams) – 2:15 [1]

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Roy Buchanan Roy Buchanan". AllMusic . Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  2. "Robert Christgau: Any Old Way: Consumer Guide (31)". Robert Christgau. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  3. The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 52.