When a Guitar Plays the Blues (Roy Buchanan album)

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When a Guitar Plays the Blues
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1985
StudioStreeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Rock, blues
Length43:11
Label Alligator
Producer Roy Buchanan, Dick Shurman, Bruce Iglauer
Roy Buchanan chronology
My Babe
(1980)
When a Guitar Plays the Blues
(1985)
Dancing on the Edge
(1986)

When a Guitar Plays the Blues is a 1985 album by American guitarist and blues musician Roy Buchanan. This was his first record for Alligator Records. [1] It was recorded and mixed by Justin Niebank, mastered by Tom Coyne and produced by Roy Buchanan, Dick Shurman and Bruce Iglauer. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Roy Buchanan, except where noted.

  1. "When a Guitar Plays the Blues"
  2. "Chicago Smokeshop"
  3. "Mrs. Pressure"
  4. "A Nickel and a Nail" (Deadric Malone, Vernon Morrison)
  5. "Short Fuse"
  6. "Why Don't You Want Me"
  7. "Country Boy"
  8. "Sneaking Godzilla Through the Alley"
  9. "Hawaiian Punch" [1]

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "When a Guitar Plays the Blues – Roy Buchanan | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "When a Guitar Plays the Blues – Roy Buchanan | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 21, 2021.