Roy Buchanan
Blues, Musical Artist
1939 – 1988
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Who was Roy Buchanan?
Roy Buchanan was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan was a sideman and solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career, and two later solo albums that made it on to the Billboard chart. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still considered a highly influential guitar player. Guitar Player praised him as having one of the "50 Greatest Tones of all Time."
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- Born
- Sep 23, 1939
Ozark - Also known as
- Leroy Buchanan
- Buchanan, Roy
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 14, 1988
Fairfax
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on July 23, 2013
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