When a Guitar Plays the Blues

by Roy Buchanan

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1985
  • Label: Alligator
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:19
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following a multi-year recording hiatus, the masterful Telecaster instrumentalist returned to the studio with the independent Alligator label. The strictly blues-focused release captures the raw, searing intensity of his live performances without any distracting commercial concessions.

Genres

Descriptors: guitar-led, bluesy, instrumental, emotive, soulful

Tracklist

  1. When A Guitar Plays The Blues (6:37)
  2. Chicago Smokeshop (4:59)
  3. Mrs. Pressure (4:38)
  4. A Nickel And A Nail (4:29)
  5. Short Fuse (3:30)
  6. Why Don't You Want Me? (6:06)
  7. Country Boy (3:46)
  8. Sneaking Godzilla Through The Alley (6:15)
  9. Hawaiian Punch (1:55)

Credits

  • Larry Exum - bass
  • Morris Jennings - drums
  • Bill Heid - keyboards
  • Criss Johnson - rhythm guitar, lead guitar [2nd solo]
  • Harvard Hables - written-by
  • Roy Lee Johnson - written-by
  • Otis Clay - vocals
  • Deadric Malone - written-by

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