When a Guitar Plays the Blues (Roy Buchanan album)

When a Guitar Plays the Blues
Studio album by
Roy Buchanan
ReleasedJuly 1985
StudioStreeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois
GenreRock, blues
Length43:11
LabelAlligator
ProducerRoy 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]

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

  • Roy Buchanan – guitar and vocals
  • Larry Exum – bass guitar
  • Morris Jennings – drums
  • Bill Heid – keyboards
  • Steele "Sonny" Seals – saxophone
  • Criss Johnson – rhythm guitar, solo, (second) (tr.9)
  • Otis Clay – vocals
  • Gloria Hardiman – vocals[2]

References

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


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