Roy Buchanan: American Axe Review

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(More customer reviews)This is not only a great rock biography, but a great biography period.Though most "rock stars" seek the spotlight, Roy avoided it. Yet Carson has managed to get closer to who he was than most bio writers get to their subjects, who give the public a persona but hide themselves more cleverly than R. B.This book is of interest to Roy fans, rock or country guitar afficianados, anyone interested in the early history of white rock and roll and anyone interested in exploring the world of a conflicted genius.Carson spends important time describing the early days of Buchanan in small town California.This is much more than the usual cursory treatment, for the seeds of who he became were rooted there.Carson makes few judgements, and lets Roy's friends and fellow players provide much of the insight.In many ways a sad story, but not maudlin.Although you wish it could have turned out differently, maybe it could not have.Buchanan was a man who had a chance at what we call everything, and turned it down to play his own music his own way.Was he a tragic figure or a hero?Read this book and decide for yourself.

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Roy Buchanan was a "guitaristÕs guitarist" who shunned fame for a musical odyssey on AmericaÕs roadhouse circuit with his battered Telecaster - melding blues, country, jazz and rock like no player before or since. This is a compelling road trip through the gritty world of honky tonks and beer joints where this enigmatic journeyman preferred to play. Readers meet the biggest names in pop music and legions of unknowns along the way, from the dawn of rock ÕnÕ roll to BuchananÕs puzzling death in 1988.
"We just sat there aghast ... It was some of the best playing IÕve ever heard ... He defied all the laws of verse-chorus-verse and just blazed." - Jeff Beck
"Roy was one of the creators in the pioneering of unusual sounds. It seemed as though I was hearing them come first from Roy Buchanan." - Les Paul

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