Roy Buchanan – When A Guitar Plays The Blues (VG+/VG+) – LP, UK 1985

When A Guitar Plays The Blues is an LP by Roy Buchanan from 1985 released on the Alligator Records, Sonet label.

About this album

When A Guitar Plays The Blues shows Roy Buchanan’s late-period guitar fire in a lean, hard-edged blues setting. Issued in 1985, the album highlights the expressive touch and vocal-instrumental phrasing that made Buchanan one of the most admired players in electric blues and blues rock. Across original material and reworked blues forms, he moves between sharp attack and controlled lyricism without losing the raw feel that defined his best work. It stands as a strong reminder of why Buchanan became a cult figure among guitarists and a lasting name in American blues rock.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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