Hot Wires (CD)

A master of the Telecaster, Roy Buchanan was one of the most renowned blues guitarists of the 1970s and '80s. His dazzling technique and distinct style earned him a reputation as a guitarist's guitarist. He started out working with Dale Hawkins and Ronnie Hawkins (no relation) in the late '50s, and began a solo career in the '70s that earned him a hardcore cult following. His alcohol problems worsened in the '80s, and in 1988 he was found hung to death in a jail cell, but his influence continued on for many years after his death.

• Category:  Music  »  Blues  »  General/Blues
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• Release Date: July 7, 1987
• Label: Alligator Records
• UPC: 014551475620
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106623994
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #24162 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #431 in Blues (See Top 100 Blues Bestsellers)
• #172 in General/Blues (See Top 100 General/Blues Bestsellers)

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Personnel: Roy Buchanan (vocals, guitar); Johnny Sayles, Kanika Kress (vocals); Donald Kinsey (guitar); Stan Szelest (keyboards); Larry Exum (bass); Morris Jennings (drums).

Producers: Roy Buchanan, Bruce Iglauer, Dick Shurman, Justin Niebank.

Recorded at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois.

Digitally remastered by Jay O'Rourke & Bruce Iglauer (Monster Disc, Chicago, Illinois).

Master guitarist Roy Buchanan elevates his already astronomical musical standard on his third Alligator release, HOT WIRES. With his searing tone, fluid runs, screeching harmonics, dynamics experiments, and grab bag of scratches, wails, and noodles, Buchanan's Fender often sounds less like a guitar than a channel for highly articulate alien intelligence. As usual, Roy has backed himself with some of the finest blues and rock studio musicians--including guitarist Donald Kinsey (of the Kinsey Report) and vocalists Johnny Sayles ("That Did It") and Kanika Kress (on Otis Redding's "These Arms of Mine").

Though the band provides thunderous, spot-on backing on conventional blues workouts ("Ain't No Business") and rave-up instrumentals ("Country Boogie") alike, the spotlight is on Buch throughout, particularly on his own compositions, the acid surf "High Wire" and the pummeling "Flash Chordin'." HOT WIRES is yet another testament to the skills of this dazzling, unfairly under-recognized musician.

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