During the early 1970s Roy Buchanan was feted as the greatest rock guitarist the world had ever known. This superb new CD from Jasmine takes a step back into his early career where he spent many years scuffling as a guitar slinger in numerous bands and doing a substantial amount of session work. Collected across this 44 track, 2 CD set are examples of his dynamic guitar contributions to a bevy of national, regional and downright parochial recording artists including Dale Hawkins, Bob Luman, Freddy Cannon and Danny & The Juniors. As well as all that there are a couple of singles released under his own name plus a couple or more tracks where the jury is still out as to the identity of the guitar player. Outstanding guitar work is what this CD is all about and although these early recordings don't quite give the full picture of his exemplary talent for improvisation and creativity that would come in the 70s, they certainly show the signs of it developing, and tracks such as "The Jam - Part 1 & 2" demonstrate his dynamic and original guitar sound.............
Disc: 1
1. Hot Toddy (The Secrets)
2. Twin Exhaust (The Secrets)
3. The Jam - Part One (Bobby Gregg And His Friends)
4. The Jam - Part Two (Bobby Gregg And His Friends)
5. My Babe (Dale Hawkins)
6. Someday One Day (Dale Hawkins)
7. Take My Heart (Dale Hawkins)
8. Class Of 59 (Bob Luman)
9. My Baby Walks All Over Me (Bob Luman)
10. He Will Come Back To Me (Alis Lesley)
11. My Blue Heaven (Freddy Cannon)
12. I Got A Heart (Jerry Hawkins)
13. Swing Daddy Swing (Jerry Hawkins)
14. I Want To Love You (Dale Hawkins)
15. Grandma's House (Dale Hawkins)
16. Buttercup (Bob Luman)
17. Dreamy Doll (Bob Luman)
18. I Take A Trip To The Moon (Merle Kilgore)
19. It'll Be My First Time (Merle Kilgore)
20. Wild, Wild World (Dale Hawkins)
21. Cha Cha Chu (Jerry Hawkins)
22. Lucky Johnny (Jerry Hawkins)
Disc: 2
1. Mule Train Stomp
2. Pretty Please
3. Ruby Baby (Cody Brennan & The Temps)
4. Am I The One (Cody Brennan & The Temps)
5. Shake The Hand Of A Fool (Cody Brennan & The Temps)
6. Lonely Nights (Jerry Hawkins)
7. Need Your Lovin' (Jerry Hawkins)
8. After Hours
9. Whiskers
10. The Kick Step (Perry Mates)
11. Gotta Go (Perry Mates)
12. Blue Skies (Freddy Cannon)
13. The Blacksmith Blues (Freddy Cannon)
14. Route 66 (Paul Curry)
15. Honeysuckle Rose (Paul Curry)
16. The Shuffle (Bobby & The Temps)
17. Mary Lou (Bobby & The Temps)
18. Teen Queen Of The Week (Freddy Cannon)
19. Wild Guy (Freddy Cannon)
20. The Twist / Mother's Club Twist (Danny And The Juniors)
21. When The Saint's Go Twistin' In (Danny And The Juniors)
22. Potato Peeler (Bobby Gregg)
