Fucking Roy Buchanan was the shit.
In the summer of 1978, the Mighty KISW in Seattle was constantly playing the title track from his album "You're Not Alone", so I went and bought it. Fucking kick ass song.
Fucking Roy Buchanan was the shit.
In the summer of 1978, the Mighty KISW in Seattle was constantly playing the title track from his album "You're Not Alone", so I went and bought it. Fucking kick ass song.
And we can't forget The Boss......
Eat Us And Smile
Cenk For America 2024!!
Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
Yeah, the pre-corporate radio glory days of KISW, where you could actually hear Roy Buchanan, The Clash, Blondie, Ac/Dc, The Ramones, Zeppelin, Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Van Halen, and Pink Floyd all in the same hour. God damn I miss that radio station.Originally Posted by Hardrock69
George Harrison didn't always play Telecaster, but he happened to have one at the Beatles last gig.....
...of course his amp fried out in the middle of the song, but it's historical none the less.
Billy Squire.
Ah yes! East Bay Ray! King of the surf punk guitar. I say surf punk because Ray never listed much in the way of "influences" apart from an early 80's band called the Raybeats. I couldn't find the tune 'Calhoun Surf' - all YouSlime had was this. Not sure if the guitar player of The Raybeats used a Tele but you can hear the influence of style in a lot of Dead Kennedy tunes. Good call, Ford.
The Telecaster and the Stratocaster. Fenders best guitars were two of the earliest models and amazingly, unchanged from the original design. Two of the world's great products if you ask me. The Boadcaster was the first. It was a one pickup Tele and I believe due to not having a truss rod, it had neck problems. The Telecaster was the improved version. Pretty much the first mass produced electric guitar and still one of the most popular.
When I worked in a musical instrument store while in college I can vaguely remember one of the guitar instructors there saying that Harrison's Tele was a custom-built (before custom-built guitars were...well, custom-built) with a solid rosewood body and neck. Years later Fender Custom Shop offered Harrison to make replicas but he had turned them on principle for it was against his Hindu anti-materialism views or something. Odd, since he lived in a castle.
Thomas Chong
Steve Cropper
Ah, Jody Harris (Raybeats) was his name and from what I could Google (to look clever) seems he did or does play a Tele.
this dude was amazing live....
Skunk Baxter
I dig the fact that Tommy Chong had a rear-view mirror bolted to his headstock, lol.
and motorcycle chains running around the edge of the body. It was one tricked out Tele for sure.
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