Roy Buchanan

Greil Marcus, a US-American music journalist, called Roy Buchanan the solitary master of the blues. Despite this, the guitarist, who died in 1988 and was known for his slouch hat, influenced many musicians, was considered a successor to Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones, and was involved in over 100 records. Buchanan's version of "Hey Joe", a folk song popularized by Jimi Hendrix, is in a class of its own. Despite everything, the blues guitarist always stood in the third row. Although he played with band leader Johnny Otis, with Eddie Cochran, with the R&B vocal group Coasters, and Robbie Robertson of The Band described him as one of his greatest role models, Roy Buchanan never made it to the top. His lack of success eventually drove him to death. He hanged himself in a detox cell, eleven years after his best album "Live in Japan."