When a Guitar Plays the Blues

When a Guitar Plays the Blues
Studio album by Roy Buchanan
Released July 1985
Genre Rock, Blues
Length 43:11
Label Alligator Records
Producer Roy Buchanan, Dick Shurman, Bruce Iglauer
Roy Buchanan chronology

My Babe
(1981)
When a Guitar Plays the Blues
(1985)
Dancing on the Edge
(1986)

When a Guitar Plays the Blues is a 1985 album by American guitarist and Blues musician Roy Buchanan. This was his first record for Alligator Records. It was recorded and mixed by Justin Niebank, mastered by Tom Coyne and produced by Roy Buchanan, Dick Shurman and Bruce Iglauer. All songs were written by Roy Buchanan.

Musicians

Track listing

  1. "When a Guitar Plays the Blues"
  2. "Chicago Smokeshop"
  3. "Mrs. Pressure"
  4. "A Nickel and a Nail"
  5. "Short Fuse"
  6. "Why Don't You Want Me"
  7. "Country Boy"
  8. "Sneaking Godzilla Through the Alley"
  9. "Hawaiian Punch"

References