OH MY GOD!!! Shuggie and Roy Buchanan on the same stage!

Roy is the man. Shuggie was instructed to play rhythm guitar taking nothing away from his talents. Rock on Roy!

Wow - that's a hell of a way to come up as a teen(Shuggie) sharing the stage with Roy Buchanan. That dude is one of the sickest guitar players ever.

@mrhenning27

4 жыл бұрын

Shuggie was more tasty of a player. New how to use space

I knew Johnny and Shuggie used to hang out at their studio with my, then husband Lawrence Dickens aka Slim, as a matter of fact Johnnie married us in his studio 1975. Those were good times. RIP Johnnie. Shuggie' s wife was Mercy at that time she was really nice I liked her.

@crookedriver2079

6 жыл бұрын

Where and when was was this?

@timhoovermusicman

2 жыл бұрын

@@crookedriver2079 '71 PBS documentary

@PAD939

2 жыл бұрын

You lie

Use to watch Johnny’s show in L.A. during the 50’s. We never missed it. What a treat to find this!

I WAS WORKING IN L.A. IN 1971 AND THE BAND I WAS IN WENT TO JOHNNY OTIS' HOME AND MET SHUGGIE AND JOHNNY, IT WAS A GREAT"EXPERIENCE"

two of the electric guitar`s all-time greats in the same clip...awesome. if only shuggie were still out there doing his thing!!!

R.I.P . Mr Otis.you were a true legend.

Ha Roy's sick pinch at 3:37 made Shuggie smile . . . . this is gold.

@michaeladrian2210

3 жыл бұрын

Yea Shug finally cracked one as experienced ears hear a genius

Just LOVE that Shuggie!!!!!!

Shuggie Otis recorded the original version of STRAWBERRY LETTER 23. George Johnson of the Johnson Brothers was dating one of Otis' cousins when he found it on Otis' 1972 album FREEDOM OF FLIGHT. In 1977, with production by Quincy Jones, The Johnsons Brother remade it with a more dance oriented sound and it topped the Pop and R&B charts!

Wow, thanks for this. I haven't listened to Roy Buchanan in over 20 years. I've forgotten how great he was. And of course Shuggie, who unfortunately because of his lack of productivity in recording industry almost completely left my memories. But how sweet is and was in those days. I never knew this even happened.

Amazing Stuff!.... I can't get enough.... endless talent all on one stage.....I sure miss Roy ......

Man ... what a treat ... miss ya Roy ...

thank you SO much for posting this! my "uncle" Ralph Grinter introduced me to Johnny back around the time of a double-album, seeing him and Shuggie WITH Roy, is freakin' amazing.

Shuggie jammed with every Blues guitar legend from the age of 7 yrs old or some incredible age long before we raved about Jonny Lang or Joe Bonamassa. At 12 he was playing alongside T Bone Walker, Freddie King,BB, so as great as Roy Buchanan was it was big deal for Shuggie.. His style belied his very tender age. Listen out for the slow 12 bar solo "Shuggies Chittlin' Blues" on Preston Loves CD "Omaha Bar-B-Q".( Mindblowin' guitar work for a 13 yr old)

COOL CLIP AND BLACK AND WHITE VIDEO GIVES IT CREEDENCE JOHNNY OTIS GREAT VOCALS SHUGGIE ON RHYTHM AND OF COURSE ROY B WITH THE ENDLESS SEA OF LICKS AND TRICKS THANKS FOR THIS THROWBACK GEM 💎

I loved Johnny Otis and I was only 10 years old living in Watts but my mother and father played him all of the time and we listened to him on TV .

@musicman4635

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was about 7 or 8 years old and living in Long Beach when I saw him on TV and really flipped for his blues! He was a great player along with his brother Shuggie, but at that time in the mid 50's, he was not as popular as Lawrence Welk so Johnnie Otis was pre-empted and gone from TV. Otis was my blues introduction and I'm still a big fan thanks to his music!

This is from a PBS special about Buchanan in the early '70's, putting him in a variety of musical settings to show him off. Johnny Otis, Mundell Lowe, and others were just happy to participate and, perhaps, gain some exposure from it.

In spite of rampant racism Johnny Otis was a chargin' rock n roller I grew up with! Changed my musical taste to R & B permanently! Big thanks to J.O! Rip brother!

@digiworxdigitalmediaproduc5034

7 жыл бұрын

Johnny Otis was white. He was Greek-American.

@digiworxdigitalmediaproduc5034

7 жыл бұрын

He grew up in a black neighborhood and identified as black although both his parents were Greek immigrants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Otis

@nassauguy48

5 жыл бұрын

@@digiworxdigitalmediaproduc5034 He was able to pass as black, as did (and still do) many Greeks. Science has already proven a genetic link between the two peoples.

Fantastic, awesome.

There was something very special going on when Roy Buchanan played with Johnny Otis.

Brilliant tgis is real awesome for ever and ever,

I seen both roy and shuggie at different times play.The two together most be amazin

@Jazzguts I've been a Shuggie Otis fan since 1970...first heard a track called "Shuggies Chittlin Blues" in that year and couldn't believe it was a teen doing it. One of the finest Blues guitar solos ever. Shuggie is a killer guitarist & comes from a talented family.

This is sweet.

Love johnnie Otis. Shoutout to shuggie as well. I sampled a few of his guitar riffs for hip hop beats

@claysnyder1257

3 жыл бұрын

I saw the whole group way back Yonder at UCSD California in a small in area Boy The Joint was jumping. Ellipse got a good friend there Johnny

@claysnyder1257

3 жыл бұрын

I saw the whole group way back Yonder at UCSD California in a small in area Boy The Joint was jumping. Ellipse got a good friend there Johnny

This is really great!

Amazing, thanks for sharing this Roy Buchanan video

Never knew this even happened, thank you!

Wow! Talk about in your face! These guys RULE!!!

incredible

Awesome clip

Shuggie!!!!!!!!!

This is so cool, I love this old stuff. I think Shuggie played with Bloomfield too.

@bertilknudsen

Жыл бұрын

At the age of 15, he played electric bass on Zappa's Peaches en Regalia.

@Jazzguts I understand your position and you make a good point. The problem with making an assessment based on what we see on youtube or even the 1971 PBS documentary on Roy. I was fortunate enough to have access to the outtakes for the 1971 PBS & the 1977 Austin City Limits gigs. Less than 10% of the material made the transition to production. Consistent with the music business Roy had no control over content. Ahhh the music business...At least it's predictable!

It looks to me like Roy was just sitting in for a couple of numbers, so Shuggie was laying back. The star of this set up was Johnny Otis. He must have invited Roy to sit in. It looks like he was saying goodbye to him at the end there. I saw Shuggie in Ottawa, Canada in the early 1970's with T-Bone Walker. He struck me as a quiet guy at the time. I doubt if he gave a rat's fanny about trading licks with Roy. Even T-Bone was trying to egg him on. Maybe it was dope. Shuggie was very very relaxed.

@Johnnycdrums

2 жыл бұрын

I think Shuggie was 💯 % happy as a sideman. I find it cool, however that while Shuggie being a natural introvert, and that no shirt seems natural.

well said, the grace is the space

SHUGGIE, JHONNY AND ROY, EXECENT, TO THE HISTORY

awesome.

EXCELENTE

The great Johnny Otis would have been 96 today-if you're not familiar with his work,Google him.

Increíble fantastico

Real stuff!

Gem 🎶💕

Al Cooper, introducing shuggie Otis great album

God, Shuggie is my hero. I'd love to talk to him about the making of ['74] "Inspiration Information". It's like a mix of two of my favorite things in the world - Sly Stone and The High Llamas!

Immaculate!

Wow!

Wow!! That Is Some Really Amazing & Awesome Blues Singing And Playing Playing Performance By Johnny Otis, His Son, Shuggie Otis, Roy Buchanan & The Band!! A Huge Big Thumbs Up!! Blues On!! - Big Will / The Super Blues Universe

** Lord Have Mercy **

What a great video

@vampyros1 this is from a tv special on roy, so it's only natural that he be featured. Besides, he does let shuggie get in a quick bit at 1'30''. And, at the time shuggie was not even remotely in roy's class, so it makes sense that shuggie hung back on rhythm.

👍👍

You get Shuggie on this: Little Esther Phillips w. Johnny Otis Orch - Release Me (1970)

Nicely done Indie

Most of my friends haven’t a clue who Roy is. I explain that he can make a guitar cry.

Yes, the first rule in playing together,put the Ego aside,greetings Vic.

this needs to be remastered and clear picture please!!!!!!

👍👍👍👍

The wonderful Margie Evans on the bandstand.

The Telemaster.....for sure.

@Sealy57 I would have giving Shuggie a nice solo break and see what fire he would have brought in,so I could take a solo round inspired and all,that's musician ship brother giving another a chance, I'll tell you Shuggie is a damn good Blues man I've heard that guy fire up the highest building but he's a modest guy thats why I love him,Vic.

@allanb3blues If he did he would have left in shame...I have all Shuggies stuff from the day...INCREDIBLE !

Who’s the kid playing bass? My friend and I used to watch the Johnny Otis show every week. Otis Redding was on it. Also Mighty Mouth Evans and the Three Tons of Joy were regulars. Good stuff.

@speck444 I agree with you; you think he'd have had the decency to let Shuggie knock a few licks down, but big Roy was just too damned great to let anyone else play. And yes, I am being sarcastic. Geez...

OK, I thought it was just me,but reading the other posts....... Roy B is a total Gig Hog! Yes, he was one of the best guitarists on the planet, but give me a break! Let Shuggie take one damn solo!

@garygrok9944

7 жыл бұрын

I totally agree-tune wouda sounded better without him

@greenman9123

6 жыл бұрын

mrstrat222 shuggie didnt take one because this was a documentary about roy, yes in any other instance shuggie would of taken one

@paullevine1813

2 жыл бұрын

Roy was asked to play by Johnny & when his solo was done Johnny wanted him to play more ,what was Roy supposed to do . Don't you think they did more than one song ? I'm sure Shuggie got to play & it has nothing to do with Roy being a hog , he was asked to play ... If memory serves this was from a documentary on Roy not Shuggie.

excellent comment.i agree

Not true. This was part of a PBS special that was done on Roy and they simply asked numerous players/bands that Roy had formerly played with to go through some numbers to showcase Roy's talent. I'm sure if it had been a Shuggie Otis special, Roy would've been happy to play backup just as he did. I'm a fan of Shuggie Otis, but he couldn't hold a candle to Roy in this setting, and if he'd had the inclination to step up for a "head cuttin" no one was holding him back..

@crookedriver2079

6 жыл бұрын

what proof do you have?

That is known as payin your dues all up and coming performers in every field got to pay dues, then they will get thier turn. Suggie aught to be featured on unsung!

Thanks for this amazing clip. 5*. By the way 1:22. What to the hell it' s written on a Nancy's pickguard?? ( I can distinguish in the middle only *of*. Maybe it is some text from stage light but in this case It would have been overturned (opposite)...

To ALL the armchair internet musicians hating on Roy Buchanan, I suggest you open your eyes & ears..NOTICE Johnny tells Roy to keep on playing? Oh and he was invited you TOOLS, this was taken from a PBS Special ABOUT ROY BUCHANAN..

@timhoovermusicman

2 жыл бұрын

These tools couldn't get out of a toolbox

@paullevine1813

2 жыл бұрын

@@timhoovermusicman That's an understatement.

@1954tele All I'm saying here is that Shuggy is playing the role off Side man accompanying Roy while he could have played an equal solist role if Roy had a more social-jamming attitude, and for PBS,the only ones in charge are the guys with big bucks,which a musician doesn't have even if his name is Roy Buchanon,with all respect,Vic.

anyone know who the bass player is?

@Sealy57 It proves how modest and restrained Shuggie is especially as a young kid...not many kids would allow a guy to take all the space. I love Roy's playing but sometimes he overplayed.

@crookedriver2079

6 жыл бұрын

I AGREE !~!!

Shame Jimmy Nolen wasn't there. Roy would have loved that.

一人だけ、既に次元が違うよね😂

Thats Gene Connors on `bone ,next to Buchanan!

Is that Little Esther on stage with them?

It's a shame the Shug ain't tearing it up here.

Easy to see where Prince got sum image ideas from.

shuggie dont look to happy

@timvanburen7109

3 жыл бұрын

shuggie thought that he knew how to play a guitar... until he met roy.

@eastwest42286

3 жыл бұрын

Bullsht, I saw him crack a smile at 3:42. He was probably impressed if anything.

He became known for his choice to live his professional and personal life as a member of the African-American community.[5][6][7] He wrote, "As a kid I decided that if our society dictated that one had to be black or white, I would be black."[8]

@nassauguy48

5 жыл бұрын

He was Greek, and science has already proven a genetic link between the two peoples. That is why he and so many other Greeks pass off as Black.

Just a couple of more thoughts on that. I was real close to the band that night. (Sitting onstage with them because I managed to bring some beer into the unlicensed venue for them.) Shuggie wasn't giving it his all that night and T-Bone was annoyed. Very likely thought that Shuggie was embarrassing him in front of the university crowd (mostly white). There was heavy racist crap happening in the US at the time. Maybe Shuggie didn't think whites were worth his time. T-Bone pointedly disagreed.

@Jazzguts ; They say ignorence is bliss. Try to get your head around the concept of PBS. Roy neither owned PBS nor did he control content.... . PBS===Public Broadcasting Stations not Personal Buchanan Sensored. I suppose in your world Roy could have seized artistic control from PBS and then what??? Have another show forcing the cameramen to give equal time to Shuggie ?? Good luck with life. Can I interest you in a seeing eye dog?

@1954tele Remains a lack of social feeling here, I mean it's only about mister Roy,while Shuggie plays the role of sideman on this session, a darn pity,I explained this egocentric behavior earlier,no need repeating again. And for the Music Industry it sucks and it will always keep on sucking,Vic.

I didn't realize that Johnny Otis was Shuggie Otis's father. (Just found out from another video clip.) That throws the racial tension theory out. I'm back to lack of beer or over abundance of dope.

Oh my God , didn't know shuggie was white! All these years !

listen to shuggies solo albums and compare them to anything Roy ever did- there is no comparison- how old was shuggie when he recorded those albums? I never understood why so many people emulate Roy- he had teqnique but that was about it- the only roy album I find somewhat listenable is begginings and most of the roy fans hate that one

@timhoovermusicman

2 жыл бұрын

You ever hear his 3 alligator albums in the mid 80s??? Roy was a force all his own and shuggie was too.

INDIE! THUMBS UP IF INDIE BROUGHT U HEREE!

A pity Buchanan is only going for his own Ego and not leaving a bit of space for our great guitarist Shuggie a tragic thing that occurred at many Jam sessions, just a lack of musical and social solidarity, cause I know what Shuggie is capable of delivering,Vic.

@timhoovermusicman

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe when PBS made a shuggie special...

ha ha begginnings is the only album of his I find tolerable too!

@Jazzguts Agreed! Buchanan was also a bit sloppy, especially on the opening solo where he struggled to keep up with the rhythm.

Ringo Starr on piano

I don't know who the F roy b is.. but if he would lay back we could hear shuggie Otis play !

@axedaddymac8155

8 жыл бұрын

+Capt Larry I wanted to hear Shuggie too but he was learning everything he could from Roy Buchanan who was and is still a guitar legend and he was the featured guest too. The youth back then tried to respect elders and learn from them I guess. I respect Shuggie's humility and you can tell Roy may have been overcompensating knowing this kid will surpass him soon-lol!

@bradparro7970

8 жыл бұрын

+Axedaddymac First off Shuggie otis never surpassed Roy Buchanan, He did however become a very formidably player in his own rite

@moses3013

7 жыл бұрын

I doubt Shuggie Otis learned anything from Roy Buchanan. Shuggie learned from the real masters, T Bone Walker, Pete Lewis, BB, etc...

@moses3013

7 жыл бұрын

Roy Buchanan couldn't carry T Bone Walkers' guitar case. BTW you're color is showing.

@SuperStuey2

7 жыл бұрын

BTW Your an ignorant douche bag race baiter that must be a Commiecrat. Fuck you!

oh indie

Another lesson in the fact the loud, sharp, piercing, over playing is NOT a pleasant thing. Shuggie Otis and his appropriate blues style and great tone would have out shined Roy Buchanan on any given day given the chance to get a word in. Sadly, sometimes the most talented are the most quiet. Great footage, thanks for sharing this with us.

@timhoovermusicman

2 жыл бұрын

It most certainly is a pleasant thing... As was shuggie also a pleasant thing... I've listened to both of them a ton for 40 years and it won't change.

I'm pretty sure that after that set Johnny gave Shuggie a good talkin' to about standing his ground and never ever letting himself get "Bogart'd" like that again!

Yes, I so agree guys. Let the Ego go. Besides Roy being an egotistical disrespectful bastard, I wish that there were clips of this jam session.

@paullevine1813

2 жыл бұрын

That's a crock of BS.

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