Whatever Happened To: Roy Buchanan

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Roy Buchanan's claim to fame

Real Name:	Roy Buchanan
Category:	Rock, Pop & Music
Posted Date:	2004-03-06
Last Modified:	2004-03-06
Views:	14330

Played with Dale Hawkins, erroneously credited with writing parts of Suzie-Q but did contribute to My Babe and Grandma's House. Eventually released his own Loading Zone which contained Green Onions and Ramon's Blues.

Where are they now?

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He re-emerged in 1986 with When a Guitar Plays the Blues but his life turned tragic. Described as a "shy, recitent" person he attempted suicide on multiple occassions before being arrested for drunk driving in 1988, whereupon he finally succeeded, hanging himself in his jail cell.