''Hot Wires'' is a 1987 album by American guitarist and
blues musician
Roy Buchanan
Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career and two lat ...
.
This was his third record for
Alligator Records
Alligator Records is an American, Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. Iglauer was also one of the founders of the '' Living Blues'' magazine in Chicago in 1970.
History
Iglauer started the label using ...
.
It was recorded by Justin Niebank and mixed by Niebank and Tim Hale with Brian Poer and David Axelbaum assisting.
It was mastered by Tom Coyne and produced by Roy Buchanan,
Dick Shurman
Richard L. Shurman (born May 23, 1950) is an American record producer, sound engineer, music journalist, music historian, and backing vocalist.
He has produced numerous recordings by notable musicians including Johnny Winter, Lurrie Bell, Eddi ...
, Justin Niebank and Bruce Iglauer.
This was Buchanan's final studio album. He took his own life the following year.
Track listing
# "High Wire"
# "That Did It"
# "Goose Grease"
# "Sunset over Broadway"
# "Ain't No Business"
# "Flash Chordin'"
# "25 Miles"
# "These Arms of Mine"
# "Country Boogie"
# "The Blues Lover"
Personnel
*Roy Buchanan –
guitar
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and
vocals
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*Larry Exum –
bass guitar
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*
Morris Jennings
Morris Jennings was an American drummer and musician from Chicago. He recorded as Moe Jennings, M. Jennings, Maurice Jennings, Morris "Gator" Jennings, and Morris Jennings Jr.
Jennings is best known for having played drums on the ''Electric Mud' ...
–
drums
*
Stan Szelest –
keyboards
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* Computer keyboard
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Music
* Musi ...
*
Donald Kinsey
Donald Kinsey (born May 12, 1953 in Gary, Indiana, United States) is an American guitarist and singer, best known as a member of the Word Sound and Power Band, the reggae backing group for Peter Tosh.
Kinsey is one of three sons of the late ...
– guitar
*
Johnny Sayles John Earl Sayles Jr. (February 9, 1937 – August 17, 1993), known as Johnny Sayles, was an American R&B and soul singer.
Sayles was born in Winnsboro, Texas, United States. Around 1955, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he sang with Eu ...
– vocals
*Kanika Kress – vocals
References
1987 albums
Roy Buchanan albums
Albums produced by Bruce Iglauer
Alligator Records albums
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