When a Guitar Plays the Blues (Roy Buchanan album)

When a Guitar Plays the Blues
Studio album by Roy Buchanan
Released	July 1985
Studio	Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Rock, blues
Length	43:11
Label	Alligator
Producer	Roy Buchanan, Dick Shurman, Bruce Iglauer
Roy Buchanan chronology
My Babe (1980) 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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Roy Buchanan, except where noted.

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

Personnel

• Roy Buchanan – guitar and vocals
• Larry Exum – bass guitar
• Morris Jennings – drums
• Bill Heid – keyboards
• Steele "Sonny" Seals – saxophone
• Criss Johnson – rhythm guitar, solo, (second) (tr.9)
• Otis Clay – vocals
• Gloria Hardiman – vocals