Music Appreciation

The Polack MSgt

(13,190 posts) Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:19 PM Jan 2020

When I was a teenager I was a dipshit

- but I will always be proud of how much I loved Roy back then.

I went to see him whenever he was in the area (and I could scrounge the $).

Stuebenville, Pittsburgh and Wheeling., I was in the hall

40 some years later now and still no one remotely like him has come around

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When I was a teenager I was a dipshit (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 OP

He was over at a popular BillyBobBrilliant Jan 2020 #1

My wife saw him in Japan in the late 80s The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #2

Another guitar player whose first name started with an R and never quite got the acclaim Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2020 #3

Very true. He was another player who just never ran out of riffs, never seemed to repeat himself The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #5

He's great! JudyM Jan 2020 #4

BillyBobBrilliant

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1. He was over at a popular

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:42 PM

Jan 2020

music store in Houston -- early 1988. Not many people there, so I got to talk for him for a while.
He was generally shy and taciturn.

The Polack MSgt

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2. My wife saw him in Japan in the late 80s

Reply to BillyBobBrilliant (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:52 PM

Jan 2020

When she was home while I was on an unaccompanied tour.

She knew I was a huge and fan and was really excited to see him. Unfortunately he seemed depressed and run down, she was really disappointed.

My brother lives in Philly and he saw him play in a bar in Delaware just before his suicide.

He tells me that Roy just played Country Gospel most of the night.

He had the same impression my wife did, Roy seemed depressed.

Which makes sense I guess. At that time he was semi-retired, didn't go out on tour, just did some gigs in Maryland and Delaware close to his home

But oh man, in the late 70s he was a force to reckon with. Not showy - didn't jump around or anything but would play forever and seemed to be having a great time.