Live Stock

Not to be confused with Livestock.

Live Stock
Live album by Roy Buchanan
Released	1975
Recorded	November 27, 1974
Venue	Town Hall, New York City
Genre	Rock, blues
Label	Polydor PD 6048[1]
Producer	Jay Reich Jr.
Roy Buchanan chronology
In the Beginning (1974) Live Stock (1975) A Street Called Straight (1976)

Live Stock is a 1975 live album by Roy Buchanan released on Polydor. The album documents a show consisting of blues standards and a few originals[1] played in New York City, with an additional song ("I'm Evil") added from a later show in Evanston, Illinois. The cover photo was taken by Alan McDermott[2] and sent to Roy by Australian music commentator Glenn A. Baker. Live Stock is, reportedly, one of two Buchanan albums that influenced Jeff Beck, who dedicated a song to Buchanan on his 1975 album Blow by Blow.[3] Buchanan's last album with Polydor, it was partly made to fulfill his contractual obligations so he could move on and accept Ahmet Ertegun's offer to sign with Atlantic.[4]

Track listing

1. "Reelin' and Rockin'" (Roy Milton) - 2:21
2. "Hot Cha" (Willie Woods) - 4:02
3. "Further on Up the Road" (Bob Mack) - 3:50
4. "Roy's Bluz" (Roy Buchanan) - 8:10
5. "Can I Change My Mind" (Barry Despenza, Carl Wolfolk) - 6:32
6. "I'm a Ram" (Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) - 4:19
7. "I'm Evil" (Roy Buchanan) - 6:19[5]

Tracks 1-6 recorded at Town Hall, New York City, November 27, 1974; track 7 recorded at Amazingrace Coffeehouse, Evanston (IL).[3]

Personnel

• Roy Buchanan - guitar, lead vocals on "Roy's Bluz" and "I'm Evil"
• Billy Price - lead vocals
• John Harrison - bass
• Malcolm Lukens - keyboards
• Ronnie "Byrd" Foster - drums

References

1. "Billboard's Recommended LPs". Billboard. 6 September 1975. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
2. "Alan McDermott (2)". Discogs.
3. Carson, Phil (2001). Roy Buchanan: American Axe. Hal Leonard. pp. 158, 167. ISBN 9780879306397. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
4. Escott, Colin (1996). Tattooed on their tongues: a journey through the backrooms of American music. Schirmer. ISBN 9780028706795.
5. "Live Stock - Roy Buchanan | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2021.