Roy Buchanan - "Misty" (Erroll Gardner)

               From  thePBS Documentary "Introducing Roy Buchanan" 1971
                     Also Known as "The Greatest Unknown Guitarist In The World"

.The quality of the images is not great, but what a beautiful documentary about the life of Roy Buchanan. Special recordings of a visit by Roy and his family to his parents in Pixley, California. Beautiful stories from Roy about his difficult life as a professional musician. in the strangest locations and about his drug use. Also a nice insight into America in the 60s. But the most beautiful are of course the musical fragments, jams with Johnny and Shuggie Otis, Merle Haggard and Mundell Lowe. The absolute musical highlight of the film for me is the performance of "Misty" with Mundell Lowe's band


Roy Buchanan - Misty door  morrisanddylan

 "Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner. Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format and first recorded for Garner's 1955 album Contrasts, the tune was later paired with lyrics by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, appearing on his 1959 album Heavenly and reaching number 12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart later that year. Country and pop singer Ray Stevens had a number 14 hit with his cover version of "Misty" in 1975 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been recorded many times, including versions by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.


 Erroll Garner trio plays Misty in the old BRT studio in Brussels, Belgium.