Are you familiar with this guitar virtuoso

@mrdecibel

Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check it out.

@czarivey

I would never claim to know better than Johnny Mac!

Perhaps I’m allowing my subjective taste to cloud my perceptions. Generally, I tend not to like such "note-y" players.

@larsman 

Well, in retrospect, it's unclear to me whether the OP's intended main focus was Matteo or Roy, so your guess is as good as mine! 

@stuartk

Matteo is already an artist. Will he grow into the popular artist like Eric Clapton probably not. John McLaughlin who had jam sessions with Matteo definitely ain't as popular as Eric Clapton as well so go figure.

Listen to Mancuso's cd, Journey, and you might change your mind about him. He is quite the humble guy and is doing his thing. If you look up the meaning of "musical artist", Matteo is all of those things, however, still growing and developing. I am a fan boy for sure. Danny Gatton , he is sure up there. 

@stuartk - sorry, I just noticed the Roy Buchanan part of the OP, not the Matteo Mancuso one; I wish him the best of luck! 

@larsman 

Matteo Mancuso was born in 1996 and is still very much alive! 

@stuartk - considering he died in 1988, he's not liable to grow into much of anything.... 

Danny Gatton is a virtuoso guitarist who isn't nearly as well known to the general public as he should be. Vince Gill nicknamed Danny "The Humbler." 

The question is, will he grow into an artist?  For those whose gifts enable them to acquire superior technique early on, it can be very challenging.

Roy's band used to be the house band at the Crossroads Supper Club in Riverdale, MD in the early 70's.... 

I'm 70 years old as well.  This tune helped me get through med school...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deeBQZ8Aklc

Had the good fortune to see Roy live at the Commodore ballroom in Vancouver back in 1975. Nobody sounds like Roy. Check out his live album "Livestock".

An awesome talent that never gained the notoriety he so justly deserved.

A sad story.

Matteo is a bad-ass boy indeed. I've been following him as well. Check also another young prodigy from France Antoine Boyer. He is perfectly inclined on jazz and classical music.