Damn Right I've Got The Blues

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Product Details

Artist : Buddy Guy
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 5013705901621
Label : Silvertone
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2004-09-18

ASIN : B000024QX0

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Damn Right I've Got The Blues
2. Where Is The Next One Coming From
3. Five Long Years
4. Mustang Sally
5. There Is Something On Your Mind
6. Early In The Morning
7. Too Broke To Spend The Night
8. Black Night
9. Let Me Love You Baby
10. Rememberin' Stevie

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

This guest-studded album relaunched Buddy Guy's career and set him toward the pinnacle of contemporary blues. Despite turns from Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and others, it's Guy who burns brightest--and loudest. He delivers roaring, exuberant performances of classic R&B ("Mustang Sally"), old-time blues ("Black Night") and house rockers ("Where Is the Next One Coming From"). Most poignant, though, is his seven-minute instrumental "Rememberin' Stevie", which not only rekindles the fiery spirit of his own youth, but pays sensitive tribute to his late friend and admirer Stevie Ray Vaughan. This is the blueprint for Guy's current performing style. --Ted Drozdowski

From Amazon.com

Thanks to a long instrumental tribute to his late friend Stevie Ray Vaughan, and to a crowd-pleasing version of Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally," this album renewed the Chicago's blues legend's commercial power. After laying out his new straightforward credo on the title track, Buddy Guy improvises furiously on "Black Night" and "Five Long Years." Some fans say the album was one of the few times Guy truly captured his live fury on record, but this 1991 album didn't even try to do that. It was simply an attempt to expose himself to a contemporary blues audience, and it worked. --Steve Knopper

Description

And in 1991, he had good reason. At that point, Guy had notmade a studio album for a decade. The fact that Eric Clapton, who made sure that Buddy was a regular guest on his RoyalAlbert Hall blues nights, had called him the world's greatest guitarist still had not gained him a recording contract. Silvertone put that right with sessions that included the best session men from Britain and America, with guest appearances by Clapton, Jeff Beck and Mark Knopfler. The album showed all sides of Guy's talent, the blues singer, the soul man and the extravagantly gifted guitarist. A reluctant star, hehas nevertheless taken full advantage of his new-found status as the uncrowned King of Chicago Blues.New York Times (1/1/92) - "...With savagely frenetic guitar solos and a voice that's faced down hard times, the longtime blues mainstay delivered the best album of his career."..
Rolling Stone (2/6/92, pg.79) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...as good as Guy gets...damn good news for the blues."..

Customer Reviews

Damn right he HAS got the blues (2007-06-28)

Buddy Guy celebrates his new recording contract with Silvertone by setting out his stall from the very first track - the title which features some exceptionally fiery guitar playing and there's some lovely fluid guitar playing all over this album. As well as this facet Buddy Guy shows his softer - more "bluesier" side on "Five Long Years" and "Black Night" - the two longest tracks on the album. The album features a stellar cast of guitar greats - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Mark Knopfler but Buddy Guy's guitar burns the brightest of them all. There's an odd cover here of "Mustang Sally" which is taken a tad slower than normal but works well. The last track - "Remembering Stevie" is in homage to the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan and is a beautiful poignant instrumental.

Great introduction to the great man (2007-01-30)

I first got into Buddy Guy after he appeared with Eric Clapton at the RAH in 1990. This is a terrific album, which was released on the back of the surge in popularity he received after the shows with EC.It's a classic blues album - simple, not over-produced, and with a 'live' feel that all good records have.Whilst it doesn't capture the full-on soloing that you get on Slippin In or Sweet Tea it is a really strong all-round effort. The highlights are the title track, Rememberin Stevie and Five Long Years. Ahead of all of these though is Black Night which is a tour de force of a slow blues. The restraint and tone of the performance is quite incredible.Highly recommended

Great comeback (2004-03-08)

Excellent production and mixing, crisp, clear sound, and a strong track list makes this one of Buddy Guy's strongest records, his best latter-day album alongside "Slippin' In".

The track list is really strong, spanning classic electric blues, Memphis soul, and, well, John Hiatt. Guy's cover of Hiatt's "Where Is The Next One Coming From" is pretty good, but doesn't really add anything new to the song, and we don't really need another version of "Early In The Morning", especially not this bland one.But Guy's eight-minute rendition of Eddie Boyd's classic "Five Long Years" is a delicious, smouldering slow blues, and he lays down a great "Mustang Sally" and a fine rendition of Big Jay McNeely's slow, mournful "There Is Something On Your Mind".

His expressive tenor voice suits the slow, tortured blues songs on this set very well, but Guy performs equally well on the powerful, swaggering title track and the mid-tempo "Too Broke To Spend The Night", two of his best self-penned songs for a long, long time. "Too Broke" in particular is strongly reminiscent of Guy's sizzling 60s recordings for Chess, and Buddy Guy's reading of Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You Baby" is among the highlights as well.

This is a really fine album, deservingly winning Guy an Emmy in 1991. The sometimes erratic veteran plays some tremendous electric guitar, and the self-penned material shows that Buddy Guy's muse is not spent after all.Highly recommended.

What a fantastic introduction to the work of Buddy Guy (2002-02-02)

I came across this title whilst searching for other Blues. The reviews were very enthusiastic, the price was right so I bought the disc. The reviews were "damn right", this is great stuff. Even better that he has Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Mark Knoffler guesting. This is the blues as it should be and I'm a convert to the "Guy". ("Damn good" delivery service from Amazon too)

You better believe he's got it! (2000-07-24)

Mr. Guy is hot and smoking! This album sure puts the groove in blues - that rough, burnt voice, those steamy nights and that unmistaken, god given gift of truly feeling the music and shooting it up to the sky. For real. Enjoy.

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