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Definitive Buddy Guy |  | Artist: Buddy Guy
Label: Shout Factory
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.4
UPC: 826663113037
EAN: 0826663113037
ASIN: B001TIQT8Y
Release Date: April 14, 2009
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He was walking through the blues... a definitive single CD overview spanning five decades of Buddy Guy's recording career March 2, 2010
jayhikkss
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"The Definitive Buddy Guy" is the first single-disc, coherent, largely chronological overview of the guitarist's lengthy career. This 17-track, multi-label collection contains more than 79 minutes of music. The CD covers the years from 1958 to the new millennium. It includes titles released under Buddy Guy's own name as well as titles recorded with Junior Wells.
George "Buddy" Guy was born in Louisiana in 1936. He owed some of his guitar style (and a lot of his stage act) to Guitar Slim although he was even more impressed by B. B. King's sound. After moving to Chicago (1957) he met Otis Rush and Magic Sam, two leading exponents of the "South Side Sound". Buddy Guy was able to play all over Chicago with many musicians and recorded two singles for the Artistic label. These were waxed in 1958 at the Cobra studios.
The compilation begins with "Sit and Cry (The Blues)" (1958), a slow-burning blues full of riveting intensity with Guy wailing about a man consumed by the blues and playing elegant runs on his Stratocaster. By this time, Guy's style was already beginning to gel.
After Artistic floundered, Buddy Guy - who had been spotted by Muddy Waters - signed with Chess as both a backing musician and an artist in his own right. There, from 1960 to 1967, he did record his distinctive guitar and vocals in various musical formats.
"First Time I Met the Blues", from March 1960, is a horn-laden blues composed by Little Brother Montgomery. The composer performs a very cool piano part. "Ten Years Ago" is an intensely passionate track recorded in December 1960 and featuring Junior Wells's harp. "Stone Crazy" is an explosive performance from December 1961 that became a staple of Guy's stage repertoire. Finally, "When My Left Eye Jumps", from August 1965, is a menacing blues number featuring a dramatic guitar introduction.
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells had, by then, become good friends and - under the "Friendly Chap" alias - Guy played guitar on Wells' seminal "Hoodoo Man Blues" LP for Delmark (1966). The transfixing title track is featured here.
"A Man and the Blues" was the title track for Guy's first Vanguard LP (1968). It is a slow blues featuring economic, nicely fluid guitar work by Guy who also sings passionately. Otis Spann's piano accompaniment is peerless.
"I Got My Eyes on You" comes from the live Vanguard LP "This Is Buddy Guy" (also from 1968) which finds Buddy Guy flirting (like Junior Wells at the time) with R'n'B (covers of "Fever" and "Knock on Wood" are included). He performs the song in a strong, almost screaming manner and plays frenetic guitar licks. This track reflects his stage act at the time.
In 1970, Michael Cuscuna produced a Blue Thumb LP titled "Buddy and the Juniors". This acoustic session featured Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar, Junior Wells on chromatic harmonica and Junior Mance on piano. "Five Long Years" is an atmospheric, laid-back version of the Eddie Boyd's standard. Buddy Guy sings well and with emotion but his guitar is buried too far in the mix.
In 1970, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells were the opening act on the Rolling Stones' European tour. Ahmet Ertegun agreed to record the duo if Eric Clapton took charge of the production. The sessions lingered on. This was maybe due to the personal problems that Clapton was then facing. Two more tracks were recorded with the J. Geils Band. "Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues" was released, on Atco, in 1972. "A Man of Many Words" is a superior, contemporary and soul-influenced blues. The intricate interplay between Guy and Eric Clapton's inspired slide guitar work is a joy to hear. Dr. John tackles the ivories with consummate taste.
"The Things I Used to Do", Guitar Slim's masterpiece, is nicely and energetically revived on this live take recorded at Montreux in 1977 (although released much later).
Phil Guy joins his brother and the two-guitar tandem performs an eight-minute, low-key, slow jam on Champion Jack Dupree's "When I Left Home".
The acoustic "Give Me My Coat and Shoes" comes from the fantastic acoustic Guy/Wells "Alone & Acoustic" Alligator CD which had been recorded, in France, in 1981. The track conveys intimacy and subtle, restrained energy.
Phil Guy duets again with Buddy on a very rocking version of "She Suits Me to a T". This track originates from the same sessions as "Stone Crazy".
"Checkin' on My Baby" is a live performance from the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival taken from the "Drinkin' TNT 'n' Smokin' Dynamite" LP featuring Guy and Wells captured live with Pinetop Perkins, Rolling Stones' bassist Bill Wyman and assorted rock musicians. This rollicking blues song showcases the immaculate interplay between Guy's nimble-fingered guitar playing and Wells' fast harp work.
Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You Baby" from "Live: The Real Deal" (1966) was cut live at Buddy Guy's Legends. Guitarist G.E. Smith's and pianist Johnnie Johnson provide lush support.
The final selection, Junior Kimbrough's "Baby Please Don't Leave Me," is a heavy contemporary track taken from "Sweet Tea" (2001). It shows a new attitude from Guy who veers away from traditional or crossover material.
With such a wealth of material recorded across five decades, a 2-CD set would certainly have been welcome. This said, the CD can be confidently recommended to those less familiar with Buddy Guy's long recorded legacy. To those, the contents of this CD will definitely provide a satisfying glimpse of Buddy Guy's style and substance.
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