Blues
As part of MCA's Chess Records 50th Anniversary series, Buddy's Blues sweats Guy's multi-disc retrospective, The Complete Chess Studio Recordings down to a scintillating 15-track package and comes up with a bare-bones winner. There are loads of great guitar on classics like "First Time I Met the Blues," "Let Me Love You Baby," "Pretty Baby," "My Time After Awhile," "Stone Crazy," and Guy's voice is at its whiplash exuberant best. Unexpected bonuses pop up in the comp's kickoff track, a full-length version of "Worried Mind," issued here without the overdubbed applause and crowd noises that accompanied its original release on Folk Festival of the Blues (see Muddy Waters' entry). Also noteworthy is Junior Wells' appearance on chromatic harp on "Ten Years Ago," and Guy's stellar guitar behind Lacy Gibson's vocal on a Buddy Guy original, "My Love Is Real." And special note must also be made of the spacious stereo mixes used on this compilation, making these 30-year-old-plus tracks shine like diamonds coming off the laser beam. We also experience all the stylistic turns toward a kinship with the burgeoning soul and rock scenes that Guy would make toward the end of his Chess tenure, along with the smoking slow burners that are his trademark, some of which clock in at four to six minutes here. With his very best tracks compiled on one disc, and with beautiful transfers of them to enhance the listening experience, this should be one of your very first stops in absorbing the sides that made Buddy Guy's reputation among blues fans and guitar aficionados the world over.
By Cub Koda. AMG.
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Gene Barge- Sax (Tenor), Producer
Lefty Bates- Guitar
Fred Below- Drums
Milton Bland- Sax (Tenor)
Leonard Caston- Organ, Piano
Al Duncan- Drums
Jarrett Gibson- Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Lacy Gibson- Guitar, Vocals
Buddy Guy- Guitar, Vocals
Donald Hankins- Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Clifton James- Drums
Lafayette Leake- Organ, Piano
Abe Locke- Sax (Tenor)
Jack Meyers- Bass
Little Brother Montgomery- Piano
Matt "Guitar" Murphy- Guitar
Bob Neely- Sax (Tenor)
A.C. Reed- Sax (Tenor)
Otis Spann- Piano
Charles Stepney- Drums
Leroy Stewart- Bass
Phil Thomas- Drums
Sonny Turner- Trumpet
Phil Upchurch- Bass
Murray Watson- Trumpet
Junior Wells- Harmonica
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01. Worried Mind 3:58
Piano - Lafayette Leake
02. First Time I Met The Blues 2:19
Piano - Little Brother Montgomery
03. Let Me Love You Baby 2:54
Harmonica - Junior Wells
04. I Found A True Love 6:18
05. Pretty Baby 4:04
06. My Time After A While (Alternate) 3:20
Piano - Leonard Caston
07. Stone Crazy 7:11
08. Keep It To Myself (AKA Keep It To Yourself) 2:46
Bass - Phil Upchurch
Drums - Charles Stepney
09. Ten Years Ago 2:39
Harmonica - Junior Wells
10. Got To Use Your Head 2:13
Bass - Leroy Stewart
Organ - Leonard Caston
Saxophone [Tenor] - A.C. Reed , Milton Bland
11. I Cry And Sing The Blues 3:15
12. She Suits Me To A Tee 2:16
Bass - Phil Upchurch
Drums - Charles Stepney
Saxophone [Tenor] - Gene Barge
13. My Love Is Real 2:39
Drums - Al Duncan
Guitar, Vocals - Lacey Gibson
Piano - Lafayette Leake
14. Leave My Girl Alone 3:27
Bass - Leroy Stewart
Organ - Lafayette Leake
15. When My Left Eye Jumps 3:52
Drums - Phil Thomas (2)
Guitar - Lefty Bates
Organ - Lafayette Leake
Saxophone [Tenor] - Abb Locke
Trumpet - Murray Watson , Sonny Turner
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