Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
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Silvertone BMG/Jive/Novus |
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Released |
August 27, 1991 |
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Original year of release |
1991 |
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Recorded |
1991 |
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Total playing time |
51:04 |
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Producer |
John Porter |
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Buddy Guy |
Guitar, Vocals |
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Jeff Beck |
Guitar |
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Eric Clapton |
Guitar |
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Molly Duncan |
Horn |
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Sid Gauld |
Trumpet and Horn |
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Richie Hayward |
Drums |
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Neil Hubbard |
Guitar |
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Wayne Jackson |
Horn |
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Carol Kenyon |
Background vocals |
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Katie Kissoon |
Background vocals |
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Mark Knopfler |
Guitar |
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Andrew Love |
Horn |
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Tessa Niles |
Background vocals |
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John Porter |
Guitar |
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Greg Rzab |
Bass |
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Neil Sidwell |
Trombone and Horn |
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Mick Weaver |
Organ and Piano |
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Pete Wingfield |
Piano |
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Tracks
written by |
playing time |
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| 1. |
Buddy Guy |
4:31 |
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| 2. |
John Hiatt |
4:37 |
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| 3. |
Eddie Boyd |
8:26 |
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| 4. |
Sir Mack Rice |
4:43 |
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| 5. |
Big Jay McNeely |
4:47 |
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| 6. |
Leo Hickman/Louis Jordan/Dallas Bartley |
3:11 |
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| 7. |
Buddy Guy |
5:03 |
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| 8. |
Jessie Robinson |
7:46 |
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| 9. |
Willie Dixon |
3:58 |
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| 10. |
Buddy Guy |
6:56 |
Reviews
Amazon.com (Steve Knopper)
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.
Rolling Stone (2/6/92)
...as good as Guy gets...damn good news for the blues...
All-Music Guide (Bill Dahl)
Grammy-winning comeback set that brought Guy back to prominence
after a long studio hiatus. Too many clichéd cover choices --
"Five Long Years," "Mustang Sally," "Black
Night," "There Is Something on Your Mind" -- to earn
unreserved recommendation, but Guy's frenetic guitar histrionics ably
cut through the superstar-heavy proceedings (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck,
and Mark Knopfler all turn up) on the snarling title cut and a handful
of others.
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..."
Dirty Linen (Joe F. Compton)
Buddy Guy is hot right now; last year at the concerts held to record
Eric Clapton's forgettable new live album, Guy served notice to the
English blues establishment that 10 years out of the recording studio
had not dimmed the skills so apparent on the seminal recordings he made
with Junior Wells. This Silvertone 10-song CD with guest appearances
by Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler (why?) and Clapton, the mandatory John Hiatt
composition, a cover of an old hit for a single ("Mustang Sally"
in this case) along with a bevy of older blues standards, proves here
to be an honest showcase of one of blues music's most underappreciated
major talents. The guest stars do not hog the spotlight. Finding Clapton's
riffs within the Louis Jourdan/Ray Charles classic "Early in the
Morning" is truly difficult. Jeff Beck does hog the guitar lead
on "Mustang Sally," but Buddy's stellar vocal turn keeps the
song a true Buddy Guy performance. Guy proves a dynamite vocalist on
several old blues chestnuts, such as Eddie Boyd's piano-based "Five
Long Years" and the slow after hour blues of "Black Night."
Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward, who anchors a strong veteran Brit
blues-rock backing band, is the secret star of this project.
Amazon (Ted Drozdowski)
This guest-studded CD 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.
Extra Info
Damn Right I've got the Blues won the 1992 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues album.