Last Time Around-Live at Legends
Info
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Label |
Silvertone BMG/Jive/Novus |
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Released |
November 9, 1998 |
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Original year of release |
1998 |
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Recorded |
1993 |
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Total playing time |
53:06 |
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Producer |
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells |
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Buddy Guy |
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals (B) |
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Junior Wells |
Harmonica, Vocals (J) |
Tracks
written by |
playing time |
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| 1. a. b. c. |
Seeds of Reed |
- |
4:24 (B+J) |
| 2. |
Jimmy Rodgers |
3:50 (B+J) |
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| 3. |
Muddy Waters |
5:39 (B+J) |
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| 4. |
Willie Dixon |
5:42 (B+J) |
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| 5. |
Ray Charles |
6:17 (B+J) |
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| 6. |
William Broonzy/Charles Segar |
4:35 (J) |
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| 7. |
Buddy Guy |
8:39 (B+J) |
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| 8. |
Herman Parker Jr. |
4:03 (B+J) |
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| 9. |
Walter Jacobs/Willie Dixon |
3:13 (B+J) |
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| 10. |
Junior Wells |
6:34 (B+J) |
Reviews
Amazon.com (Genevieve Williams)
Two guys, one guitar, and one harmonica add up to a thoroughly enjoyable
CD, as Buddy Guy and Junior Wells team up for a live night at Buddy
Guy's Legends in Chicago. Recorded in 1993, Last Time Around goes to
show that there's nothing quite like a veteran bluesman doing his thing--and
when there are two veteran bluesmen sharing the stage, why, it's double
the fun. Guy and Wells complement one another wonderfully, trading vocal
duties and playing off one another's instrumental licks with the ease
that comes from long association. Old favorites like "Hoochie Coochie
Man" and "Hoodoo Man Blues" are performed with a kind
of low-key intensity that comes across quite well on CD--one can only
imagine what it was like to hear these two play together live. Sadly,
Wells is no longer with us, so this recording will have to do for those
among us who never had the opportunity. --Genevieve Williams
Amazon (Ted Drozdowski)
This in-concert CD caps Buddy Guy's partnership with harp hero Junior
Wells, who died of lymphoma in January 1998. The set, taped five years
earlier at Guy's Chicago nightclub, is an unabashedly sentimental journey
back to their roots. It's just Guy and Wells on acoustic guitar and
harmonica, cutting up and playing their own standards like Guy's "You
Better Watch Yourself" and Wells's signature "Hoodoo Man," as well as
classics by such influences as Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers,
and even Ray Charles. Guy's focused intensity is offset by Wells's good-natured
clowning, yet the performance never sacrifices its strong musicality.
Extra Info
This acoustic album is recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends on March 22 and 23 1993.