Left my Blues in San Francisco

 

Info

Label	Chess
Released	February 29, 1988
Original year of release	1967
Recorded	1967
Total playing time	32:03
Producer	Gene Barge
Musicians
Buddy Guy	Guitar, Vocals
Gene Barge	Sax (Tenor)
Lefty Bates	Guitar
Milton Bland	Sax (Tenor)
Reggie Boyd	Bass
Jarrett Gibson	Sax (Tenor)
Lafayette Leake	Organ
Abe Locke	Sax (Tenor)
Jack Meyers	Bass
Matt "Guitar" Murphy	Guitar
A.C. Reed	Sax (Tenor)
Charles Stepney	Drums
Leroy Stewart	Bass
Phil Thomas	Drums
Sonny Turner	Trumpet
Phil Upchurch	Bass
Murray Watson	Trumpet

Tracks

		written by	playing time
1.	Keep it to myself	Sonny Boy Williamson	2:35
2.	Crazy love	Willie Dixon	2:20
3.	I suffer with the blues	Buddy Guy	2:46
4.	When my left eye jumps	Willie Dixon/Al Perkins	3:54
5.	Buddy's groove	Gene Barge	3:44
6.	Goin' home	Willie Dixon	2:41
7.	She suits me to a Tee	Buddy Guy	2:16
8.	Leave my girl alone	Buddy Guy	3:27
9.	Too many ways	Willie Dixon	2:17
10.	Mother-in-law	Gene Barge	2:46
11.	Every girl I see	Willie Dixon/Michael P. Murphy	3:39

Reviews

All-Music Guide (Thom Owens)
Featuring such classic Buddy Guy performances as "Buddy's Groove" and "She Suits Me to a Tee," I Left My Blues in San Francisco ranks as one of the guitarist's finest albums. All of this material is also available on the double-disc set, The Complete Chess Recordings.

Amazon (Genevieve Williams)
A classic recording by one of Chicago blues' finest living legends, Left My Blues in San Francisco consists of 11 smoking tracks, featuring Buddy Guy's matchless guitar work and equally distinctive vocals. This recording is for people who like their blues straight up; like whiskey, it burns all the way through. Included are some of Guy's classic original songs/, such as "She Suits Me to a Tee" and "I Suffer with the Blues," as well as excellent performances of "Buddy's Groove," "Keep It to Yourself," and "Goin' Home." All of this material can also be found on the Complete Chess Studio Recordings collection, but if you're new to Buddy Guy, Left My Blues in San Francisco is an excellent place to start.

Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD (Frank John Hadley)
Leonard Chess didn't appreciate Guy's studio raucousness, and the guitarist only recorded sparingly as sessions leader during his last years at the record company, l96~67. Most of the eleven songs/ on his first long-player, issued in 1967, belong stylistically to the era's soul boom; Guy fervidly muscles out of hot, busy orchestrations designed by Chess men Gene Barge (most recently a singer with the Mellow Fellows) and Charlie Stepney (Earth, Wind and Fire's producer in the 1970s). Too often attitude replaces conviction, although "I Suffer with the Blues" and "Leave My Girl Alone" seem fraught with ardor.

All-Music Guide (Mark A. Humphrey)
Some of Buddy's best from Chess.

Grove Press Guide to Blues (Frank John Hadley)
Leonard Chess didn't appreciate Guy's studio raucousness, and the guitarist only recorded sparingly as sessions leader during his last years at the record company, l96~67. Most of the eleven songs/ on his first long-player, issued in 1967, belong stylistically to the era's soul boom; Guy fervidly muscles out of hot, busy orchestrations designed by Chess men Gene Barge (most recently a singer with the Mellow Fellows) and Charlie Stepney (Earth, Wind and Fire's producer in the 1970s). Too often attitude replaces conviction, although "I Suffer with the Blues" and "Leave My Girl Alone" seem fraught with ardor.