- Audio CD (Aug 22 1991)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B0000004XH
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #88,351 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Damn Right, I've Got The Blues |
| 2. Where Is The Next One Coming From |
| 3. Five Long Years |
| 4. Mustang Sally |
| 5. There Is Something On Your Mind |
| 6. Early In The Morning |
| 7. Too Broke To Spend The Night |
| 8. Black Night |
| 9. Let Me Love You Baby |
| 10. Rememberin' Stevie |
Product Description
Amazon.com essential recording
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. --Ted Drozdowski
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great comeback
Mar 8 2004
Format:Audio CD
Excellent production and mixing, crisp, clear sound, and a strong track list makes this one of Buddy Guy's strongest records, his best latter-day album alongside "Slippin' In".
The track list spans classic electric blues, Memphis soul, and, well, John Hiatt. Guy's cover of Hiatt's "Where Is The Next One Coming From" is okay, but doesn't really add anything new to the song, and we don't need another version of "Early In The Morning", especially not this bland one.
But Guy's eight-minute rendition of Eddie Boyd's classic "Five Long Years" is a delicious, smouldering slow blues, and he lays down a great "Mustang Sally" and a fine rendition of Big Jay McNeely's slow, mournful "There Is Something On Your Mind".
His expressive tenor voice suits the slow, tortured blues songs on this set very well, but Guy performs equally well on the powerful, swaggering title track and the mid-tempo "Too Broke To Spend The Night", two of his best self-penned songs for a long, long time. "Too Broke" in particular is strongly reminiscent of Guy's sizzling 60s recordings for Chess, and Buddy Guy's reading of Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You Baby" is among the highlights as well.
This is a really fine album, deservingly winning Guy an Emmy in 1991. The sometimes erratic veteran plays some tremendous electric guitar, and the self-penned material shows that Buddy Guy's muse is not spent after all.
Definitely recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Chicago Blues Meets Memphis Soul
Feb 16 2003
Format:Audio CD
This is the one that put Buddy back on the blues map. With the help of several well-known friends, including Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton (who once called him the greatest live blues guitarist), and the great Memphis Horns, Buddy burns on the more uptempo tunes like the soulful groove of "Where Is the Next One Coming From" & a definitive version of the classic "Mustang Sally". Buddy's gritty, passionate vocals are intense without being totally over-the top, & the background vocals are perfect. The slower tunes are not the old, tired, by-the-book standard slow blues, but are leisurely, rolling blues, focused as much on piano & horns as on Buddy's guitar. He closes things out with "Rememberin' Stevie", paying tribute to his own biggest fan.
Fails the test of time
Mar 3 2003
Format:Audio CD
I have owned this album for 12 years and it has not in general passed the test of time. Buddy Guy for me is generally too abrasive and not that great a guitarist. There are some worthwhile tracks such as Where is the next one coming from, Let me love you and particularly Rememberin' Stevie. However there are too few tracks to justify buying the album again.
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Ambassador of Blues
There are two giants that keep on promoting the lifestyle of the blues. The first is B.B. King. The other? Buddy Guy. Here is a man that knows the meaning of the blues. Read more
Published on Nov 4 2002 by Russell Diederich
finally.... buddy gets the recognition he deserves!
to a casual blues fan, buddy was living in relative obscurity till he released this cd in 1991. hardcore blues fans like myself already knew how great a singer/guitarist he was... Read more
Published on July 10 2002 by Paul Tringale
Good blues album with a distinctive style
My first Buddy Guy album. I think it is pretty good. I like the title track. I find the blues classic "5 long years" interesting -- quite different from the BB King... Read more
Published on May 28 2002 by sir_isaac_newton
My Favourite Blues Album Of All Time!
Buddy Guy just has to be the most passionate, intense and bluesy guitarist to ever grace this planet! Read more
Published on Sep 7 2001 by Mark James
DAMN RIGHT I HAVE THE MOTTS
When Buddy Guy played the Hard Rock Café in Bangkok in 1992, he was asked which present day 'Blues' guitarists he liked. Read more
Published on July 21 2001 by Kim Fletcher
Damn Good!
You can feel every guitar note, you can hear every breath in his voice, and you can still feel the groove. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2001 by "genhip"
Damn Good!
You can feel every guitar note, you can hear every breath in his voice, and you can still feel the groove. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2001 by "genhip"
Damn Good!
You can feel every guitar note, you can hear every breath in his voice, and you can still feel the groove. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2001 by "genhip"
Buddy Guy don't need no special guests!
This is a really good Buddy Guy album, not the best, but really good. Buddy shines throughout. The special guests (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler) are really uncessary,... Read more
Published on Jun 5 2001
Great music
This lasts about 54 minutes. 4 tracks feature horns. There are three original Guy tracks. All are great. Read more
Published on Mar 26 2001 by ty7777
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