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Skin DeepBuddy Guy
Release Date: 07/15/2008
Original Release:
2008
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 1030456_VY
UPC # 886973162910
Label: Zomba (USA)
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Disc: 1
1.
Best Damn Fool - (featuring The Memphis Horns/Willie Mitchell)
2.
Too Many Tears - (featuring Derek Trucks/Susan Tedeschi)
3.
Lyin' Like A Dog
4.
Show Me The Money
5.
Everytime I Sing The Blues - (featuring Eric Clapton)
6.
Out In The Woods - (featuring Robert Randolph)
7.
Hammer And A Nail
8.
That's My Home - (featuring Robert Randloph)
9.
Skin Deep - (featuring Derek Trucks)
10.
Who's Gonna Fill Those Shoes - (featuring Quinn Sullivan)
11.
Smell The Funk
12.
I Found Happiness
Performer: Buddy Guy
Artist: The Memphis Horns; Willie Mitchell; Derek Trucks; Susan Tedeschi; Eric Clapton; Robert Randolph; Robert Randloph; Quinn Sullivan Distributor: Sony Music Distribution ( Notes: By the time SKIN DEEP was released in 2008, Buddy Guy was in his early 70s. The thing is, there are only a few tell-tale signs that Guy has aged any since his blistering work from the 1960s and `70s, and these signs-which include the slick, contemporary production, and the veteran-performer trend of having a parade of guest artists on the album-- are largely superficial. In truth, Guy still plays and sings like the urban blues monster he remains. From the slinky, sexy opener, "Best Damn Fool," to the blues history lesson of "Who's Gonna Fill Those Shoes," to the slow-burn closer "I Found Happiness," Guy doesn't seem to have mellowed with age. In fact, he wails and shreds here with as much passion as ever. Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, and Robert Randolph all lend a hand, but Buddy is in charge here, much the way he has always been.
Rolling Stone (p.92) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Guy is a blues man, not a protest singer, and when he wields his ax with perfect restraint over the organ and loping bass line of 'I Found Happiness,' you best believe that's what he's done."
Living Blues (p.39) - "SKIN DEEP is a return to form for Buddy Guy....On the opening track, 'Best Damn Fool,' Guy comes roaring out of the gate with a vicious guitar attack and a four-piece horn section blasting behind him."
Eric Clapton once called Buddy Guy "the greatest blues guitarist ever." Guy, along with contemporary Magic Sam, took the sounds of Chicago blues of the 1950s and ratcheted them up a notch, in the process creating a new form of controlled blues mayhem. Born in Louisiana, he moved to Chicago as a young man in 1957 and served an apprenticeship with Chicago blues king Muddy Waters while getting his own solo career underway. Guy's frequent collaborations with harmonica player Junior Wells are among his best work.
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Animals (The) Beck, Jeff Butterfield, Paul Clapton, Eric Copeland, Johnny Dixon, Willie Hendrix, Jimi Knopfler, Mark Lang, Jonny Magic Sam Mance, Junior Mayall, John Page, Jimmy Peterson, Lucky Rea, Chris Rogers, Jimmy (Blues) Rolling Stones (The) Rush, Otis Taylor, Koko Tedeschi, Susan Vaughan, Stevie Ray Walter, Little Wells, Junior Wolf, Howlin' Yardbirds (The)
Influences:
Dixon, Willie Hooker, Earl James, Elmore King, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie Lenoir, J.B. Rogers, Jimmy (Blues) Walker, T-Bone Walter, Little Waters, Muddy Williamson, Sonny Boy
Similar Genres:
Contemporary Blues
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