Track Listing
1. First Time I Met the Blues
2. Way You Been Treating Me, The
3. Sit and Cry (The Blues)
4. This Is the End
5. Stone Crazy
6. When My Left Eye Jumps
7. My Time After While
8. Hold That Plane
9. Hello San Francisco
10. Five Long Years
11. First Time I Met the Blues
12. Man of Many Words, A
13. T-Bone Shuffle
14. When You See the Tears From My Eyes
15. Ten Years Ago
16. Blues at My Baby's House
17. She Suits Me to a T
18. Just Teasin'
| Details | | Playing Time: | 74 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Eric Clapton, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon | | Producer: | James Austin (Compilation) | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
Personnel: Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Eric Clapton, Otis Rush, Phil Guy, Lefty Bates, Terry Taylor (guitar); Junior Wells (harmonica); Jarret Gibson, Bob Neely, Donald Hankins, Harold Ashby, McKinley Easton, Carlson Oliver, Eddie Jones, Jackie Brenston, A.C. Reed (saxophone); Sonny Turner, Murray Watson (trumpet); Little Brother Montgomery, Harold Burrage, Otis Spann, Lafayette Leake, Leonard Caston, Junior Mance, Dr. John, Pinetop Perkins (keyboards); Willie Dixon, Jack Meyers, Ernest Johnson, Carl Radle, Leroy Stewart, Mike Morrison (bass); Fred Below, Odie Payne, Clifton James, Jesse Lewis, Jim Gordon, Roosevelt Shaw, Dallas Taylor, Ray Allison (drums).
THE VERY BEST OF BUDDY GUY contains recordings from 1958-1985.
Legendary Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy was one of the most progressive blues artists of the '50s and '60s who still maintained roots in the Windy City tradition pioneered by the likes of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and B.B. King. This retrospective examines several phases of the singer/guitarist's career, from his earliest demos in 1957 to his early-'80s recordings, with stellar examples of what made Guy a legend in his own time.
"When My Left Eye Jumps" is a haunting 1962 recording of an eerie Willie Dixon composition, with pianist Lafayette Leake supporting Guy's telling of the superstitious tale. "My Time After a While" showcases the urgent, emotive vocal and piercing, rapid-fire guitar that were Guy's trademarks. The 1970 version included here of one of Guy's earliest singles, "First Time I Met the Blues" is a tour-de-force, an unforgettable, scorching portrait of a man who cannot escape from the dark side of life. There are so many great tracks to choose from in Guy's catalog that no compilation could ever be truly comprehensive, but this one comes incredibly close.
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