Blues Singer
| Blues Singer | ||||
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| Released | 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Sweet Tea Recording Studio, Oxford, Mississippi | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 49:25 | |||
| Label | Silvertone Records | |||
| Producer | Dennis Herring | |||
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Blues Singer is the 12th studio album by Buddy Guy[1] released in 2003 through Silvertone Records.
The album is all acoustic and dedicated to John Lee Hooker with the line, "In Memory of John Lee Hooker. You are missed."
Background
[edit | edit source]The album was created as a tribute to Muddy Waters' acoustic album Folk Singer.[2] B.B. King and Eric Clapton made guest appearances on "Crawling King Snake", with Clapton also playing guitar on "Lucy Mae Blues."[3][2] Following the previous album Sweet Tea (2001), Dennis Herring, who had worked on recordings by artists such as Counting Crows, was again appointed as the producer.[3][4]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| Robert Christgau |  |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [5] |
On the Billboard 200, the album peaked at number 188 on June 21, 2003, but fell out of the top 200 the following week.[6] It reached number 3 on Billboard's Blues Albums chart[7] and number 12 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[8]
At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.[9] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for AllMusic, gave the album 2 out of 5 stars, stating that while Sweet Tea (2001) was filled with unexpectedly raw energy, Blues Singer (2003), by contrast, placed a strong emphasis on acoustic elements rather than the powerful, gritty electric blues of its predecessor. He also noted that although Guy had previously recorded strong acoustic sessions with Junior Wells, acoustic blues could not be considered his defining strength.[10]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hard Time Killing Floor" | Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Crawling King Snake" | John Lee Hooker, Bernard Bosman | 5:17 |
| 3. | "Lucy Mae Blues" | Frankie Lee Sims | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Can't See Baby" | Jack Nelson Owens | 4:05 |
| 5. | "I Love the Life I Live" | Willie Dixon | 2:47 |
| 6. | "Louise McGhee" | Son House | 5:24 |
| 7. | "Moanin' and Groanin'" | Johnny Shines | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Black Cat Blues" | John Lee Hooker, Bernard Bosman | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Bad Life Blues" | Andrew Hogg, Joe Josen | 3:45 |
| 10. | "Sally Mae" | John Lee Hooker | 4:25 |
| 11. | "Anna Lee" | Robert "Nighthawk" McCollum | 4:15 |
| 12. | "Lonesome Home Blues" | Willie Borum | 5:00 |
Personnel
[edit | edit source]Musicians
[edit | edit source]- Buddy Guy – guitar, vocals
- Jimbo Mathus – guitar
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Tony Garnier – upright bass
- Eric Clapton[11] – lead guitar on tracks 2, 3
- B. B. King[12] – lead guitar on track 2
- The Perrys – snaps and handclaps
Production
[edit | edit source]- Dennis Herring – producer
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- ^ Eric Clapton appears courtesy of Reprise Records
- ^ B. B. King appears courtesy of MCA Records
External links
[edit | edit source]- Blues Singer at Discogs (list of releases)
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