Live: The Real Deal

Buddy Guy

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Live: The Real Deal Review

by Bill Dahl

As close as Buddy Guy's ever likely to come to recapturing the long-lost Chess sound. Cut live at his popular Chicago nightspot, Buddy Guy's Legends, with guitarist G.E. Smith's horn-leavened Saturday Night Live Band and pianist Johnnie Johnson in lush support, Guy revisits his roots on sumptuous readings of "I've Got My Eyes on You," "Ain't That Lovin' You," "My Time After Awhile," and "First Time I Met the Blues." No outrageous rock-based solos or Cream/Hendrix/Stevie Ray homages; this is the Buddy Guy album that purists have salivated for the last quarter century or so.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	I've Got My Eyes on You Willie Dixon / Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	04:10	Spotify Amazon
2	Sweet Little Angel B.B. King / Robert Nighthawk	Buddy Guy	07:49
3	Talk to Me Baby Elmore James	Buddy Guy	03:57	Spotify Amazon
4	My Time After Awhile Ron Badger / Ronald Bager / Sheldon Feinberg / Robert Geddins / Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	07:41	Spotify Amazon
5	I've Got News for You Ray Alfred / Roy Alfred	Buddy Guy	13:02	Spotify Amazon
6	Damn Right, I've Got the Blues Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	07:42	Spotify Amazon
7	First Time I Met the Blues Eurreal Montgomery	Buddy Guy	06:59	Spotify Amazon
8	Ain't That Loving You Deadric Malone	Buddy Guy	05:48	Spotify Amazon
9	Let Me Love You Baby Willie Dixon	Buddy Guy	05:48	Spotify Amazon