Can't Quit the Blues

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Ever since he made his first recording in 1957, Buddy Guy has been one of the giants of the blues. His intense guitar solos, personable and emotional vocals, and his dedication to the blues (while displaying versatility within its many variations) have always made him a vital force.

Can't Quit The Blues celebrates Buddy Guy's legacy and was released at the time of his 70th birthday in 2006. The box contains three CDs that trace his career from 1957-2006. The 57 selections include his debut (The Way You Been Treating Me), First Time I Met The Blues, I Can't Quit The Blues, One Room Country Shack, Damn Right I've Got The Blues, She's Nineteen Years Old, Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar (one of five previously unreleased performances), several meetings with harmonica player Junior Wells and a collaboration with Keith Richards on The Price You Gotta Pay.

In addition, the box contains a very valuable DVD that includes a 90-minute documentary about Guy's life plus 11 complete performances from 1974-2004, taken from five different Montreux Festivals and a 2004 appearance in Seattle.

This is the type of treatment that Buddy Guy deserves for he has been one of the major bluesmen ever since he moved to Chicago in 1957. Highly recommended.

-Scott Yanow

Extended Article

On May 30, 1957, Buddy Guy recorded his first demo in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Four months later he took a train to Chicago. Over the course of the next 50 years - from his early Chess sessions with Muddy Waters to his legendary collaborations with Junior Wells to present day sessions with John Mayer and Eric Clapton - Buddy Guy would go on to influence generation after generation of guitar players. This three-CD/one-DVD set commemorates the 70th birthday of this electrifying Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitar pioneer.

DVD Special Features

My Time After Awhile (DVD) presents the life and storied career of legendary blues guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Guy.

This authorized documentary is filled with rare footage and unseen photographs that detail Guy's remarkable journey from the hardscrabble plantation fields of Lettsworth, Louisiana to Chicago and international recognition throughout the world.

Filmed at Legends, his popular blues club in Chicago, Guy details his early musical development, stints at such fabled blues labels as Cobra and Chess Records as well as his memorable collaborations with such icons as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Junior Wells.

My Time After Awhile is filled with rare and previously unreleased footage, spanning four unforgettable decades. These include vintage excerpts from the 1965 American Folk Blues Festival, live performances with Junior Wells, Big Mama Thornton, Carlos Santana, Joe Satriani and Jack Bruce, as well as recent acoustic renditions of such favorites as Louise McGhee, Lucy Mae Blues and What'd I Say.

In addition to the 90-minute documentary, the DVD features 11 complete performances never-before-issued on home video. They include:

Ten Years Ago; Hoodoo Man Blues; Messin' With the Kid; Come On in This House; Sweet Little Angel; Damn Right, I've Got the Blues; Drowning on Dry Land; Tramp; Mustang Sally; What'd I Say; Louise McGhee.

Buddy Guy, Vocals/Guitar; Junior Wells, Vocals/Harmonica; Bill Wyman, Dave Myers, Greg Rzab, Orlando Wright, Larry Taylor, Basses; Terry Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Scott Holt, Frank Blinkal, Jimbo Mathus, Guitars; Dallas Taylor, Odie Payne, Kevin Johnson, Ray Allison, Jerry Porter, Drums; Pinetop Perkins, Piano; Anthony Zmagni, Organ; John Kattke, Keyboards; Jason Moynihan, Sax.

Contents

The Way You Been Treating Me; Sit and Cry (The Blues); This Is the End; Untitled Instrumental; First Time I Met the Blues; Ten Years Ago; Let Me Love You Baby; Stone Crazy; When My Left Eye Jumps; Hoodoo Man Blues; In the Wee Hours; I Can't Quit the Blues; One Room Country Shack; T-Bone Shuffle; When you See the Tears From My Eyes (Live); I Smell a Rat; She Suits Me to a T; D.J. Play My Blues; Damn Right, I've Got the Blues; Mustang Sally; Five Long Years; Mary Ann; She's Nineteen Years Old; Miss Ida B; Feels Like Rain; 7-11; I Smell Trouble; Someone Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out, Slippin' In); My Time After Awhile (Live); Your Mind Is on Vacation*; Midnight Train; Totally Out of Control*; Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar*; Baby Please Don't Leave Me; Done Got Old; Honey Bee*; Tramp; Crawlin' Kingsnake; Moanin' and Groanin'; Bad Life Blues; I Can't Be Satisfied (Live); First Time I Met the Blues (Live); I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy*; Somebody's Sleeping in My Bed; I Miss You*; Cut You Loose; The Price You Gotta Pay.

(*Previously unreleased/unavailable on CD.)

Buddy Guy, Johnny Lang, Bonnie Raitt, Vocals/Guitars; Phil Guy, Otis Rush, Lefty Bates, Wayne Bennett, Eric Clapton, Terry Taylor, Doug Williams, Neil Hubbard, Jeff Beck, John Porter, Johnny Lee Schell, Scott Holt, David Grissom, G.E. Smith, Jack Holder, Jimbo Mathus, B.B. King, Danny Kortchmar, Keb' Mo', John Mayer, Keith Richards, Guitars; Sonny Turner, Murray Watson, Sid Gauld, Darell Leonard, Ron Tooley, Ben Cauley, Trumpets; Neil Sidwell, Dennis Wilson, Jack Hale, Trombones; George Young, Alto Sax; Bob Neely, Jarrett Gibson, Donald Hankins, Abe Locke, A.C. Reed, Joe Sublett, Lenny Pickett, Andrew Love, Lannie McMillan, Tenor Saxes; McKinley Easton, Marty Grebb, Lew Del Gatto, Baritone Saxes; Jim Horn, Baritone Sax/Flute; Aaron Corthen, Bobby Fields, Malcolm Duncan, Saxes; Little Brother Montgomery, Otis Spann, Dr. John, Pinetop Perkins, Bill Payne, Ian McLagan, Johnnie Johnson, Pianos; Lafayette Leake, Mick Weaver, Reese Wynans, Pianos/Organs; Leon Pendarvis, Ivan Neville, Organs; Bernie Worrell, Keyboards; Willie Dixon, Jack Meyers, Leroy Stewart, Bill Wyman, J.W. Williams, Mike Morrison, Greg Rzab, Tommy Shannon, Paul Ossola, David M. Smith, Davey Faragher, Larry Taylor, Willie Weeks, Basses; Tony Garnier, Upright Bass; Odie Payne, Clifton James, Fred Below, Phil Thomas, Billy Warren, Roosevelt Shaw, Dallas Taylor, Ray Allison, Richie Hayward, Chris Layton, Shawn Pelton, Spam, Jim Keltner, Steve Jordan, Drums; Tony Braunagle, David Z, Percussion; Junior Wells, Vocals/Harmonica; Jimmy Powers, Harmonica; Renee Geyer, Shemekia Copeland, Vocals; The Perrys, Handclaps; The Texicali Horns; The Saturday Night Live Band.

This three-CD set also contains a DVD with 90-minutes of documentary material and 11 complete performances never-before-issued on home video. They include: Ten Years Ago; Hoodoo Man Blues; Messin' With the Kid; Come On in This House; Sweet Little Angel; Damn Right, I've Got the Blues; Drowning on Dry Land; Tramp; Mustang Sally; What'd I Say; Louise McGhee.

Buddy Guy, Vocals/Guitar; Junior Wells, Vocals/Harmonica; Bill Wyman, Dave Myers, Greg Rzab, Orlando Wright, Larry Taylor, Basses; Terry Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Scott Holt, Frank Blinkal, Jimbo Mathus, Guitars; Dallas Taylor, Odie Payne, Kevin Johnson, Ray Allison, Jerry Porter, Drums; Pinetop Perkins, Piano; Anthony Zmagni, Organ; John Kattke, Keyboards; Jason Moynihan, Sax.

3 CDs & 1 DVD