Buddy Guy: Left My Blues In San Francisco-1987 Chess Analog Reissue 12" Record

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1987 Analog Reissue of Classic 1967 Chess Release of Composer/Guitar Master/Pioneering Blues Vocalist Buddy Guy Entitled Left My Blues in San Francisco, Produced by Gene Barge, Orchestration by Charles Stepney and Barge, Edited by Malcolm Chisholm & Dave Purple, Supervising Engineer Is Ron Malo, Research and Coordination by Bob Schnieders, Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan in Los Angeles - "He's Chicago's blues king today, ruling his domain just as his idol and mentor Muddy Waters did before him. Yet there was a time, and not all that long ago either, when Buddy Guy couldn't even negotiate a decent record deal. Times sure have changed for the better ? Guy's first three albums for Silvertone in the '90s all earned Grammys. Eric Clapton unabashedly calls Buddy Guy his favorite blues axeman, and so do a great many adoring fans worldwide. High-energy guitar histrionics and boundless on-stage energy have always been Guy trademarks, along with a tortured vocal style that's nearly as distinctive as his incendiary rapid-fire fretwork. He's come a long way from his beginnings on the 1950s Baton Rouge blues scene ? at his first gigs with bandleader "Big Poppa" John Tilley, the young guitarist had to chug a stomach-jolting concoction of Dr. Tichenor's antiseptic and wine to ward off an advanced case of stage fright. But by the time he joined harpist Raful Neal's band, Guy had conquered his nervousness." -"Buddy Guy's last Chess album finds him shifting gears to keep up with the scene. His turns on "Keep It to Yourself," "Crazy Love," "When My Left Eye Jumps," "Leave My Girl Alone," and "I Suffer With the Blues" are some examples of this mercurial guitarist at his explosive best. The rest of the album is filled with groovy, soul-styled workouts; some of them succeed and some sound a bit dated, but overall this is one of Buddy's stronger efforts." - Spectacular Personnel for the Various Lineups Feature Living Legend Buddy Guy & Vocals, Matt Murphy or Lefty Bates on Additional Guitars, Phil Upchurch, Reggie Boyd, Jack Meyers or Leroy Stewart on Bass, Charles Stepney or Phil Thomas on Drums, the Brilliant Lafayette Leake on Organ, Jarrett Gibson, the Great Gene Barge, Abe Locke, the Talented A.C. Reed or Milton Bland on Tenor Saxes and Sonny Turner & Murray Watson on Trumpets! - Selections on Side 1 Are Sonny Boy Williamson's Keep It to Yourself, Willie Dixon's Crazy Love, the Buddy Guy Penned I Suffer with the Blues, A. Perkins/Willie Dixon's When My Left Eye Jumps and the Gene Barge Classic Buddy's Groove - Tracks for Side 2 Are the Wilie Dixon Standard Goin' Home, Original Buddy Guy Compositions She Suits Me to a Tee, Leave My Girl Alone, Willie Dixon's Too Many Ways, Gene Barge's Mother-in-Law & the Matt Murphy/Willie Dixon Classic Every Girl I See - Used Copy, Cover Has a very Light Surface Ring, Record Very Good++, Product Code CH-9262 - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -