A Man and the Blues | ||||
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Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1968 | |||
Studio | Universal Studios, Chicago | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 37:51[1][2] | |||
Label | Vanguard | |||
Producer | Samuel Charters | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | (positive) [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A Man and the Blues is the second studio album by blues guitarist Buddy Guy. It was recorded and released in 1968 on Vanguard Records. It features four Guy originals, a cover of Barrett Strong's Tamla Motown hit "Money", and a playful adaptation of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb", covered in a similar fashion by Stevie Ray Vaughan in the 1980s.
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "A Man and the Blues" | Buddy Guy | 6:17 |
2. | "I Can't Quit the Blues" | Buddy Guy | 3:15 |
3. | "Money (That's What I Want)" | Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford | 2:49 |
4. | "One Room Country Shack" | Mercy Dee Walton | 5:35 |
5. | "Mary Had a Little Lamb" | Traditional; lyrics and music: Buddy Guy | 2:27 |
6. | "Just Playing My Axe" | Buddy Guy | 2:50 |
7. | "Sweet Little Angel" | B.B. King | 5:35 |
8. | "Worry, Worry" | Pluma Davis, Jules Taub | 6:14 |
9. | "Jam on a Monday Morning" | Buddy Guy | 2:50 |
Personnel
[edit]- Buddy Guy - lead guitar, lead vocals
- Otis Spann - piano
- Wayne Bennett - rhythm guitar
- Jack Myers - bass guitar
- Donald Hankins, Aaron Corthen, Bobby Fields - saxophones
- Lonny Taylor, Fred Below - drums, percussion
- Technical
- Fred Holtz - cover design
- Lee Tanner - photography
References
[edit]- ^ "Buddy Guy - Man and the Blues CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 1990-10-25. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ^ "Music: A Man And The Blues (CD) by Buddy Guy". Tower.com. 1990-10-25. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ^ Dahl, Bill. "Buddy Guy: A Man and the Blues > Review". Allmusic.
- ^ Gifford, Barry (10 August 1968), Records, Rolling Stone
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
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- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.