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Left My Blues in San Francisco is the debut studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy, released in 1967.[4][5] Future Rotary Connection producer and keyboardist Charles Stepney provided orchestration and drums on some tracks. The album is a mix of older blues tunes and four Buddy Guy originals.

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Left My Blues in San Francisco
Studio album by Buddy Guy
Released	1967
Recorded	1962, 1965 - 1967, Chicago, IL
Studio	Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago
Genre	Blues
Length	32:03
Label	Chess (#LP 1527/LPS 1527)
Producer	Gene Barge
Buddy Guy chronology
Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) A Man and the Blues (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Critical reception

Reviewing a reissue, The Advocate wrote that "the album’s hodgepodge of styles—soul, rhythm and blues, pop and blues—forms a fascinating time capsule from which Guy’s irrepressible personality and fiery guitar do emerge."[6]

Track listing

Personnel

• Buddy Guy - lead guitar, lead vocals
• Gene Barge - tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10 and 11, production & orchestration
• Lefty Bates - rhythm guitar on track 4
• Milton Bland - tenor saxophone on track 8
• Reggie Boyd - bass guitar on tracks 2, 9, and 11
• Jarrett Gibson - tenor saxophone on track 4
• Lafayette Leake - Hammond organ on track 4
• Abe Locke - tenor saxophone on track 4
• Jack Meyers - bass on track 4
• Matt "Guitar" Murphy - guitar on tracks 2, 8, 9 and 11
• A.C. Reed - tenor saxophone on track 8
• Leroy Stewart - bass guitar on track 8
• Charles Stepney - orchestration, drums on tracks 1, 7, and 10
• Phil Thomas - drums on tracks 2, 4, 9, and 11
• Sonny Turner - trumpet on track 4
• Phil Upchurch - bass guitar on tracks 1, 7, and 10
• Murray Watson - trumpet on track 4

A number of the names of the musicians who contributed to these sessions have been lost to posterity. These are the baritone saxophonist on tracks 1, 7 and 10; bassist on tracks 3, 5 and 6; drummer on tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8; rhythm guitarist on tracks 1, 5, 7 and 10; organist on tracks 3 and 8; pianist on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11; and tenor saxophonist on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10

Technical

• Ron Malo - recording supervisor, engineer
• Max Cooperstein - supervision
• Jerry Griffith - album design, cover photography
• Bill Utterback - illustration

References

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