music.wikisort.org - CompositionLiving Proof is Buddy Guy's 15th studio album. After nearly fifty years in the music business, this was Guy's highest charting album ever (until the release of Rhythm & Blues in 2013), peaking at no. 46 on the main Billboard album chart. It won the 2011 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album.[8]
2010 studio album by Buddy Guy
Living Proof |
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Released | 25 October 2010 |
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Studio | Blackbird Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Genre | Chicago blues, blues rock, electric blues |
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Length | 55:21 |
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Label | Silvertone, Jive |
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Producer | Tom Hambridge |
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Skin Deep (2008) |
Living Proof (2010) |
Rhythm & Blues (2013) |
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- "Stay Around a Little Longer"
Released: 10 September 2010[1]
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Professional ratingsAggregate scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Metacritic | 74/100[2] |
Review scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |     [3] |
Billboard | (favourable)[4] |
Chicago Tribune |    [5] |
Rolling Stone |     [6] |
Classic Rock |          [7] |
The album loosely follows the progression of Guy's life. "Living Proof was designed partially as an aural autobiography from the legendary Buddy Guy, opening up with the stark summation “74 Years Young,” then running through songs that often address some aspect of a working musician's life."[3]
Musicians
- The Memphis Horns – horns (tr. 3) are
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Tom McGinley – tenor saxophone
- Jack Hale – trombone
- Bekka Bramlett, Wendy Moten – backing vocals
Personnel
- Tom Hambridge - producer
- Vance Powell, John Netti, Jim Reitzel, Rob Root, Colin Linden, Michael St. Leon – engineers
- Ducky Carlisle – mixing engineer
- Nick Autry – assistant engineer, production assistant
- Mike Rooney, Joel Margolis – assistant engineers
- Gilbert Garza – guitar technician
- Ray Kennedy – mastering
Track listing
Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "74 Years Young" | Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson | 4:34[3] |
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2. | "Thank Me Someday" | Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge | 5:42 |
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3. | "On the Road" | Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge | 4:11 |
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4. | "Stay Around a Little Longer" (feat. B.B. King) | Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson | 5:00 |
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5. | "Key Don't Fit" | Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson | 5:02 |
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6. | "Living Proof" | Tom Hambridge | 3:45 |
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7. | "Where the Blues Begins" (feat. Carlos Santana) | Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson | 4:37 |
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8. | "Too Soon" | Richard Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge | 3:26 |
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9. | "Everybody's Got to Go" | Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge | 3:57 |
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10. | "Let the Door Knob Hit Ya" | Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge | 3:44 |
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11. | "Guess What" | Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge | 5:44 |
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12. | "Skanky" | Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge | 4:16 |
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Charts
Chart (2010) |
Peak position |
French Albums (SNEP)[10] |
126 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] |
75 |
US Billboard 200[12] |
46 |
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[13] |
1 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] |
10 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[15] |
8 |
References
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Related articles |
- Rashawnna Guy (daughter)
- Phil Guy (brother)
- Chicago blues
- Electric blues
- Junior Wells
- Buddy Guy's Legends
- Checkerboard Lounge
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