Customer Reviews
BUDDY + CHESS = classic recordings - By: Mr. R. RPEEL, 18 Nov 2009 
What can i say. This is the worlds most revered electric blues guitarist backin the day on the worlds best blues label.
Say no more!
Fantastic slice of the blues - By: Three Heads Are Better Than One, 22 Oct 2008 This is a great collection of Buddy Guy's Chicago recordings, & they really hit the spot. The guitar playing is wonderful, but not as wild as it should have been due to views of taste from the time!
This is still a superb CD & well worth getting.
The very best of Buddy Guy's Chess sides - By: Docendo Discimus, 17 Apr 2004 If you're only going to buy one Buddy Guy-album, I'd probably go with Rhino's career-spanning "The Very Best Of Buddy Guy".
But this one is pretty much a must-have as well, so buy two, okay? Rhino's disc does include a handful of Guy's Chess sides, but his years at Chess were arguably his best period, & this excellent 15-track compilation brings together the cream of the crop.
These classic 60s recordings burn with unbridled passion - just listen to the smouldering slow blues "Leave My Girl Alone" & "I Cry And Sing The Blues". George "Buddy" Guy is one of the very few bluesmen whose vocals (occationally) match the intensity of the great Elmore James, & his guitar playing is superb - an obvious source of inspiration to men like Eric Clapton & Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Also, the sound on this anniversary compilation is magnificent. Excellent transfers & spacious stereo mixes make these forty-year old recordings sound as sharp as some or other tired cliché about sharp things coming off the laser beam.
If you are into 60s electric blues, this is a must-have purchase. Highly, highly recommended!
