Customer Reviews
Damn right he HAS got the blues - By: Tramps like us, 28 Jun 2007 
Buddy Guy celebrates his new recording contract with Silvertone by setting out his stall from the very first track - the title which features some exceptionally fiery guitar playing & there's some lovely fluid guitar playing all over this album. As well as this facet Buddy Guy shows his softer - more "bluesier" side on "Five Long Years" & "Black Night" - the two longest tracks on the album. The album features a stellar cast of guitar greats - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck & Mark Knopfler but Buddy Guy's guitar burns the brightest of them all. There's an odd cover here of "Mustang Sally" which is taken a tad slower than normal but works well. The last track - "Remembering Stevie" isin homage to the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan & is a beautiful poignant instrumental.
Great introduction to the great man - By: Macca, 30 Jan 2007 I first got into Buddy Guy after he appeared with Eric Clapton at the RAHin 1990. This is a terrific album, which was released on the back of the surgein popularity he received after the shows with EC.
It's a classic blues album - simple, not over-produced, & with a 'live' feel that all good records have.
Whilst it doesn't capture the full-on soloing that you get on Slippin In or Sweet Tea it is a really strong all-round effort. The highlights are the title track, Rememberin Stevie & Five Long Years. Ahead of all of these though is Black Night which is a tour de force of a slow blues. The restraint & tone of the performance is quite incredible.
Highly recommended
Great comeback - By: Docendo Discimus, 08 Mar 2004 
Excellent production & mixing, crisp, clear sound, & a strong track list makes this one of Buddy Guy's strongest records, his best latter-day album alongside "Slippin' In".
The track list is really strong, spanning classic electric blues, Memphis soul, and, well, John Hiatt. Guy's cover of Hiatt's "Where Is The Next One Coming From" is pretty good, but doesn't really add anything new to the song, & we don't really need another version of "Early In The Morning", especially not this bland one.
But Guy's eight-minute rendition of Eddie Boyd's classic "Five Long Years" is a delicious, smouldering slow blues, & he lays down a great "Mustang Sally" & a fine rendition of Big Jay McNeely's slow, mournful "There Is Something On Your Mind".
His expressive tenor voice suits the slow, tortured blues songs on this set very well, but Guy performs equally well on the powerful, swaggering title track & the mid-tempo "Too Broke To Spend The Night", two of his best self-penned songs for a long, long time. "Too Broke"in particular is strongly reminiscent of Guy's sizzling 60s recordings for Chess, & Buddy Guy's reading of Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You Baby" is among the highlights as well.
This is a really fine album, deservingly winning Guy an Emmyin 1991. The sometimes erratic veteran plays some tremendous electric guitar, & the self-penned material shows that Buddy Guy's muse is not spent after all.
Highly recommended.
What a fantastic introduction to the work of Buddy Guy - By: , 02 Feb 2002 I came across this title whilst searching for other Blues. The reviews were very enthusiastic, the price was right so I bought the disc. The reviews were "damn right", this is great stuff. Even better that he has Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton & Mark Knoffler guesting. This is the blues as it should be & I'm a convert to the "Guy". ("Damn good" delivery service from Amazon too)
You better believe he's got it! - By: , 24 Jul 2000 Mr. Guy is hot & smoking! This album sure puts the groovein blues - that rough, burnt voice, those steamy nights & that unmistaken, god given gift of truly feeling the music & shooting it up to the sky. For real. Enjoy.
