Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
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Free Music Review: Raw Blues Guitar at Its Finest
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been fascinated with Buddy Guy's no-holds-barred, strangely idiosyncratic, funky string-bending blues guitar style since the first time I heard him on a Chess L.P. record in the 1960s.
There's nothing generic about Buddy's playing, and like Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Carl Perkins and Billy Byrd, Buddy's guitar solos exhibit a personal, trademark sound that is immediately identifiable.
Buddy's guitar sound is like an unleashed wild animal-probing, prowling, and fearless.
And his expressive blues singing is every bit as rawboned and powerful as his guitar playing.
Most of the songs are gritty 12-bar blues numbers, which is Buddy Guy's forte. There is a bit of funk blues and rock blues here, too. A few songs, such as "Out in the Woods," are reminiscent of the exciting postwar Chicago blues of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and Elmore James-the musicians who were Buddy Guy's inspiration and teachers.
The crisp, twangy Fender Stratocaster guitar sound is featured throughout the recording. The Strat is a fine guitar for playing blues and is played by numerous blues guitarists including Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, and many others.
It is a fine recording and a fine testimony to Buddy Guy's amazing talent and durability.
Free Music Review: RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "BUDDY GUY CONTINUES TO BE UNAFFECTED BY FATHER-TIME!"
Hit: 5 Stars
Buddy Guy will be seventy-two-years-old on July 30th 2008, and he simply defies the hands-of-time. This CD highlights a voice that is as strong as a man half his age. He still effortlessly hits the high notes at absolute full throttle without the slightest sign of effort. The energy that emanates from his guitar, when he "bends" the strings like blues strings were meant to be bent.... has been matched by only a select few guitarists in modern blues history. Guest appearances by Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Robert Randolph, Eric Clapton, and the Memphis Horns, among others, simply helps elevate this CD to a "classic" level.
This CD contains twelve songs totaling approximately fifty-eight minutes of Blues. Included within the twelve songs, are two tunes over five-minutes-and forty-seconds in length... and two songs that are over seven-minutes long. As true electric blue's fans will attest to... once you really get the blues... you need more than five minutes to fully appreciate them.
This release reinforces once again... that... BUDDY GUY... IS THE GREATEST LIVING ELECTRIC BLUES PERFORMER. This is a must buy CD.
Free Music Review: Fantastic Buddy Guy.
Hit: 5 Stars
It's great to be able to listen to an album of all new originals by the living rock n' roll legend that is Buddy Guy. The music sounds modern and crisp, and I read in an interview that this might be his 'best and most emotional' work and something that he has wanted to create since he was 22 - I agree that this is as good as any Buddy Guy I've listened to. "Out In The Woods' is a killer song in my opinion and so is the album closer "I Found Hapiness"; "Lyin' Like A Dog" has some vicious Buddy Guy blues guitar playing; "Who's Gonna Fill Those Shoes" (which contains a solo by a 8 year old kid, he's 9 now I heard) gets emotional for me just hearing the names of all the Blues greats Buddy mentions throughout the song; and as for the title track "Skin Deep", it sees Buddy in his slow tempo, melodic and beautiful way in the vein of "Feels Like Rain". Well summing up there is nothing bad on this album (and everything good about the blues on it) and it's a great enjoyable album that I highly recommend checking out. "Stone Crazy" was released in 1981, "Skin Deep" is how top notch blues music sounds like in 2008.Free Music Review: Plangent chords possessed by the ghosts of John Lee Hooker
Hit: 5 Stars
You want some strong blues by the best players around, this is your CD. Guy plays some funky hard guitar here and he's got Robert Randolph (who some say is the next Jimi Hendrix) and Eric Clapton right up there playing with him. And if you want some serious gritty female vocals, there's always Susan Tedeschi.
I usually mention a couple of favorites. So far, "Out in the Woods" is the song that's gotten the most repeats. Think New Orleans bayou on a full moon night with the loup garous howling. This is one where Randolph plays, and the guitars are just howling.
"Best Damn Fool," which is the CD opener, epitomizes the blues sentiment.
Guy and Tedeschi were intended to sing together. Just listen to the two of them on "Too Many Tears."
I have a feeling this one's not going to get out of my CD player for a long time. My prediction is "Skin Deep" is going to be one of the best albums of 2008.
Rebecca Kyle, August 2008
Free Music Review: Look Out!
Hit: 5 Stars
Look Out! Just when you think that Buddy has done everything he can do, he puts out this CD! Wow! The Memphis Horns, Willie Mitchell,Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph and Quinn Sullivan all were good choices for Buddy to work with.
You can tell he was really democratic and hung loose on this album. Everybody gets their turn to shine on their respective songs AND Buddy's guitar playing is always definitely THERE--without blowing everybody out of the water!
I'd say this is one of his best! And to think I bought this CD on a whim (after seeing Buddy perform in the STONES' "Shine A Light" I-Max movie)!
Whether he is getting older or not doesn't matter. He is getting better and better and still can lay down those scorching, seething, and firey blistering leads!
Buddy Rules!
Thanks, Buddy!
Mike Byron
Rochester, MN