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- Summary: The blues guitarist's latest solo album features Carlos Santana and B.B. King as guests.
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- Record Label: Jive
- Genre(s): Rap, Blues, Pop/Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues, Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues
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| Stay Around a Little Longer | |
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| I thank the Lord for letting me stay around a little longer Till I got, got a lot more to give I thank the Lord for letting me stay around a little... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Nov 29, 2010Seventy-four years on, he has recorded what is surely the blues album of the year.
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UncutDec 20, 2010There are lots of martial bust-ups and squalls of fretboard fury that show that Buddy may be old but he's still wild. [Jan 2011, p.88]
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Dec 22, 2010Whilst Living Proof is very much the blues, Buddy Guy's solos give this a rawness that swells with discord, and the result feels more akin to the avant-garde guitar days of Sonic Youth and Shellac.
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Oct 26, 2010The guitar legend still plays with the energy of a teenager-albeit a highly talented one-just starting out. And when he gets his dander up on such tracks as "Too Soon" and "Let the Door Knob Hit Ya," Guy can still diss like a street gangsta
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Oct 29, 2010From the Stratocaster sizzle of "Key Don't Fit" to the piercing Telecaster sting of the title track, it's the best batch of blues Guy's cooked up in years.
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Nov 4, 2010What's wrong with the record is plain. The lyrics' first-person mythmaking gets trite. The guest appearances sound fainthearted, tailored to the ears of Grammy voters. But the heart of the record is deeply, honorably misbehaved.
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Q MagazineJan 6, 2011Even if the songs aren't much more than workmanlike, they're good enough to showcase the man's still mighty roar and shattering guitar playing. [Jan 2011, p.142]
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Nov 7, 2010
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