Living Proof

Si eres aficionado al Blues, seguramente ya conoces a Buddy Guy. En lo personal, está entre mis favoritos e intentó comprar todo sus discos en vinilo. La grabación de este disco es buena pero hay otras de mayor calidad.

Usual soothing Blues play from the Master Crafts living legend Buddy Guy. Thanks Mastero.

Love the design, love the songs. Great to play at spare time.

Must have if blues electric guitar guy

Fantastic product. My son loved the quality and the service.

Buddy Guy ' Living Proof! Da gefällt mir als erstes einmal das schöne Cover. Ein strahlender Buddy Guy in einem auf alt gestalteten Papier. In dem Heftchen befinden sich jedoch viele bunte Fotos eines immer noch sehr agilen Buddy.Das Album beginnt mit den Worten: 'I`m 74 years young' und das ist das Programm für das gesamte Album. Buddy ist nicht 74 years old! Nein er ist immer noch jung. Vielmehr seine traditionelle Bluesmusik ist immer noch jung und frisch. Das Album trotzt nur so voll Lebenskraft. Hier gibt es Bluesrock der allerersten Güte zu hören. Die Mitstreiter an seiner Seite sind auch durchweg Garanten für Musik auf höchstem Niveau. So gibt es ein gemeinsames Stelldichein mit B.B. King bei dem Song 'Stay Around A Little Longer'. Das ist ein sehr ergreifender Moment des Albums. Der gefühlvolle Gesang und das harmonische Gitarrenspiel der beiden musikalischen Weggefährten ist schon sehr ergreifend. Im Gesangspart wechseln sich die beiden ab und erklären plaudernd zur Musik, dass sie froh sind noch zu leben. Leider ist der 'King OF The Blues' ja zwischenzeitlich verstorben.Wundervoll ist aber auch das Piano- und Keyboardspiel von keinem geringeren als Reese Wynans. Zu nennen ist aber auch Michael Rhodes am Bass. Beide machten zuletzt als Bandmitglieder von Joe Bonamassa aufmerksam. Hier habe ich sie Anfang 2016 selbst live erleben können. Einen sehr gelungenen Beitrag spielt bei 'Where The Blues Begins' der einzigartige Carlos Santana. Sein Part ist unaufdringlich aber doch sehr markant. Hervorzuheben ist jedoch auch die Arbeit des Schlagzeugers und Produzenten, Tom Hambridge, des Albums. Er komponierte auch zum Großteil die Songs mit und hat damit sicherlich dem Werk seinen Stempel aufgesetzt. Traumhaft schön wird es unter Mitwirkung der Backgroundsängerinnen Wendy Moten und Bekka Bremlett bei 'Everybody's Got To Go'. Hier kommt absolute Gänsehautstimmung auf!Erwähnen möchte ich noch, dass das 'Living Proof' im Jahr 2011 einen Grammy 'for Best Contemporary Blues Album' erhielt.Freunde der Bluesmusik werden sich sicherlich das Album 'Living Proof' bereits zugelegt haben. Anderen sei geraten einmal hineinzuhorchen. Vielleicht springt der Spirit dieses tollen Blueswerkes ja über! Ich wünsche dabei jedenfalls viel Freude!

The case was broken...

Disappointing disc, he sounds like a SRV clone.

Buddy doesn't venture too far from traditional territory on this one. His guitar solos are edgy, fast, metallic, on the faster tunes. The writing is good such as on 74 yrs Young... On several tunes you can tell he is telling stories of the years in the biz. The duet with BB King (Stay Around a Little Longer) is great by these two bluesmen. Songs like "Key Don't Fit" steal every blues line in the book but it's still good. To me this is one of the best Buddy CD's in a while.

Sacré bonhomme!!! Tout ça commence très cool avec un arpège acoustique dans le plus pur style du delta et Mister Guy nous raconte que "jeune de 74 ans' (beau jeu de mot)il a fait beaucoup de choses dans sa vie, bref ce que raconte le blues.... Mais ça dure pas! A 1,32' précisément c'est le déluge électrique avec un bend d'enfer et un solo apocalyptique tout en "double-stop" comme seul Guy sait le faire! Le ton du disque est donné : le jeune bluesman venu de nul part est toujours bien là et on va pas lui en remontrer... Dans son style unique, complètement dévastareur qui laisse n'importe quel Van Halen sur le carreau, mais aussi un certain humour dans le phrasé et toujours le chant du blues. Parfois ça se calme, comme dans le sympathique duo avec BB King, mais ça ne dure pas. Une tuerie!! Un autre duo avec Santana qui joue bien le blues ici dans un morceau très prenant. Que du délice... un exemple parmi tant d'autre: la belle montée en puissance de la guitare dans le titre "Living proof". Et cerise sur le gäteau un dernier morceau instrumental! Et quelle voix puissante et prenante.. Avec un groupe bien sûr d'enfer qui fait bien plus que d'assurer.74 ans... et quand on écoute "Live in Chicago" de KW Shepherd -40 ans de moins- on se dit que l'innovation n'est pas forcément dans la nouvelle génération.. Quant au son il est ici bien différent des disques précédents: BG n'utilisant pas sa Strat BG et son micro aigu surpuissant mais la plupart du temps une Martin signature électro-acoustique qui a un son plus doux.Mais les Strat 57 et autes Tele 54 sont aussi bien présentes et mordantes!Indispensable!!! Mister Guy et son beau costard bleu peu se montrer insolent : tour ça laisse sur le c........!!!!!

It amazes me that an artist would still turn out an album at 74 years of age, to me it shows his passion for "The Blues". Buddy Guy is an amazing talent, a one man show that can whip up a crowd to a fenzy in less than two minutes. He can play guitar with anybody and can normally outplay most.This album oozes passion for his craft. In every song you can feel his passion for the music, the words and his life. His song with BB King is a perfect example of the passion both these gentlemen share for each other and music.If you are a Buddy Guy fan or a fan or the blues then indeed you should add this to your collection. Production is crisp, clean and right on the moneyWell Done

I have to admit, not all the newer albums from Mr. Guy have been good. But I took a chance with 'Living Proof' and am very pleased I did. From a rousing opener and consistantly throughout, Buddy's got his groove on and is playing with that 'power stroke' he's been known for, for so long. His voice is strong and the band is cranking. God bless you Buddy, and thanks for being 73 and still in the game. Great music.

This triumphant album opens with the song "74 Years Young." The song begins quietly as Buddy looks back at his life. But when he hits the bridge he lays down a savage guitar solo that: a) owes as much to Link Wray as it does to the blues and b) displays what 74 years young really means. This song is followed by another autobiographical song where he tells the story of his early life in Louisiana where, as a child, he taught himself to play a two-string guitar. Again, a blistering lead is the musical centerpiece. Track three, "On The Road" is a more "conventional" blues work-up, horns and all. Another fantastic track, where, after the fade at the end, one can hear a band-member saying "Yeah" in appreciation. Track four is the duet with B.B. King. It's pure magic. And the coda, where Buddy and B.B. speak to one another, is just about as moving a moment as one can find in recorded music. In the duet with Carlos Santana, Buddy shows he can do Latin rhythms side-by-side with the master. And so it goes for an hour or so, one great track after another.Frankly, I can find possibly only one track, "Too Soon" that might be just a tad too tame or formulaic. But this is followed by the terrific final fours songs on the album, which include "Let The Door Hit Ya" and "Guess What" (both with Buddy in full sexual swagger). So one possibly formulaic song in an hour's worth of new music is a something I will take any day of the week.An argument could be mounted that this is Buddy's career defining album. At 74, his skills are still intact and he remains a consummate songwriter, with something new to offer, both in his lyrics and certainly in his music.** It is kind of a wonder that people like Buddy, and the lesser know and somewhat older Hubert Sumlin, can still excite you with high level performances.The production, at least on the vinyl pressing, is outstanding. I don't know if, or how much, compression will appear on the CD, but this is an album that was clearly recorded pretty much live in the studio, with probably few, if any, overdubs; so the sound is organic and real. Consequently, it benefits from being heard in the analog domain of vinyl. Plus, the vinyl may end up being some sort of collector's item as all the music appears on the first three sides leaving the fourth side blank so it can be devoted to a really cool etching in the vinyl of a portion of the guitar on the back of the LP cover. My only complaint about the vinyl release is there are no liner notes to show songwriting credits, song personnel, etc. But, at this price, for a double LP which is a very quiet pressing, this is a very small complaint.The pre-release rumors here in Chicago were: "You got to hear this one when it comes out." Boy, were the rumors right!** 10/24/10 At the time I wrote this review, as indicated above, I was without songwriting credit. Now that I have learned the songwriting credits, this sentence requires modification. Buddy shares songwriting credit on five of the twelve tracks on this album with drummer/producer, Tom Hambridge. On six of the seven the remaining tracks, Hambridge shares songwriting credit with either Gary Nicholson or Richard Fleming (Who also receives songwriting credit on two of the Guy/Hambridge compositions.). One song is credited to Hambridge alone.