A Man and the Blues

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A Man and the Blues
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Studio album by
Released1968
Recorded1968
StudioUniversal Studios, Chicago
Genre Blues
Length37:51
Label Vanguard
Producer Samuel Charters
Buddy Guy chronology
Left My Blues in San Francisco
(1967)
A Man and the Blues
(1968)
Hold That Plane!
(1972)
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A Man and the Blues is the second studio album by blues guitarist Buddy Guy. It was recorded and released in 1968 on Vanguard Records. It features four Guy originals, a cover of Barrett Strong's Tamla Motown hit "Money", and a playful adaptation of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb", covered in a similar fashion by Stevie Ray Vaughan in the 1980s.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Man and the Blues"Buddy Guy6:17
2."I Can't Quit the Blues"Buddy Guy3:15
3."Money (That's What I Want)" Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford 2:49
4."One Room Country Shack" Mercy Dee Walton 5:35
5."Mary Had a Little Lamb"Traditional; lyrics and music: Buddy Guy2:27
6."Just Playing My Axe"Buddy Guy2:50
7."Sweet Little Angel" B.B. King 5:35
8."Worry, Worry"Pluma Davis, Jules Taub 6:14
9."Jam on a Monday Morning"Buddy Guy2:50

Personnel

Technical

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