| DJ Play My Blues | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 The original vinyl cover | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | December 1981 | |||
| Studio | Soto Sound Studio, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 38:17 (LP) / 57:06 (CD 1994) / 63:00 (CD 2004) | |||
| Label | JSP | |||
| Producer | Buddy Guy | |||
| Buddy Guy chronology | ||||
| ||||
DJ Play My Blues is the sixth studio album by blues musician Buddy Guy, recorded in December 1981 and released on JSP Records in 1982. [1] It was the third in a trio of Guy albums on JSP.
One year after the release of the slicker and funkier Breaking Out , Buddy Guy and his band entered Soto Sound Studio in Chicago and recorded one of the most remarkable blues albums of the 1980s. Buddy's brother, Phil Guy, was on second guitar. [1] Longtime drummer Ray "Killer" Allison was back again, and there were two new members in Buddy's band: guitarist Doug Williams (a member of Phil Guy's band), and bassist Mike Morrison (who had played with Junior Wells and Willie Dixon). [2]
The original release includes only seven tracks. A 10-track LP was released in 1991 by Music Box International in Greece. Two of the three new tracks were previously released on Phil Guy's solo albums in 1982 and 1983 (The Garbage Man Blues and Mellow Down), with Phil singing the lead vocals on these songs. The 10-track version was released on a remastered CD by JSP in 1994 with an alternate cover. It was re-released on CD in 2004 (with another alternate cover), including two more tracks. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [5] |
AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars and in the review by Chris Nickson, he commented: [4]
This is Buddy Guy playing and feeling the blues, pure and simple, without any sense of compromise – and it's all the better for it, putting much of the rest of his catalog into perspective. Rarely is the blues this heartfelt – and rarer still is it so well played. If this were his only recorded legacy, he'd still warrant the stature he's achieved. [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dedication to the Late T-Bone Walker" | 6:58 | |
| 2. | "Good News" | 4:42 | |
| 3. | "Blues at My Baby's House" | 7:02 | |
| 4. | "She Suits Me to a T" | 4:30 | |
| 5. | "DJ Play My Blues" | 5:22 | |
| 6. | "Just Teasin'" | 4:43 | |
| 7. | "All Your Love" | Otis Rush | 4:56 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Girl You're Nice and Clean" | 4:55 | |
| 2. | "Dedication to the Late T-Bone Walker" | 6:58 | |
| 3. | "Good News" | 4:42 | |
| 4. | "Blues at My Baby's House" | 7:07 | |
| 5. | "She Suits Me to a T" | 4:30 | |
| 6. | "DJ Play My Blues" | 5:22 | |
| 7. | "Just Teasin'" | 4:43 | |
| 8. | "All Your Love" | Otis Rush | 4:56 |
| 9. | "The Garbage Man Blues" | 6:59 | |
| 10. | "Mellow Down" | Willie Dixon | 5:55 |
All tracks are written by Buddy Guy, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Girl You're Nice and Clean" | 4:40 | |
| 2. | "Dedication to the Late T-Bone Walker" | 6:56 | |
| 3. | "Good News" | 4:40 | |
| 4. | "Blues at My Baby's House" | 7:02 | |
| 5. | "She Suits Me to a T" | 4:29 | |
| 6. | "DJ Play My Blues" | 5:20 | |
| 7. | "Just Teasin'" | 4:41 | |
| 8. | "All Your Love" | Otis Rush | 5:09 |
| 9. | "The Garbage Man Blues" | 7:08 | |
| 10. | "Mellow Down" | Willie Dixon | 5:54 |
| 11. | "Comin' On" | 3:09 | |
| 12. | "Girl You're Nice and Clean" (Alternative version) | 4:54 |
Additional:
All guitar solos were played by Buddy Guy on tracks 1-8 & 12. All three guitarists (Buddy, Phil Guy & Doug Williams) played solos on tracks 9 & 10.
George "Buddy" Guy is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a session guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells.
Carey Bell Harrington was an American blues musician who played harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica and bass guitar for other blues musicians from the late 1950s to the early 1970s before embarking on a solo career. Besides his own albums, he recorded as an accompanist or duo artist with Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Lowell Fulson, Eddie Taylor, Louisiana Red and Jimmy Dawkins and was a frequent partner with his son, the guitarist Lurrie Bell. Blues Revue called Bell "one of Chicago's finest harpists." The Chicago Tribune said Bell was "a terrific talent in the tradition of Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter." In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame.
Lurrie Bell is an American blues guitarist and singer. His father was renowned blues harmonica player Carey Bell.
Look My Way was a 1976 studio album by Rosemary Clooney. The songs include a number of country tracks, and a remake of her early hit "Half as Much".
Phil Guy was an American blues guitarist. He was the younger brother of blues guitarist Buddy Guy. Phil and Buddy Guy were frequent collaborators and contribute both guitar and vocal performances on many of each other's albums.
Breaking Out is the fifth studio album by Buddy Guy. It was released in 1980 on JSP Records.
Slippin' In is the ninth studio album by Buddy Guy, released in 1994 through Silvertone Records. The album earned Guy the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Chris Beard is an American electric blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He has released five albums to date, the first of which was nominated for a Blues Music Award. He is dubbed 'Prince of the Blues'.
Left My Blues in San Francisco is the debut studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy, released in 1967. Future Rotary Connection producer and keyboardist Charles Stepney provided orchestration and drums on some tracks. The album is a mix of older blues tunes and four Buddy Guy originals.
Born to Play Guitar is the 17th studio album by American blues musician Buddy Guy, released in 2015. It peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard 200 and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart on August 22, 2015.
The Blues Giant is the fourth studio album by Buddy Guy, recorded and released in 1979.
The Dollar Done Fell is the second live album by Buddy Guy.
Pleading the Blues is an album by Chicago blues harp player Junior Wells.
The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy is the first album by blues musician Phil Guy, recorded in March 1982 and released on JSP Records in that same year.
Bad Luck Boy is the second album by blues musician Phil Guy, recorded in March 1982 and released on JSP Records in 1983.
All Star Chicago Blues Session is a compilation album by blues musician Phil Guy. It contains the full session that was recorded at the Soto Sound Studio in March 1982.
Hold That Plane! is the third studio album by blues guitarist Buddy Guy. It was recorded in November 1969, but not released by Vanguard Records until 1972.
Rockin' 50's Rock'n'Roll is a rock and roll album by the Crickets. It was The Crickets' first release in the 1970s, and marked the band's embrace of their legacy as Buddy Holly's backing band. The album is a concept album of nostalgia for the 1950s, consisting mostly of songs written by Holly and framed by the new retrospectively-minded title track. Originally released as an LP record in December 1970, the album was re-released on CD by in 2000.
Live in Chicago is a live album by the American blues musician Luther Allison, recorded in Chicago in 1995 and Nebraska in 1997 and released by the Alligator label in 1999.
Heavy Love is an album by the American blues musician Buddy Guy, released in 1998. It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Blues Album" category.
