Damn Right, I've Got the Blues

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Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
BuddyGuy-DamnRight-cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Released1 July 1991
Genre Blues
Length53:37 (1991) / 65:03 (2005)
Label Silvertone
Producer John Porter
Buddy Guy chronology
DJ Play My Blues
(1982)
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
(1991)
Feels Like Rain
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]

Damn Right, I've Got the Blues is the seventh studio album by Blues guitarist Buddy Guy. The album has been described by Allmusic and Rolling Stone as a commercial comeback album for Guy [4] [5] after limited recording for the previous 10 years. In 2005 the album was reissued as Damn Right, I've Got The Blues Expanded Edition, featuring two bonus tracks.

Contents

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 29
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 45
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 38
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [10] 42
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 43
US Billboard 200 [12] 136

Personnel

Guests:

Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Damn Right, I've Got the Blues" Buddy Guy 4:29
2."Where Is The Next One Coming From?" John Hiatt 4:35
3."Five Long Years" Eddie Boyd 8:23
4."Mustang Sally" Sir Mack Rice 4:43
5."There Is Something On Your Mind" Big Jay McNeely 4:45
6."Early In The Morning" Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan, Dallas Bartley3:09
7."Too Broke To Spend The Night" Buddy Guy 5:00
8."Black Night" Jessie Mae Robinson 7:42
9."Let Me Love You Baby" Willie Dixon 3:56
10."Rememberin' Stevie (Instrumental)" Buddy Guy 6:55

Expanded Edition Bonus Tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Doin' What I Like Best" Buddy Guy 6:03
12."Trouble Don't Last"Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones5:23

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  3. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 234. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. almusic ((( Damn Right I've Got the Blues > Overview )))
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  13. Richie Hayward appears courtesy of Little Feat
  14. Jeff Beck appears courtesy of Epic Records
  15. Eric Clapton appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
  16. Jeff Beck appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records