Live: The Real Deal

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Live: The Real Deal
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Live album by
Buddy Guy
Released1996
Venue Buddy Guy's Legends, Irving Plaza
Genre Blues
Label Silvertone
Producer Buddy Guy, Eddie Kramer
Buddy Guy chronology
Slippin' In
(1994)		Live: The Real Deal
(1996)		Buddy's Blues
(1997)

Live: The Real Deal is a live album by the American musician Buddy Guy, released in 1996. [1] [2] It peaked at No. 4 on the UK's Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. [3] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Blues Album". [4]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Guy and Eddie Kramer. [5] It was recorded over four shows at Buddy Guy's Legends and Irving Plaza. [6] [7] Guy was backed by G. E. Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band, including the horn section. [8] [9] Johnnie Johnson played piano on the album. [10] Guy regretted that the band had not rehearsed more. [11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Edmonton Journal Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]

The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that "Guy's guitar and vocals pierce and scintillate, and no one better understands the tension between supercharged guitar runs and a primal blues beat." [17] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted that "there's a run about halfway through his classic 13-minute version of 'I've Got News for You' where his guitar approaches the point of spontaneous combustion." [15] The Wall Street Journal determined that "the backing group ... is a more than competent unit, but, as cues are missed and cliches abound, it's clear they hadn't had much opportunity to rehearse with Guy." [18] The Edmonton Journal stated that "this take of 'Sweet Black Angel' has some genuine tenderness." [13] The Independent opined that, "unlike some bluesmen, he never forgets that he is playing for an audience, not just for himself." [19]

AllMusic wrote: "No outrageous rock-based solos or Cream/Hendrix/Stevie Ray homages; this is the Buddy Guy album that purists have salivated for the last quarter century or so." [12] MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide panned the "pompous" G. E. Smith. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I've Got My Eyes on You" 
2."Sweet Black Angel (Black Angel Blues)" 
3."Talk to Me Baby" 
4."My Time After Awhile" 
5."I've Got News for You" 
6."Damn Right I've Got the Blues" 
7."First Time I Met the Blues" 
8."Ain't That Lovin' You" 
9."Let Me Love You Baby" 

References

  1. ↑ "Music Sets Sail on 'Livin' Blues Cruise'". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. April 5, 1996. p. 9.
  2. ↑ Kot, Greg (April 11, 1996). "Blues Brothers". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "Buddy Guy". Official Charts. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Buddy Guy". Recording Academy. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 338.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Steven C. (May 19, 1996). "Blues". Books & Music. The Record. Bergen County. p. 13.
  7. 1 2 The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 235.
  8. ↑ "Guitar artists featured this week". Florida/Metro. The Tampa Tribune. April 16, 1996. p. 3.
  9. ↑ Smith, Andy (May 10, 1996). "Fiery guitar ignites explosive blues". Providence Journal-Bulletin. p. E1.
  10. ↑ Morris, Chris (March 16, 1996). "Buddy Guy Gets 'Live!' on Silvertone". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 11. p. 107.
  11. ↑ Sculley, Alan (August 8, 1996). "Guy, Wired?". Get Out. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 8.
  12. 1 2 "Live: The Real Deal Review by Bill Dahl". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  13. 1 2 Levesque, Roger (May 18, 1996). "More life in Guy's live disc than he's shown in a while". Edmonton Journal. p. C3.
  14. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  15. 1 2 "Recording Review". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 5, 1996. p. F9.
  16. ↑ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 352.
  17. ↑ Kinsman, Michael (April 18, 1996). "Blues". Night & Day. The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  18. ↑ Fusili, Jim (May 16, 1996). "From Hootie to the Beatles, Subdudes to Buddy Guy". The Wall Street Journal. p. A12.
  19. ↑ Barber, Nicholas (June 2, 1996). "Rock". Real Life. The Independent. p. 8.
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