Live at Legends

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Live at Legends
Buddy Guy Live at Legends.jpg
Live album by
Released2012
RecordedLive at Legends
Genre blues, Chicago Blues
Length54:38
Label RCA
Producer Tom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Living Proof
(2010)
Live at Legends
(2012)
Rhythm & Blues
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Live at Legends is a 2012 album by Buddy Guy. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Blues chart and #70 on the Billboard Tastemakers chart. The album is a live recording of Buddy Guy at Buddy Guy's Legends, recorded on January 29 & 30, 2010. [1] The album was also nominated for Best New Recording by Living Blues. [2] The album is some of his last recordings at the old Buddy Guy's Legends location and includes three previously unreleased tracks at the end of the album. [3] Guitar World also named it one of the Top 25 Live, Reissued and Archival Albums of 2012. [4]

Contents

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position [5]
US Blues Albums 2
US Tastemakers 70

Musicians

Tracks 1-8 (Recorded Live at Legends)

Bonus Studio Tracks

Personnel

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 0:38
2."Best Damn Fool" Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge 6:14
3."Mannish Boy" Mel London, Ellas McDaniel. McKinley Morganfield 4:06
4."I Just Want to Make Love to You/Chicken Heads" Calvin Carter, Willie Dixon, Bobby Rush 9:22
5."Skin Deep" Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson 5:16
6."Damn Right I Got the Blues" Buddy Guy 6:25
7."Boom Boom / Strange Brew" John Lee Hooker, Felix Pappalardi, Eric Clapton, Gail Collins 3:00
8."Voodoo Chile / Sunshine of Your Love / Keep on Truckin'" Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton; Jimi Hendrix; Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson 3:35
9."Polka Dot Love" Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge 5:35
10."Coming for You" (featuring The Memphis Horns) Tom Hambridge, Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson 4:23
11."Country Boy" McKinley Morganfield 6:04

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