Living Proof (Buddy Guy album)

Living Proof
Studio album by Buddy Guy
Released	25 October 2010
Studio	Blackbird Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre	Chicago blues, blues rock, electric blues
Length	55:21
Label	Silvertone, Jive
Producer	Tom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Skin Deep (2008) Living Proof (2010) Rhythm & Blues (2013)
Singles from Living Proof
"Stay Around a Little Longer" Released: 10 September 2010 [1]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Billboard	(favourable) [4]
Chicago Tribune	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Classic Rock	[7]

Living Proof is Buddy Guy's 15th studio album. After nearly fifty years in the music business, this was Guy's highest charting album ever (until the release of Rhythm & Blues in 2013), peaking at no. 46 on the main Billboard album chart. It won the 2011 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. ^[8]

The album loosely follows the progression of Guy's life. "Living Proof was designed partially as an aural autobiography from the legendary Buddy Guy, opening up with the stark summation “74 Years Young,” then running through songs that often address some aspect of a working musician's life." ^[3]

Musicians

• Buddy Guy – guitars, vocals ^[9]
• David Grissom – guitar
• Tommy Macdonald – bass guitar (tr. 5, 6) Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Tom Hambridge – drums, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals
• Marty Sammon – piano (tr. 10)
• Reese Wynans – clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, piano, Wurlitzer - Electric Piano
• B.B. King – guitar and vocals on "Stay Around a Little Longer"
• Carlos Santana – conga and guitar on "Where the Blues Begins"

• The Memphis Horns – horns (tr. 3) are
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Tom McGinley – tenor saxophone
• Jack Hale – trombone
• Bekka Bramlett, Wendy Moten – backing vocals

Personnel

• Tom Hambridge - producer
• Vance Powell, John Netti, Jim Reitzel, Rob Root, Colin Linden, Michael St. Leon – engineers
• Ducky Carlisle – mixing engineer
• Nick Autry – assistant engineer, production assistant
• Mike Rooney, Joel Margolis – assistant engineers
• Gilbert Garza – guitar technician
• Ray Kennedy – mastering

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"74 Years Young"	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	4:34 [3]
2.	"Thank Me Someday"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	5:42
3.	"On the Road"	Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge	4:11
4.	"Stay Around a Little Longer" (feat. B.B. King)	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	5:00
5.	"Key Don't Fit"	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	5:02
6.	"Living Proof"	Tom Hambridge	3:45
7.	"Where the Blues Begins" (feat. Carlos Santana)	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	4:37
8.	"Too Soon"	Richard Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	3:26
9.	"Everybody's Got to Go"	Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	3:57
10.	"Let the Door Knob Hit Ya"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	3:44
11.	"Guess What"	Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge	5:44
12.	"Skanky"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	4:16

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP) [10]	126
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11]	75
US Billboard 200 [12]	46
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [13]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [14]	10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [15]	8

References

1. "Stay Around a Little Longer". iTunes. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
2. "Living Proof Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
3. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Living Proof Review". Allmusic . Retrieved 11 November 2010.
4. Graff, Gary (15 October 2010). "Buddy Guy, "Living Proof"". Billboard . Retrieved 11 November 2010.
5. Kot, Greg (22 October 2010). "Album review: Buddy Guy, 'Living Proof'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 11 November 2010.
6. Kemp, Mark (26 October 2010). "Living Proof by Buddy Guy". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 11 November 2010.
7. Murray, Charles Shaar (January 2011). "Buddy Guy: Living Proof". Classic Rock . 153. London, UK: Future plc: 106–107. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
8. "And The GRAMMY Went To ... Buddy Guy". Grammy.org. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
9. "Living Proof Credits". All Music Guide . 26 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
10. "Lescharts.com – Buddy Guy – Living Proof". Hung Medien.
11. "Swisscharts.com – Buddy Guy – Living Proof". Hung Medien.
12. "Buddy Guy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
13. "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard.
14. "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
15. "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.