Living Proof (Buddy Guy album)

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Living Proof
Buddy Guy - 2010 Living Proof Album Art.jpg
Studio album by
Released25 October 2010
Studio Blackbird Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre Chicago blues, blues rock, electric blues
Length55:21
Label Silvertone, Jive
Producer Tom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Skin Deep
(2008)
Living Proof
(2010)
Rhythm & Blues
(2013)
Singles from Living Proof
  1. "Stay Around a Little Longer"
    Released: 10 September 2010 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Billboard (favourable) [4]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

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


Personnel

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."74 Years Young" Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson 4:34 [3]
2."Thank Me Someday"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge5:42
3."On the Road"Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge4:11
4."Stay Around a Little Longer" (feat. B.B. King)Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson5:00
5."Key Don't Fit"Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson5:02
6."Living Proof"Tom Hambridge3:45
7."Where the Blues Begins" (feat. Carlos Santana)Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson4:37
8."Too Soon"Richard Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge3:26
9."Everybody's Got to Go"Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge3:57
10."Let the Door Knob Hit Ya"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge3:44
11."Guess What"Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge5:44
12."Skanky"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge4:16

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

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