Slippin' In

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Slippin' In
Buddy Guy Slippin.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 1994 (1994-10-25)
Studio
Length49:39
Label Silvertone [1]
Producer Eddie Kramer
Buddy Guy chronology
Feels Like Rain
(1993)
Slippin' In
(1994)
Live: The Real Deal
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Slippin' In is the ninth studio album by Buddy Guy, released in 1994 through Silvertone Records. [6] The album earned Guy the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

Contents

Background

Among Guy's original compositions, "Man of Many Words" is a re-recording of a track first released on the 1972 album Play the Blues. [7] Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton, who previously performed with Stevie Ray Vaughan, provided the rhythm section on approximately half of the album's tracks. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Smell Trouble" Don Robey 3:12
2."Please Don't Drive Me Away"Jesse Ervin, Charles Brown 3:55
3."7-11"Fenton Robinson6:57
4."Shame, Shame, Shame" Jimmy Reed 3:29
5."Love Her with a Feeling" Lowell Fulson 4:27
6."Little Dab-a-Doo"Buddy Guy5:19
7."Someone Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out, Slippin' In)" Denise LaSalle 4:26
8."Trouble Blues"Charley Brown3:07
9."Man of Many Words"Buddy Guy3:02
10."Don't Tell Me About the Blues"James Quinn6:16
11."Cities Need Help"Buddy Guy5:29

Musicians

References

  1. Larkin, Colin (September 30, 2013). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. Random House. ISBN   9781448132744 via Google Books.
  2. "Slippin' In Buddy Guy". AllMusic.
  3. Kot, Greg. "Guy Anxiety". Chicago Tribune.
  4. "Buddy Guy". Robert Christgau.
  5. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 235. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  6. "Slippin' In". AllMusic . Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  7. 日本盤CD (BVCQ-634)ライナーノーツ(菊田俊介×越谷政義、1994年10月7日)
  8. "Buddy Guy - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2025.