Artist:Buddy Guy
Song:First Time I Met The Blues
Album:The Complete Chess Studio Recordings
Today George "Buddy" Guy is hailed as one of the all time great blues guitarists. But there was a time when he had trouble getting his recordings released. This 2CD comp covers that period. He was born July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, LA. He started out in Baton Rouge clubs and moved to Chicago in 1957. He first recorded for Cobra Records in 1958 but when they went broke, he went over to Chess. Leonard Chess used him mostly on sessions and didn't like Guy's recordings. He thought they were noise. First Time I Met The Blues was his first Chess single in 1960. So the music on this comp is outstanding but a lot of it was never released at the time. Guy continued to play on sessions for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Koko Taylor and others until he left Chess for Vanguard in 1967. When rockers like Eric Clapton started touting Guy as a favourite, Chess started releasing his music after he left the label. Through the 70s, Guy toured and recorded with harmonica player Junior Wells. He didn't record much until the 90s when he signed with Silvertone Records. Now you see his high energy guitar licks everywhere. His most recent CD was 2005's Bring 'em In on Jive Records and he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2005. This comp is recommended to his fans. Here's Buddy Guy performing First Time I Met The Blues in the 1970 film Chicago Blues.
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