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Released
  
2003

Label
  
Silvertone Records

Blues Singer(2003)
  
Bring 'Em In(2005)

Genre
  
Blues

Producer
  
Dennis Herring

Recorded
  
Sweet Tea Recording Studio, Oxford, Mississippi

Blues Singer is the 12th studio album by Buddy Guy released in 2003 through Silvertone Records.

Contents

The album is all acoustic and dedicated to John Lee Hooker with the line, "In Memory of John Lee Hooker. You are missed."

Reception

Billboard noted...

...the acoustic set finds the blues legend joined by one of his contemporaries, B.B. King, as well as guitar great Eric Clapton.

The album was produced by Dennis Herring, at Sweet Tea Recording Studio in Oxford, Mississippi.

Awards

The album earned Guy the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Musicians

  • Buddy Guy – guitar, vocals
  • Jimbo Mathus - guitar
  • Jim Keltner - Drums
  • Tony Garnier - Upright Bass
  • Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar on tracks 2, 3, & 5
  • B.B. King - Lead Guitar on track 2
  • The Perrys - Snaps and Handclaps

    • Production

  • Dennis Herring – producer

    • References

    Blues Singer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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