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THIS PLAYLIST SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE

Honorable Mentions:

Various Artists/Delmark Records 55 Years of Blues/Delmark Records

Chuck Bernstein/Delta Berimbau Blues/CMB Records

Steve Howell/My Mind Gets To Ramblin’/Out of The Past Records

Little Feat/Join The Band/429 Records

Dave Fields/All Wound Up/FMI Records –Independent

Various Artists/Bocce Boogie/Topcat Records

Looking for some Holiday Fun?  Ecko Records has released It’s Christmas Baby!, a full collection of non-traditional blues and Southern Soul originals.  Most of the entire Ecko roster helped put together this fun collection of comedic and thought provoking jams.  Barbara Carr sings “I Need A Man Down My Chimney,” while Ms. Jody rocks out “It’s Christmas, Baby.”  The sweet soul sounds of O.B. Buchana brings us a new and original version of  “Santa Bring My Baby Back.”   O.B. also gives us “It’s Christmas” with some nice lines reminding us about the true spirit of the holidays.  Lee Shot Williams wraps up the disc with “I Ate To Much Over The Holidays.”

Also, just in time for the holidays, Ecko Records has also just released The Love Maker by David Brinston and Southern Soul Country Boy by O.B. Buchana.

Buddy Guy will be back in Rochester, NY this month in support of his best release in years entitled “Skin Deep” on Silvertone/Zomba records. The guest stars are all here on this new release: Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. The headliner clearly controls and steals the show on this very hot new blues recording. At the age of 72 Buddy Guy can still make his guitar rock and sing like the best of them. Hats off to Tom Hambridge who produced, wrote and performed on Buddy’s latest. The Guy/Hambridge number “Best Damn Fool” opens the CD with some nice rockin’ wha-wha that Hendrix would have surely dug. “Too Many Tears” features the sweet vocals of Susan Tedeschi which play nicely off the road tough vocals of Buddy himself. Susan’s husband Derek Trucks adds some real nice slide work on this same track.

“Everytime I Sing The Blues” featuring Eric Clapton is a seven minute plus duet that takes a trip down the blues highway. Mr. Sacred Steel, Robert Randolf, guest stars on a track about getting back to the bayou country entitled “Out In The Woods.” Nathan Williams is also featured on this track on accordion. I could not think of a better track to be on this disc than “Who’s Gonna Fill Those Shoes,” featuring Quinn Sullivan on guitar. Buddy sounds like he’s inviting, just as much as challenging, the players of today to carry on the rich tradition of playing the blues.

After more than 45 years of playing the blues it’s great to see artists like Buddy Guy still putting out great releases and keeping the blues alive every night. Your chance to see Mr. Buddy Guy, five-time Grammy winner and blues legend is Monday, November 24th at the Water Street Music Hall.  Check out this Buddy Guy download, featuring Eric Clapton (Link Here).