Buddy Guy & Junior Wells • Play The Blues

 

Review
by Bill Dahl
Considering the troubled background of this album (Eric Clapton, Ahmet Ertegun, and Tom Dowd only ended up with eight tracks at a series of 1970 sessions in Miami; two years later, the J. Geils Band was brought in to cut two additional songs to round out the long-delayed LP for 1972 release), the results were pretty impressive. Buddy Guy contributes dazzling lead axe to their revival of "T-Bone Shuffle"; Junior Wells provides a sparkling remake of Sonny Boy's "My Baby She Left Me," and Guy is entirely credible in a grinding Otis Redding mode on the Southern soul stomper "A Man of Many Words."
https://www.allmusic.com/album/play-the-blues-mw0000273887

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Reseña
por Bill Dahl
Teniendo en cuenta los problemáticos antecedentes de este álbum (Eric Clapton, Ahmet Ertegun y Tom Dowd sólo terminaron con ocho temas en una serie de sesiones de 1970 en Miami; dos años más tarde, la J. Geils Band fue traída para cortar dos canciones adicionales para completar el largamente retrasado LP para su lanzamiento en 1972), los resultados fueron bastante impresionantes. Buddy Guy contribuye con un deslumbrante hacha solista a su revival de "T-Bone Shuffle"; Junior Wells proporciona un brillante remake de "My Baby She Left Me" de Sonny Boy, y Guy es totalmente creíble en un modo de Otis Redding en el zapateado soul sureño "A Man of Many Words".
https://www.allmusic.com/album/play-the-blues-mw0000273887

Tracks:
1 - A Man Of Many Words 3:58
2 - My Baby She Left Me (She Left Me A Mule To Ride) 3:08
3 - Come On In This House / Have Mercy Baby 4:21
4 - T-Bone Shuffle 4:17
5 - A Poor Man's Plea 3:11
6 - Messin' With The Kid 2:11
7 - This Old Fool 3:06
8 - I Don't Know 4:25
9 - Bad Bad Whiskey 4:10
10 - Honeydripper 3:50


Credits:
    Accompanied By [Foot Tapping] – Juke Joint Jimmy
    Bass – Carl Dean Radle (tracks: A1), Danny Klein (tracks: B2, B5), Leroy Stewart
    Drums – Jim Gordon (tracks: A1), Roosevelt Shaw, Stephen Bladd
    Electric Guitar [Lead, Rhythm] – Buddy Guy
    Harmonica – Junior Wells, Magic Dick (tracks: B2, B5)
    Organ, Piano – Mike Utley
    Piano – Dr. John (tracks: A1), Seth Justman (tracks: B2, B5)
    Producer – Ahmet Ertegun, Eric Clapton, Michael Cuscuna (tracks: B2, B5), Tom Dowd
    Recorded By – Richard Oulleppe (tracks: B2, B5), Ron Albert
    Rhythm Guitar – J. Geils (tracks: B2, B5)
    Rhythm Guitar, Slide Guitar [Bottleneck] – Eric Clapton
    Tenor Saxophone – A. C. Reed
    Vocals – Junior Wells

All The Selections (Except This Old Fool & Honeydripper) Were Recorded At Criteria Studios, Miami October 1970
This Old Fool & Honeydripper Were Recorded At Intermedia Studios, Boston April 1972
Overdubs On This Old Fool & Man Of Many Words Were Recorded At Atlantic Recording Studios NY April 1972

Label:    Atco Records – SD 33-364
Released:    1972
Genre:    Blues
Style:    Chicago Blues
https://www.discogs.com/release/2199660-Buddy-Guy-Junior-Wells-Play-The-Blues

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