Buddy Guy and Junior Wells seldom made more effective records than this celebrated album (reissued on CD in 1992).
There were none of the erratic vocals, questionable song selection or rambling solos that sometimes plagued their live shows. Wells was sizzling and aggressive as lead vocalist, Guy's solos were controlled and disciplined, yet strikingly effective in uptempo and ballad situations, while saxophonist A.C. Reed provided soulful and shattering fills and solos behind the vocalists and during the interludes.
They were helped by assorted rock luminaries from Eric Clapton, J. Geils and Magic Dick to Dr. John.
This deserves a place among the other tremendous items in the Rhino/Atlantic R&B Masters series. (AMG)
01. A Man Of Many Words [4:02]
02. My Baby She Left Me (She Left Me A Mule To Ride) [3:11]
03. Come On In This House / Have Mercy Baby [4:23]
04. T-Bone Shuffle [4:19]
05. A Poor Man's Plea [3:13]
06. Messin' With The Kid [2:15]
07. This Old Fool [3:11]
08. I Don't Know [4:30]
09. Bad Bad Whiskey [4:15]
10. Honeydripper [3:50]
Vocals – Junior Wells
Electric Guitar [Lead] [Rythm] – Buddy Guy
Guitar [Rythm] – J. Geils (tracks: 7, 10)
Guitar [Rythm] [Bottleneck] – Eric Clapton
Bass – Carl Dean Radle (tracks: 1), Danny Klein (tracks: 7, 10), Leroy Stewart
Drums – Jim Gordon (tracks: 1), Roosevelt Shaw, Stephen Bladd
Piano – Dr. John (tracks: 1), Seth Justman (tracks: 7, 10)
Harmonica – Junior Wells, Magic Dick (tracks: 7, 10)
Organ, Piano – Mike Utley
Saxophone [Tenor] – A.C. Reed
Accompanied By [Foot Tapping] – Juke Joint Jimmy
Producer – Ahmet Ertegun, Eric Clapton, Michael Cuscuna (tracks: 7, 10), Tom Dowd
Recorded By – Richard Oulleppe (tracks: 7, 10), Ron Albert
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: Rhino Records
Released: 1992
Codec: Flac
Compression Level: 5
Quality: High
CD-rip by alekow (EAC and Flac)
Covers Included (600dpi)
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