Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
{{Infobox album|
| name = Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
| type = Studio album
| artist = Buddy Guy
| cover = File:BuddyGuy-DamnRight-cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 1 July 1991
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Blues
| length = 53:37 (1991) / 65:03 (2005)
| label = Silvertone
| producer = John Porter
| prev_title = DJ Play My Blues
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Feels Like Rain
| next_year = 1993
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123478|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = Rolling Stone
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buddyguy/albums/album/301440/review/5945807/damn_right_ive_got_the_blues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013194251/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buddyguy/albums/album/301440/review/5945807/damn_right_ive_got_the_blues|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2007|title=Rolling Stone review|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 14, 2021}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=234}}
}}
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues is the seventh studio album by Blues guitarist Buddy Guy. The album has been described by Allmusic and Rolling Stone as a commercial comeback album for Guy[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123478|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( Damn Right I've Got the Blues > Overview )))]{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buddyguy/albums/album/301440/review/5945807/damn_right_ive_got_the_blues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013194251/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buddyguy/albums/album/301440/review/5945807/damn_right_ive_got_the_blues|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2007|title=link Buddy Guy: Damn Right, I've Got The Blues : Music Reviews|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 14, 2021}} after limited recording for the previous 10 years. In 2005 the album was reissued as Damn Right, I've Got The Blues Expanded Edition, featuring two bonus tracks.
Charts
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Chart (1991)
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{{album chart|Australia|29|artist=Buddy Guy|album= Damn Right, I've Got The Blues}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|45|artist=Buddy Guy|album= Damn Right, I've Got The Blues}} |
{{album chart|New Zealand|18|artist=Buddy Guy|album= Damn Right, I've Got The Blues}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|38|artist=Buddy Guy|album= Damn Right, I've Got The Blues}} |
{{album chart|Canada|42|artist=Buddy Guy|album= Damn Right, I've Got The Blues|chartid=1703}} |
{{album chart|UK|43|artist=Buddy Guy}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|136|artist=Buddy Guy}} |
Personnel
- Buddy Guy - lead vocals & lead electric guitar
- Greg Rzab - bass guitar
- Richie HaywardRichie Hayward appears courtesy of Little Feat - drums
- Mick Weaver - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, electric piano
- Pete Wingfield - piano
- Neil Hubbard - rhythm guitar
- John Porter - bass guitar
- Tessa Niles, Katie Kissoon, Carol Kenyon - backing vocals
Guests:
- Jeff Beck - electric guitar on 4 & 6Jeff Beck appears courtesy of Epic Records
- Eric Clapton - electric guitar on 6Eric Clapton appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
- Mark Knopfler - electric guitar on 2Jeff Beck appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
- The Memphis Horns:
- Wayne Jackson - trumpet
- Andrew Love - saxophone
- Jack Hale - trombone
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
| writer1 = Buddy Guy
| length1 = 4:29
| title2 = Where Is The Next One Coming From?
| writer2 = John Hiatt
| length2 = 4:35
| title3 = Five Long Years
| writer3 = Eddie Boyd
| length3 = 8:23
| title4 = Mustang Sally
|writer4 = Sir Mack Rice
| length4 = 4:43
| title5 = There Is Something On Your Mind
| writer5 = Big Jay McNeely
| length5 = 4:45
| title6 = Early In The Morning
| writer6 = Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan, Dallas Bartley
| length6 = 3:09
| title7 = Too Broke To Spend The Night
| writer7 = Buddy Guy
| length7 = 5:00
| title8 = Black Night
| writer8 = Jessie Mae Robinson
| length8 = 7:42
| title9 = Let Me Love You Baby
| writer9 = Willie Dixon
| length9 = 3:56
| title10 = Rememberin' Stevie (Instrumental)
| writer10 = Buddy Guy
| length10 = 6:55
}}
Expanded Edition Bonus Tracks
{{Track listing
| title11 = Doin' What I Like Best (Instrumental)
| writer11 = Buddy Guy
| length11 = 6:03
| title12 = Trouble Don't Last
| writer12 = Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
| length12 = 5:23
}}
References
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Category:Bertelsmann Music Group albums
Category:Albums produced by John Porter (musician, born 1947)