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)

!Peak
position

{{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

Guests:

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