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Live: The Real Deal

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Live: The Real Deal
Live album by
Released1996
VenueBuddy Guy's Legends, Irving Plaza
GenreBlues
LabelSilvertone
ProducerBuddy Guy, Eddie Kramer
Buddy Guy chronology
Slippin' In
(1994)
Live: The Real Deal
(1996)
Buddy's Blues
(1997)

Live: The Real Deal is a live album by the American musician Buddy Guy, released in 1996.[1][2] It peaked at No. 4 on the UK's Jazz & Blues Albums Chart.[3] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Blues Album".[4]

Production

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The album was produced by Guy and Eddie Kramer.[5] It was recorded over four shows at Buddy Guy's Legends and Irving Plaza.[6][7] Guy was backed by G. E. Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band, including the horn section.[8][9] Johnnie Johnson played piano on the album.[10] Guy regretted that the band had not rehearsed more.[11]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
Edmonton Journal[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[14]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide[5]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[7]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette[15]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[16]

The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that "Guy's guitar and vocals pierce and scintillate, and no one better understands the tension between supercharged guitar runs and a primal blues beat."[17] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted that "there's a run about halfway through his classic 13-minute version of 'I've Got News for You' where his guitar approaches the point of spontaneous combustion."[15] The Wall Street Journal determined that "the backing group ... is a more than competent unit, but, as cues are missed and cliches abound, it's clear they hadn't had much opportunity to rehearse with Guy."[18] The Edmonton Journal stated that "this take of 'Sweet Black Angel' has some genuine tenderness."[13] The Independent opined that, "unlike some bluesmen, he never forgets that he is playing for an audience, not just for himself."[19]

AllMusic wrote: "No outrageous rock-based solos or Cream/Hendrix/Stevie Ray homages; this is the Buddy Guy album that purists have salivated for the last quarter century or so."[12] MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide panned the "pompous" G. E. Smith.[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."I've Got My Eyes on You" 
2."Sweet Black Angel (Black Angel Blues)" 
3."Talk to Me Baby" 
4."My Time After Awhile" 
5."I've Got News for You" 
6."Damn Right I've Got the Blues" 
7."First Time I Met the Blues" 
8."Ain't That Lovin' You" 
9."Let Me Love You Baby" 

References

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  1. ^ "Music Sets Sail on 'Livin' Blues Cruise'". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. 5 Apr 1996. p. 9.
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (11 Apr 1996). "Blues Brothers". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Buddy Guy". Official Charts. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Buddy Guy". Recording Academy. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b c MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 338.
  6. ^ Johnson, Steven C. (19 May 1996). "Blues". Books & Music. The Record. Bergen County. p. 13.
  7. ^ a b The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 235.
  8. ^ "Guitar artists featured this week". Florida/Metro. The Tampa Tribune. 16 Apr 1996. p. 3.
  9. ^ Smith, Andy (10 May 1996). "Fiery guitar ignites explosive blues". Providence Journal-Bulletin. p. E1.
  10. ^ Morris, Chris (Mar 16, 1996). "Buddy Guy Gets 'Live!' on Silvertone". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 11. p. 107.
  11. ^ Sculley, Alan (8 Aug 1996). "Guy, Wired?". Get Out. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 8.
  12. ^ a b "Live: The Real Deal Review by Bill Dahl". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  13. ^ a b Levesque, Roger (18 May 1996). "More life in Guy's live disc than he's shown in a while". Edmonton Journal. p. C3.
  14. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  15. ^ a b "Recording Review". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 5 May 1996. p. F9.
  16. ^ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 352.
  17. ^ Kinsman, Michael (18 Apr 1996). "Blues". Night & Day. The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  18. ^ Fusili, Jim (16 May 1996). "From Hootie to the Beatles, Subdudes to Buddy Guy". The Wall Street Journal. p. A12.
  19. ^ Barber, Nicholas (2 June 1996). "Rock". Real Life. The Independent. p. 8.