Living Proof (Buddy Guy album)

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Living Proof
Buddy Guy - 2010 Living Proof Album Art.jpg
Studio album by
Buddy Guy
Released25 October 2010
Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
GenreChicago blues, blues rock, electric blues
Length55:21
LabelSilvertone, Jive
ProducerTom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Skin Deep
(2008) 		Living Proof
(2010) 		Rhythm & Blues
(2013)
Singles from Living Proof
  1. "Stay Around a Little Longer"
    Released: 10 September 2010[1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[3]
Billboard(favourable)[4]
Chicago Tribune3/4 stars[5]
Rolling Stone3.5/5 stars[6]
Classic Rock7/10 stars[7]

Living Proof is Buddy Guy's 15th studio album. After nearly fifty years in the music business, this was Guy's highest charting album ever (until the release of Rhythm & Blues in 2013), peaking at no. 46 on the main Billboard album chart. It won the 2011 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album.[8]

The album loosely follows the progression of Guy's life. "Living Proof was designed partially as an aural autobiography from the legendary Buddy Guy, opening up with the stark summation “74 Years Young,” then running through songs that often address some aspect of a working musician's life."[3]

Musicians[]


  • The Memphis Horns – horns (tr. 3) are
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet
  • Tom McGinley – tenor saxophone
  • Jack Hale – trombone
  • Bekka Bramlett, Wendy Moten – backing vocals

Personnel[]

  • Tom Hambridge - producer
  • Vance Powell, John Netti, Jim Reitzel, Rob Root, Colin Linden, Michael St. Leon – engineers
  • Ducky Carlisle – mixing engineer
  • – assistant engineer, production assistant
  • Mike Rooney, Joel Margolis – assistant engineers
  • Gilbert Garza – guitar technician
  • Ray Kennedy – mastering

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."74 Years Young"Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson4:34[3]
2."Thank Me Someday"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge5:42
3."On the Road"Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge4:11
4."Stay Around a Little Longer" (feat. B.B. King)Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson5:00
5."Key Don't Fit"Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson5:02
6."Living Proof"Tom Hambridge3:45
7."Where the Blues Begins" (feat. Carlos Santana)Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson4:37
8."Too Soon"Richard Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge3:26
9."Everybody's Got to Go"Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge3:57
10."Let the Door Knob Hit Ya"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge3:44
11."Guess What"Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge5:44
12."Skanky"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge4:16

Charts[]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 126
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 75
US Billboard 200[12] 46
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[13] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] 10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[15] 8

References[]

  1. ^ "Stay Around a Little Longer". iTunes. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Living Proof Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Living Proof Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary (15 October 2010). "Buddy Guy, "Living Proof"". Billboard. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (22 October 2010). "Album review: Buddy Guy, 'Living Proof'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  6. ^ Kemp, Mark (26 October 2010). "Living Proof by Buddy Guy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  7. ^ Murray, Charles Shaar (January 2011). "Buddy Guy: Living Proof". Classic Rock. London, UK: Future plc. 153: 106–107. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  8. ^ "And The GRAMMY Went To ... Buddy Guy". Grammy.org. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Living Proof Credits". All Music Guide. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Lescharts.com – Buddy Guy – Living Proof". Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Buddy Guy – Living Proof". Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Buddy Guy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.


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