Hold That Plane - Buddy Guy

Advantages: Makes you realise just how cool Blues can be
Disadvantages: The sound quality though not bad might put some people used to 'polish' off

...I always forget just how much I like Blues until I start listening to it again, though it can be hard to find it really pure and passionate these days. I have a couple of other Buddy Guy albums; one early on, his recordings for Chess Records, where he was a session player and though his desire to do so, was never allowed to cut loose (a mistake the head, Marshall Chess, recognised late on in the sixties when the likes of Hendrix, Clapton et al were crashing to stardom). The other, Damn Right I Got The Blues, from the nineties never quite cuts it. So what a pleasure it was to stumble upon Live At The Checkerboard Lounge. Live At The Checkerboard Lounge is not quite a purist album but it's pretty close. Buddy Guy was approached by JSP Records, then with virtually no catalogue to produce a live album, as Guy at the time could hardly... Read review

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Advantages: This man can play
Disadvantages: Not a lot of lyrics

...For this recording session Buddy Guy has returned to his roots and used a recording studio called Sweet Tea, the Oxford, Mississippi studio, is also owned by the producer of this album, one Dennis Herring. For this session Mr Herring has assembled an extraordinary band of black Mississippi veterans in the shape of Spam on Drums and Sam Carr also on drums along with some younger white players Jimbo Mathus on rhythm guitar on bass Davey Faragher and another drummer in the form of Pete Thomas. The opening track of this 2001 recording finds Buddy half-singing and half-muttering while he picks out the tune of the song “Done got old”. With the opening line of the track proclaiming “well, I done got old, can’t do the things I used to, cause I’m a old man, and I’m not the same”. As the song ends... Read review

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Advantages: Different, production is great!, catchy instrument parts
Disadvantages: None!

...Remember seeing that film snakes on a plane? Remember that catchy song at the end? Well these are the guys (and girl) who wrote it accompanied by a few other major bands. This album is, i have to say, amazing! Starting off with the first track, a slow acoustic song, which i was really not expecting form this band, after seeing them live supporting fall out boy. Then from that song, the originality, and catchy sound of the band is introduced. A mix of, disco/funk/alternative/rock is what makes this band a great new group on the music scene. Songs like "Church of hot addiction", "It's warmer in the basement" and "Bring it (Snakes on a plane)" are what show the true talent of these guys. If you unsure you can always check their website out or their myspace, but thsi albnum is must!... Read review

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