The Blues Is Alive And Well by the great, Buddy Guy, will be available everywhere June 15, 2018. The upcoming album features appearances by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck and James Bay.
Fresh off the heels of a thrilling performance for the closing of NYC’s BB King’s Blues Club and Grill, multi-Grammy Award winning blues icon, Buddy Guy, announces the upcoming release of his brand new studio album, The Blues Is Alive And Well.
Set for a June 15 release on Silvertone/RCA Records, The Blues Is Alive and Well features guest appearances by Mick Jagger on “You Did The Crime,” Keith Richards and Jeff Beck on “Cognac” and James Bay on “Blue No More.” Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter and longtime collaborator Tom Hambridge produced the album.
The Blues Is Alive And Well is the follow up to Guy’s 2015 critically acclaimed album, Born To Play Guitar, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Album charts. The album marked Guy’s fifth #1 album on the chart and twelfth Top 10 Billboard Blues Album.
In his quest to keep the genre vital, Guy chats about the origin of southern blues and performs on David Letterman’s Netflix Series, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, airing May 4th.
The Blues Is Alive And Well Track List:
01 A Few Good Years
02 Guilty As Charged
03 Cognac (featuring Jeff Beck and Keith Richards)
04 The Blues Is Alive And Well
05 Bad Day
06 Blue No More (featuring James Bay)
07 Whiskey For Sale
08 You Did The Crime (featuring Mick Jagger)
09 Old Fashioned
10 When My Day Comes
11 Nine Below Zero
12 Ooh Daddy
13 Somebody Up There
14 End Of The Line
The recipient of the 2015 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Buddy Guy’s career spans over 50 years with just as many albums released. Career highlights include 7 Grammy Awards, 37 Blues Music Awards, Kennedy Center Honors, NARM Chairman’s Award for distinguished artistic development, Presidential National Medal of Arts, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to name a few.
To pre-order The Blues Is Alive And Well see here:
The Blues Is Alive and Well
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wow, thanks for that one hadn’t seen or heard it before. Fantastic!!!!
Welcome, John.
Richard,
That’s so wonderful! Thanks for sharing that. You just made my day. You’re welcome. I can’t wait for Buddy Guy’s album either.
Always great to hear about a new Buddy Guy release! Amazing he is still going strong and so far putting out some crazy great new blues music
I LOVE ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS ALBUM SO ITS GOT TO BE SLAMING