The Very Best of Buddy Guy

• Artist: Buddy Guy
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1992
• Total Time: 74:27
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

The Very Best of Buddy Guy is a credible attempt to digitally summarize Buddy Guy's entire pre-Silvertone career on a single 18-song disc. It encompasses the guitarist's 1957 demo "The Way You Been Treating Me," two killer Cobras, four of his hottest Chess sides, a couple notable Vanguards, a pair of alluring Atlantics, and three tremendously unsubtle 1981 items from Guy's days with the British JSP label. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
First Time I Met the Blues (Lyrics)	Eurreal Montgomery	Buddy Guy	(2:09)
The Way You Been Treating Me [*]	Ike Turner, Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(3:13)
Sit and Cry (The Blues)	Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon	Buddy Guy	(3:01)
This Is the End	Ike Turner, Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(2:57)
Stone Crazy (Lyrics)	Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(2:59)
When My Left Eye Jumps (Lyrics)	Willie Dixon, Al Perkins	Buddy Guy	(3:53)
My Time After While	Ron Badger, Robert Geddins, Sheldon Feinberg	Buddy Guy	(3:05)
Hold That Plane	Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(4:41)
Hello San Francisco [*]	Robert Geddins	Buddy Guy	(5:24)
Five Long Years	John Lee Hooker, Eddie Boyd	Buddy Guy	(5:52)
First Time I Met the Blues (Lyrics)	Eurreal Montgomery	Buddy Guy	(3:44)
A Man of Many Words (Lyrics)	Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(3:59)
T-Bone Shuffle	T-Bone Walker	Buddy Guy	(4:16)
When You See the Tears from My Eyes [*]	Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker	Buddy Guy	(5:05)
Ten Years Ago	Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(3:42)
Blues at My Baby's House	Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(7:05)
She Suits Me to a T [*]	Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(4:30)
Just Teasin'	Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	(4:40)

Credits

Roosevelt Shaw (Drums), Junior Mance (Piano), Pinetop Perkins (Piano), Lefty Bates (Guitar), James Austin (Producer), Bob Neely (Sax (Tenor)), Bob Fisher (Remastering), Gary Bartz (Sax (Alto)), Lafayette Leake (Organ), Donald Hankins (Sax (Baritone)), Jack Meyers (Bass), Murray Watson (Trumpet), A.C. Reed (Sax (Tenor)), Mike Morrison (Bass), Leroy Stewart (Bass), Dallas Taylor (Drums), Odie Payne (Drums), Fred Below (Drums), Phil Guy (Guitar), McKinley Easton (Sax (Baritone)), Leonard Caston (Piano), Harold Burrage (Piano), Buddy Guy (Vocals), Abe Locke (Sax (Tenor)), Sonny Turner (Trumpet), Otis Rush (Guitar), Terry Taylor (Guitar), Geoff Gans (Artwork), Jesse Lewis (?), Bill Dahl (Liner Notes), Jim Gordon (Drums), Ed Jones (Sax (Tenor)), Lafayette Leake (Piano), Willie Dixon (Bass), Little Brother Montgomery (Piano), Jackie Brenston (Sax (Baritone)), Phil Thomas (Drums), Carlson Oliver (Sax (Tenor)), Doug Williams (Guitar), Frank Scott (Compilation), Brigid Pearson (Design), Dr. John (Piano), Valerie Wilmer (Photography), Carl Radle (Bass), Otis Spann (Piano), Ray Allison (Drums), Dick Waterman (Photography), Harold Ashby (Sax (Tenor)), Eric Clapton (Guitar), Doug Williams (Guitar), Buddy Guy (Guitar), Eddie Jones (Sax (Tenor)), Jesse Lewis (Drums), Jarrett Gibson (Sax (Tenor)), Clifton James (Drums), Junior Wells (Harmonica), Bill Wyman (Bass)