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Buddy Guy says of his new CD, Skin Deep, that it’s ‘The first time I really had more control.’ It shows - his singing and his guitar work are full of inspired abandon.

‘Everything in here is new’, Buddy said, ‘Most of the other albums have been a few new songs and then back to the older stuff or the covers.’ Buddy’s sound is loud and aggressive as he plays a selection of vintage guitars backed by a tight blues band with Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph appearing as guests.

Playlist

1421
Innuendo Out The Other
Philip DeGruy
Degruy-Gruy Music
NYC 6013 2 (US Import)
Philip DeGruy, Innuendo Out The Other
15 seconds (excerpt)
(solo 17-string elec guitar, fingerstyle; v quirky, virtuosic & humorous, more or less a bent-boogie)

1422
CD Cut 5 - 'Every Time I Sing the Blues'
Tom Hambridge/Gary Nicholson
Tom Hambridge Tunes/Gary Nicholson Music (admin by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing ASCAP
Silvertone/Zomba 88697-34316-2 Through Sony/BMG
Buddy Guy - 'Skin Deep'
7:36
(Buddy and Eric Clapton trade vocals and searing guitar solos in song that explains where they get their inspirations to keep singing the blues.)

1432
CD 1 - 'These Kind of Blues'
Acie D. Parker, Don D. Robey
Songs of Universal Inc. BMI
Delta Groove Music DGPCD 122 ( in Australia, through Only Blues Music www.onlybluesmusic.com
Worldwide: www.deltagrooveproductons.com )
The Mannish Boys - 'Lowdown Feelin'
Fades to 4:01
(Incongruous Flamenco guitar and Mariachi trumpet start into thumping meditation on the blues, featuring a baritone sax-led horn section, Bobby Jones' voice and Randy Chortkof's acoustic harmonica

Segue

1436
CD Cut 12 - 'I Found Happiness'
Buddy Guy
Mic-Shau Music (administered by Bug Music BMI)
Silvertone/Zomba 88697-34316-2 Through Sony/BMG
Buddy Guy - 'Skin Deep'
5:38
(Minor blues in which Buddy sings about finding happiness in his new 'she's like a fitness machine' lover)

1443
CD Cut 6 - 'Muse Blues'
Loudon Wainwright
Pub Not Spec
Yep Roc ( in Australia through Shock. www.shock.com.au
worldwide: www.yeproc.com )
Loudon Wainwright - 'Recovery'
3:34
(pisstake of the blues - 'I went down to the library' - is the first line in a song that develops into a song about writer's block with thundering drums and electric guitar and strings)

Segue

1446
CD Cut 6 - 'Out in the Woods'
Buddy Guy/Tom Hambridge
Mic-Shau Music (administered by Bug Music) BMI/EMI April Music/Sarachel Songs (admin by EMI April Music ASCAP
Silvertone/Zomba 88697-34316-2 Through Sony/BMG
Buddy Guy - 'Skin Deep'
5:43
(Buddy's down home blues featuring his own solo on a Gibson Custom 335, Robert Randolph's fuzz Pedal Steel Guitar and Nathan Williams' accordion)

1453
CD Cut 17 - 'Dead Letter Blues'
Johnny O'Neil
Copyright Control
Delta Groove Music DGPCD 122 ( in Australia, through Only Blues Music www.onlybluesmusic.com
Worldwide: www.deltagrooveproductons.com )
The Mannish Boys - 'Lowdown Feelin'
3:49
(Slow, downhome blues featuring Bobby Jones' vocals, Junior Watson's lead guitar and David 'Woody' Woodford's tenor and baritone saxes.)

1458
CD Cut 7 'Hammer and a Nail'
Buddy Guy
Mic-Shau Music (administered by Bug Music)
Silvertone/Zomba 88697-34316-2 Through Sony/BMG
Buddy Guy - 'Skin Deep'
One minute excerpt
(Buddy in Funky blues mode with band)

Presenter

Lucky Oceans

Producer

Lucky Oceans