New Buddy Guy - "Blues Singer"

Bombayawalla,
Its a shame that Sweet Tea is not aviable on vinyl.Get it
on CD as soon as possible. Just try not to laugh out loud at the review that is on the cover. Andy Ellis from Guitar Player Mag. states "anyone who understands Tom Waits or Portishead will immeditately understand the brooding spooky esthetics" NO this CD is Juinor Kimbrough kicked up
several notches. If you want some decent Buddy Guy vinyl pressings that are cheap get his Alligator pressings.
P.S. does anyone know what a Portishead is ?

Firstly, let me state that Buddy Guy is perhaps one of the best blues guitarsts alive. I found his Blues singer a bit of a let down compaired to one of the greatest albums ever Sweet Tea. I will also state that I saw both shows in NYC and quite a few were disappointed at the blues singer show. At the sweet tea show people were more than cheering,
they were gasping. They did not believe that anybody can be this good. Buddy Guy himself commented that he will no longer look at the song list, or alloted time per track. He
knew something special was going on. Acoustically, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, "Alone & Acoustic" is by far better. I
urge every Buddy Guy fan to go out & get Sweet Tea, but beware you will expect this kind or preformance from him all the time.

I hate to say it but the last two times that Buddy Guy was in NYC he was a big dissapointment. Yes I am an advid blues fan especially the Chicago electric style. The last ( and I do mean last time I will see him ) was at Lincoln center with a host of stars. All Buddy Guy did is come out with his pokka-dotted pants & matching guitar and promote some young kid who wasn't that good, or at least needed more practice to stay on stage with that lineup. He stood up and just strummed some notes to the music. Buddy Guy runs hot and cold. What is traditional for him is to do a tribute to past blues artists in music. The first time it was good, by the 4th time you are sick of it. If I had a nickel for every time I him say " Its so Funky in here I can Smell it " I could retire. Most of Buddy Guys' material is very good, but Sweet Tea just shows what new hight he can easily attain, and I wish he would stay at that level.

Again I will say Blblues68 when Eric Clapton was asked who was the best all around guitarist in the business his answer was Buddy Guy. The problem with these great artists is since they have nothing to prove, why bother working. I saw the Blues Singer tour at the Beacon theater in NYC, and allthough it was a very good show, compaired to his preformance of Sweet Tea I couldn't get into it. I feel the Sweet Tea show was the highest point this Blues Man reached. People wern't cheering as much as ghasping at what an astounding preformance it was. Why not maintain this level of output. I just saw Bryan Lee ( who is also about 70yrs old ) and blind to boot and his show was way better that the last terrible preformance of Buddy Guy at Lincoln center. I think that it is time to move on with this artist.