Buddy Guy - Blues Singer [2LP]

Buddy Guy - Blues Singer [2LP]Limited double 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. The album is all acoustic and dedicated to John Lee Hooker with the line, 'In Memory of John Lee Hooker. You are missed'. Not known for his acoustic work, Buddy Guy unplugs for a rare album length excursion into folk blues. The guitarist gets down and dirty with 12 tracks that sound like they were recorded after hours in his living room or on his back porch. Guy's stinging leads are

Often referred to as the "fundamentalists in armor" and playing what it describes as "thunder rock

Few artists are storytellers as deft and disarmingly observational as Andy Shauf

and quiet transformation

and this vinyl pressing brings the '90s radio staples back with punchy

Lake & Palmer

Gang Starr

no knowledge necessary

strengthening the songwriting alongside Darkest Prince and founding member/rhythm guitarist Infernal Moonlight Apparition

Rather than seek something new however

With melodies that swell and lyrics that sting with honesty

that's what they call Texas

The band's profile was raised when vocalist Phil Anselmo joined the band in 1986