Buddy Guy discography explained

Artist:Buddy Guy
Studio:33
Live:15
Compilation:23
Music Videos:2
Ep:4
Singles:34
Tribute:1
Option Name:Concert films
Option:7
2Option:Solo and collaboration works are counted.

This is the discography of American blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy.[1] [2]

Solo

Singles & EPs

TitleYearLabelNotesAlbum
"Sit and Cry (the Blues)" / "Try to Quit You Baby"1958Artistic
"You Sure Can't Do" / "This Is The End"1959ArtisticIke Turner played guitar on both tracks and composed "This Is The End" [3] [4]
"I Got My Eyes on You" / "First Time I Met the Blues"1960Chess
"Slop Around" / "Broken Hearted Blues"1960Chess
"Let Me Love You Baby" / "Ten Years Ago"1961Chess
"Stone Crazy" / "Skippin!"1962Chess
"When My Left Eye Jumps" / "The Treasure Untold"1962Chess
"Hard But It's Fair" / "No Lie"1963Chess
"I Dig Your Wig" / "Scraping"1964Chess
"My Time After While" / "I Dig Your Wig"1964Chess
Crazy Music1965ChessUK 7" EP track listing:
"Crazy Music" / "Leave My Baby Alone" / "Every Girl I See" / "Too Many Ways"
"Leave My Girl Alone" / "Crazy Love"1965Chess
"My Mother" / "Mother-In-Law Blues"1966Chess
"I Suffer with the Blues" / "I'm Gonna Keep It To Myself"1967Chess
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" / "Sweet Little Angel"1968VanguardA Man and the Blues
"Buddy's Groove" / "She Suits Me to a Tee"1969Chess
"A Man of Many Words" / "Honey Dripper"1972Atlantic
"Damn Right, I've Got the Blues" / "Doin' What I Like Best"1991SilvertoneDamn Right, I've Got the Blues
"Where Is The Next One Coming From?" / "Let Me Love You Baby"1991Silvertone
"This Is the End" / "I Hope You Come Back Home"1992Jewel
"I Go Crazy" / "Feels Like Rain"1993SilvertoneFeels Like Rain
"Please Don't Drive Me Away" / "A Man of Many Words"1995SilvertoneSlippin' In
"Talk to Me Baby"1996Silvertone
"Meet Me in Chicago"2013RCARhythm & Blues
"Born to Play Guitar"2015RCABorn to Play Guitar
"Thick Like Mississippi Mud"2015RCA
"Sick with Love" / "She Got it Together"2017RCA
"You Sure Can't Do" / "Sit and Cry"Jewel
"The Way You Been Treating Me" / "This Is the End"Jewel

Albums

Studio albums

TitleYearLabelRecording yearNotes
Left My Blues in San Francisco1967Chess1965-67
A Man and the Blues1968Vanguard1968Also released as The Blues To-Day.
Hold That Plane!1972Vanguard1969
The Blues Giant1979Isabel1979The album was re-released in 1981 by Alligator Records as Stone Crazy! (AL-4723).
Breaking Out1980JSP1980
DJ Play My Blues1982JSP1981
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues1991Silvertone1991Won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Feels Like Rain1993SilvertoneWon the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Slippin' In1994SilvertoneWon the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Heavy Love1998Silvertone
Sweet Tea2001SilvertoneNominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Blues Singer2003SilvertoneWon the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Bring 'Em In2005Silvertone
Skin Deep2008Silvertone
Living Proof2010SilvertoneWon the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Rhythm & Blues2013Silvertone/RCA
Born to Play Guitar2015Silvertone/RCAWon the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.
The Blues Is Alive and Well2018Silvertone/RCA
The Blues Don't Lie2022Silvertone/RCA

Live albums

TitleYearLabelRecording yearNotes
This Is Buddy Guy!1968Vanguard1968Recorded at New Orleans House: Berkeley, California.
The Dollar Done Fell1980JSP1979Re-released in 1988 as Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1979.
1996Silvertone1996Recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL, and the Irving Plaza, New York, NY. The album was re-released in 2006 by Sony Music.
Jammin’ Blues Electric & Acoustic2003BMG1993/1996Compilation of tracks from Live: The Real Deal and Last Time Around: Live at Legends.
Live at Legends2012Silvertone2010Tracks 1 to 8 recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL, January 29 & 30, 2010. Tracks 9 to 11 recorded at Blackbird Studios, Nashville TN, March 9, 2010.
I'll Play the Blues for You2016Klondike1992Remastered WHCN-FM broadcast of Buddy Guy live from The Sting in Connecticut on 9 January 1992.

Compilations

TitleYearLabelRecording yearNotes
First Time I Met the Blues1969Python
In the Beginning1969Red Lightnin1958-64
I Was Walking Through the Woods1970Chess1960-64
Hot & Cool1977Vanguard1968-72
Got to Use Your Head1978Blues Ball1960-66
Chess Masters1981ChessRe-released 1984 as Buddy Guy.
Ten Blue Fingers1985JSP1980-81Compilation of tracks from Breaking Out and DJ Play My Blues.
My Time After Awhile1992Vanguard1965-72
The Very Best of Buddy Guy1992Rhino
The Complete Chess Studio Recordings1992Chess1960-67
Southern Blues 1957–631994Paula1957-63
Buddy's Blues1997Chess1960-67released in the "Chess Masters" series.
Blues Master1997Vanguard
Buddy's Blues 1978–1982: The Best of the JSP Recordings1998JSP1978-82
As Good As It Gets1998Vanguard1965-72
1999Silvertone
The Complete Vanguard Recordings2000Vanguard1968-72
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Buddy Guy2001ChessThe album was re-released by Geffen Records in 2011 as Icon.
Best of the Silvertone Years 1991–20052005Silvertone1991-2005
Can't Quit the Blues [3-CD + 1-DVD box set]2006Silvertone
Vanguard Visionaries2007Vanguard
Playlist: The Very Best of Buddy Guy2009Silvertone1991-2008
The Definitive Buddy Guy2009Shout! FactoryHis first single-disc career-spanning CD.
Blues Greats: Buddy Guy2011Geffen

Concert films

TitleYearLabelRecording year
Live: The Real Deal1996Silvertone1996
Teachin' the Blues2005Hot Licks
At Glastonbury2008BBC2008
Listen to This: A Musical Documentary2013IMV/Blueline1991

Collaborations

Singles & EPs

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelNotesAlbum
With the Blues
by Eddie Boyd & Buddy Guy
1965ChessUK 7" EP track Listing:
"First Time I Met the Blues" / "Ten Years Ago" / "Third Degree" / "Twenty-Four Hours"
(First two songs are Buddy Guy recordings; The other two songs are Eddie Boyd recordings)
Blues with a Beat
by Junior Wells
1965DelmarkEP track Listing:
"Hoodoo Man Blues" / "Early in the Morning" / "Snatch It Back and Hold It" / "Ships on the Ocean"
"A Man of Many Words" / "Honey Dripper"
by Buddy Guy with Dr. John & Eric Clapton / by Buddy Guy with The J. Geils Band
1972ATCO
"Mustang Sally"
by Buddy Guy with Jeff Beck
1991SilvertoneDamn Right, I've Got the Blues
"Some Kind of Wonderful" / "Too Broke to Spend the Night"
by Buddy Guy feat. Paul Rodgers
1993SilvertoneFeels Like Rain
Midnight Train
by Buddy Guy feat. Jonny Lang
1998SilvertoneEP Track listing:
"Midnight Train" / "Had a Bad Night" / "Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar" / "Midnight Train"
Heavy Love
"Stay Around a Little Longer"
by Buddy Guy feat. B.B. King
2010SonyLiving Proof
"Good Things" / "You Can't Love Me"
by Buddy Guy & Jesse Fortune / by T.V. Slim
Paula
"Too Many Cooks" / "Heavy Heart Beat"
by Buddy Guy / by Jesse Fortune
1963Jewel

Albums

Studio albums

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelRecording yearNotes
Hoodoo Man Blues
by Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band
1965Delmark1965
Chicago / The Blues / Today!, Vol. 1
by Various Artists
1966Vanguard1966
It’s My Life, Baby!
by Junior Wells
1966Vanguard1966Parts of the album were recorded live at Pepper's Lounge
Coming at You
by Junior Wells
1968Vanguard1968
Buddy and the Juniors
by Buddy Guy, Junior Mance & Junior Wells
1970Blue Thumb1969
Southside Blues Jam
by Junior Wells
1970Delmark1969-70
Southside Reunion
by Memphis Slim
1971Blue Star1970
Play the Blues
by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
1972Atlantic1970-72
Pleading the Blues
by Junior Wells
1979Isabel1979
Buddy & Phil
by Buddy Guy & Phil Guy
1981JSP1979-80Parts of the album were recorded live at the Checkerboard Lounge
Going Back
by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
1981Isabel1981The album was re-released, with five additional tracks, in 1991 by Alligator Records as Alone & Acoustic, and remastered in 2006 by Pure Pleasure Records as Going Back to Acoustic.
The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy
by Phil Guy
1982JSP1982
Bad Luck Boy
by Phil Guy
1983JSP1982
Better Off with the Blues
by Junior Wells
1993Telarc1993
All Star Chicago Blues Session
by Phil Guy
1994JSP1982
He's My Blues Brother
by Phil Guy
2006Black-Eyed

Live albums

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelRecording yearNotes
Folk Festival of the Blues
by Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson II
1963Argo
Live Recording at Yuhbin-Chokin Hall
by Junior Wells & Buddy Guy
1975Bourbon1975
Live in Montreux
by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
1978Black & Blue1978Re-released in 1999 as Everything Gonna Be Alright
Drinkin’ TNT ’n’ Smokin’ Dynamite
by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
1982Blind Pig1974
The Original Blues Brothers
by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
1982Intermedia1964Re-released in 1999 as The Real Blues.
Last Time Around – Live at Legends
by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
1998Silvertone1993
Every Day I Have the Blues
by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
2000Purple Pyramid1964The album was re-released in 2003 as Live at the Mystery Club and as Chicago Blues Festival 1964 and in 2005 as A Night of the Blues.
Double Dynamite
by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
2001Aim
Live in Chicago 88
by Buddy Guy & Otis Rush
2016Klondike1988

Concert films

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelRecording year
Messin' With the Blues
by Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells
1991Rhino
Carlos Santana Presents Blues at Montreux 2004
by Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, Clarence Brown & Bobby Parker
2004Eagle Vision2004
Live at Nightstage
by Junior Wells
2007Image Entertainment1986-89

Music videos

Title
and artist(s)
Year
"Mustang Sally"
by Buddy Guy with Jeff Beck
1991
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
by Buddy Guy feat. Paul Rodgers
1993

Appearances

Singles & EPs

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabel
"Tell Me What I've Done" / "Ooh Baby"
by Howlin' Wolf
1965Chess
"Stop Breakin' Down" / "Mystery Train"
by Junior Wells
1968Vanguard
"I Want An Easy Woman" / "I Am Gonna Unmask the Batman"
by Lacy Gibson
1969Repeto
"Mail Order Mystics" / "I Could Cry" / "Wake Up Call"
by John Mayall
1993Silvertone

Albums

Studio albums

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelRecording yearNotes
Folk Singer
by Muddy Waters
1964Chess
The Soul of Blues Harmonica
by Shakey Horton
1964Argo
Five Long Years
by Eddie Boyd
1965Fontana
The Real Folk Blues
by Howlin' Wolf
1965Chess
The Real Folk Blues
by Sonny Boy Williamson
1966Chess1964
Blues Southside Chicago
by Various Artists
1966Decca1966Recorded in Chicago by Willie Dixon.
In Europe
by Big Mama Thornton
1966Arhoolie1965
Super Blues
by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter
1967Checker1967
More Real Folk Blues
by Sonny Boy Williamson II
1967Chess
The Super Super Blues Band
by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley
1968Checker1967
Koko Taylor
by Koko Taylor
1969Chess
The New Chicago Blues
by Clarence Wheeler
1973Atlantic1972
Freedom
by Santana
1987Columbia
Coast to Coast
by Paul Shaffer
1989Capitol
Portrait of the Blues
by Lou Rawls
1992Capitol
Wake Up Call
by John Mayall
1993Silvertone
Force of Nature
by Koko Taylor
1993Alligator

by Paul Rodgers
1993Victory
Blues Summit
by B.B. King
1993MCA1993
I Am the Blues
by Big Daddy Kinsey
1993Verve1992-93
Johnnie Be Back
by Johnnie Johnson
1995MusicMasters
You Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead & Gone)
by Muddy Waters Tribute Band
1996Telarc
Great Guitars
by Joe Louis Walker
1997Polygram
Dark of the Night
by Scott Holt
1999Lightyear
The Big $core
by Howard & the White Boys
1999Evidence
Jim Peterik and World Stage
by Jim Peterik and World Stage
2000World Stage
Hot Foot Powder
by Peter Green
2000Artisan
Chapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgiveness
by Syleena Johnson
2001Jive
Me & the Devil
by Peter Green
2001Artisan
Jack O The Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3
by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
2003Rhino
Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played
by Les Paul & Various Artists
2005Capitol
Last Man Standing
by Jerry Jee Lewis
2006Artists First
Block Music
by Shawnna
2006Disturbing tha Peace/Def Jam
My Lady Don't Love My Lady
by Bryan Lee
2009Justin Time
2120 South Michigan Ave.
by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
2011Capitol2011
Cyclone
by Quinn Sullivan
2011GBG
33 1/3
by Shemekia Copeland
2012Telarc

Live albums

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelRecording yearNotes
Berlin Festival – Guitar Workshop
by Various Artists
1968MPS1967
Blues Jam at Chess
by Fleetwood Mac & Various Artists
1969Blue Horizon1969Also known as Fleetwood Mac in Chicago or Blues Jam in Chicago.
Doldinger Jubilee '75
by Passport
1975Atlantic1975
24 Nights
by Eric Clapton
1991Reprise1990-91
Antone's 20th Anniversary
by Various Artists
1996Discovery1995
Rock America: Smash Hits Live
by Jim Peterik and World Stage
2003Frontiers
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues - Lightning in a Bottle
by Various Artists
2004Columbia2003
Last Man Standing Live
by Jerry Jee Lewis and Various Artists
2007Artists First2006
Crossroads Revisited Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festivals
by Eric Clapton & Various Artists
2016Rhino/Reprise/Duck2004-13

Compilations

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelRecording year
Atlantic Blues: Chicago
by Various Artists
1986Atlantic
I Ain't Got No Money - 1950s South Louisiana Blues
by Various Artists
1989Flyright

by Various Artists
1993Reprise
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
by Various Artists
1996Epic

by Various Artists
2007Vanguard2007
Shine a Light
by The Rolling Stones
2008Polydor2008
Chicago Plays the Stones
by Various Artists
2017Raisin' Music

Soundtracks

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelRecording year
Rush
by Eric Clapton
1992Duck/Reprise1991
Big Bad Love
by Various Artists
2001Nonesuch

Concert films

Title
and artist(s)
YearLabelRecording year
Supershow
by Various Artists
1986Virgin Vision1969
Crossroads Guitar Festival: 2004
by Eric Clapton and Various Artists
2004Rhino2004
Lightning in a Bottle
by B.B. King (directed by Antoine Fuqua)
2004Sony2003
Crossroads Guitar Festival: 2007
by Eric Clapton and Various Artists
2007Rhino2007
Last Man Standing Live
by Jerry Jee Lewis and Various Artists
2007Artists First2006
Shine a Light
by The Rolling Stones (directed by Martin Scorsese)
2008Paramount2008
Plays Blues at Montreux 2004
by Carlos Santana
2008Eagle Vision2004
In Concert
by John Mayer
2009All Stars
Crossroads Guitar Festival: 2010
by Eric Clapton and Various Artists
2010Rhino2010
Crossroads Guitar Festival: 2013
by Eric Clapton and Various Artists
2013Rhino2013

References

  1. Web site: Discography on Allmusic. Allmusic.
  2. Web site: Discography on Discogs. Discogs.
  3. Book: Hal Leonard Corp. 25 Top Blues Songs - Tab. Tone. Technique.: Tab+. Hal Leonard Corporation. 2014. 9781495001017.
  4. Web site: Buddy Guy And His Band - You Sure Can't Do/This Is The End. 45cat.