Sweet Tea (album) explained

Sweet Tea
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Buddy Guy
Cover:	File:BuddyGuy-SweetTea-cover.jpeg
Released:	15 May 2001
Recorded:	Sweet Tea Studios, Oxford, Mississippi
Genre:	Blues
Length:	54:20
Label:	Silvertone/Jive
Producer:	Dennis Herring
Prev Title:	Slippin' In
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Blues Singer
Next Year:	2003

Sweet Tea is the 11th studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy, released in 2001 on Silvertone/Jive label. It was nominated for 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

Personnel

• Buddy Guy – vocals, guitar
• Davey Faragher – bass
• Tommy Lee Miles – Drums
• James "Jimbo" Mathus – Rhythm guitar

Additional musicians and production

• Sam Carr – drums
• Dennis Herring – producer, mixing
• Clay Jones – mixing
• Craig Krampf – percussion
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Chris Shepard – engineer, mixing on "I Gotta Try You Girl"
• Pete Thomas – drums
• Bobby Whitlock – piano

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1]	162
US Blues Albums^[2]	1

References

• Web site: Stephen Thomas Erlewine. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=sweet-tea-r532474/review|pure_url=yes}} Buddy Guy: ''Sweet Tea'' > Review ]. Erlewine. Stephen Thomas. 3 February 2012.
• Web site: Robert Christgau. Buddy Guy > Consumer Guide Reviews. Christgau. Robert. 3 February 2012.
• Web site: . Buddy Guy: "Sweet Tea" . Kot . Greg . 10 February 2012 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20090419115615/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buddyguy/albums/album/193212/review/5941335/sweet_tea . April 19, 2009 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=buddy guy|chart=all}} Billboard 200 ]. Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc . 4 February 2012.
2. Web site: Blues Albums . Nielsen Business Media, Inc . 4 February 2012.