Every Day I Have the Blues (Buddy Guy and Junior Wells album)

Every Day I Have the Blues is a live album by blues musicians Buddy Guy and Junior Wells. Though first released in 2000, several re-releases have surfaced with alternative titles and cover art.[1]

Every Day I Have the Blues
Live album by
Released2000 (2000)
RecordedUnknown (1960s–1970s)
GenreBlues
Length39:06
LabelPurple Pyramid
Alternative cover
The 2003 CD release cover

Recording

The recording date and location are unknown. Although Chicago Blues Festival 1964 is used as the title of a 2003 release, liner notes by Athan Maroulis indicate "these live recording [are] from the mid-seventies".[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

In a review for AllMusic, critic Cub Koda gave the album one and a half out of five stars.[3] He commented: "A fair-to-middling-quality tape of Buddy and Junior doing a typical set in the mid-'70s ... If this were even of soundboard quality, it might be an enjoyable experience; but the horribly muffled vocals and frequent blasts of distortion, combined with mistitled and miscredited tunes ... and a lack of hard recording dates and information, make this one strictly for completists."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Buddy's Blues""Buddy Guy4:41
2."Stormy Monday"T-Bone Walker5:07
3."Every Day I Have the Blues"Peter Chatman a.k.a. Memphis Slim4:29
4."Woman Blues"Guy3:44
5."Satisfaction"Jagger/Richards3:37
6."Messin' with the Kid"Mel London2:32
7."No Use Cryin'"Junior Wells3:02
8."Just To Be With You"Wells4:36
9."Junior's Shuffle" 4:29
10."Out Of Sight"Guy, Wells6:10

Notes

Track 4 is mistakenly titled “Woman Blues”, the studio version was released by Chess Records in July 1965, titled “Leave My Girl Alone”.[4] Track 8 was originally written by Bernard Roth, first recorded by Muddy Waters.[5] Track 10 was originally written by James Brown in 1964.[6]

Personnel

  • Buddy Guy  guitar, vocals
  • Junior Wells  harmonica, vocals (on tracks 6-10)
  • Jack Myers  bass
  • Fred Below  drums
  • Gerry Gibson  tenor saxophone
  • Donald Hankins  baritone saxophone

Releases

  • 2000 – Every Day I Have the Blues (Purple Pyramid Records[1]
  • 2003 – Live at the Mystery Club[7]
  • 2003 – Chicago Blues Festival 1964 (with an additional three studio tracks from the Buddy Guy catalogue)[8] Also released in
  • 2005 – A Night of the Blues (Master Classics)[9]

References

  1. "Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – Every Day I Have The Blues". discogs.com.
  2. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells: Chicago Blues Session 1964 – liner notes, Purple Pyramid Records, CLP1331-2
  3. Koda, Cub. "Buddy Guy: Every Day I Have the Blues – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. "Leave My Girl Alone". secondhandsongs.com.
  5. "Just to Be With You". secondhandsongs.com.
  6. "Out of Sight". secondhandsongs.com.
  7. "Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – Live at the Mystery Club". discogs.com.
  8. "Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – Chicago Blues Festival 1964". discogs.com.
  9. "Buddy Guy – A Night of the Blues". AllMusic.
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