New Buddy Guy - "Blues Singer"

Hey, Romy the Cat; Your post begs the Question; WHY do you think this is a " Very unfortunate album"?

Unfortunately we all are not getting younger and many things that we were able naturally to do in past are getting to be more difficult for us and some… impossible. Leaving aside a certain “simplification of music” Buddy regrettably demonstrated in his last album a “singing with difficulties”. The most unpleasant was not to hear that he was not able to sing but to hear how he was trying to mask it out and to fake it as “a creativeness”. It is very apologetic and petty development….

Rgs,
The Cat

Verybigass; I'm sorry I asked. I did not know at the time who I was responding to. After reading your last post I went back for another listen. Well Buddy Guy has one of the most beautiful and emotive voices of any blues singer I have ever heard. I suspect this genre of music may not be your area of expertise. Have you listened to any Howlin' Wolf lately? How about John Lee Hooker, although we all know he he couldn't sing well after 1958 or so.

Bought it today at Borders, put it on and was doing some chores around the house, so not a close listen yet. No complaints, but probably no Handy Award either.

I wonder if this recording is some sort of a response to Sweet Tea's psychodelica? I don't know, but I'm still kinda cool to Sweet Tea. Sometimes I think that it's unlistenable--all that reverb! It's as if Buddy has just discovered the fun of pedals, and he's got 'em all turned up to "11." Still not sure of the point of it all.

Anyway, I think that Blues Singer seems to be an answer to all of those who thought that Sweet Tea was too far out. This latest effort seems to be Buddy saying, "See, I still sing the blues!" I don't think that Buddy needs to do this; I just want him to play the music that HE wants to play. The thing is, Blues Singer is probably closer to home for him. After all, he's pretty much the living history of post-war (that's WW II, y'all!) blues.

Comments? Thoughts?

I finally got a copy of this and sat down for a serious listen. I like Buddy Guy in general, and this is a fantastic recording in many regards, but I've got to be honest and say that there are several songs on the album that start out with a ton of promise, my foot starts tapping, and as soon as Buddy opens his mouth I want him to just leave the damn room and I can't stop my hand from reaching for the remote to skip to the next track.

Certainly not a waste of $9.00, but now that I've listened to it I know why I was able to find it in the used CD section already-