Left My Blues in San Francisco

Left My Blues in San Francisco
Studio album by
Buddy Guy
Released1967
Recorded1962, 1965 - 1967,
Chicago, IL
StudioTer-Mar Studios, Chicago
GenreBlues
Length32:03
LabelChess (#LP 1527/LPS 1527)
ProducerGene Barge
Buddy Guy chronology
Left My Blues in San Francisco
(1967) 		A Man and the Blues
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Left My Blues in San Francisco is the debut studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy, released in 1967.[4][5] Future Rotary Connection producer and keyboardist Charles Stepney provided orchestration and drums on some tracks. The album is a mix of older blues tunes and three Buddy Guy originals.

Critical reception

Reviewing a reissue, The Advocate wrote that "the album’s hodgepodge of styles—soul, rhythm and blues, pop and blues—forms a fascinating time capsule from which Guy’s irrepressible personality and fiery guitar do emerge."[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep It to Myself"Sonny Boy Williamson2:30
2."Crazy Love"Willie Dixon2:20
3."I Suffer With the Blues"Guy2:44
4."When My Left Eye Jumps"Willie Dixon, Al Perkins3:53
5."Buddy's Groove"Gene Barge3:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Goin' Home"Willie Dixon2:39
7."She Suits Me to a Tee"Guy2:14
8."Leave My Girl Alone"Guy3:25
9."Too Many Ways"Willie Dixon2:14
10."Mother-in-Law Blues"Gene Barge2:41
11."Every Girl I See"Willie Dixon, Michael M.P. Murphy3:41

Personnel

  • Buddy Guy - lead guitar, lead vocals
  • Gene Barge - tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10 and 11, production & orchestration
  • Lefty Bates - rhythm guitar on track 4
  • Milton Bland - tenor saxophone on track 8
  • Reggie Boyd - bass guitar on tracks 2, 9, and 11
  • Jarrett Gibson - tenor saxophone on track 4
  • Lafayette Leake - Hammond organ on track 4
  • Abe Locke - tenor saxophone on track 4
  • Jack Meyers - bass on track 4
  • Matt "Guitar" Murphy - guitar on tracks 2, 8, 9 and 11
  • A.C. Reed - tenor saxophone on track 8
  • Leroy Stewart - bass guitar on track 8
  • Charles Stepney - orchestration, drums on tracks 1, 7, and 10
  • Phil Thomas - drums on tracks 2, 4, 9, and 11
  • Sonny Turner - trumpet on track 4
  • Phil Upchurch - bass guitar on tracks 1, 7, and 10
  • Murray Watson - trumpet on track 4

A number of the names of the musicians who contributed to these sessions have been lost to posterity. These are the baritone saxophonist on tracks 1, 7 and 10; bassist on tracks 3, 5 and 6; drummer on tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8; rhythm guitarist on tracks 1, 5, 7 and 10; organist on tracks 3 and 8; pianist on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11; and tenor saxophonist on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10

Technical
  • Ron Malo - recording supervisor, engineer
  • Max Cooperstein - supervision
  • Jerry Griffith - album design, cover photography
  • Bill Utterback - illustration

References

  1. ^ Koda, Cub. "Buddy Guy: I Left My Blues in San Francisco > Review". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 49.
  3. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. pp. 352–353.
  4. ^ "Buddy Guy | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Harmon, Rod. "Buddy Guy to headline Sarasota Blues Festival". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  6. ^ WIRT, JOHN. "Album review: Buddy Guy's debut, 'Left My Blues in San Francisco,' gets quality, Vinyl Me, Please reissue". The Advocate.


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