Tig
June 9th, 2011, 10:47 AM
Took Mrs. Tig to see the legendary 6 Grammy winning Buddy Guy at the local House of Blues last night. If you didn't know Buddy was 74, you'd think he was a good 20+ years younger. This man knows how to entertain and has a huge amount of energy. He layed out a 2 hour set with almost no breaks, playing several of his new and older classics, plus music from The Stones to Muddy Waters, Albert King, Clapton, and Hendrix. He and his rhythm guitar player played a few acoustic songs from the old blues masters as well.
Buddy would pause to tell a story, which was his way of introducing a song. He shut down a few hecklers like a tiger swatting down a mouse, all with great humor. The highlight was when he played in the crowd, and worked his way up to the balcony with us. While he can still jam and rock with amazing speed, he also showed a very gentle, big-hearted sweet side on a few songs, like "Skin Deep".
If you get a chance to see Buddy headline (http://www.buddyguy.net/tour), by all means go! He can charm an audience like very few performers. OK, so sometimes his tone gets a bit shrill, but you'll be amazed by his playing, singing and pure entertainment.
His gear was simple... Signature Strat (same transparent natural finish as pic below), signature wah, into a tweed Bassman 4x10 that was damned near dimed.
(wife has pic's on her phone, so will use others for now)
http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e14//6409821.47.jpg
His band was tight and focused. The stand outs were Marty Sammon on keys and Tim Austin on drums.
http://www.soundpress.net/graphics-feature-articles/fa-2010-05-22-buddy-guy-03.jpg
Signature Martin acoustic.
http://static.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/6/001/294/597/DV019_Jpg_Regular_517681.010_natural.jpg
Buddy would pause to tell a story, which was his way of introducing a song. He shut down a few hecklers like a tiger swatting down a mouse, all with great humor. The highlight was when he played in the crowd, and worked his way up to the balcony with us. While he can still jam and rock with amazing speed, he also showed a very gentle, big-hearted sweet side on a few songs, like "Skin Deep".
If you get a chance to see Buddy headline (http://www.buddyguy.net/tour), by all means go! He can charm an audience like very few performers. OK, so sometimes his tone gets a bit shrill, but you'll be amazed by his playing, singing and pure entertainment.
His gear was simple... Signature Strat (same transparent natural finish as pic below), signature wah, into a tweed Bassman 4x10 that was damned near dimed.
(wife has pic's on her phone, so will use others for now)
http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e14//6409821.47.jpg
His band was tight and focused. The stand outs were Marty Sammon on keys and Tim Austin on drums.
http://www.soundpress.net/graphics-feature-articles/fa-2010-05-22-buddy-guy-03.jpg
Signature Martin acoustic.
http://static.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/6/001/294/597/DV019_Jpg_Regular_517681.010_natural.jpg