BUDDY GUY: TRUE TO THE BLUES, DVD - PBS Documentary, 2022, Rare Live appearences

Description: Buddy Guy: True to the Blues. This is a rare 2022 promotional DVD from PBS. It includes the full 90 minute program. The disc is stamped with basic information and comes sealed in a plain jewel case. There is no insert of cover. See my other items for another Buddy Guy documentary. But 2 or more DVDs and get free shipping (within the USA). True to the Blues more or less follows the chronology of Chase, but it only incorporates brief snippets of the film’s biographical context. This time, the music is front and center. Many of the selections are drawn from Live, the Real Deal, recorded in 1996, and rather logically, his appearances on PBS’s Austin City Limits.We also see Guy performing a few songs solo for Amar and company, including the first he ever learned, John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillen.’” His laidback rendition sounds totally cool, but it still has that driving beat. Appropriately, “The First Time I Met the Blues” appears after Guy discusses his initial meeting with Muddy Waters, while “Let Me Love You Baby” follows his reminiscences of the British rockers who championed him. The latter features a particularly blistering guitar solo and a jazzy horn line.True to the Blues nicely features Guy’s humor, which in traditional blues fashion, can be a bit “colorful.” The opening to “Nine Below Zero” is indeed a little ribald, and he slyly works the double entendre of “Five Long Years,” placing the tongue-in-cheek blame on the original writer, Harpo Slim (he also finds a place to quote from his popular take on “Mary Had a Little Lamb”). Plus, blues fans get a couple bonuses, hearing Guy perform with Shemekia Copeland on “Cognac” and Jimmie Vaughan on “Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues.” It also features interviews with Tom Hambridge, Buddy’s music producer, and musicians Guy influenced, including Gary Clark, Jr., Eric Clapton and John Mayer.

Price: 19.99 USD

Location: Los Angeles, California

End Time: 2024-09-15T03:21:24.000Z

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