Album: Sweet Tea by Buddy Guy (2001)
Genre: Blues
Format: Album

Artist Background: Buddy Guy (born George Guy, July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana) is an American blues music and rock music guitarist, as well as a singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix and other 1960s blues and rock legends, Guy is considered as an important proponent of chicago blues made famous by Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. He has influenced both widely known and local blues guitarists. Guy is known for his showmanship; for example, he plays with drumsticks and walks into the audience whil... Part of the Lettsworth, Louisiana, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Blues movement.

Related Artists: Albert King, Freddie King, Luther Allison, B.B. King

Music Scene: Part of the Lettsworth, Louisiana, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Blues movement.

Tags: Blues, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


One of Buddy Guy’s most uncompromising, unforgettable latter-day albums, <i>Sweet Tea</i> finds the Chicago-blues legend paying tribute to the Mississippi hill-country sound popularised by Fat Possum Records. Tackling tunes by blues heroes like Junior Kimbrough and Cedell Davis, Guy’s guitar work is raw, unhinged and searing with indignation. When he rips into Kimbrough's "Baby Please Don't Leave Me" or Davis' "She Got the Devil in Her" atop overdriven bass and slam-bang drums, he sounds like a lion gnashing prey between its mighty teeth.

Sweet Tea

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