Rhythm & Blues (Buddy Guy album)

Rhythm & Blues
Studio album by Buddy Guy
Released	July 30, 2013
Genre	Blues, Soul
Label	RCA
Producer	Tom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Living Proof (2010) Rhythm & Blues (2013) Born to Play Guitar (2015)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	8/10[2]
Allmusic	[3]

Rhythm & Blues is the 27th studio album by American blues musician Buddy Guy. It was released in July 2013 under RCA Records. Rhythm & Blues marked Guy's largest first week sales in the Soundscan Era, and was his fourth album to reach No.1 on the Top Blues Albums Chart (following 2010's Living Proof, 2008's Skin Deep, and 2001’s Sweet Tea).^[4]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 27 on Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Blues Albums chart.^[5] selling 10,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 55,000 copies in the United States as of July 2015.^[6]

Musicians

• Buddy Guy - guitar, lead vocals

Guitars

• BG '89 Fender Custom Strat
• '54 Fender Strat
• Gibson Custom 335
• Gibson Les Paul

• Tom Hambridge - Drums, Background vocals, Tambourine, Elephant Bells
• Reese Wynans - Piano, Hammond B3, Wurlitzer
• Kevin McKendree - Piano, Hammond B3, Wurlitzer
• Michael Rhodes - Bass
• Tommy McDonald - Bass
• David Grissom - guitar
• Rob McNelley - guitar, slide guitar
• The McCrary Sisters - Background Vocals
• Jessica Wagner-Cowan, Herschel Boone, Shannon Kurfmann - Background vocals
• Wendy Moten - Background vocals
• The Muscle Shoals Horns

• Charles Rose - Trombone, Horn Arrangeomenit
• Steve Herrman - Trumpet
• Jim Horn - Baritone Sax
• Harvey Thompson - Tenor Sax

Guest Musicians

• Kid Rock - vocals^[7]
• Keith Urban - guitar, vocals^[8]
• Beth Hart - vocals^[9]
• Steven Tyler - vocals^[10]
• Joe Perry - guitar^[11]
• Brad Whitford - guitar^[12]
• Gary Clark, Jr. - guitar, vocals^[13]

Personnel

• Tom Hambridge - Producer
• Chris Carmichael - Strings and string arrangement
• Recorded by Ducky Carlisle at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, TN
• Mixed by Ducky Carlisle and Tom Hambridge at Ice Station Zebra in Boston, MA

Track list

Disc One - Rhythm
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Best in Town" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns)	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming	4:55
2.	"Justifyin'"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	3:23
3.	"I Go by Feel"	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	4:15
4.	"Messin' with the Kid" (featuring Kid Rock)	Mel London	2:33
5.	"What's Up with That Woman" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns)	Tom Hambridge	4:02
6.	"One Day Away" (featuring Keith Urban)	Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming, Scott Holt	3:44
7.	"Well I Done Got Over It"	Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones	2:55
8.	"What You Gonna Do About Me" (featuring Beth Hart & Muscle Shoals Horns)	Tom Hambridge, Lee Roy Parnell, Gary Nicholson	4:39
9.	"The Devil's Daughter"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	5:15
10.	"Whiskey Ghost"	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	4:36
11.	"Rhythm Inner Groove"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	0:34

Disc Two - Blues
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Meet Me in Chicago"	Tom Hambridge, Robert Randolph	3:45
2.	"Too Damn Bad"	Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming	3:06
3.	"Evil Twin" (featuring Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford)	Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming	5:23
4.	"I Could Die Happy"	Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming	4:13
5.	"Never Gonna Change"	Tom Hambridge, David Gogo	3:20
6.	"All That Makes Me Happy Is the Blues" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns)	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	4:36
7.	"My Mama Loved Me"	Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming	3:33
8.	"Blues Don't Care" (featuring Gary Clark, Jr.)	Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming	3:26
9.	"I Came Up Hard"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming	5:28
10.	"Poison Ivy"	Mel London	2:50

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	106
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	86
French Albums (SNEP)[16]	93
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17]	41
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[18]	69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19]	46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	12
US Billboard 200[21]	27
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[22]	1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[23]	5

References

1. "Rhythm & Blues Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
2. Schneider, Jason (2013-07-26). "Buddy Guy - Rhythm & Blues". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Rhythm & Blues - Buddy Guy". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
4. http://www.rcarecords.com/news/buddy-guy-breaks-his-sales-record-rhythm-blues-debuts-1-billboards-top-blues-albums-chart, Retrieved February 16, 2015
5. "Buddy Guy Breaks His Sales Record As Rhythm & Blues Debuts at #1 on Billboard's Top Blues Albums Chart". RCA Records. August 7, 2013.
6. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015.
7. Kid Rock appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Company
8. Keith Urban appears courtesy Capitol Records Nashville
9. Beth Hart appears courtesy Mascot Records
10. Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Brad Whitford appears courtesy Columbia Records
11. Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Brad Whitford appears courtesy Columbia Records
12. Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Brad Whitford appears courtesy Columbia Records
13. Gary Clark, Jr. appears courtesy Warner Bros. Records
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17. "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment Charts.
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22. "Blues Album: August 17, 2013". Billboard.
23. "Buddy Guy – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Buddy Guy.