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Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive and Well

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On June 15, 2018, “RCA/Silverstone Records” label released “The Blues Is Alive and Well”, the 18th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Tom Hambridge. At the 61st “Grammy Awards”, “The Blues Is Alive and Well” won the “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”. 

Personnel:

  • Buddy Guy – vocals, lead guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Keith Richards – guitar
  • Rob McNelley – rhythm and slide guitar
  • James Bay – vocals, guitar
  • Kevin McKendree – keyboards, electric piano, organ, mellotron, upright piano, clavinet
  • Mick Jagger – harmonica
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Tommy MacDonald – bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums, mixing
  • The Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
  • Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone
  • Jim Hoke – baritone saxophone
  • Ducky Carlisle – recording
  • Michael Saint-Leon – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeff Schulz – art direction, design
  • Chuck Lanza, Paul Natkin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Flemming and Tom Hambridge, except where noted.

  1. A Few Good Years
  2. Guilty as Charged
  3. Cognac – Buddy Guy, Richard Flemming, Tom Hambridge
  4. The Blues Is Alive and Well – Gary Nicholson, Tom Hambridge
  5. Bad Day – Mac Davis, Tom Hambridge
  6. Blue No More- Jamey Johnson, Tom Hambridge
  7. Whiskey for Sale – Tom Hambridge
  8. You Did the Crime
  9. Old Fashioned – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  10. When My Day Comes – Bill Sweeney, Tom Hambridge
  11. Nine Below Zero – Sonny Boy Williamson
  12. Ooh Daddy
  13. Somebody Up There
  14. End of the Line
  15. Milking Muther for Ya – Buddy Guy

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram: 662

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On July 23, 2021, “Alligator” label released “662”, the second Christone “Kingfish” Ingram studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Ocean Way Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Tom Hambridge. At the 2022 Grammys, “662” won the “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – vocals, guitar
  • Kenny Greenberg – guitar
  • Bob Britt – guitar
  • Marty Sammon – piano, Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer piano
  • Glenn Worf – bass
  • Tommy MacDonald – bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums, chimes, backing vocals, mixing, mastering
  • Max Abrams – saxophone
  • Julio Diaz – trumpet
  • Zach Allen – engineer
  • Ryan Yount – engineer assistant
  • Michael Saint-Leon – additional recording, mixing, mastering
  • Ric Whitney – executive producer
  • Kevin Niemiec – design
  • Justin Hardiman – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Tom Hambridge, except where noted.

  1. 662
  2. She Calls Me Kingfish
  3. Long Distance Woman
  4. Another Life Goes By
  5. Not Gonna Lie – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming
  6. Too Young to Remember – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming
  7. You’re Already Gone
  8. My Bad – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming
  9. That’s All It Takes
  10. I Got to See You – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming
  11. Your Time Is Gonna Come
  12. That’s What You Do
  13. Something in the Dirt – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming
  14. Rock & Roll – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Ashely Ray, Sean McConell