Buddy Guy is one of the last surviving members of the Chicago blues scene, playing with legends such as Muddy Waters and Freddie King. With his tormented soul voice and raw guitar playing he can (and should) count Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan among his greatest admirers. An inconsistent oeuvre full of gaps and aimless forays may have meant that he was initially not mentioned in the same breath
… as all those greats. In the autumn of his career - in which he keeps up to date - his fame seems to increase and he finally plays to full houses, as almost every year at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam. On Skin Deep blues invariably rhymes with truth and Guy breathes this music, assisted by Clapton and pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph.more
