DJ Play My Blues is the sixth studio album by blues musician Buddy Guy, recorded in December 1981 and released on JSP Records in 1982. It was the third in a trio of Guy albums on JSP.
Background and recordings One year after the release of the slicker and funkier Breaking Out, Buddy Guy and his band entered Soto Sound Studio in Chicago and recorded one of the most remarkable blues albums of the 1980s. Buddy's brother, Phil Guy, was on second guitar. Longtime drummer Ray "Killer" Allison was back again, and there were two new members in Buddy's band: guitarist Doug Williams (a member of Phil Guy's band), and bassist Mike Morrison (who had played with Junior Wells and Willie Dixon).Buddy Guy / DJ Play My Blues / JSPCD256
Releases The original release includes only seven tracks. A 10-track LP was released in 1991 by Music Box International in Greece. Two of the three new tracks were previously released on Phil Guy's solo albums in 1982 and 1983 (The Garbage Man Blues and Mellow Down), with Phil singing the lead vocals on these songs. The 10-track version was released on a remastered CD by JSP in 1994 with an alternate cover. It was re-released on CD in 2004 (with another alternate cover), including two more tracks.
Critical reception
AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars and in the review by Chris Nickson, he commented:
Original vinyl track listing
Re-released vinyl and remastered CD track listing
CD 2004 re-release track listing
Personnel Buddy Guy – guitar, vocals Phil Guy – guitar, vocals on "Garbage Man Blues" and "Mellow Down" Doug Williams – guitar Mike Morrison – bass Ray Allison – drums Additional: Jerry Soto – engineer Martin Atkinson – mixing John Stedman – liner notes
Notes All guitar solos were played by Buddy Guy on tracks 1–8 & 12. All three guitarists (Buddy, Phil Guy & Doug Williams) played solos on tracks 9 & 10.
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