Alone & Acoustic

Blues · 1991 · 15 tracks

Alone & Acoustic

Acoustic guitars and harmonica captured in a quiet Paris studio. Buddy Guy trades his electric fire for a porch-side intimacy that feels like a private performance.

November 6, 1991 · Alligator Records

A warm, lived-in intimacy that feels both spontaneous and deeply rooted in tradition.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks

01

Give Me My Coat and Shoes

3:49

02

Big Boat (Buddy and Junior’s Thing)

5:13

03

Sweet Black Girl

3:32

04

Diggin’ My Potatoes

4:28

05

Don’t Leave Me

3:43

06

Rollin’ and Tumblin’

4:34

07

I’m in the Mood

3:22

08

High Heel Sneakers

4:56

09

Wrong Doing Woman

3:00

10

Cut You Loose

4:03

11

Sally Mae

2:31

12

Catfish Blues

3:34

13

My Home’s in the Delta

3:05

14

Boogie Chillen

4:01

15

Medley: Baby What You Want Me to Do / That’s Allright

5:44

Moments Worth Listening For

The rhythmic foot-tapping that provides the only percussion on 'Give Me My Coat and Shoes', grounding the sparse guitar melody.

Junior Wells' harmonica mimicking the vocal inflections during the playful banter of 'Big Boat'.

The sudden, percussive slap of guitar strings on 'Boogie Chillen' that transforms a simple rhythm into a driving groove.

Where This Album Departs

How does Alone & Acoustic sound next to the rest of Buddy Guy's catalogue?

Acoustic Guitar+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds acoustic guitar far more than the catalogue usually does.

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