Left My Blues in San Francisco
Left My Blues in San Francisco is the debut studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy. Future Rotary Connection producer and keyboardist Charles Stepney provided orchestration and drums on some tracks. The album is a mix of older Blues tunes and four Buddy Guy originals.
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| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 23 April 1965 - 1967, Chicago, IL | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 32:03 | |||
| Label | Chess | |||
| Producer | Gene Barge | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Keep It to Myself" | Sonny Boy Williamson | 2:30 |
| 2. | "Crazy Love" | Willie Dixon | 2:20 |
| 3. | "I Suffer With the Blues" | Guy | 2:44 |
| 4. | "When My Left Eye Jumps" | Dixon, Al Perkins | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Buddy's Groove" | Barge | 3:42 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Goin' Home" | Dixon | 2:39 |
| 7. | "She Suits Me to a Tee" | Guy | 2:14 |
| 8. | "Leave My Girl Alone" | Guy | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Too Many Ways" | Dixon | 2:14 |
| 10. | "Mother-in-Law Blues" | Barge | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Every Girl I See" | Dixon, Michael M.P. Murphy | 3:41 |
Personnel
- Buddy Guy - lead guitar & lead vocals
- Gene Barge - tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10 and 11, production & orchestration
- Lefty Bates - rhythm guitar on track 4
- Milton Bland - tenor saxophone on track 8
- Reggie Boyd - bass guitar on tracks 2, 9, and 11
- Jarrett Gibson - tenor saxophone on track 4
- Lafayette Leake - Hammond organ on track 4
- Abe Locke - tenor saxophone on track 4
- Jack Meyers - bass on track 4
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy - guitar on tracks 2, 8, 9 and 11
- A.C. Reed - tenor saxophone on track 8
- Leroy Stewart - bass guitar on track 8
- Charles Stepney - orchestration, drums on tracks 1, 7, and 10
- Phil Thomas - drums on tracks 2, 4, 9, and 11
- Sonny Turner - trumpet on track 4
- Phil Upchurch - bass guitar on tracks 1, 7, and 10
- Murray Watson - trumpet on track 4
A number of the names of the musicians who contributed to these sessions have been lost to posterity. These are the baritone saxophonist on tracks 1, 7 and 10; bassist on tracks 3, 5 and 6; drummer on tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8; rhythm guitarist on tracks 1, 5, 7 and 10; organist on tracks 3 and 8; pianist on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11; and tenor saxophonist on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10[2]
- Ron Malo - supervising recording engineer
References
- Koda, Cub. "Buddy Guy: I Left My Blues in San Francisco > Review". AllMusic.
- "I Left My Blues in San Francisco - Buddy Guy - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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