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Skin Deep | 
 enlarge | Artist: Buddy Guy
Label: Zomba
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 334
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.8 x 0.2
MPN: 731629
UPC: 886973162927
EAN: 0886973162927
Release Date: July 22, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Best Damn Fool - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy | | • | Too Many Tears - Buddy Guy, Hambridge, T. | | • | Lyin' Like a Dog - Buddy Guy, Hambridge, T. | | • | Show Me the Money - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy | | • | Every Time I Sing the Blues - Buddy Guy, Hambridge, T. | | • | Out in the Woods - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy | | • | Hammer and a Nail - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy | | • | That's My Home - Buddy Guy, Hambridge, T. | | • | Skin Deep - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy | | • | Who's Gonna Fill Those Shoes - Buddy Guy, Hambridge, T. | | • | Smell the Funk - Buddy Guy, Hambridge, T. | | • | I Found Happiness - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy |
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Amazon.com
It’s erroneous to characterize this 2008 Buddy Guy release, his first in three years, as a comeback, since he’s never been gone. But between a spotlight stealing performance in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert flick Shine a Light in the same year and the appearance of Skin Deep, Guy has returned to the crossover arena as the magnetic and dynamic blues journeyman he has always been. Drop the laser anywhere on these dozen tunes, all but five authored or co-penned by the Chicago guitarist, and it’s like a blast of hot wind in the face. Even with drummer Tom Hambrige’s somewhat slick production, Guy is in your face, spitting out words with strutting swagger and peeling off molten licks that leave smoldering scars. Guests such as Derek Trucks and Eric Clapton seem like an afterthought, yet the former’s sensitive slide work on the titular ballad brings a crying gospel quality to the song. Trucks’ wife, Susan Tedeschi, makes a vibrant vocal foil on the mid-tempo "Too Many Tears," an obvious single. Roots guitar fans will thrill at the six-string intensity of the ferocious slow blues "Out in the Woods" where Guy unleashes torrents of raw sound that make this disc so consistently riveting and a highlight in the legend’s extensive catalog. --Hal Horowitz
Album Description
Skin Deep is the 2008 release by Buddy Guy. The album features The Memphis Horns, Willie Mitchell,Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph and Quinn Sullivan.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 "Let me explain this..." July 26, 2008
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
The sixth track on this album, "Out In The Woods," begins as a twisted alliance between super-distorted electric guitar and acoustic slide...with Buddy informing us that he has wolf blood in his veins...and it crawls along at a slow, deadly simmer until he proclaims "LET ME EXPLAIN THIS"...
Then it's Buddy in full Kingsnake mode, claiming the throne, smacking down the contenders.
With John Lee and Muddy gone, Buddy is the last of a dying breed. This is raw, brutal, dangerous music. The Silvertone releases, with the possible exception of Heavy Love, have been extremely rewarding. "Skin Deep" is the heaviest album since Sweet Tea, and it can be appreciated on a number of levels. First, there's no shortage of guitar. Second, the vocals are attitude-filled and emotive. Finally, Buddy just HITS it from the first note and doesn't let up. There's no filler, no weak tracks, no throwaways. You get a few changes in tempo for variety but this is the guy who walked out on the Rolling Stones' stage in Shine a Light and reminded them of how it's DONE. As Mick Jagger said, "Buddy **********ing Guy."
Plangent chords possessed by the ghosts of John Lee Hooker August 6, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
You want some strong blues by the best players around, this is your CD. Guy plays some funky hard guitar here and he's got Robert Randolph (who some say is the next Jimi Hendrix) and Eric Clapton right up there playing with him. And if you want some serious gritty female vocals, there's always Susan Tedeschi.
I usually mention a couple of favorites. So far, "Out in the Woods" is the song that's gotten the most repeats. Think New Orleans bayou on a full moon night with the loup garous howling. This is one where Randolph plays, and the guitars are just howling.
"Best Damn Fool," which is the CD opener, epitomizes the blues sentiment.
Guy and Tedeschi were intended to sing together. Just listen to the two of them on "Too Many Tears."
I have a feeling this one's not going to get out of my CD player for a long time. My prediction is "Skin Deep" is going to be one of the best albums of 2008.
Rebecca Kyle, August 2008
RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "BUDDY GUY CONTINUES TO BE UNAFFECTED BY FATHER-TIME!" July 23, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
Buddy Guy will be seventy-two-years-old on July 30th 2008, and he simply defies the hands-of-time. This CD highlights a voice that is as strong as a man half his age. He still effortlessly hits the high notes at absolute full throttle without the slightest sign of effort. The energy that emanates from his guitar, when he "bends" the strings like blues strings were meant to be bent.... has been matched by only a select few guitarists in modern blues history. Guest appearances by Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Robert Randolph, Eric Clapton, and the Memphis Horns, among others, simply helps elevate this CD to a "classic" level.
This CD contains twelve songs totaling approximately fifty-eight minutes of Blues. Included within the twelve songs, are two tunes over five-minutes-and forty-seconds in length... and two songs that are over seven-minutes long. As true electric blue's fans will attest to... once you really get the blues... you need more than five minutes to fully appreciate them.
This release reinforces once again... that... BUDDY GUY... IS THE GREATEST LIVING ELECTRIC BLUES PERFORMER. This is a must buy CD.
The One and Only!!! July 30, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
God Bless Buddy Guy...he's one in a million. Approaching 72 years young and on fire. As one reviewer noted, he walked on stage in Shine A Light and had the Stones in awe...amazing performance there and it carried over to Skin Deep. Brilliant showman, strong voice, amazing guitar...and along the way still humble to his roots...Buddy, may you live to 100 and kick a** all the way there.
Still Smokin' July 25, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have ti disagree with the negative vibe the 1st reviewer put out. The "real" Buddy Guy" has always been about sharing his music, and the spotlight, he gives back. If you have seen him in recent years, his stage shows are all over the place, as if he is trying to show you a little bit of everything before you go home. Well a little bit of everything is here. From the good choice of Tom Hambridge as co writer, to the solid , clear production. The playing is Buddy, "intense" The guests are his friends, and or people he wants to showcase, much like what was done for him as the Blues got a re birth in the late 80's and early ninties. Buddy is Buddy, still smokin"
Tom McGrath
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