1. The Way You Been Treating Me - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
2. Sit and Cry (The Blues) - Buddy Guy, Dixon, Willie
3. This Is the End - Buddy Guy, Turner, Ike
4. First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy, Montgomery, Eurreal
5. Ten Years Ago - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
6. Let Me Love You Baby - Buddy Guy, Dixon, Willie
7. Stone Crazy - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
8. When My Left Eye Jumps - Buddy Guy, Dixon, Willie
9. Hoodoo Man Blues - Buddy Guy, Williams, John Lee
10. In the Wee Hours - Buddy Guy, Blakemore, Amos
11. I Can't Quit the Blues - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
12. One Room Country Shack - Buddy Guy, Walton, Mercy Dee
13. T-Bone Shuffle - Buddy Guy, Walker, T-Bone
14. When You See the Tears from My Eyes - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
15. I Smell a Rat - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
16. She Suits Me to a T - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
17. D. J. Play My Blues - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
18. Damn Right, I've Got the Blues - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
19. Mustang Sally - Buddy Guy, Rice, Mack
20. Five Long Years - Buddy Guy, Boyd, Eddie
21. Mary Ann - Buddy Guy, Charles, Ray
22. She's Nineteen Years Old - Buddy Guy, Morgenfield, McKinl
23. Miss Ida B - Buddy Guy, Sykes, Roosevelt
24. Feels Like Rain - Buddy Guy, Hiatt, John
25. 7-11 - Buddy Guy, Robinson, Fenton
26. I Smell Trouble - Buddy Guy, Robey, Don
27. Someone Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' out, Slippin' In) - Buddy Guy, LaSalle, Denise
28. My Time After Awhile - Buddy Guy, Geddins, Robert
29. Your Mind Is on Vacation - Buddy Guy, Allison, Mose
30. Midnight Train - Buddy Guy, Tiven, Jon
31. Totally out of Control - Buddy Guy, Guy, Buddy
32. Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar - Buddy Guy, Holder, Jack
33. Baby Please Don't Leave Me - Buddy Guy, Kimbrough, Junior
34. Done Got Old - Buddy Guy, Kimbrough, Junior
35. Honey Bee - Buddy Guy, Morgenfield, McKinl
36. Tramp - Buddy Guy, Fulsom, Lowell
37. Crawlin' Kingsnake - Buddy Guy, Hooker, John Lee
38. Moanin' and Groanin' - Buddy Guy, Shines, Johnny
39. Bad Life Blues - Buddy Guy, Hogg, Andrew
40. I Can't Be Satisfied - Buddy Guy, Morgenfield, McKinl
41. First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy, Montgomery, Eurreal
42. I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy - Buddy Guy, Carter, Darryl
43. Somebody's Sleeping in My Bed - Buddy Guy, Crutcher, Bettye Je
44. I Miss You - Buddy Guy, Hester, Anthony
45. Cut You Loose - Buddy Guy, London, Mel
46. The Price You Gotta Pay - Buddy Guy, Keb' Mo
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Robert Cray says that Buddy Guy's guitar solos sound like laughter from space, but they can also peal like the cries of lost souls attempting to cross the River Styx. If these 47 songs on three CDs plus a DVD boasting a new 75-minute documentary and six performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival prove anything, it's that Guy is one of the most dynamic, diverse, expressionistic, and emotional guitarists--in any genre. The set neatly examines the 70-year-old Chicago blues legend's half-century career, starting with a ragged but soulful "The Way You Been Treating Me" cut in 1957 at a radio station in Guy's native Louisiana that finds him developing his searing, exploratory style. A year later, he's in Chicago working with tunesmith Willie Dixon, and the rest is history (chronicled in Anthony DeCurtis's excellent lines notes) that leads from the glory days of Chess Records to Guy's early breakout recordings for Vanguard to his modern-day mastery. The most recent recordings often find him working with acolytes: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keb' Mo', Jonny Lang, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards, and John Mayer (who duets with Guy on the unreleased "I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled & Crazy"). B.B. King, who along with Guitar Slim was Guy's most important early influence, also joins Clapton and Guy on a stirring acoustic version of John Lee Hooker's "Crawlin' Kingsnake."This set makes the argument for Guy's ever-continuing growth as a musician--not only as a player whose frenzy, improvisational instincts, and tonal control keep stretching with age, but as a stylist who was unafraid to put aside his trademark electric approach in 2003 to make the acoustic Blues Singer (represented here by "Bad Life Blues" and the Hooker tune) and to embrace primal North Mississippi juke joint music with Sweet Tea, which lends this set a pair of Junior Kimbrough covers. Guy's sole artistic weakness is his songwriting. He's never been prolific, and even in the '60s his lyrics drew on well-established clichés. But, as these performances attest, his playing's never been less than daring--and his voice knows every nuance of heartache and joy. --Ted Drozdowski
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Can't Quit the Blues
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2006-10-31)
- Publisher: Sony
- Label: Sony
- Format: Box set
- Studio: Sony
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 25 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #2708
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Summary: Can't Refuse this blues set 2008-09-03
Comment: A great box set of of blues from the man who was before Jimi, before Stevie and before Eric. I should have been listening to Buddy long ago. Three solid discs of tunes and a snappy DVD with a great mix of interview and concert video. Includes a sizeable booklet of Buddy Guy history along with the CD tracks and players. I love this set and I have nothing negative to say about it. A must have!
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Summary: Should be titled - "Some of Buddy's Best" 2008-03-27
Comment: Can this mans career be compressed down to three CDs?
In my opinion no. He is one of "THE GREATs". But this set gives you a very good sampling of some of his best work.
Every song included is good. Not a dud in the whole bunch.
The extra DVD included is a big plus for all us Buddy Guy fans. And the little booklet that's stapled into the box cover has some good extra material also.
All in all - a very good package that is well worth the money.
I does make me want to fill out my collection and get more of his music.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Great music, but surprisingly the DVD isn't DVD quality 2008-02-26
Comment: Nice survey of Guy's career. Three CD's full of some of Guy's best. The DVD contains an extensive interview and good concert footage, but beware! The DVD is 4:3 standard definition or letterbox within 4:3 throughout. It shouldn't be a surprise that concert footage covering 30+ years would largely be standard def, but it is surprising that nothing on this DVD is formatted for widescreen.
0 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: I love Buddy.. 2007-10-26
Comment: I purchased this box set during one of Amazon's Gold Box specials. I was excited about the box set and just couldn't wait till it arrived. 2-1/2 weeks after placing the order, it arrived. I opened the package, opened the box set and could not get the CDs loose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I broke my thumbnail, I have pressed and mashed, still the CDs will not release! The only way I see to get the CDs out without breaking the center is to destroy the packaging. Help! the packaging may keep the CDs in place during mailing, but can't there be a choice between "Child proof" and regular? I am so disapointed that I can't get the CDs out.
Maybe this is a great set, but I can't hear it!
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Summary: The DVD on this set is mind blowing..incredible! BUY IT!!! 2007-08-12
Comment: I have not even listened to the cd's yet. I went straight for the DVD and was just realy impressed. Great stuff. I paid full price of $45 too...and dont even regret it because I always wanted some good Buddy Guy footage. Now I have it. I am a guitar nut extreme and this is great stuff.
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