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Media Type: CD
Artist: GUY,BUDDY
Title: SWEET TEA
Street Release Date: 05/15/2001
Domestic
Genre: BLUES
Very few artists have attempted--or succeeded in--improving the standard template for classic blues records set some 40 years ago in the golden age of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Perhaps R.L Burnside's recent heavily produced work on Fat Possum Records has come closest to adding an original slant.

On his new album, Buddy Guy looks to the same source for inspiration; seven of the nine songs here are written by Fat Possum's hill-country blues roster, including T-Model Ford and Junior Kimbrough. Working with producer Dennis Herring (Counting Crows, Jars of Clay) and a small collective of Mississippi-based musicians, Guy sings with a passion that can only come from the same source as the songs. The noise generated in the studio through vintage amplifiers has a live and dangerous feel to it. The acoustic opener, "Done Got Old," does not prepare the listener for the colossal aural assault of "Baby, Please Don't Leave Me." Fading in on a percussion track, Guy's guitar hits its cat-strangling best and never looks back, while the voice sounds energized, vital, and wholly contemporary. Through the 12-minute "I Got to Try It, Girl" to the closing Guy composition "It's a Jungle Out There," Sweet Tea has all the hallmarks of a classic blues album, mixed with a twist of the new. --Rob Stewart

Customer Rating:
Summary: Hot Fudge, comming on in. Good Lord!
Comment: Having been a HUGE fan of Buddy, I for some reason past this album over. No real reason, it just got put to the back burner. Well, its now been about 7 years since it's release and I have finally gotten around to purchasing this one. ... HOLY CRAP!! It is super-fantastic!. I am ashamed it took me that long to pick this album up, and upset with myself at the same time. How could I allow an album of this calibur to set on the back burner for so long. I had heard it was a good album, but had no idea ... It is that good. If you are gonna buy it, well open up cause. Hot fudge is comming on in. Good Lord!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Spine-Tingling
Comment: "Sweet Tea" is Nasty,not at all Sweet..Buddy is the best Guitar player alive today.. Searing vocals, and Guitar licks that will make the Hair stand up on the back of Your neck.. This recording cooks.
" She got the Devil in Her" smokes with emotion, Buddy pulls out all the stops. The Killer, though, is "Please don't leave Me" . A pleading, Blues-Soaked Moan.
Buy this CD!! If You're a Blues fan, or a Buddy Guy fan like Me, You won't regret it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely AMAZING!
Comment: This CD is one of my top 10! It's so organic and raw, but it's rock, blues, psychadelic, you name it! Buddy sings so great, shreds, lets it all hang out. He talks the band through some of the changes, he's talkin' to the engineer and they just leave it in. I love it, it's like we were in the control room watchin' 'em lay it down. And the opener "Done Got Old," on acoustic guitar is too cool! Get it, get it, get it!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Guy's Still Got It On Sweet Tea
Comment: On Sweet Tea, Buddy Guy tries to channel some of the Mississippi delta country blues with great results. He covers a number of songs from fellow blues legend Junior Kimbrough.

Songs like Done Got Old, I Got To Try You Girl, and Tramp show that Guy still possesses the licks, chops, and voice to deliver the blues in houserocking fashion. Guy still scorches on almost every cut.

Sweet Tea proves that Buddy Guy is not resting on his living legend laurels, but still making thrilling, bone-chilling blues.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not for me, but...
Comment: This is going to be a strange review. Being from Chicago and have had the pleasure and opportunity of meeting Buddy a few times, I was very excited for this release. I've really tried to get into this disc, but I just can't ... it's just not for me.

Most people familiar Buddy's recent work, I'm talking about his string grammy dominating string of titles through the 90's know that this record is a departure from his normal material. Even Buddy himself mentioned at one point or another that he was concerned or uncomfortable with this material.

Even if I don't like this record much, I still have to admire the change of pace. You could probably string Damn Right, Feels Like Rain, Slippin' In and to a certain extent, Heavy Love into one big record that have very similar sounds to them. This record flips everything upside down, takes a bit of a risk and I admire that.

If you ever get a change to see Buddy live, go for it. His personality and energy is such a joy to watch. He truly loves what he does, and plays every show like it's his last. There will never be an entertainer as unique and exciting as Buddy Guy. So even if this disc is not for me, you might dig it! So Buddy, keep experimenting and your fans will always be along for the ride!

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