I am a little late on this one, but I saw Buddy Guy at his club in Chicago 2 weeks ago. The man is now 80 years old, but damn if he can’t still tear it up. Buddy still does a 3 week residency in his club every January and since we were going to be in town anyway, decided to check it out. First off his club is much nicer than the last time I was there back in the 90’s. It is really a first class joint, with plenty of great beer on tap. We did not eat there, but all of the food I saw appeared looked really good. We caught the tail end of the opening act (sorry, but did not get them name) who were good. Guy and his band came on about 10:30PM and proceeded to blow the house down for a full 2 hours. He does look a bit frailer than the last time I saw him, but still has plenty of energy. His voice is still in good shape and he appears to have lost nothing on the guitar. Of course towards the end of the show he made his traditional trek through the audience jamming on the guitar and occasionally stopping to sing. My only minor complaint was the set list, as he seems to rely a lot more on covers than he used to. I have many of his albums and would like to have heard a bit more original stuff, but that is a minor quibble. After the show he was just hanging out in the club talking to people and signing autographs. I got my picture taken with him which is now my profile picture on my Facebook page. This man is a living legend and can still deliver the goods. He still tours all the time, so if you like the blues and he comes to your town, it don’t get much better.
The set list is not on “set list fm” so doing this one from memory and it may be a bit off, and probably not in order, and I know I am missing a few:
DAMN RIGHT I’VE GOT THE BLUES
STRANGE BREW
HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN
NINETEEN YEARS OLD
LOVE HER WITH A FEELING
BOOM BOOM
VOODOO CHILD
I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU
SOMEONE ELSE IS STEPPIN IN
SKIN DEEP
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