Living Proof (Buddy Guy album)

Living Proof
Living Proof
Studio album by Buddy Guy
Released	25 October 2010
Studio	Blackbird Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre	Chicago blues, blues rock, electric blues
Length	55:21
Label	Silvertone, Jive
Producer	Tom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Singles from Living Proof
	"Stay Around a Little Longer"; Released: 10 September 2010;

Released25 October 2010

StudioBlackbird Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

GenreChicago blues, blues rock, electric blues

Length55:21

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Billboard	(favourable)^[4]
Chicago Tribune	^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Classic Rock	^[7]

Living Proof is Buddy Guy's 15th studio album. After nearly fifty years in the music business, this was Guy's highest charting album ever (until the release of Rhythm & Blues in 2013), peaking at no. 46 on the main Billboard album chart. It won the 2011 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album.^[8]

The album loosely follows the progression of Guy's life. "Living Proof was designed partially as an aural autobiography from the legendary Buddy Guy, opening up with the stark summation “74 Years Young,” then running through songs that often address some aspect of a working musician's life."^[3]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"74 Years Young"	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	4:34^[3]
2.	"Thank Me Someday"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	5:42
3.	"On the Road"	Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge	4:11
4.	"Stay Around a Little Longer" (feat. B.B. King)	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	5:00
5.	"Key Don't Fit"	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	5:02
6.	"Living Proof"	Tom Hambridge	3:45
7.	"Where the Blues Begins" (feat. Carlos Santana)	Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson	4:37
8.	"Too Soon"	Richard Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	3:26
9.	"Everybody's Got to Go"	Fleming, Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	3:57
10.	"Let the Door Knob Hit Ya"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	3:44
11.	"Guess What"	Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge	5:44
12.	"Skanky"	Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge	4:16

Chart (2010)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[10]	126
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	75
US Billboard 200^[12]	46
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)^[13]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[14]	10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)^[15]	8

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Discography
Studio albums	Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) A Man and the Blues (1968) Hold That Plane! (1972) The Blues Giant (1979) Breaking Out (1980) DJ Play My Blues (1982) Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991) Feels Like Rain (1993) Slippin' In (1994) Heavy Love (1998) Sweet Tea (2001) Blues Singer (2003) Bring 'Em In (2005) Skin Deep (2008) Living Proof (2010) Rhythm & Blues (2013) Born to Play Guitar (2015) The Blues Is Alive and Well (2018) The Blues Don't Lie (2022)
Collaboration albums	Hoodoo Man Blues (1965) Pleading the Blues (1979) The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy (1982) Bad Luck Boy (1983) All Star Chicago Blues Session (1994)
Live albums	Live Recording at Yuhbin-Chokin Hall (1975, with Junior Wells) The Dollar Done Fell (1980) Live: The Real Deal (1996) Live at Legends (2012)
Compilation albums	Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy (1999)
Related articles	Rashawnna Guy (daughter) Phil Guy (brother) Chicago blues Electric blues Junior Wells Buddy Guy's Legends Checkerboard Lounge

Living Proof (Buddy Guy album)

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