1967 studio album by Buddy Guy
Left My Blues in San Francisco is the debut studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy, released in 1967.[4][5] Future Rotary Connection producer and keyboardist Charles Stepney provided orchestration and drums on some tracks. The album is a mix of older blues tunes and four Buddy Guy originals.
Critical reception
Reviewing a reissue, The Advocate wrote that "the album’s hodgepodge of styles—soul, rhythm and blues, pop and blues—forms a fascinating time capsule from which Guy’s irrepressible personality and fiery guitar do emerge."[6]
Personnel
- Buddy Guy - lead guitar, lead vocals
- Gene Barge - tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10 and 11, production & orchestration
- Lefty Bates - rhythm guitar on track 4
- Milton Bland - tenor saxophone on track 8
- Reggie Boyd - bass guitar on tracks 2, 9, and 11
- Jarrett Gibson - tenor saxophone on track 4
- Lafayette Leake - Hammond organ on track 4
- Abe Locke - tenor saxophone on track 4
- Jack Meyers - bass on track 4
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy - guitar on tracks 2, 8, 9 and 11
- A.C. Reed - tenor saxophone on track 8
- Leroy Stewart - bass guitar on track 8
- Charles Stepney - orchestration, drums on tracks 1, 7, and 10
- Phil Thomas - drums on tracks 2, 4, 9, and 11
- Sonny Turner - trumpet on track 4
- Phil Upchurch - bass guitar on tracks 1, 7, and 10
- Murray Watson - trumpet on track 4
A number of the names of the musicians who contributed to these sessions have been lost to posterity. These are the baritone saxophonist on tracks 1, 7 and 10; bassist on tracks 3, 5 and 6; drummer on tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8; rhythm guitarist on tracks 1, 5, 7 and 10; organist on tracks 3 and 8; pianist on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11; and tenor saxophonist on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10
- Technical
- Ron Malo - recording supervisor, engineer
- Max Cooperstein - supervision
- Jerry Griffith - album design, cover photography
- Bill Utterback - illustration