Amid the anticipation of his new upcoming album ‘AIN’T DONE WITH THE BLUES‘ out on his 89th birthday, July 30, the multi-GRAMMY Award winning blues icon Buddy Guy continues his life-long love affair with the blues with new single “Blues Chase The Blues Away,’ out today HERE via Silvertone/RCA Records.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee follows up his kick-off single to the project, ‘How Blues Is That?’ featuring legendary Eagles’ guitarist, Joe Walsh with new single “Blues Chase The Blues Away’ co-written by Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter Tom Hambridge and Gary Nicholson. The single starts with Rob McNelley’s gut bucket rhythm guitar, before the blues icon belts out “The blues chase the blues away!” A deep groove powered by Tom Hambridge on drums and Glenn Worf on bass with Buddy’s stinging guitar fills and solos that flashes back to Buddy Guy’s deep Louisiana roots and lyrically pays tribute to Little Walter, Jimmy Reed and B.B. King!
“Blues Chase The Blues Away” and “How Blues Is That?” are just two singles off the 18-track project that will boast even more emotionally-charged music with even more bone-chilling hard earned lyrics and lessons that continue to garner critical recognition and praise.
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“This album is about where I’ve been, it’s about where I’m going, and the people I learned everything from,” shares Buddy on the LP. “…Muddy, Wolf, Walter, Sonny Boy, BB, I could go on and on. Before they passed, they used to say, “Man, if you outlive me, just keep the Blues alive,” and I’m trying to keep that promise.” He continues, “Now, I can’t kick my leg up high as I used to, or jump off the stage like I did in my 20’s and 30’s, but I’m going to give you everything I got as long as I got it.”
Fresh off of his surprise appearance in Ryan Coogler’s box office smash hit film SINNERS, Buddy Guy’s new album ‘AIN’T DONE WITH THE BLUES’ follows his seventh #1 album THE BLUES DON’T LIE. Last year, the Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner announced his Damn Right Farewell Tour, where Buddy bid adieu to extensive touring. But that didn’t mean the urge to perform ever left the legend’s bones, nor that more music wasn’t on the way.
“They don’t play blues on your radio anymore like they used to on the big AM/FM stations,” Buddy offers regarding his appearance in SINNERS and decision to release another album. “So things like the movie, or performing out on the road, or making a new record, it’s important because some young people might see it or hear it and say, “Oh, I got to know more about that.”’
‘AIN’T DONE WITH THE BLUES’ is Buddy Guy’s follow up to his 2022 Billboard #1 Blues Album Chart lead THE BLUES DON’T LIE, which followed his 2018 Billboard #1 Blues Album Chart lead THE BLUES IS ALIVE AND WELL. Always a welcomed return to music, Buddy Guy won “Best Traditional Blues Album” at the 2019 Grammy Awards, and was nominated again at the 2023 Grammy Awards. This followed his 2015 album BORN TO PLAY GUITAR, which again debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Album charts and won “Best Blues Album” at the 2016 Grammy Awards.
The recipient of the 2015 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Buddy Guy’s incredible career spans over 50 years with just as many albums released. Career highlights include 8 Grammy Awards, 38 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), a Kennedy Center Honor, The NARM Chairman’s Award for Sustained Creative Achievement, Billboard Music Awards’ Century Award for distinguished artistic development, Presidential National Medal of Arts, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to name a few. At 89 years young, Buddy Guy proves that it gets greater later as he continues to record, tour, and remind the world what icons are made of.
You can catch Buddy Guy live on the road now during his 2025 Damn Right Encore Tour. Get tickets and more info at buddyguy.net.
COMING UP ON THE 2025 DAMN RIGHT ENCORE TOUR:
6/20 Mashantucket CT – Foxwoods Resort Casino
6/21 Vienna VA – Wolf Trap
6/24 Champaign IL – Virginia Theatre
6/26 St. Louis MO – The Factory
6/27 Rockford IL – Coronado Theatre
6/28 Joliet IL – Rialto Square Theatre
7/10 Selbyville DE – Freeman Arts Pavilion
7/11 Jim Thorpe PA – Penn’s Peak
7/13 Hampton Beach NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
7/14 Red Bank NJ – Count Basie Center for The Arts
7/16 Wheeling WV – Capitol Theatre
7/18 Lafayette IN – Loeb Stadium
7/19 Rochester Hills MI – Meadowbrook Amphitheatre
8/6 Tucson AZ – Fox Tucson Theatre
8/8 Chandler AZ – Gila River Resorts Wild Horse Pass
8/10 Cerritos CA – Cerritos Center for The Performing Arts
8/12 Saratoga CA – The Mountain Winery
8/13 Santa Rosa CA – Luther Burbank Center for The Arts
8/16 Seattle WA – Paramount Theatre