Loading...

Buddy Guy & Friends 04/19/1987

SHOWID 209397

Set I

Every Day I Have The Blues
My Time After Awhile =>
Blue Monday =>
Stone Crazy
Funky Jam
Buddy talking
Going Down (Inst.) =>
Sunshine Of Your Love (Inst.)
Sweet Little Angel

Set II

 

Set III

 

Comment

Special Guests- James Cotton and Eric Clapton

Collectors With This Show

User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
slowhand_6 (5/5) CDR / 1 A A View  
taraimo (5/5) CDR / 1 A View   AUD
Will (5/0) / 1 View  
PhilipD (5/5) CDR / 1 View  
Lawrence Haley (5/4.8) flac / 0 A+ A View  
rabble (5/5) CD-R / 1 A+ A View   Mic > Analog Master > 1st Gen. Cassette (XLII) > CDR > EAC > Audigy Audio Cleaning Lab > WAV > FLAC
Notes: The "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins. Sound is excellent - This set is all over the place, in true Buddy Guy form.
Michael Shilling (4/5) CDR / 1 A- View  
Notes: AKG 414's - "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton.
Warren Childers (4/4.9) CD / 1 A A- View  
Notes: funky jam alone is excellent
J.B. Hall (3/4) flac / 0 A View   AKG 414 - See Notes
Notes: Buddy Guy & Friends The Limelight Chicago, IL Sunday, April 19, 1987 Lineage: AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (XLII) => CDR => EAC => Audigy Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC Frontend The "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins Disc info: (1) Intro (1:23) (2) Every Day I Have The Blues (7:42) (3) My Time After Awhile => Blue Monday => Stone Crazy (19:46) (4) Funky Jam (11:41) (5) Buddy talking (1:50) (6) Going Down (Inst.) => Sunshine Of Your Love (Inst.) (5:59) (7) Sweet Little Angel (7:15) Total time: 55:37 File size: FLAC compressed (level 8): 297 mb Uncompressed: 561 mb Notes: On Easter Sunday 1987, Eric Clapton appeared at the Rosemont Horizon (15 miles northwest of Chicago) for his only Chicago stop on the "August" tour; he had a four-piece band that included Phil Collins on drums. Robert Cray and his band were the opening act. It was perhaps the worst- kept secret in Chicago that weekend that EC would be coming to jam with Buddy Guy during his final set at The Limelight, a nightclub on Chicago's north side, after the Rosemont show ended. The taper who recorded this actually bolted out of the Horizon and beat the traffic back to the city in order to set up and gain a good taping spot for the EC set (I considered posting his Horizon tape as well, but the sound is not nearly as good, I can't find the second encore, and there are already four soundboards in circulation from that week that have the same setlist). The recording, after some tweaking, is excellent. The jam session is very entertaining -- it's very much a Buddy Guy show in that he veered all over the map without a setlist or clueing his bandmates where he was headed -- and the lineup is truly amazing: Chicago blues legends Sunnyland Slim, James Cotton, and Sugar Blue took part in the jam in addition to Clapton, Cray, and of course the world-renowned blues drummer Phil Collins. Every time I listen to this I'm newly amused at the idea of Phil Collins backing this lineup on a bunch of blues songs he probably had never heard before, but he actually did a very credible job. I'm not sure whether both Sugar Blue and James Cotton were onstage through the whole set or if they rotated out between songs; I'm certain that Clapton, Cray, and Phil Collins played for the full hour. One additional note is that Clapton's and Cray's guitars are not as prominent in the mix as one would hope for. The overall mix is rougher than one would like (Buddy's vocal and guitar dominate everything else), but after all, it's a blues show in a nightclub and one can't have everything. * Conversion notes: I used Audigy for the following: (1) Reduce portions of low end slightly to eliminate distortion; (2) reduce 1 khz band to reduce echo; (3) increase 6 khz and 13 khz bands to emphasize guitar (particularly Clapton's); (4) increase 800 hz band slightly to offset midrange loss from #2 above. I also applied light dehissing/noise reduction and slightly increased stereo separation. There is still a little hiss; I was afraid to remove too much and dull the sound.
Crazytigerrabbitman (3/4.8) CDR / 1 B+ View   Lineage: AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (XLII) => CDR...
Notes: The "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins
chris richard (3/5) CDR / 1 A- View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (XLII) => CDR => EAC =>...
Darryl Kniaz (3/5) / 0 View  
ben (3/0) cd / 1 View  
Mike (3/5) CDR / 1 A A View   AUD
Tom Owens (3/5) / 1 View  
Renee (3/5) flac / 1 View  
Gabe Allen (3/0) cdr / 1 View   sbd
Chris Spitzer (3/0) CDR / 1 View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (XLII) => CDR
Notes: Clapton, Phil Collins, + others
itooktoomuch (2/0) SHN / 1 View   AKG-414 (?) > Sony D-5 C(M) > C(1) > CDR > EAC > Audigy ACL > wav > shn
Greg Peters (2/5) cdr / 1 View   AUD
Danjiri (2/5) CDR / 1 A View  
Notes: The "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins
Brian (2/5) FLAC/CDR / 1 View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 analog master 1st. generation tape
Carter (1/5) CDR / 1 A View  
Phil (1/5) CD/R / 1 View  
Notes: The "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins as well as Buddy's backing band
phil (1/5) CD-R / 1 A View  
Notes: The "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins as well as Buddy's backing band
Brian C (1/4.7) FLAC / 1 A A- View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 > analog master > gen1 cass (XLII) > CDR
Notes: is d2 filler on gba 12/28/02 shn
Curtis Ensler (1/0) CDR / 1 View  
Jim O'Brien (1/4.9) CD / 1 View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (Maxell XLII) => CDR => EAC...
arthur (1/4.9) flac / 1 View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (XLII) => CDR => EAC =>...
Notes: w/Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins
Mike Ezell (1/0) .flac / 1 View  
M. Flory (1/0) CDR / 1 View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5>Analog Master>1st gen. cassette (XLII)>CDR>EAC>Audigy Audio...
Notes: The Friends include: Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins
TSGarp (1/5) CDR / 1 B+ View  
Andy Kim (1/4.6) flac / 1 View  
Stewart Shannon (1/0) CDR / 1 View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (Maxell XLII) => CDR => EAC...
Notes: The "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins as well as Buddy's backing band
Phonsie Hevey (0/0) / 0 View  
Jamie Dubs (0/5) FLAC / 1 View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (XLII) => CDR =>EAC =>...
Shawn Calaway (0/0) CDR / 1 A A View  
animist (0/0) CDR / 1 View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 => analog master => 1st gen. cassette (XLII) => CDR =>EAC =>...
mjochim (0/0) FLAC / 1 A A- View   AKG-414(?)/Sony D-5 > analog master > 1st gen. cassette tape (XLII) > CDR > EAC >...
Notes: incl. guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins
Stu Solomon (0/0) / 0 View  
Danjiri (0/0) CDR / 1 A View  
Notes: The "Friends" include Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Phil Collins, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Konika Kress, and Richard Cousins