Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues
Series: Black History Month Specials
From: Joyride Media
Length: 00:59:01
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Brand new one-hour music intensive radio special available for broadcast on all US-based stations! One-hour music intensive radio special features legendary bluesman Buddy Guy in his own words and music. Buddy Guy's own comments come from an exclusive interview session, and include many recollections and insights that will heard on your station for the first time.
Hosted by journalist Anthony DeCurtis, this program also features 15 classic tracks from throughout Guy's career. Buddy Guy tells his own story, looking back on his life and career as only he can. He begins the story with his poor, sharecropping roots in Lettsworth, LA, and guides up through all his stops along the way to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - the first time he met the blues on a John Lee Hooker record, the birth of his trademark guitar style while regularly jamming for customers at a gas station, his explosion on the Chicago blues scene, his influence on many of rock's great guitarists (Clapton, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rolling Stones, John Mayer and many more), and much more.
Throughout "Can't Quit the Blues," Buddy Guy opens up and reveals himself as a man with a soul as great as his musical skills. He is extremely grateful to all those who helped him along the way, and always happy to share his knowledge with those inspired by him. At 70 years-old, he continues to live a great life, always thankful of how he came to be one of the world's great blues guitarists.
"If I had my life to live over," he says, "I would come back the same road that I came and pick up the acoustic guitar and hope to make somebody happy and smile."
* Host: Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone) * Producer: Joyride Media (Paul Chuffo, Joshua Jackson) * Length: 59 minutes with two breaks for local spots * Broadcast Window: Begins November 2006 * Terms: Available to all US-based radio broadcasters at no cost * Promotion: 0:30 promo spot included on CD * Contact: Andy Cahn, cahnmedia@comcast.net, 215-279-7632
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Review of Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the BluesThe particular story of Buddy Guy illustrates a general history of blues music spreading among working class Black folk in the South, and generating a migration of future blues musicians to Northern cities like Chicago to find a chance to better themselves economically -- and possibly make a living by playing music. The many musical interludes provide excellent illustrations of the story that Buddy Guy tells in his own voice. The story shows how Buddy Guy and his fellow musicians took risks and endured hardships to realize their musical ambitions. This program filled in gaps in my understanding of how the blues moved from the south to the north. It contains information that contradicts certain common misconceptions. For example, Buddy Guy was not introduced to blues music as folk music sung while picking cotton. Rather, it was the spread of electricity, and thus phonographs, that led people like Buddy Guy to listen to recordings of the blues that had been made in cities, and then become motivated to learn to play the blues. The program follows Buddy Guy into the studies of Chess Records, where he met the Rolling Stones. Buddy talks about certain restrictive effects that studio record producers had on his otherwise more idiosyncratic and adventuresome style when on stage. So, this program gives the blues aficionado insight into why particular Buddy Guy performances sound the way they do. And, Buddy talks about the hazards of the music business and the need for musicians to look out for their own interests. So, there is practical information there for the newcomers to the business. Buddy Guy's warmth and openness make this a very appealing program. I highly recommend it for audiences that have some interest in the blues, and/or in Black History in the U.S. |
Transcript
BUDDY GUY: CAN?T QUIT THE BLUES
Radio script
Music: I Can?t Quit the Blues
**BG: If I had my life to live over, I would come back the same road that I came and pick up the acoustic guitar and hope to make somebody happy and smile. Because you can go around the world playing music. Music speaks in all language and I been to Africa. Some of the places I never dreamed of people would be knowing what I?m doing. And I seen people crying and shouting and smiling. And that?s, I thank God put us all here for a reason (inaudible)
ANTHONY: BUDDY GUY HAS SPENT OVER 50 YEARS BRINGING THE BLUES TO THE WORLD. HE PLAYED GUITAR WITH MUDDY WATERS, JUNIOR WELLS, OTIS RUSH AND SO MANY OTHER BLUES LEGENDS. HIS STYLE INFLUENCED ERIC CLAPTON, JIMI HENDRIX, STEVIE RAY VAUGHN, THE ROLLING STONES, JOHN MAYER, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
BUT FOR ALL OF THAT, BUDDY GUY REMAINS A CULT FIGURE IN BLUES...
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Timing and Cues
0:00 --19:52 Segment 1
* In: "If I had my life to live over I'd come down the same road I came..."
* Out: "I'm Anthony DeCurtis, and you're listening to Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues."
19:52 -- 20:52 Break 1 with music bed
20:52 -- 38:42 Segment 2
* In: "Welcome back to Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues. I'm Anthony DeCurtis."
* Out: "I'm Anthony DeCurtis, and you're listening to Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues."
38:42 -- 39:42 Break 2 with music bed
39:42 -- 59:00 Segment 3
* In: "Welcome back to Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues. I'm Anthony DeCurtis."
* Out: "I'm Anthony DeCurtis, and thanks for listening."
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Review of Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues
I'm not a big fan of Buddy Guy's blues style; I favor the simpler sound of acoustic blues. Thankfully, being the #1 fan of Buddy Guy isn't required to like this piece. It's very well done, sprinkled with Buddy, hosted sparsely. The host only glues the piece together, but he stands aside and let's the total show shine. Easily ready for any station, any show, national, regional or local.