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It is LIVING PROOF: Blues Legend and Street Wise Preacher Guitar Shaman BUDDY GUY delivers his best CD in years- Hallelujah!

Many reviewers and critics are referring to Buddy Guys latest Silvertone Records release, Living Proof, as an autobiography of sorts. Listening to the songs, there is ample evidence to support such claims. However, I am of the opinion that pretty much anything a bluesman writes will be at least semi-autobiographical. Its just the nature of the beast. In the case of Living Proof , it is most certainly a semi-autobiography, as Guy only contributed writing credits on five of the albums 12 songs. Much like Miles Davis writing his autobiography with the help of Quincy Troupe and Tina Turner writing hers with Kurt Loder, Guys semi-autobiographical release was co-written by Tom Hambridge, who also played drums on and produced the record. Hambridge may have shaped the words, but the voice and message are all Guy.
If the bio tag is to be applied, then two songs in particular, the title track and the album opener, 74 Years Young, are perhaps the most obviously autobiographical of all the songs on Living Proof. Guy gets it rolling in a very soft, laid-back approach on 74. With barroom piano rolls filling the layer just above the drumbeat, the electric in his blues finally pops its head up at the two-minute mark, at which point Guys presence is fully

BUDDY GUY, Bryan Ferry, and new KINGS of LEON, and BOB DYLAN Bootleg Series Vol. 9 all out NOW. Plus recent goodness from BELLE & SEBASTIAN, SUFJAN STEVENS, and much more. See the list for details
Peter Rowan came through the Bill Monroe band, created genre revolution with Earth Opera, Seatrain, and Muleskinner, then founded a band with banjo player Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements, David Grisman released Old & In The Way in 1975. From there he proceeded to make awe inspiring non-traditional traditional music for decades often notably in the company of the glimmer twins of instrumental mayhem Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas, and on and on. The man and his legacy of recorded music is a corner stone of great American folk-roots artistry.
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Tower of Song is a series of FREE CONCERTS at Horizon Records in our adjoining Bohemian Cafe, truly a unique listening and performing experience for artists and audience.

holy cow.SHANNON HOOVER & friends are COOKIN! Live jazz on Sunday 3-5pm-all Jazz CD/LPs are 20%OFF.stop in listen,shop hang out 864-235-7922 # 2010/11/07
today starts our weekly Jazz Sunday events- 3-5pm SHANNON HOOVER & Friends bring live jazz in-store + we offer 20% off ALL JAZZ CD/LP/BOOKs # 2010/11/07

December 2, 2010 at 5:00 PMScott Miller’s Christmas Gift CD Release Party – Thursday, December 2 5:00pm – 6:00pm. NEW Holiday CD EP is in stock now $6.98
December 4, 2010 at 10:00 AMGREENVILLE RECORD FAIR 2010 Presented by HORIZON at THE HANDLEBAR. Saturday December 4th. 10am-4pm. Free admission.