Latest Release
- 8 MAR 2024
- 2 Songs
- Calling All Blues · 1960
- Blues Brothers 2000 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1998
- Come On In This House · 1996
- Harmonica Blues · 1955
- Heaven's Prisoners (Music From the Motion Picture) · 1965
- Alone & Acoustic · 1981
- Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues · 1972
- Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues · 1972
- Harp Attack! · 1990
- 100 Blues Classics & Greatest Blues Hits - The Very Best Classic Blues Collection · 1990
Essential Albums
- At the behest of Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells left Chicago for Miami's Criteria Studios (a Clapton haunt) to record this album in the fall of 1970. These are some of the most soul-influenced recordings of the duo's career. With Dr. John on piano, A.C. Reed on tenor sax, and Clapton himself on rhythm guitar, "A Man of Many Words," "T-Bone Shuffle," and "Messin' with the Kid" all have a distinct Southern-style R&B groove. Wells's reading of Sonny Boy Williamson's "My Baby She Left Me (She Left Me a Mule to Ride)" has a bit more of a typical 12-bar Chicago feel, while "Bad Bad Whiskey" features Clapton contributing some tasty bottleneck fills. With Tom Dowd assisting Clapton in the producer's chair, Play the Blues has a unique place in Guy's and Well's catalog, sounding as polished as they've ever sounded. Since only eight songs survived from the Miami sessions, Guy recorded two tracks with the J. Geils Band in 1972 to complete the program.
- 1965
Music Videos
- 2011
- 2011
Artist Playlists
- His gutsy harp guides R&B and blues into the rock 'n' roll era.
- Buddy Guy pops up on some of the blues great's most unique sides.
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014
- 2012
- 2007
About Junior Wells
One of the true giants of blues harmonica, Junior Wells is regarded--along with Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson--as a definitive post-WWII figure. Wells rose to prominence after replacing Little Walter in Muddy Waters's band, then reached the pinnacle of his fame in the mid 1960s when he and Buddy Guy formed a fruitful partnership. He performed until his death in 1998.
- HOMETOWN
- Memphis, TN, United States
- BORN
- 9 December 1934
- GENRE
- Blues