Blues Singer is the 12th studio albumbyBuddy Guy[2] released in 2003 through Silvertone Records.
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| Released | 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Sweet Tea Recording Studio, Oxford, Mississippi | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 49:25 | |||
| Label | Silvertone Records | |||
| Producer | Dennis Herring | |||
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| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [1] |
The album is all acoustic and dedicated to John Lee Hooker with the line, "In Memory of John Lee Hooker. You are missed."
Billboard noted...
...the acoustic set finds the blues legend joined by one of his contemporaries, B.B. King, as well as guitar great Eric Clapton.[3]
The album was produced by Dennis Herring,[4]atSweet Tea Recording StudioinOxford, Mississippi.
The album earned Guy the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hard Time Killing Floor" | Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Crawling King Snake" | John Lee Hooker, Bernard Bosman | 5:17 |
| 3. | "Lucy Mae Blues" | Frankie Lee Sims | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Can't See Baby" | Jack Nelson Owens | 4:05 |
| 5. | "I Love the Life I Live" | Willie Dixon | 2:47 |
| 6. | "Louise McGhee" | Son House | 5:24 |
| 7. | "Moanin' and Groanin'" | Johnny Shines | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Black Cat Blues" | John Lee Hooker, Bernard Bosman | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Bad Life Blues" | Andrew Hogg, Joe Josen | 3:45 |
| 10. | "Sally Mae" | John Lee Hooker | 4:25 |
| 11. | "Anna Lee" | Robert "Nighthawk" McCollum | 4:15 |
| 12. | "Lonesome Home Blues" | Willie Borum | 5:00 |