Born to Play Guitar is the 17th studio album by American blues musician Buddy Guy, released in 2015. It peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard 200 and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart on August 22, 2015.
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album in 2016.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
- Buddy Guy - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Tom Hambridge - Drums, Percussion, Tambourine, Triangle, Wind Chimes, Background Vocals
- Doyle Bramhall II - 12 String Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
- Rob McNelley - Electric Guitar, Resonator Guitar, Slide Guitar
- Kenny Greenberg - Electric Guitar
- Bob Britt - Electric Guitar, Resonator Guitar
- Billy Cox - Electric Bass
- Glenn Worf - Electric Bass, Upright Bass
- Michael Rhodes - Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass
- Tommy Macdonald - Electric Bass
- Reese Wynans - Clavinet, Hammond B3, Grand Piano, Upright Piano, Wurlitzer
- Kevin McKendree - African Piano, Hammond B3, Piano
- Rob McKendree - Clavinet
- The McCrary Sisters - Background Vocals
- Chris Carmichael - strings, string arrangement
Guest musicians
Production
- Tom Hambridge - Producer, Composer, Mixing
- Ducky Carlisle - Engineer, Mixing
- Michael Saint-Leon - Engineer
- Jonathan Joseph - Engineer
- Nathan James - Engineer
- Seth Morton - Assistant Engineer
- Roger Seibel - Mastering
- Erwin Gorostiza Creative Director
- Tommy Macdonald - Production Assistant
- Gilbert Garza - Guitar Technician
- Josh Cheuse - Art Direction, Design, Photography
- Bradley Cook - Cover Photo
Charts
References