
Buddy Guy Plays Baloise Session
11/15/2023 | 1h 9m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Buddy Guy takes the Baloise Session stage to perform a concert.
American blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy is a pioneer of Chicago blues. In this 2018 concert, the legendary musician takes the Baloise Session stage.
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Buddy Guy Plays Baloise Session
11/15/2023 | 1h 9m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
American blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy is a pioneer of Chicago blues. In this 2018 concert, the legendary musician takes the Baloise Session stage.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[ Up-tempo blues music plays ] ♪ ♪ Emcee: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage seven-time Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Mr.
Buddy Guy!
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Oh, you damn right, I've got the blues ♪ [ Crowd cheers ] ♪ From my head down to my shoes ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, you damn right, I've got the blues ♪ ♪ Ooh, from my head down to my shoes ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You know I can't win ♪ ♪ 'Cause I ain't got a doggone thing to lose ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Stopped by my daughter's house ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Lord, I just want to use the phone ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, I stopped by my daughter's house ♪ ♪ People out there, just want to use the phone ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You know, my little grandbaby came to the door ♪ ♪ And said, "Granddaddy, you know ain't nobody home ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ Piano solo ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ Speaking indistinctly ] ♪ ♪ ♪ You damn right, I've got the blues ♪ ♪ I've got the blue-ue-s ♪ ♪ Mm-hmm hmm-hmm-hmm ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Hunh ♪ [ Crowd cheers ] ♪ You damn right ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh-oh, I've got the blues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've got the blues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've got the blue-ue-s ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've got the blues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've got the blue-ue-s ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've got the blues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've got the blue-ue-s ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Guitar tuning ] Thank you.
♪ ♪ Yeah.
I like it here.
[ Crowd cheers ] [ "Hoochie Coochie Man" plays ] Man: Whoo!
Oh, yeah.
♪ ♪ [ Audience clapping rhythmically ] [ High note warbling ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ Scraping guitar strings ] ♪ ♪ ♪ Wait a minute ♪ ♪ ♪ [ Scraping guitar strings ] [ Light laughter ] Y'all got way more.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ Scraping guitar strings ] [ Light laughter ] ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ ♪ [ Music intensifies ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ The gypsy woman told my mother ♪ ♪ Just before I was born ♪ ♪ You got a boy child coming ♪ ♪ Gonna be a son of a gun ♪ ♪ He gonna make pretty womens ♪ ♪ Run and jump and shout ♪ ♪ Then the world gon' wanna know ♪ ♪ What's this all about ♪ ♪ I'm here ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh yes, yes ♪ ♪ Everybody knows I'm here ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You know I'm a hoochie coochie man ♪ ♪ And everybody knows I'm here ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I got a black cat bone ♪ ♪ I got myself a mojo too ♪ ♪ I got a Johnny Concheroo ♪ ♪ I came here tonight to mess with you ♪ ♪ Lord, I can make you, girl ♪ ♪ Lead me by my hand ♪ ♪ Then the world gon' wanna know ♪ ♪ That I'm your hoochie coochie man ♪ ♪ I'm here ♪ ♪ Oh yes, yes, everybody knows I'm here ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You know I'm a hoochie coochie man ♪ ♪ And everybody knows I'm here ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Let's bring it home now!
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Uh-huh.
♪♪ ♪ Mm-hmm-mm ♪ ♪ Mm-hmm-mhmmm-mm ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Take me home and you just moaning, woman ♪ [ Indistinct ] Wait a minute.
♪♪ ♪ I said something to you ♪ ♪ I don't give a damn how you feel ♪ ♪ You just don't realize ♪ ♪ That you got yourself a good deal ♪ ♪ And she, she 19 years old ♪ ♪ And don't you know, she got ways ♪ ♪ Just like a baby child ♪ ♪ Nothin' I can do to please this young woman ♪ ♪ I'm trying to make this young thing feel satisfied ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I can't ask her where she's going ♪ ♪ She tells me where she been ♪ ♪ She'll start a conversation ♪ ♪ That don't have no end ♪ ♪ She's nineteen years old ♪ ♪ Baby, she got ways ♪ ♪ Like a baby child ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Nothing I can do to please this young woman ♪ ♪ I'm trying to make this young thing feel satisfied ♪ ♪♪ ♪ The girl I love, you know she kinda ♪ ♪ She kinda big and fat ♪ ♪ You can laugh if you want to, man ♪ ♪ But it's kinda ♪ ♪ Good like that ♪ ♪ That's why I love her with a fever, man ♪ ♪ Whoa, yes, I do ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Got to love with a fever ♪ ♪ Or you don't ever love this child at all ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ] Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I don't want you to be no slave ♪ ♪ I don't want you, girl, no, don't work all day ♪ ♪ I don't want you, 'cause I'm kinda sad and blue ♪ ♪ I ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ S * *t. [ Laughter ] [ Crowd clapping in rhythm ] Now you got it.
[ Clapping ] ♪♪ ♪ I don't want you to make my read ♪ ♪ I don't want you, girl, no, don't rub my head ♪ ♪ I don't want you, 'cause I'm kinda sad and blue ♪ ♪ I ♪ Crowd: ♪ Just want to make love to you ♪ Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
♪♪ ♪ I can tell by the way that you switch and walk ♪ ♪ I can see by the way that you baby talk ♪ ♪ I can know by the way that you treat your man ♪ ♪ I could love you, baby, till it's a crying shame ♪ ♪ I feel good ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I can tell by the way that you switch and walk ♪ ♪ I can see by the way that you baby talk ♪ ♪ I can know by the way that you treat your man ♪ ♪ I could love you, baby, till it's a crying shame ♪ ♪ Ohh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute ♪ Yeah.
Shush!
♪♪ ♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Met a little girl down by the shack not far from New Orleans ♪ ♪ Sweet little girl, cute little thing ♪ ♪ Best woman that I ever seen ♪ ♪ Brothers and sisters didn't like me too well ♪ ♪ They tore off all of my clothes ♪ ♪ Should have heard me begging and yelling ♪ ♪ Y'all want to hear Ric play one more?
♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Mr. Ric Hall, ladies and gentlemen, on guitar.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ Yeah, I like that.
[ Crowd clapping in rhythm ] ♪♪ ♪ Let me tell you something ♪ ♪ I came here tonight to get close to you ♪ ♪ I wanna get ♪ ♪ Close as I can ♪ ♪ Yes, I came here tonight to get close to you ♪ ♪ I wanna get ♪ ♪ Close as I can ♪ ♪ I want to get close to you, baby ♪ ♪ As Siamese twins ♪ Shucks.
♪♪ Wait a minute, now, wait a minute, wait a minute.
♪♪ [ Cheering ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Have you ever been mistreated?
♪ ♪ Then you, mm ♪ ♪ You know what I'm talking about ♪ ♪ Have you ever been mistreated?
♪ ♪ Then you ♪ ♪ Yes, you know what I'm talking about ♪ ♪ Five long years for one woman ♪ ♪ And she had the nerve to kick me out ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Got a job at a steel mill ♪ ♪ And I was shucking steel like a slave ♪ ♪ Five long years, every Friday, people, I went straight home ♪ ♪ Ohh, with my pay ♪ ♪ Yes, I've been mistreated ♪ ♪ And you, bbbbbrrr ♪ ♪ You know what I'm talking about ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Five long years for one woman ♪ ♪ She had the nerve to kick me out ♪ What kind of woman was that?
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, well, I finally learned my lesson ♪ ♪ Shoulda long, long time ago ♪ ♪ The next woman I marry, she gotta get two jobs ♪ ♪ She gon' have to work to bring home some dough ♪ ♪ I been mistreated ♪ ♪ You ♪ ♪ You know what I'm talking about ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Five long years for one woman ♪ ♪ And she had the nerve ♪ ♪ To kick me out ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
Oh, man.
I love you.
I love you!
[ Cheering ] Yeah.
♪♪ ♪ If I don't love you, baby ♪ ♪ Grits ain't grocery ♪ ♪ Eggs ain't poultry ♪ ♪ Mona Lisa was a man ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All around the world ♪ ♪ I'd rather be a fly ♪ ♪ I'd light on my baby and stay with my woman till I die ♪ ♪ With a toothpick in my hand, I dig a ten-foot ditch ♪ ♪ And run all through the jungle fightin' lions with a switch ♪ ♪ You know I love you, baby ♪ ♪ Oh, you know I love you, baby ♪ ♪ And if I don't love you, babe, I said ♪ ♪ Grits ain't grocery, eggs ain't poultry ♪ ♪ Mona Lisa was a man ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All around the world, I never will forget ♪ ♪ I lost all my money, my woman, and my pet ♪ ♪ Got to have you, baby ♪ ♪ Settle for nothing less ♪ ♪ Give up all my good times ♪ ♪ Settle for happiness ♪ ♪ You know I love you, baby ♪ ♪ Oh, you know I love you, baby ♪ ♪ Said, if I don't love you, babe, I said ♪ ♪ Grits ain't grocery, eggs ain't poultry ♪ ♪ Mona Lisa was a man ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Down-tempo music plays ] [ Applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Wait a minute, I want y'all to help me.
Y'all gotta help me, 'cause I feel good.
[ Cheers ] And I'm gonna sing a song, I want you to help me.
[ Cheering ] Are you ready?
[ Cheering ] Let me get a little of in there before I want you to help me.
♪♪ ♪ I don't know why I love you like I do ♪ ♪ After all these changes you take me through ♪ ♪ You took my money, my cigarettes ♪ ♪ I haven't seen hide or hair of you yet ♪ ♪ I wanna know ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ Let me hear it.
♪ Take me to the river ♪ That's not the one.
That's not the one.
[ Laughter ] Now, I want you to repeat after me after this.
Now, watch this one.
Do it just like I'm doing it now.
♪♪ ♪ Who's making love to your old lady ♪ ♪ While you were out making love ♪ Said... ♪ Who's making love to your old lady ♪ ♪ While you were out making love ♪ ♪ Who's making love to your old lady ♪ ♪ While you were out making love ♪ Say it loud!
♪ Who's making love to your old lady ♪ ♪ While you were out making love ♪ ♪ Who's making love to your old lady ♪ ♪ While you were out making love ♪ ♪ Who's making love to your old lady ♪ ♪ While you were out making love ♪ Say it again!
♪ Who's making love to your old lady ♪ ♪ While you were out making love ♪ ♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ ♪♪ Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ] It's alright.
Yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Never know how much I love you ♪ ♪ You never know how much I care ♪ ♪ When you put your arms around me ♪ ♪ I get a fever that is hard to bear ♪ ♪ Hey, you give me fever ♪ [ Crowd clapping in rhythm ] ♪ Said, you give me fever ♪ ♪ Fever ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ And fever all through the night ♪ ♪ Listen to me, baby ♪ ♪ I want you to hear every word I say ♪ ♪ No one can love you the way that I do ♪ ♪ 'Cause they don't know how to love you my way ♪ ♪ You give me fever ♪ ♪ I said, you give me fever ♪ ♪ Fever ♪ ♪ In the morning, child ♪ ♪ And fever all through the night ♪ ♪ Ric, you got to help me again ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ One more time, Mr. Ric Hall, y'all!
♪♪ ♪ Sun lights up the daytime ♪ ♪ And the moon lights up the night ♪ ♪ My eyes light up when you call my name ♪ ♪ 'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right ♪ ♪ Hey, you give me fever ♪ ♪ I said, you give me fever ♪ ♪ Fever ♪ ♪ In the morning, child ♪ ♪ And fever allll ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Through ♪ ♪ The ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh, I love you!
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah.
Now, I do make albums.
[ Laughter ] Yeah, my latest album is entitled "The Blues is Alive and Well."
[ Scattered cheers ] It was produced by my drummer, Mr. Tom Hambridge.
Let's give him a big hand.
[ Cheers and applause ] And I don't know if you pay attention to me, but he wrote a song about cognac.
You know what I'm talking about, right?
[ Laughter ] I didn't hear you.
You know what I'm talking about?
Crowd: Yeah!
Yeah, yeah.
'Cause I was somewhere in France, and they mix it.
[ Laughter ] But I only didn't drink it in France.
I drank it here, too.
Yeah.
See, I don't tell a lie like a lot of politicians.
I tell you what I'll do.
That's why I couldn't be a politician.
[ Applause ] ♪♪ And he wrote this song called "Cognac."
You want to hear what it sound like?
[ Cheers ] On my latest CD, and album, it's called "Cognac."
It goes like this.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ And it's smooth ♪ ♪ And it goes down real nice ♪ ♪ It costs $200 a bottle ♪ ♪ And that's a damn good bargain price ♪ ♪ I'm talking about Cognac ♪ ♪ Liquid gold in every sip ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Let's play some blues ♪ ♪ And everybody can get a little nip ♪ ♪♪ Yeah.
♪ Now, reefer make me mellow ♪ ♪ And whiskey make me wild ♪ ♪ A double shot of Cognac ♪ ♪ And let's get drunk in style ♪ ♪ Talking about Cognac ♪ ♪ And it comes on you very strong ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You know, if the late Muddy Waters was here with us ♪ ♪ That bottle would be ten times gone ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Let me tell you about this woman ♪ ♪ When she'd get right ♪ ♪ A double shot of Cognac ♪ ♪ And man, she will rock it right ♪ ♪ I'm talking about Cognac ♪ ♪ And it goes right, right to your head ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You know it won't kill the living ♪ ♪ And it will surely raise the dead ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Hey!
♪♪ ♪♪ Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
Thank you.
I also wanted to note I learned how to play by listening to people like this.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ ♪ I'm gonna shoot you right down ♪ ♪ Right off your feet ♪ ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ ♪ I like it like that ♪ That's the late John Lee Hooker.
[ Cheers ] Yes.
Now here's the late Ray Charles.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hey, mama, don't you do me wrong ♪ ♪ Come and love your daddy all night long ♪ ♪ It's alright ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ Alright ♪ ♪♪ ♪ City girl, with your diamond ring ♪ ♪ She knows how to shake that thing, alright ♪ ♪ Oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Alright ♪ ♪♪ A little Ray Charles.
Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah.
And then that was a guitar player made famous.
He made himself famous playing special effects like this.
[ Distortion ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Wait a minute, wait a minute ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Well, I stand up next to a mountain ♪ ♪ Chop it down ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Gotta get back to that down old music ♪ ♪ Lord, it's been overdue ♪ ♪ Got to get back to the Windy City ♪ ♪ With them funky ole sweet home blues ♪ ♪ Singing, Chicago ♪ ♪ Baby, I can show you around ♪ ♪ In Chicago ♪ ♪ Let me take you downtown ♪ ♪ A couple have been lookin' funny ♪ ♪ Been all over the world ♪ ♪ Nothing like walking down the street ♪ ♪ With a sweet home Chicago girl ♪ ♪ Meet me in Chicago ♪ ♪ Down on Halston Street ♪ ♪ Meet me in Chicago ♪ ♪ Get yourself something to eat ♪ Thank you very much.
I love you.
Mr. Marty Sammon.
[ Cheers and applause ] Mr. Tom Hambridge.
[ Cheers and applause ] Mr. Orlando Wright.
Mr. Ric Hall.
I love you.
I love you.
Thank you.
♪♪ Ladies and gentlemen, seven-time Grammy winner, Mr.
Buddy Guy!
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Mr.
Buddy Guy!
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]


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