Minnesota Gives Blues Legend A Fond Farewell

April 27, 2023.  Mystic Lake Showroom

Minnesota Blues fans gathered to pay their respects to one of the last truly great blues artists still on the circuit.  It is pretty much just Bobby Rush and Buddy Guy left from the greatest generation of blues artists that migrated up from the South to Chicago to break into blues scene.   Buddy seemed to emphasis the point with his selections of material.

Mr. Guy opened with a rousing version of his signature song, “Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues”.  It was immediately apparent he hadn’t lost his guitar playing prowess.  Right before segueing into his next song, he looked out into the audience and said “I hope everybody here likes the blues because if you don’t you came to the wrong fucking house!”  Buddy then says “Next I’m gonna play something so funky you can smell it stink!”  Launching into ...