Living Proof (Buddy Guy album)

Living Proof
Studio album by
Released25 October 2010
StudioBlackbird Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenreChicago blues, blues rock, electric blues
Length55:21
LabelSilvertone, Jive
ProducerTom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Skin Deep
(2008)
Living Proof
(2010)
Rhythm & Blues
(2013)
Singles from Living Proof
  1. "Stay Around a Little Longer"
    Released: 10 September 2010
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Metacritic74/100
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Living Proof is Buddy Guy's 15th studio album. After nearly fifty years in the music business, this was Guy's highest charting album ever (until the release of Rhythm & Blues in 2013), peaking at no. 46 on the main Billboard album chart. It won the 2011 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

The album loosely follows the progression of Guy's life. "Living Proof was designed partially as an aural autobiography from the legendary Buddy Guy, opening up with the stark summation “74 Years Young,” then running through songs that often address some aspect of a working musician's life."