Rare Buddy Guy Performance – On Acoustic, Lucy Mae

A great acoustic blues song written and performed in 1953 by Frankie Lee Sims was brought back to life a few years back by Buddy Guy in this incredible performance…

There’s no denying Buddy’s influence on electric blues but I personally find this finesse performance of a blues classic refreshing. It made me wonder why Guy doesn’t do more of these numbers these days (either live or similar classics on his albums).

In any case – here is a link to an audio version of Frankie Lee Sims original version…you hear the same signature guitar riff, but the tempo and the words are changed for the Guy version…

What’s your impression of Buddy’s playing on this one?