Rhythm & Blues (Buddy Guy album)

Rhythm & Blues is the 16th studio album by American blues musician Buddy Guy. It was released in July 2013 under RCA Records. Rhythm & Blues marked Guy's largest first week sales in the Soundscan Era, and was his fourth album to reach No. 1 on the Top Blues Albums Chart (following 2010's Living Proof, 2008's Skin Deep, and 2001's Sweet Tea).

Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Blues Albums chart. selling 10,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 55,000 copies in the United States as of July 2015.

Musicians

 * Buddy Guy - guitar, lead vocals
 * Guitars
 * BG '89 Fender Custom Strat on (A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B3, C2 to C4, D1, D3)
 * '54 Fender Strat on (A4, C5, D5)
 * Gibson Custom 335 on (B4 to B6, C1, D4)
 * Gibson Les Paul (D2)


 * Tom Hambridge - drums, background vocals, tambourine (tracks: B4, D1), elephant bells
 * Reese Wynans - piano (tracks: C2 to C4, D2), Hammond B3, Wurlitzer (tracks: A3, B3)
 * Kevin McKendree - piano (B2, C5, D3, D5), Hammond B3, Wurlitzer (tracks: B1, B4)
 * Michael Rhodes - bass (A1 to A3, A5, B6 to C3, D1, D2)
 * Tommy McDonald - bass ( A4, B1 to B5, C4, C5, D3 to D5 )
 * David Grissom - guitar (A1 to A3, A5, B3, B6 to C3, D1, D2, D4)
 * Rob McNelley - guitar (A4, B1, B2, B4, B5, C5, D3, D5), slide guitar (tracks: C5)
 * The McCrary Sisters - background Vocals
 * Jessica Wagner-Cowan, Herschel Boone, Shannon Kurfmann - background vocals
 * Wendy Moten - background vocals
 * Muscle Shoals Horns - A5
 * Charles Rose - trombone, horn arrangements
 * Steve Herrman - trumpet
 * Jim Horn - baritone saxophone
 * Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone

Guest musicians

 * Kid Rock - vocals
 * Keith Urban - guitar, vocals
 * Beth Hart - vocals
 * Steven Tyler - vocals
 * Joe Perry - guitar
 * Brad Whitford - guitar
 * Gary Clark, Jr. - guitar, vocals

Personnel

 * Tom Hambridge - Producer
 * Chris Carmichael - Strings and string arrangement
 * Recorded by Ducky Carlisle at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee
 * Mixed by Ducky Carlisle and Tom Hambridge at Ice Station Zebra in Boston, Massachusetts