Description
Guy’s epic story stands on the absolute nexus of up to date blues. He came to Chicago from rural Louisiana Within the fifties—the very moment when urban blues were electrifying our culture. He used to be a normal session player at Chess Records. Willie Dixon used to be his mentor. He used to be a sideman Within the bands of Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. He and Junior Wells formed a band of their own. Within the sixties, he became a recording star in his own right.
When I Left Home tells Guy’s picaresque story in his own unique voice, that of a storyteller who remembers the whole lot, including blues masters in their prime and the exploding, evolving culture of music that happened throughout him.