Hold That Plane!
Hold That Plane! is the third studio album by blues guitarist Buddy Guy. It was recorded in November 1969, but not released by Vanguard Records until 1972.
History
Buddy Guy had no luck with the record companies. Although he had recorded for Chess since 1958, his first full-length album wasn't released until ten years later. After leaving Chess, Buddy signed with Vanguard Records who released his second LP in 1968. Though this was a good period for Buddy, and he was popular with black and white audiences as a result, his recording career was still full of unfulfilled promise. A new band recorded these tracks in November 1969, but they inexplicably weren't released until almost three years later in 1972. Including two Guy originals, fiery covers of the Muddy Waters classic "I'm Ready" and the Willie Cobbs hit "You Don't Love Me". The album opens with a funky adaptation of Herbie Hancock's modern jazz classic "Watermelon Man".Personnel
- Buddy Guy – guitar, vocals
- Phil Guy – guitar
- A.C. Reed – tenor saxophone
- Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
- Junior Mance – piano
- Earnest Johnson – bass
- Jesse Lewis – drums
- Bill Folwell – bass on "Watermelon Man"
- Barry Altschul – drums on "Watermelon Man"
- Mark Jordan – piano on "Come See About Me"
- Freebo – bass on "Come See About Me"
- David "Rip" Stock – drums on "Come See About Me"
- Jules Halfant - album design
- Joel Brodsky - cover photography