Living Proof is Buddy Guy's 26th studio album. After nearly fifty years in the music business, this was Buddy's highest charting album ever, peaking at #46 on the main Billboard album chart

Billboard charts

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The album loosely follows the progression of Buddy 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."

Track listing

Personnel

• Buddy Guy - Guitars, Vocals
• David Grissom
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   - Guitar
• Tommy Macdonald - Bass
• Michael Rhodes - Bass
• Tom Hambridge
  Tom Hambridge
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   - Drums, Percussion, Tambourine, Vocals (Background)
• Marty Sammon
  Marty Sammon
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   - Piano
• B.B. King - Guitar, Vocals on Track 4 "Stay Around a While"
• Carlos Santana
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   - Conga, Guitar on Track 7 "Where the Blues Begins"
• Reese Wynans
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   - Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Piano, Wurlitzer
• Jack Hale - Trombone
• Wayne Jackson - Trumpet
• Tom McGinley - Tenor Saxophone
• The Memphis Horns - Horns
• Bekka Bramlett
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  - Background Vocals
• Wendy Moten - Background Vocals
• Vance Powell - Engineer
• Ducky Carlisle - Mix Engineer
• John Netti - Engineer
• Jim Reitzel - Engineer
• Rob Root - Engineer
• Colin Linden - Engineer
• Michael St. Leon - Engineer
• Nick Autry - Asst. Engineer, Production Asst.
• Mike Rooney - Asst. Engineer
• Joel Margolis - Asst. Engineer
• Gilbert Garza - Guitar Tech
• Ray Kennedy - Mastering