Buddy Guy Confirms New Album ‘Ain’t Done With The Blues’

An architect of the blues, a craftsman of the building blocks that laid the foundation for today’s modern R&B, the multi-Grammy Award winning blues icon Buddy Guy is here to tell the masses that he Ain’t Done With The Blues via the announcement of his brand new album set to release via Silvertone/RCA Records on July 30th, his 89th birthday.

Buddy shares on the new LP:

“This album is about where I’ve been, it’s about where I’m going, and the people I learned everything from… Muddy, Wolf, Walter, Sonny Boy, BB, I could go on and on. Before they passed, they used to say, ‘Man, if you outlive me, just keep the Blues alive,’ and I’m trying to keep that promise.”

He continues:

“Now, I can’t kick my leg up high as I used to, or jump off the stage like I did in my 20s and 30s, but I’m going to give you everything I got as long as I got it.”

Fresh off of his surprise appearance in Ryan Coogler’s box office smash hit film Sinners, Buddy Guy’s new album Ain’t Done With The Blues follows his seventh #1 album The Blues Don’t Lie. Last year, the Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner announced his “Damn Right Farewell Tour,” where Buddy bid adieu to extensive touring. But that didn’t mean the urge to perform ever left the legend’s bones, nor that more music wasn’t on the way.

Regarding his appearance in Sinners and his decision to release another album, Buddy explains:

“They don’t play blues on your radio anymore like they used to on the big AM/FM stations. So things like the movie, or performing out on the road, or making a new record, it’s important because some young people might see it or hear it and say, ‘Oh, I got to know more about that.’”

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee kicks off the lead up to his new album with the release of new single “How Blues Is That?” featuring legendary Eagles’ guitarist, Joe Walsh and co-written with Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter Tom Hambridge and Richard Fleming. Amid the track, Buddy’s leading bold and affirming vocals give recall to his life and journey, while fervently building in tandem with Rob McNelley’s slick electric guitar and growing tickles of Kevin McKendree’s piano chords.

“How Blues Is That?” is just one single off the 18-track project that will boast even more emotionally-charged music with even more bone-chilling, hard-earned lyrics and lessons that continue to garner critical recognition and praise.

Ain’t Done With The Blues is Buddy Guy’s follow-up to his 2022 Billboard #1 Blues Album Chart lead The Blues Don’t Lie, which followed his 2018 Billboard #1 Blues Album Chart lead The Blues is Alive and Well. Always a welcomed return to music, Buddy Guy won “Best Traditional Blues Album” at the 2019 Grammy Awards, and was nominated again at the 2023 Grammy Awards. This followed his 2015 album Born to Play Guitar, which again debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Album charts and won “Best Blues Album” at the 2016 Grammy Awards.

Buddy Guy “How Blues Is That” single artwork

You can catch Buddy Guy live on the road now during his 2025 “Damn Right Encore Tour.” Get tickets and more info at buddyguy.net.

“Damn Right Encore Tour” Tour Dates:

6/20 – Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods Resort Casino
6/21 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
6/24 – Champaign, IL – Virginia Theatre
6/26 – St. Louis, MO – The Factory
6/27 – Rockford, IL – Coronado Theatre
6/28 – Joliet, IL – Rialto Square Theatre
7/10 – Selbyville, DE – Freeman Arts Pavilion
7/11 – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak
7/13 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
7/14 – Redbank, NJ – Count Basie Center for The Arts
7/16 – Wheeling, WV – Capitol Theatre
7/18 – Lafayette, IN – Loeb Stadium
7/19 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadowbrook Amphitheatre
8/6 – Tucson, AZ – Fox Tucson Theatre
8/8 – Chandler, AZ – Gila River Resorts Wild Horse Pass
8/10 – Cerritos, CA – Cerritos Center for The Performing Arts
8/12 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
8/13 – Santa Rosa, CA – Luther Burbank Center for The Arts
8/16 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre