Phil Guy My Blues, My Baby

"You gotta play it hard." That was Phil Guy's advice to a sideman who wasn't giving hundred percent. Musically raised in front of critical, knowing crowds on Chicago's Southside, 'hard' was the only way Phil knew. And that didn't just mean loud and flashy - although he could do plenty of that - it meant loud or soft, subtle or slamming you give it all you've got - every time. This is rare evidence of a great bluesman giving his all.