Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - Tough Enough (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tough Enough, recorded in the spring of 1985, marks former Canned Heat guitarist Buddy Reed’s bold emergence as a solo force. Backed by his tight, fiery band The Rip It Ups, Reed delivers raw, impassioned guitar work and spirited vocals that channel the sweat-soaked energy of a roadhouse stage. Fueled by jump blues, gospel, swamp blues, and calypso influences, this session captures Reed at his most uninhibited and dangerous, echoing the wild spirit of early Johnny "Guitar" Watson and the drive of T-Bone Walker. With every track radiating grit and joy, this album is the hard-earned declaration of a blues lifer stepping confidently into his own.

Tracklist:
1-1 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - (Buddy's) Big Legged Woman [4:25]
1-2 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - Rock Me [3:27]
1-3 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - Blues for Mud [3:29]
1-4 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - You're So Fine [3:53]
1-5 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - You Shop [2:45]
1-6 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - Rialto Rock [3:32]
1-7 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - Meet Me in the Moonlight [3:59]
1-8 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - Sugar Bee [4:23]
1-9 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - Lonely No More [4:17]
1-10 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - I'm a Hog for You (Baby) [3:31]
1-11 Buddy Reed & Th' Rip It Ups - Kiss My Ass [3:40]