Buddy Guy
Biography
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a session guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells.
Guy has won eight Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. Guy was ranked 27th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time. His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn Right I've Got the Blues with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-07-30
Place of birth
Lettsworth, Louisiana, US
Images
Cast
Shine a Light
2008
6.90
In the Electric Mist
2009
6.07
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
2023
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Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014
8.00
Blues Alive
1990
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A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
1996
10.00
Supershow
1969
6.50
Buddy Guy Teachin' The Blues
2005
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Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal
2006
8.00
Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues
2006
6.00
Blues at the BBC
2009
5.00
The Quiet One
2019
6.80
Homicide McLeod
2017
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Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991
1991
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Blues Masters
1999
6.00
Chicago Blues
1972
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Lightning in a Bottle
2004
7.30
A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live
2003
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Bluesy Entertainment: Live
2003
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Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric
1991
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Antone's: Home of the Blues
2004
10.00
Two Trains Runnin'
2016
7.20
Jazz at the White House
2016
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Mountain Stage Blues Special
2003
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Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano
2008
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North Sea Jazz Highlights
2016
7.00
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
2014
9.50
Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
2008
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The Torch
2022
8.00
Festival Express
2003
7.10
Curves Contours & Body Horns
1993
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Born In Chicago
2013
8.00
Wake at Generation
1968
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Sinners
2025
7.50
Eric Clapton: 24 Nights
1991
6.90
B.B. King: Blues Summit
1995
7.10
The Concert for New York City
2001
4.80