Buddy Guy
Born July 30, 1936 (Age: 89)
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Lettsworth, Louisiana, US
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Guy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Guy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Sinners
2025
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as Old Sammie
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Age: 88
Homicide McLeod
2017
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as Captain Oswald
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Age: 80
Shine a Light
2008
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as Self
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Age: 71
No Image
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
2007
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as Self
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Age: 70
No Image
Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street
2006
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as self
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Age: 70
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats
2004
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as Himself
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Age: 68
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004
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as Self
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Age: 68
No Image
Don't Start Me Talkin: The Junior Wells Story
2004
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as Himself
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Age: 67
Antone's: Home of the Blues
2004
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as Performer
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Age: 67
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
1996
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as Self
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Age: 60
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
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as House Band
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Age: 59
Curves Contours & Body Horns
1993
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as Self
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Age: 57
Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991
1991
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as
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Age: 54
Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric
1991
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as Self - Guitars, Vocals
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Age: 54
No Image
Blues Alive
1990
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as Himself
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Age: 53
Chicago Blues
1972
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as
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Age: 35
Supershow
1969
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as Himself
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Age: 32
Wake at Generation
1968
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as Self
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Age: 31