Buddy Guy
Acting
- Born:
- 1936-07-30
- Place of birth:
- Lettsworth, Louisiana, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Bluestown Rising
Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners
Sinners
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues
The Torch
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
The Quiet One
Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Homicide McLeod
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
North Sea Jazz Highlights
Jazz at the White House
Two Trains Runnin'
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013
Born In Chicago
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Blues at the BBC
In the Electric Mist
Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano
Buddy Guy: Live at Estival Jazz Lugano
Shine a Light
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Junior Wells & Buddy Guy Live at Nightstage
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live
Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street
Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues
Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal
Buddy Guy Teachin' The Blues
Jack's Big Music Show
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
Don't Start Me Talkin: The Junior Wells Story
Lightning in a Bottle
Antone's: Home of the Blues
Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues
A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live
Festival Express
Bluesy Entertainment: Live
Soundstage
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Mountain Stage Blues Special
The Concert for New York City
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
Blues Masters
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
B.B. King: Blues Summit
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Curves Contours & Body Horns
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Later... with Jools Holland
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991
Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric
Eric Clapton: 24 Nights
Blues Alive
Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge
Austin City Limits
The Blues Under the Skin
Chicago Blues
Supershow
Wake at Generation
The Grammys
The Oscars
Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Buddy Guy
Live: Real Deal With Ge Smith & Sni Band
Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session
Buddy Guy Marciac Festival
Buddy Guy at Vienne