Buddy Guy
| Born | July 30, 1936 |
| Hometown | Lettsworth, Louisiana, United States |
| Height | 5'10" (1.78m) |
| Spouse | Jennifer, Joan |
| Children | Shawnna |
| Parents | Sam Guy, Isabell Guy |
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“They all went to buy Strats after they saw me”: Buddy Guy on why the Strat is a blues guitar
- Buddy was the first great blues player to bend the Strat to his will. He explains what makes it great, and shares the story behind his Strat from the cover of the July '91 issue of GW
- The Florida Times-Union
Blues? Reggae? New Kids? You can find it all this weekend in the Jacksonville area
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From Ellen DeGeneres to opening for Buddy Guy at age 9. What this child prodigy is up to
Quinn Sullivan, who opened for blues legend Buddy Guy as a youth, is releasing his fifth album, “Salvation,” on Provogue Records this week.
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Michael Cuscuna, Grammy-Winning Jazz Producer and Mosaic Records Co-Founder, Dies at 75
Michael Cuscuna, a three-time Grammy winning jazz producer and the co-founder of Mosaic Records, has died. He was 75. His death was confirmed on Monday by the record label Blue Note, for whom he produced reissues and studio sessions. He did the same for numerous other labels including Impulse, Atlantic, Arista, Freedom, Novus, Muse and …
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Chicago Blues Festival announces 2024 lineup, including Buddy Guy
The Chicago Blues Festival returns this year June 6-9 as part of Millennium Park’s 20th anniversary season, with some 35 performances and 250 artists celebrating the city’s blues legacy, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events announced Wednesday. The largest free blues festival in the world will kick things off with a 6 p.m. June 6 opening night performance featuring Shemekia ...
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At 87, Buddy Guy still inspiring youth
CHICAGO — If ever there was a musician who embodies the rich Chicago Blues scene, it’s Buddy Guy, a legend in many ways. Now in his later years, at 87, he feels it’s as important as ever to share his life and lessons with the youth of today. At a recent evening at Evergreen Park […]
- EntertainmentGuitar Player
“I want my solos to be melodic — but not a ‘pretty’ melodic, an aggressive one…’‘ Grammy award nominee Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s top five tips for guitarists
Whether it’s being happy to warm up the audience as an opening act, not getting lost in solos or letting a lukewarm crowd pray on your mind, these are the tips Christone “Kingfish” Ingram uses to stay at the top of his game
- EntertainmentGuitar World
“A traveling museum of rock music”: The Jim Irsay Band is playing a free show in LA next month featuring Buddy Guy, Billy Gibbons, Kenny Wayne Shepherd – and some of the world’s most valuable guitars
The owner of the world’s most famous guitar collection is hosting a star-studded concert on the west coast – and tickets cost nothing
- EntertainmentGuitar World
"This 10/10 live album that demonstrates he’s got the goods to be a modern-day legend": Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram's Live In London is a joy to hear
Blues guitar hero-in-waiting captured on the live stage
- EntertainmentThe Columbus Dispatch
Blues icon Buddy Guy's Nov. 15 show at the Palace rescheduled to April 2
Octogenarian blues legend Buddy Guy has been sidelined by medical issues. Tickets for the original show will be honored at his April 2 concert.
- SportsGuitar World
Buddy Guy is one of the most influential guitar players of all time, inspiring everyone from Jimi Hendrix to John Mayer – learn the soloing style of a living guitar legend
We look at what makes the Chicago great's pentatonic playing essential learning for generations of blues guitarists
- EntertainmentGuitar Player
20 years ago, seeing Buddy Guy changed his life. Now Selwyn Birchwood is an award-winning guitarist who's played with Buddy and recorded with his producer…
Selwyn Birchwood went to his first blues gig, aged 18. Ten years later, he won the Blues Foundation's Best Guitarist Award. 10 years on from that, his new album Exorcist is one of the blues albums of the year
