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Buddy Guy (born George Guy, July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana) is an American blues music and rock music guitarist, as well as a singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix and other 1960s blues and rock legends, Guy is considered as an important proponent of chicago blues made famous by Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. He has influenced both widely known and local blues guitarists.
Guy is known for his showmanship; for example, he plays with drumsticks and walks into the audience whilst playing, the latter being a gimmick he picked up from a local blues guitarist at an early age (joining or leaping into the audience has also long been common in both American popular and gospel music, as in the earlier work of Big Jay McNeely or the Dixie Hummingbirds).
Guy grew up in Louisiana where he learned to play guitar. In the early 1950s he began performing with bands in Baton Rouge. Soon after moving to Chicago in 1957, Guy fell under the influence of “Mighty” Muddy Waters. In 1958 he won a record contract with Artistic Records after beating the West Side guitarists Magic Sam and Otis Rush in a “Head Cutting Contest” at the Blue Flame Club. Soon afterwards he recorded for the Cobra label.
In the early 1960s, Guy was a session guitarist for Ch...
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Top 10 Buddy Guy Songs
First Time I Met the Blues
Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
Stone Crazy
Let Me Love You Baby
Five Long Years
Mustang Sally
Rememberin' Stevie
Ain't No Sunshine featuring Tracy Chapman
Feels Like Rain
My Time After Awhile
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Top 10 Buddy Guy Albums
Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
The Complete Chess Studio Recordings (disc 1)
Bring 'Em In
Living Proof
Sweet Tea
Feels Like Rain
The Real Deal
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Blues Singer
Slippin' In
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