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Buddy Guy, born George Guy in 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and recording artist. He is a male member of the African American ethnic group who speaks English. His musical career began in 1953 and spans genres including blues, rock music, blues rock, Chicago blues, and electric blues. He has performed with record labels such as Cobra Records, Atlantic Records, Chess Records, and Delmark Records.
Guy has received several awards, including the National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Blues Music Award, and Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. He is recognized in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame collection and the Kennedy Center Honors collection. He has a child named Shawnna and plays the guitar and voice.
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Lettsworth, Louisiana, US
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…
Known for
- Sinners — Old Sammie2025
- Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision — Self2024
- Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights — Self (archive footage)2023
- Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues — Self2022
- The Torch — Self2022
- Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away2021
- Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 — Self2020
- The Quiet One — Self2019
- Homicide McLeod — Captain Oswald2017
- Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl2017
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936
Discography
- I Got My Eyes on You / First Time I Met the Blues1960
- Let Me Love You Baby / Ten Years Ago1961
- I Dig Your Wig / My Time After While1964
- 1967-07-26: Club 47, Cambridge, MA, USA1967
- A Man & the Blues1968
- This Is Buddy Guy!1968
- Budd’s Groove1969
- Left My Blues in San Francisco1969
- Buddy and the Juniors1970
- I Was Walking Through the Woods1970
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- Listeners
- 751,104
- Total plays
- 9,027,862
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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
Key facts
- Born
- George Guy , ( 1936-07-30 ) July 30, 1936 (age 89) , Lettsworth, Louisiana , U.S.
- Genres
- Chicago blues blues electric blues blues rock
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1953–present
- Labels
- RCA Cobra Chess Delmark Silvertone MCA Atlantic MPS Charly Zomba Group Jive Vanguard JSP Rhino Purple Pyramid Flyright AIM Alligator Blues Ball
- Spouse s
- Joan Guy (m. 1959), Jennifer Guy (1975-2002)
- Website
- buddyguy .net
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lettsworth
- Child
- Shawnna
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.buddyguy.net
- Image
- Buddy Guy 2008.jpg
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- Commons category
- Buddy Guy
- date of birth
- 1936-07-30
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- name in native language
- Buddy Guy
- birth name
- George Guy
- social media followers
- 122997
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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Article · Italiano
George "Buddy" Guy (Lettsworth, 30 luglio 1936) è un chitarrista e cantautore statunitense. È uno dei più importanti esponenti dell'Electric blues americano. Figura di spicco del genere nero è, insieme a B.B. King, uno dei capostipiti. Eric Clapton lo ha definito uno dei migliori chitarristi blues della storia.
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