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.
Buddy Guy began his recording
career in 1959 and scored his first hit in 1960 with "First Time I Met
the Blues." He spent much of the next decade a well-regarded journeyman,
praised by peers and blues fans without breaking through to a larger
audience; his best album of the '60s originally didn't even have his
name on it (Junior Wells' Hoodoo Man Blues). However, he found an
audience in Europe in the '70s and rock fans began discovering his work
through the endorsements of noted fans Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff
Beck, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Mark Knopfler. Guy
released little material in the '80s (his best-known album of the decade
was 1981's Stone Crazy, one of the few that received an American
release), as he focused on live work. But in 1991, Guy finally enjoyed a
commercial breakthrough with Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, and since
then he's been one of the biggest names in contemporary blues, touring
frequently and cutting new material on a regular basis. In the 21st
century, Guy was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, kept
recording (2001's Sweet Tea, 2008's Skin Deep, and 2010's Living Proof
are high points from this period), played an annual residency at his
Chicago nightclub Legends, and even played at the White House, inviting
President Barack Obama on-stage for a duet on "Sweet Home Chicago."
1967 - Buddy Guy - Left My Blues In San Francisco
1968 - Buddy Guy - A Man & The Blues
1970 - Buddy Guy - I Was Walking Through The Woods
1971 - Memphis Slim & Buddy Guy - Southside Reunion
1972 - Buddy Guy - Hold That Plane!
1981 - Buddy Guy - Breaking Out
1981 - Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy!
1981 - Buddy Guy - The Complete D.J. Play My Blues Session
1991 - Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
1993 - Buddy Guy - Feels Like Rain
1994 - Buddy Guy - Slippin' In
1996 - Buddy Guy - Live! The Real Deal
1997 - Buddy Guy - Buddy's Blues
1998 - Buddy Guy - Heavy Love
2001 - Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea
2003 - Buddy Guy - Blues Singer
2005 - Buddy Guy - Bring 'Em In
2008 - Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
2010 - Buddy Guy - Living Proof
2013 - Buddy Guy - Rhythm & Blues
2015 - Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar
2018 - Buddy Guy - The Blues Is Alive And Well
