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Name
Buddy Guy

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1936-07-30 (90 years old)

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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2021 Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away as Self
2009 The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts as Self
2008 Shine a Light as Self
2009 In the Electric Mist as Sam 'Hogman' Patin
2004 Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues as Self
Soon Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Buddy Guy as Himself
Soon Live: Real Deal With Ge Smith & Sni Band as Self
2023 Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights as Self (archive footage)
2014 Led Zeppelin Played Here as Self (archive footage)
1990 Blues Alive as Himself
1996 A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan as Self
2004 Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004 as Himself
1969 Supershow as Himself
Soon Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session as Himself
2005 Buddy Guy Teachin' The Blues as Himself
2006 Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues as Himself
2006 Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal as Himself
2009 Blues at the BBC as Self
2022 Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues as Self
2007 Junior Wells & Buddy Guy Live at Nightstage
2006 Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street as self
2001 John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2004 Don't Start Me Talkin: The Junior Wells Story as Himself
Soon Buddy Guy Marciac Festival as Himself
1981 Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge as Self - Vocals, Guitar (Guest)
2019 The Quiet One as Self
2017 Homicide McLeod as Captain Oswald
1991 Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991
1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as House Band
2007 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 as Self
1972 Chicago Blues
1999 Blues Masters
2004 Lightning in a Bottle as Self
2003 A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live as Self
2004 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival as Self
2003 Bluesy Entertainment: Live as Self
1991 Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric as Self - Guitars, Vocals
2013 Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013 as Self - Guitar & Vocals
2015 Keith Richards: Under the Influence as Self
2013 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 as Self
2004 Antone's: Home of the Blues as Performer
2016 Two Trains Runnin' as Self
2016 Jazz at the White House as Self
2024 Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision as Self
2003 Mountain Stage Blues Special as Himself
2004 The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 as Self
2007 Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live as Self
2010 Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions as Guitar
2008 Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano as Himself
2013 Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013 as vocals, guitar
2016 North Sea Jazz Highlights as Self - Guitar
Soon Buddy Guy at Vienne
2014 John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly as Self
2008 Buddy Guy: Live at Estival Jazz Lugano
2004 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats as Himself
2010 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 as Self
2008 Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004 as guitar, vocals
2022 The Torch as Self
2003 Festival Express as Self
2014 Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Performer
1993 Curves Contours & Body Horns as Self
2013 Born In Chicago as Self
2020 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 as Self
2007 Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues as Self
1968 Wake at Generation as Self
2017 Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl as Self — Guitar
2025 Sinners as Old Sammie
1991 Eric Clapton: 24 Nights as Self - Guitar
1995 B.B. King: Blues Summit as Self
2001 The Concert for New York City as Self
2011 Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago as Self
1973 The Blues Under the Skin as Self
2025 Bluestown Rising as Self
2025 Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners as Self

1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode )
2003 Soundstage ( 0 episode )
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
1975 Austin City Limits ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1959 The Grammys ( 1 episode ) as Self
1995 The History of Rock 'n' Roll ( 11 episodes ) as Self
2005 Jack's Big Music Show ( 1 episode ) as The King of Swing
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
2017 Monochrome: Black, White & Blue ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
1992 Later... with Jools Holland ( 1 episode )

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