Buddy Guy
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Guy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies (61)
Sinners
2025
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
2024
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
2023
Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues
2022
The Torch
2022
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
2021
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
2020
The Quiet One
2019
Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl
2017
Homicide McLeod
2017
North Sea Jazz Highlights
2016
Jazz at the White House
2016
Two Trains Runnin'
2016
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
2014
Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013
2013
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
2013
Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013
2013
Born In Chicago
2013
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
2011
Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions
2010
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
2010
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
Blues at the BBC
2009
In the Electric Mist
2009
Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
2008
Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano
2008
Shine a Light
2008
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007
Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live
2007
Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues
2006
Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal
2006
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats
2004
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004
Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004
2004
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
2004
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
Antone's: Home of the Blues
2004
Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues
2004
A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live
2003
Festival Express
2003
Bluesy Entertainment: Live
2003
The Concert for New York City
2001
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Blues Masters
1999
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
1996
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
B.B. King: Blues Summit
1995
Curves Contours & Body Horns
1993
Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991
1991
Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric
1991
Eric Clapton: 24 Nights
1991
Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge
1981
The Blues Under the Skin
1973
Chicago Blues
1972
Supershow
1969
Wake at Generation
1968
Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Buddy Guy
Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session
TV Shows (13)
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Jack's Big Music Show
2005
Soundstage
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Austin City Limits
1975
The Grammys
1959
The Oscars
1953