<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Buddy-guy ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/buddy-guy Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:04:48 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “When he showed up and did it all for real, it burst my bubble. I was pissed for a little while.” How Eric Clapton survived rock guitar‘s most transformative eraand found his way to the blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-eric-clapton-survived-jimi-hendrix DfKtxMLrxZVbjJ7LTCCC4W Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:04:48 +0000 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:08:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Muddy Waters made me eat a sandwich. He said, ‘Just call me your daddy.’” Buddy Guy onhow a 150-foot guitar cable, a great big lie and a little kindness got him the gig that launched his career ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-muddy-waters-and-the-chicago-blues-scene rADX3UbCuL5oWHVgNsN3v4 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:53:10 +0000 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:28:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Man, look at this.’ I didn’t know what a hippie was. But they were going crazy.” Buddy Guy on Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page — and the famous guitarist in the audience he thought he was a cop ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-his-bizarre-first-meeting-with-eric-clapton JWXaoBe2JgEobqyMLhc7GX Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:54:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every interview I've ever had, I get asked ‘Can a white man play the blues?’ I hate that question!” Buddy Guy on the players who inspire him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-the-players-who-inspire-him K8qDGutmmDGPSCfrtg8XXY Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was a dogfight. And then all the special effects came in.” Buddy Guy on the warning he gave Jimi Hendrix before he went into the British blues clubs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-his-first-impressions-of-imi-hendrix 9nvWSUNgWoaBSu9vggtp3h Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:43:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘My amp is out there past the wing of the plane!’” Buddy Guy’s wild tales about Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and the Bassman that got left on the runway ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-bb-king-jimi-hendrix-jimmy-page ZyrraDWar2fjAXXCyANizi Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:17:37 +0000 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:24:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My own son didn’t know who I was until he could turn 21 and get into the blues clubs. He said, ‘Dad, I didn’t know you could play like that!’” Now 89, guitar legend Buddy Guy explains why he “ain’t done with the blues” yet ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/my-own-son-didnt-know-who-i-was-until-he-could-turn-21-and-get-into-the-blues-clubs-he-said-dad-i-didnt-know-you-could-play-like-that-now-89-guitar-legend-buddy-guy-explains-why-he-aint-done-with-the-blues-yet RHZEyQ9q6tTNNZUkyF97rC Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:53:18 +0000 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:25:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Win tickets to see Buddy Guy, with Taj Farrant, at Guitar Player Presents in Saratoga, California ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/win-tickets-to-buddy-guy-with-taj-farrant-at-guitar-player-presents 2RNSCmsT3GEcAGfcVaKPf6 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:13:25 +0000 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:17:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Her dress tail hit the G string, and it just stayed there with distortion for about 20 minutes.” Buddy Guy reveals the happy accident that taught him about guitar feedback ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-the-origins-of-his-feedback-methods p7LZYhLSkkyQibm32B9bNS Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:48:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m listening to the guitar riffs and what they’re talking about. It’s just blues music sung by white people.” How Alice In Chains' blues influences and three 1932 Dobro Cyclops guitars made 'Sinners' one of the year's biggest films ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/sinners-movie-buddy-guy-jerry-cantrell WadpJ5Zn69qpME7WPHWbFL Tue, 13 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He looked at me and said, 'I can't teach you that.' So I said, ‘Then I can't take a music class!’” Buddy Guy on the one thing every guitarist needs to play the blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/he-looked-at-me-and-said-i-cant-teach-you-that-so-i-said-then-i-cant-take-a-music-class-buddy-guy-on-the-one-thing-every-guitarist-needs-to-play-the-blues u467QfjrA6xNLeTauX2qeA Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:19:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I could hear the amps humming.” Derek Trucks says playing with Buddy Guy taught him the secret power of turning down your volume ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/derek-trucks-on-playing-with-buddy-guy iG8SGE8srLnka9sXS5U4Go Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:17:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He let everyone know he was the new dangerous kid on the block. It started me on a relentless mission to find out just who this man was”: Eric Clapton reveals the guitarist that inspired him to quit the Bluesbreakers and form Cream ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/eric-clapton-on-buddy-guy-and-cream kNZBKALvx9KCULxDXmwGFb Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:17:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I was 3, I saw Dickey Betts at a blues festival and was mesmerized. I put out my first album at 11 and toured heavily, mostly on school vacations”: Buddy Guy-backed Quinn Sullivan is spreading his wings on his fifth album – at the age of 25 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/quinn-sullivan-salvation CbZTtmjozguSCRShRjvWES Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:33:53 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One day, Eric called and said, ‘Buddy Guy, George Harrison, and I are playing the Roxy tonight. You’re going to come and jam’”: The night Eric Clapton invited Richie Sambora to a dream jam session ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/richie-sambora-eric-clapton-jam ZSA32zzL475Y5nuWHgEiHV Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:53:54 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Buddy signed my Squier Stratocaster and asked me to play a few notes for him, then said, ‘Be ready when I call you’”: How an 8-year-old Quinn Sullivan became Buddy Guy's protégé, and friend ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/when-quinn-sullivan-met-buddy-guy vagDZ9YtpsLkLzqM4zDhgh Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:31:44 +0000 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:31:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When I play with a pick and without a capo, I have a tendency to go right over to B.B. King's or Buddy Guy's house. I can't help it. But when I use the capo, I think I sound more like me." Jimmie Vaughan's wicked tone secrets ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/when-i-play-with-a-pick-and-without-a-capo-i-have-a-tendency-to-go-right-over-to-bb-kings-or-buddy-guys-house-i-cant-help-it-but-when-i-use-the-capo-i-think-i-sound-more-like-me-jimmie-vaughans-wicked-tone-secrets WCR8r5ho8py99qDnXYBBNn Fri, 29 Dec 2023 15:00:31 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ 20 years ago, seeing Buddy Guy changed his life. Now Selwyn Birchwood is an award-winning guitarist who's played with Buddy and recorded with his producer… ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/player/selwyn-birchwood-interview-2023 FtqCeorbrPP4pVbHcYSwG9 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:00:55 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Want to Be an Inspiration to Young Girls”: Blues Phenom Ally Venable Steps up to the Big Leagues With New Album, ‘Real Gone’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/ally-venable-real-gone-interview dUQ463SZ6CyQAJkVAM9R37 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:09:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "B.B. King Had a Left Hand That Could Do Things That Were Not of This Earth. I Knew I Could Never Do Any of That": Blues Legend Buddy Guy Explains How Learning What He Could (and Couldn't) Do from His Guitar Heroes Shaped His Unique Style ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/how-buddy-guy-developed-his-style mDZ9e4KjtJoeRudrv3bMQo Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:36:54 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ten of the Greatest Chicago Blues Songs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/chicago-blues-guitarists-songs TxhMHcAusbdqVQxiqKvvq9 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:27:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve Dedicated My Life to the Blues, and a Lot of Other People Have, Too. What Did We Do to Be Treated Like That?”: Buddy Guy Has, Most Definitely, Still Got the Blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/buddy-guy-blues-fender-stratocaster oCiWcPNvLu9n4AJwKJoo26 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Anybody Would Say, ‘That’s Enough”: At 86, Buddy Guy Says It’s Finally Time to Come off the Road ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/buddy-guy-damn-right-farewell-tour yy8ahzaiHhPgz5vzBSG6Wn Fri, 09 Jun 2023 07:51:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He Said, ‘I Just Canceled a Gig, ’Cause I Wanted to See You’”: Buddy Guy Talks Befriending Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/buddy-guy-jimi-hendrix-leonard-chess hbfSvcATYW9VKGoRFypiDg Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:02:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Somebody called and told him I sounded pretty good, and he decided to come by and see for mimself”: When Buddy Guy met Muddy Waters ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/buddy-guy-muddy-waters-john-lee-hooker mGKJS5aCxY9ipzjx2EPN9i Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:26:17 +0000 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:54:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Got to Chicago on September the 25th, 1957. And I’m Still Here”: How Buddy Guy Went From Diddley Bow “Country Boy” to Chicago Blues Legend ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/buddy-guy DrC6u4dhyEcXce2uAitBc7 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:13:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-early-years gAuaBGHCUCnTxtkeNm4C4a Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:27:59 +0000 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:30:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Buddy Guy Premieres Reflective New Single, "We Go Back" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/buddy-guy-premieres-reflective-new-single-we-go-back v6hKdAxV5NmhEnxce8PxqU Fri, 02 Sep 2022 21:06:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s How to Replicate the Magic of the Blues Greats ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/heres-how-to-replicate-the-magic-of-the-blues-greats dZGan2rQgAiJ2p3rmJwPQC Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:45:02 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rory Gallagher’s School of Blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/rory-gallaghers-school-of-blues zHbJbiA2VX6H84bxVH2tyB Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:44:25 +0000 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:42:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Anteroom of Paradise, Or Is It Hell?” Watch this Incredible Mini Doc on London’s Mysterious Rock ‘n’ Roll Island ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-anteroom-of-paradise-or-is-it-hell-watch-this-incredible-mini-doc-on-londons-mysterious-rock-n-roll-island CANK5gYBp2cozxQCDy2EAC Thu, 19 May 2022 15:35:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nashville Session Ace Kenny Greenberg Releases First Solo Record, ‘Blues for Arash’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/nashville-session-ace-kenny-greenberg-releases-first-solo-record-blues-for-arash zTkmPDkLANCKVXa3qEsy3E Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:25:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Living Legend Larry McCray Releases New Bonamassa/Smith-Produced Track “Breaking News” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/living-legend-larry-mccray-releases-new-bonamassasmith-produced-track-breaking-news 3usHXVxZeZTK9umyeYsZ4X Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:58:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to Blues Guitar Virtuoso Albert Cummings’ Hard-Rocking Single “Need Somebody” from His Forthcoming ‘Ten’ Album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/listen-to-blues-guitar-virtuoso-albert-cummings-hard-rocking-single-need-somebody-from-his-forthcoming-ten-album JDzFCxnFrumDLFKuPEZ4AP Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:03:20 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s Some Blues You Can Really Use ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/heres-some-blues-you-can-really-use 8mfMQJ2cfos995SZnoNXfK Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:44:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Stevie Never Got To Have a Family Or Anything Like That. I’ve Been Blessed”: Jimmie Vaughan Opens Up About His Brother ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/stevie-never-got-to-have-a-family-or-anything-like-that-ive-been-blessed-jimmy-vaughan-opens-up-about-his-brother 8KZwMBv7Nh8G9pk3Z4p7h Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:32:02 +0000 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:09:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ No One Works Harder to Keep Guitar in the Nashville Sound than Lindsay Ell. ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/no-one-works-harder-to-keep-guitar-in-the-nashville-sound-than-lindsay-ell Se5ZYkLCHjV8cfwYVaKa9N Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:15:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Bonnie Raitt Introduce Buddy Guy on Stage in 1974 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-bonnie-raitt-introduce-buddy-guy-on-stage-in-1974 k68Uqsq2JTTD2zAhMF2j2K Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:11:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Buddy Guy Mesmerize the Guitar Center ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-buddy-guy-mesmerize-the-guitar-center eYc2wHFogxsTvdokj4H72R Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:10:09 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton Announces 'Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019' Live Album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/eric-clapton-announces-crossroads-guitar-festival-2019-live-album WJPEHfuhqsktTinPsrfT2T Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:43:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ The True Blue Notes: How to Find Them on Your Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/the-true-blue-notes-how-to-find-them-on-your-guitar wEDTzrCkXRqMBUvuqXVF3W Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:23:09 +0000 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:43:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Buddy Guy Talks Showmanship, Improvising and the Influence of Guitar Slim ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/buddy-guys-talks-showmanship-improvising-and-the-influence-of-guitar-slim 3CqXotwja4cQKsKUrYAjwc Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:19:26 +0000 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:55:44 +0000