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Here's how to watch tonight's Buddy's Got The Blues gig from anywhere

By Daryl Robertson Published

Could this be the concert of the decade? Watch an insane roster of guitar icons pay tribute to a living blues legend in this livestreamed concert

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Buddy Guy performs during the 52nd annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Buddy Guy just turned 90, but he still remembers the guitar lesson that changed everything

By Adam Levy Published

The future blues legend wanted to learn how Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker played. His high school music teacher had other ideas.

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Blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy performs on October 25, 2018 in Heichal HaTarbut, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Buddy Guy on the blues giant who turned his back on him — and the hilarious reality check that followed

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Albert King was notoriously protective of his upside-down guitar style, but Guy was quick to point out why copying his moves was literally impossible

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Buddy Guy performs on day 7 of 2019 Festival D'été Quebec at Plains of Abraham on July 10, 2019 in Quebec City, Canada.
Buddy Guy on the endorsement that helped him more than any record company

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The blues legend reflects on learning from Muddy Waters and B.B. King, inspiring Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, and why authenticity matters more than originality

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Buddy Guy plays a sunburst Fender Stratocaster
As he approaches 90, guitar legend Buddy Guy prepares to return to the road with the BG90 tour

By Gary Graff Published

Three years after retiring from the road, Guy is still out there and has no plans to stop

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Eric Clapton, Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett and George Harrison backstage in 1969
How Eric Clapton survived rock guitar‘s most transformative era and found his way to the blues

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Like Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend, Clapton was thrown when Jimi Hendrix arrived on the rock scene

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LEFT: Muddy Waters (1913-1983), American blues guitarist and singer, during a concert, 1970. RIGHT: American guitarist Buddy Guy (left) performs live on stage with (cropped out) English guitarist Eric Clapton at the Supershow session at a disused factory in Staines, England on 26th March 1969. Eric Clapton plays a 1964 Gibson Firebird guitar.
Buddy Guy on how a 150-foot guitar cable, a great big lie and a little kindness got him the gig that launched his career

By Dan Forte Published

The legendary guitarist's story reveals the supportive brotherhood hidden beneath Chicago's cutthroat blues scene

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American guitarist Buddy Guy (left) performs live on stage with English guitarist Eric Clapton at the Supershow session at a disused factory in Staines, England on 26th March 1969. Eric Clapton plays a 1964 Gibson Firebird guitar.
Buddy Guy on Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page — and the famous guitarist in the audience he thought he was a cop

By Phil Weller Published

Much to his surprise, the British blues scene turned him into a global star among rock-loving teenagers

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Blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy performs on October 25, 2018 in Heichal HaTarbut, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Buddy Guy on the one thing every guitar player needs to play the blues

By Adam Levy Published

“There’s some things they do that I wish I had known!” the blues guitar icon says of a few select guitar heroes who followed in his footsteps

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LEFT: Buddy Guy performs live on stage at Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 04, 2016. RIGHT: Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) performs live on stage playing a black Fender Stratocaster guitar at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival at Afton Down on the Isle of Wight on the night of 30th-31st August 1970.
Buddy Guy on the warning he gave Jimi Hendrix before he went into the British blues clubs

By Phil Weller Published

The pair became great friends, but there was one key difference in their approach to the electric blues

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