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Buddy Guy stands outside Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago Illinois, January 26, 2024.
Buddy Guy’s wild tales about Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and the Bassman that got left on the runway

By Jimmy Leslie Published

At nearly 90, Guy has seen and performed with some of guitar's greatest in blues and rock, and experienced the crazy ups and downs of touring

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Buddy Guy plays a sunburst Fender Stratocaster
Now 89, guitar legend Buddy Guy explains why he “ain’t done with the blues” yet

By Gary Graff Published

Two years after retiring from the road, Guy is still out there. His new album drops July 30

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Buddy Guy photographed onstage playing a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar while playing the strings with a drumstick.
Win tickets to see Buddy Guy, with Taj Farrant, at Guitar Player Presents in Saratoga, California 

By Jimmy Leslie Published

The blues legend’s Damn Right Farewell tour stops at the Mountain Winery in the South Bay with 16-year-old Australian phenom on Tuesday, August 12

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American blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy performs live playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar on the American Folk Blues Festival tour in London in October 1965.
Buddy Guy on his unconventional means of discovering the joys of feedback

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist said the absence of stages in Chicago's juke joints brought musicians and audiences together, resulting in a lesson in the joys of feedback

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Sinners Film
“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

By Phil Weller Published

The blues-meets-horror blockbuster features a wealth of blues greats, including Buddy Guy and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

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American Blues musicians Buddy Guy (left) and Derek Trucks play guitars as the perform onstage at the former's nightclub, Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, Illinois, January 25, 2020.
Derek Trucks says playing with Buddy Guy taught him the secret power of turning down your amp

By Phil Weller Published

Trucks joins Eric Clapton, Quinn Sullivan and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram in praising Guy's influence

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Eric Clapton performs at Royal Albert Hall on May 14, 2015 in London, United Kingdom
Eric Clapton reveals the guitarist that inspired him to quit the Bluesbreakers and form Cream

By Phil Weller Published

Buddy Guy's 1965 show at the Marquee Club made Slowhand realize he needed to escape John Mayall's shackles

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Quinn Sullivan
Buddy Guy-backed Quinn Sullivan is spreading his wings on his fifth album – at the age of 25

By Alan Paul Published

Once a preternatural phenomenon, the precocious blues guitarist charts a broader musical path on Salvation, an album born out of loss and self-discovery

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Eric Clapton and Richie Sambora
The night Eric Clapton invited Richie Sambora to a dream jam session

By Phil Weller Published

The former Bon Jovi man opens up on being accepted by the blues community and his heroes, having cut his teeth playing the blues as a young, hopeful guitarist

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Quinn Sullivan (left) and Buddy Guy perform onstage in Scranton, Pennslyvania on February 21, 2013
How an 8-year-old Quinn Sullivan became Buddy Guy's protégé, and friend

By Jackson Maxwell Published

After a chance backstage meeting, Sullivan quickly fell under Guy's wing, forming a close bond with the blues legend that holds to this day

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