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"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
By Jackson Maxwell published
While taking cues from some of his heroes, Guy also made sure that he simultaneously developed his own voice on the instrument, saying "I’ve got to do something different from them or I’m done for."

Ten of the Greatest Chicago Blues Songs
By Guitar Player Staff published
Return to the source of inspiration with these Windy City blues guitar classics

“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
By Gary Graff published
“I’ve kept doing it so people don’t forget Muddy and Wolf, B.B. – all the rest of ’em,” says the Strat-toting blues guru

“Anybody Would Say, ‘That’s Enough”: At 86, Buddy Guy Says It’s Finally Time to Come off the Road
By Gary Graff published
“I’m still going to probably play some of the big festivals,” maintains the blues guitar legend

“He Said, ‘I Just Canceled a Gig, ’Cause I Wanted to See You’”: Buddy Guy Talks Befriending Jimi Hendrix
By Gary Graff published
How the blues icon met Jimi (and was invited to kick Leonard Chess’s butt!)

“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
By Gary Graff published
Arriving in Chicago from Baton Rouge in 1957, Buddy was a starving musician when he was “fed by the Mud”

“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
By Gary Graff published
“I said to myself, I want to do something the rest of the kids can’t do. And I thought, I want to play the guitar,” says the blues icon

“I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero
By Christopher Scapelliti published
From Cliff Gallup to Buddy Guy, the roots of Jeff Beck’s guitar journey are planted in the fertile post-war guitar boom
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