Buddy Guy

Birthday: 1936-07-30
Birthplace: Lettsworth, Louisiana, US
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

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Credits

	Year	Title	Character
		Buddy Guy at Vienne
	2025-04-16	Sinners	Old Sammie
	2021-07-27	Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
	2017-07-27	Homicide McLeod	Captain Oswald
	2013-12-13	Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013	vocals, guitar
	2010-11-15	Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions	Guitar
	2009-04-15	In the Electric Mist	Sam 'Hogman' Patin
	2008-12-01	Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004	guitar, vocals
	2008-07-04	Buddy Guy: Live at Estival Jazz Lugano
	2007-08-28	Junior Wells & Buddy Guy Live at Nightstage
	2006-12-31	Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street	self
	2004-01-19	Antone's: Home of the Blues	Performer
	2001-06-16	John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
	1999-01-01	Blues Masters
	1995-12-01	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	House Band
	1991-07-18	Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991
	1972-01-01	Chicago Blues