Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
George "Buddy" Guyis an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues and has influenced guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a house guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with the harmonica player Junior Wells...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth30 July 1936
CityLettsworth, LA
CountryUnited States of America
When you play the guitar, you don't have to say nothing. The girls would say something to you.
What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.
They just said, 'Roll the tape.' No rehearsal or nothing... Muddy [Waters] didn't come in and say 'I wanna rehearse.' He used to look at me and say 'Let's just play the blues. That's all you need to do.
Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.
I was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I'm not going to be too picky about what I do. I don't have the juice to say no too many times.
The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.