Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy

Born 7/30/1936 (90 yrs)
Lettsworth, Louisiana, US
Acting

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Guy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For(74 works)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015
6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015
6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003
5.4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003
5.4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Sinners poster

Sinners

2025
7.5

Sinners

2025

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993
7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992
5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

The Oscars poster

The Oscars

1953
7.0

The Oscars

1953

Austin City Limits poster

Austin City Limits

1975
6.3

Austin City Limits

1975

Soundstage poster

Soundstage

2003
0.0

Soundstage

2003

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead poster

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995
6.5

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

The History of Rock 'n' Roll poster

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

1995
10.0

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

1995

Jack's Big Music Show poster

Jack's Big Music Show

2005
8.9

Jack's Big Music Show

2005

In the Electric Mist poster

In the Electric Mist

2009
6.1

In the Electric Mist

2009

The Concert for New York City poster

The Concert for New York City

2001
5.1

The Concert for New York City

2001

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue poster

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

2017
0.0

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

2017

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts poster

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

2009
7.9

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

2009

Shine a Light poster

Shine a Light

2008
6.8

Shine a Light

2008

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

2010
8.3

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

2010

The Grammys poster

The Grammys

1959
8.6

The Grammys

1959

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019

2020
9.0

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019

2020

Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago poster

Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

2011
10.0

Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

2011

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013

2013
5.8

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013

2013

Keith Richards: Under the Influence poster

Keith Richards: Under the Influence

2015
6.7

Keith Richards: Under the Influence

2015

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival

2004
8.4

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival

2004

Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years poster

Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years

2014
0.0

Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years

2014

Led Zeppelin Played Here poster

Led Zeppelin Played Here

2014
8.0

Led Zeppelin Played Here

2014

Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl poster

Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl

2017
8.5

Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl

2017

Lightning in a Bottle poster

Lightning in a Bottle

2004
7.6

Lightning in a Bottle

2004

Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues poster

Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues

2022
0.0

Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues

2022

Festival Express poster

Festival Express

2003
7.2

Festival Express

2003

John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly poster

John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly

2014
9.5

John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly

2014

Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live poster

Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live

2007
8.0

Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live

2007

Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge poster

Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge

1981
6.0

Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge

1981

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007

2007
7.1

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007

2007

The Blues Under the Skin poster

The Blues Under the Skin

1973
10.0

The Blues Under the Skin

1973

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision poster

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

2024
7.0

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

2024

Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights poster

Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights

2023
0.0

Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights

2023

The Quiet One poster

The Quiet One

2019
6.8

The Quiet One

2019

Supershow poster

Supershow

1969
6.5

Supershow

1969

Born In Chicago poster

Born In Chicago

2013
8.0

Born In Chicago

2013

Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues poster

Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues

2006
6.0

Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues

2006

Two Trains Runnin' poster

Two Trains Runnin'

2016
7.2

Two Trains Runnin'

2016

Chicago Blues poster

Chicago Blues

1972
0.0

Chicago Blues

1972

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 poster

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

2004
10.0

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

2004

A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan poster

A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan

1996
10.0

A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan

1996

Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away poster

Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away

2021
7.0

Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away

2021

The Torch poster

The Torch

2022
8.0

The Torch

2022

Eric Clapton: 24 Nights poster

Eric Clapton: 24 Nights

1991
6.9

Eric Clapton: 24 Nights

1991

North Sea Jazz Highlights poster

North Sea Jazz Highlights

2016
7.0

North Sea Jazz Highlights

2016

B.B. King: Blues Summit poster

B.B. King: Blues Summit

1995
7.7

B.B. King: Blues Summit

1995

Curves Contours & Body Horns poster

Curves Contours & Body Horns

1993
0.0

Curves Contours & Body Horns

1993

Antone's: Home of the Blues poster

Antone's: Home of the Blues

2004
10.0

Antone's: Home of the Blues

2004

Jazz at the White House poster

Jazz at the White House

2016
0.0

Jazz at the White House

2016

Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004 poster

Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004

2004
6.9

Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004

2004

Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric poster

Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric

1991
0.0

Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric

1991

Blues Masters poster

Blues Masters

1999
6.5

Blues Masters

1999

Wake at Generation poster

Wake at Generation

1968
0.0

Wake at Generation

1968

Homicide McLeod poster

Homicide McLeod

2017
0.0

Homicide McLeod

2017

A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live poster

A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live

2003
0.0

A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live

2003

John Lee Hooker - That's My Story poster

John Lee Hooker - That's My Story

2001
5.4

John Lee Hooker - That's My Story

2001

Blues at the BBC poster

Blues at the BBC

2009
5.0

Blues at the BBC

2009

Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013 poster

Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013

2013
6.5

Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013

2013

Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano poster

Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano

2008
0.0

Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano

2008

Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Buddy Guy poster

Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Buddy Guy

0.0

Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal poster

Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal

2006
8.0

Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal

2006

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats poster

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats

2004
8.0

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats

2004

Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session poster

Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session

0.0

Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session

Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions poster

Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions

2010
5.0

Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions

2010

Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991 poster

Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991

1991
0.0

Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991

1991

Bluesy Entertainment: Live poster

Bluesy Entertainment: Live

2003
0.0

Bluesy Entertainment: Live

2003

Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues poster

Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues

2004
0.0

Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues

2004

Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004 poster

Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004

2008
0.0

Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004

2008

Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013 poster

Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013

2013
0.0

Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013

2013