Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1936-07-30 (Age: 90)
Place of Birth
Lettsworth, Louisiana, US
Buddy Guy
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.
Filmography (67)
Sinners
2025
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
2024
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
2023
Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues
2022
The Torch
2022
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
2021
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
2020
The Quiet One
2019
Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl
2017
Homicide McLeod
2017
North Sea Jazz Highlights
2016
Jazz at the White House
2016
Two Trains Runnin'
2016
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015
