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Buddy Guy shreds onto Billboard 's Blues Albums chart (dated Aug. 16) at No. 1 with his latest LP, Ain't Done With the Blues.
I’ve played a lotta places in my time, but I’m real glad to be bringin’ the blues to Cerritos,” Buddy Guy said. “Nothin’ like ...
In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, Buddy Guy said he's “trying to keep the blues alive” with his new album, ‘Ain’t Done with the Blues.’ ...
In late summer 2021, we first caught up with Jon Foreman, the introspective and highly likable frontman of the rock band ...
Blues legend Buddy Guy will release a new album on his 89th birthday. Buddy Guy poses for a portrait at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago on Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ...
George “Buddy” Guy was born in 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana. His earliest influences included T-Bone Walker, Lightnin’ Slim and Lightnin’ Hopkins - blues musicians who were all uniquely expressive ...
The legendary Buddy Guy teams with viral-video music charity Playing for Change's for their newest release, a re-recording of one of Guy's songs, "Skin Deep." For most of us, “the blues” are a ...
In the 1970's, Guy co-owned the famed Checkerboard Lounge on Chicago's South Side. Later in 1989, he opened his own blues club Buddy Guy's Legends on South Wabash, where he performs every year.
Buddy Guy hit Chicago at the height of Chicago blues, then rode the waves of its decline in the African-American community and its ascendance among white fans around the world.
Buddy Guy has been influential to many, but he said at the presentation that he has been influenced by several people that he has worked with. “I could go until tomorrow with that,” he said.
Blues guitarist Buddy Guy has released a three-CD retrospective. As an artist, Guy, now 70, may have been the missing link between traditional blues and rock 'n' roll.
Buddy Guy in the PBS "American Masters" documentary, "Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away." PBS Growing up in rural Louisiana, Buddy Guy became enamored with the sound of John Lee Hooker.