Buddy Guy’s first guitar cost his father two dollars and only had two strings on it. He would go to sleep with it in his hand, walked around with it and played until his fingers almost bled. He taught ...
There’s some things they do that I wish I had known!” the blues guitar icon says of a few select guitar heroes who followed ...
Is Buddy Guy our greatest living blues guitarist? As his 10th decade approaches, we meet the master for a frank talk about ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Buddy Guy turned 87 on tour. It’s his final world tour, hence the title “Damn Right, Farewell Tour.” Guy has said he’ll keep playing guitar until his hands can’t hold it, but his ...
A few minutes into his Monday night set at the Wilbur Theatre, the blues grandmaster Buddy Guy pulled one of his many gimmicks out of his bag of magic. While bending a note with his fretting hand, he ...
Buddy Guy, who just turned 88, will be officially retired from the road by early fall. Only, before that happens, before the Chicago legend slows, a few facts demand context. For one, retirement doesn ...
Since June of 1984, just a little over a year removed from the death of legendary Chicago bluesman Muddy Waters, Chicago Blues Fest has operated annually in the Windy City as the country’s largest ...
Hear Buddy Guy play the song by John Lee Hooker that made him want to learn guitar Buddy Guy’s first guitar cost his father two dollars and only had two strings on it. He would go to sleep with it in ...