NEW YORK (AP) — Blues guitar legend Buddy Guy has influenced some of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, including Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Gary Clark Jr. But the factors that led to his ...
Speaking to Jay Mohr on YouTube, Gibbons reflects on Guy and his mission to keep the blues alive, night after night. “He will ...
On his new album, Rhythm & Blues, guitarist and vocalist Buddy Guy sums up his approach when he sings, "People always ask me / About the blues I play / I say it just comes through me / I don't know no ...
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 ...
Growing up in rural Louisiana, Buddy Guy became enamored with the sound of John Lee Hooker. When he managed to get a primitive guitar, one with only two strings, he’d carry it with him everywhere and ...
Tickets are $27-$87, and are available through Ticketmaster or the MPAC box office. Call 481-5100 for more information. It's been many years since blues was a regular part of radio playlists, and the ...
Jim Farrell’s documentary “The Torch” is about the relationship between blues legend Buddy Guy and guitar prodigy Quinn Sullivan. Their friendship bridges big gaps in their ages, backgrounds and race.
Blues-guitarist extraordinaire Buddy Guy, who is credited with creating the flamboyant showman style and blues-rock licks that were copied by Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton to sell millions of records, ...
Buddy Guy plays The Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London, on Nov. 15 at 8 pm, $49 and up. gardearts.org, 860-444-7373 Buddy Guy is 83. He really is the last of his kind, a blues guitar legend ...
From Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones to Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, blues guitar giant Buddy Guy has been a profound influence on numerous music legends on either side of the Atlantic. He was also ...