The Blues: Buddy Guy
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The Awesome Buddy Guy
The legendary Buddy Guy is one of the giants of the blues. His influences were legends, too, which may explain his incredible music. Buddy has worked with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf, on one the hand, and Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Rolling Stones, on the other. There are few notable blues figures that Guy hasn't touched with his music. He was even an influence on Jimi Hendrix.
...the best guitar player alive...
Buddy Guy, arguably the king of today's Chicago's blues, rules the Blues exactly as his idol and mentor Muddy Waters did. Buddy's first three albums for Silvertone in the '90s all earned Grammys. Eric Clapton calls Buddy his favorite blues guitar maestro, and so did (and do) a great many adoring fans worldwide, including the legendary Jimmy Hendrix.In fact, according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Clapton proclaimed Buddy "...without a doubt the best guitar player alive." Coming from a superstar like Clapton, that's high tribute indeed.
High-energy guitar histrionics and boundless on-stage energy, coupled with a smile the ladies find irresistable, have always been Buddy's trademarks, along with a vocal style that's almost as distinctive as his incredible rapid-fire fretwork.
If you take the time to watch Buddy at work while you're here, you'll soon understand Clapton's high praise. They just don't come any better than Buddy Guy.
"Mustang Sally, baby, I guess you better slow your mustang down..."
Two MP3s from my all-time favorite Buddy Guy album...
"You know I can't win, now people, cause I don't have a thing to lose..."
Damn right I got the Blues....
This is my all-time favorite Buddy Guy song, and one of the best renditions of the Chicago Blues style you'll find anywhere.
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Done Got Old
"Remember the day, babyThat done passed and gone
When I could love you
Most all night long..."
"But now things gone changed
And I done got old
I can't do the things I used to do
'Cause I'm an old man"
"I can't look like I used to
I can't walk like I used to
I can't love like I used to,"
Done Got Old
I first heard this during Buddy's appearance at the Victoria Jazz Festival, in 2006. It's the first acoustic piece I've ever heard Buddy do, and I love it, being an old guy of 71 myself :-)
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Sweet Tea
Buddy first introduced "Done Got Old" during his "Sweet Tea" tour in 2006... he'd gone down to the Delta to get in touch with his roots, and this CD was the result. "Done Got Old" aside, this album's filled with heavy, hard driving electric Blues.
"Sweet Tea" is probably Buddy's best CD - ever - the liner notes proclaim that Buddy "may have made the album of his life".
The dark, brooding, often haunting, hypnotic beat of the original tunes is left intact here. What Buddy brings to the mix is his exceptional guitar solos - make no mistake, Guy's playing on the album is exceptional - the best in a long time. If you want to hear something a little different from Buddy, now's the time - grab Sweet Tea and enjoy a master at his very best.
"Sweet Tea" is probably Buddy's best CD - ever - the liner notes proclaim that Buddy "may have made the album of his life".
The dark, brooding, often haunting, hypnotic beat of the original tunes is left intact here. What Buddy brings to the mix is his exceptional guitar solos - make no mistake, Guy's playing on the album is exceptional - the best in a long time. If you want to hear something a little different from Buddy, now's the time - grab Sweet Tea and enjoy a master at his very best.
I Gotta try you girl
Hard-driving blues from Buddy's "Sweet Tea" release...awesome tune!
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"Lord I work five long years for one woman
And she had the nerve to kick me out..."
Five Long Years
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Buddy Guy's Influence
“Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it”
Five Long Years
Muddy Waters
Buddy Buy spent his teen years sitting in Chicago's blues clubs, including the one belonging to Muddy Waters, one of Buddy's early mentors. In fact, Buddy now owns the club, Legends, and you can still find him there, signing autographs and greeting his fans..
This is the only song I've included here that doesn't feature Buddy Guy, but I felt Blues fans would enjoy the contrast between Muddy's performance and Buddy's equally outstanding cover.
This is the only song I've included here that doesn't feature Buddy Guy, but I felt Blues fans would enjoy the contrast between Muddy's performance and Buddy's equally outstanding cover.
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Leave My Lil' Girl Alone
Buddy likes to talk about his early days with the Chess label because back then, his amazing fret work was discouraged...they just didn't believe that Americans would buy Buddy's incredible fret work. With the British invasion, however, all that changed, and all the restrictions on Buddy's unique guitar style were lifted.
This song, one of Buddy's signature pieces from the Chess era, is a classic example of the laid back style Chess encouraged at the time.
This song, one of Buddy's signature pieces from the Chess era, is a classic example of the laid back style Chess encouraged at the time.
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"I asked my baby for a nickle, and she gave me a twenty dollar bill..."
Sweet Little Angel
There are a number of versions of this classic on YouTube, many of them including other famous Blues greats like Eric Clapton, Big Mama Thornton, BB King, Albert Collins and Jeff Beck. If you love the Blues - and Buddy - as much as I do, you'll get yourself to YouTube and check them ALL out!
For this lens, however, I chose one that featured Buddy and Buddy alone. I think you'll thank me for it :-)
For this lens, however, I chose one that featured Buddy and Buddy alone. I think you'll thank me for it :-)
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Buddy Guy's Mentors
Buddy Guy
Blues on the Web
Buddy on the Tonight Show
- Mustang Sally Lyrics & Chords
- B7
Mustang Sally, guess you'd better slow your Mustang down - Buddy Guy's Website
- News, gig schedule, photos...
- Muddy Waters Bio
- Muddy Waters put the Delta behind him forever and oved to Chicago in 1943 and never looked back...Muddy's Blues club was a regular hangout for the young Buddy Guy, and Muddy was one of Buddy's early mentors.
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Nightcat
May 2, 2012 @ 10:31 am | delete
- Love the lens! I'll be going to see him in a month so this was a treat. :)
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CountrySunshine
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- Great info on Buddy Guy, as well as other blues artists. Thanks for sharing!
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- Buddy Guy: From the farm to fame
- Buddy Guy: His name is as synonymous with blues music as that of his idol, mentor and father-figure, Muddy Waters. But Guy would be the first person to say he could never equal or surpass the musical prowess of ?Mud.? That's the kind of man Buddy Guy ...
- Buddy Guy shines at Party at the Point in Biloxi
- By DONNA HARRIS ? dharris@sunherald.com DONNA HARRIS/SUNHERALD Buddy Guy performs at the Party at the Point in Biloxi on Saturday. BILOXI -- If the four-beam spotlight sweeping the sky over Biloxi's Point Cadet Plaza didn't shine the way to the Party ...
- Book Review: When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy
- ORG Along with BB King, guitar-slinger Buddy Guy is one of the last of a dying breed. True, there is no shortage of great, younger blues performers out there now. True, Guy didn't enjoy the same high-flying profile as some of his contemporaries.
- Buddy Guy on "When I Left Home"
- Buddy Guy: Blues musician. He has won six Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Legendary blues musician Buddy Guy is out with a new memoir, "When I Left Home: My Story." The book chronicles his journey from the cotton fields ...
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A lifetime of Blues at your fingertips!
| Track | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damn Right, I've Got the Blues | Buddy Guy | Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy | |
| Mustang Sally | Buddy Guy | Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy | |
| Stay Around a Little Longer (feat. B.B. King) | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Too Many Tears | Buddy Guy | Skin Deep (Deluxe Version) | |
| That's My Home | Buddy Guy | Skin Deep (Deluxe Version) | |
| Feels Like Rain | Buddy Guy | Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy | |
| I Cry and Sing the Blues | Buddy Guy | Buddy's Blues - Chess 50th Anniversary Collection | |
| I Need Your Love So Bad | Buddy Guy | Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy | |
| Thank Me Someday | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| A Man of Many Words | Buddy Guy & Junior Wells | Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Plays the Blues | |
| Ain't No Sunshine (feat. Tracy Chapman) | Buddy Guy | Bring 'Em In | |
| Where the Blues Begins (feat. Carlos Santana) | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Skanky | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| 74 Years Young | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Everytime I Sing the Blues | Buddy Guy | Skin Deep (Deluxe Version) | |
| Let the Door Knob Hit Ya | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Leave My Girl Alone | Buddy Guy | Buddy's Blues - Chess 50th Anniversary Collection | |
| Living Proof | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Too Soon | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| On the Road | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Key Don't Fit | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Guess What | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Everybody's Got to Go | Buddy Guy | Living Proof | |
| Skin Deep | Buddy Guy | Skin Deep (Deluxe Version) | |
| Stone Crazy | Buddy Guy | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Best of Buddy Guy |
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This is one awesome album.
