Buddy Guy
ActingAlso Known As
George 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.
Movies
(71 total)
Sinners
as Old Sammie
In the Electric Mist
as Sam 'Hogman' Patin
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as House Band
Shine a Light
as Self
Festival Express
as Self
The Quiet One
as Self
Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge
as Self - Vocals, Guitar (Guest)
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self
Eric Clapton: 24 Nights
as Self - Guitar
Two Trains Runnin'
as Self
TV Shows
(11 total)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
The Grammys
as Self
Austin City Limits
as Self
Jack's Big Music Show
as The King of Swing
