Buddy Guy
- Type: Musician
- Country: United States
- Born: July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, United States
Biography
Buddy Guy is an American blues guitarist and singer, a pivotal figure in the development of the Chicago blues sound. Known for his ferocious, high-energy guitar playing and passionate vocals, he directly influenced rock titans like *Jimi Hendrix*, *Eric Clapton*, and *Stevie Ray Vaughan*. After arriving in Chicago in 1957, he became a house guitarist for #Chess Records#, backing legends such as *Muddy Waters* and *Howlin' Wolf*. His career experienced a major resurgence in the 1990s with the Grammy-winning album 'Damn Right, I've Got the Blues', released on #Silvertone Records#, cementing his status as a living legend and an elder statesman of the blues.
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Buddy Guy Discography
- A Man and the Blues (1968) - Album - rated 3.85/5
- This Is Buddy Guy! (1968) - Album - rated 3.73/5
- Left My Blues in San Francisco (1969) - Album - rated 3.76/5
- I Was Walking Through the Woods (1970) - Compilation - rated 3.71/5
- Stone Crazy! (1981) - Album - rated 3.97/5
- Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991) - Album - rated 3.62/5
- Slippin' In (1994) - Album - rated 3.5/5
- Last Time Around: Live at Legends (1998) - Album
- Heavy Love (1998) - Album
- As Good As It Gets (1998) - Compilation
- Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy (1999) - Compilation - rated 3.71/5
- The Collection (2000) - Compilation - rated 3.51/5
- Sweet Tea (2001) - Album - rated 4.2/5
- Buddy's Blues (2001) - Compilation - rated 3.77/5
- Blues Singer (2003) - Album - rated 3.69/5
- Living Proof (2010) - Album - rated 3.5/5
- Ain't Done With the Blues (2025) - Album - rated 3.01/5