Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
George "Buddy" Guyis an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues and has influenced guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a house guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with the harmonica player Junior Wells...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth30 July 1936
CityLettsworth, LA
CountryUnited States of America
Someone told me once that blues is like whiskey. They keep whiskey in the barrel for so many years, and then they talk about how well it's aged. But I don't think that goes for him. I think this young man has just stepped in there sayin', 'I'm gonna prove you all wrong.' I think he's like a watermelon, man. He's ripe.
I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.
Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.
When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.
This is the kind of record I've wanted to do all along. Anytime I can go out and play with somebody (like the musicians on the album), something gets inside of me to make my hair stand up.
I said, 'The groove you're in, I don't want to get in that,'
I know it's kinda hot. I'm hot, too. Let's get it on!
The first guitar player I saw putting on a show was Guitar Slim - I must've been 13 years old - he came out riding that guitar, wearing a bright red suit. I thought; 'I wanna sound like BB King, but I wanna play guitar like THAT.
They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that don't sound too sad to me!