{"id":5071,"date":"2014-03-29T17:05:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T17:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:23:49","slug":"buddy-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=5071","title":{"rendered":"Buddy Guy + Junior Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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George \u00abBuddy\u00bb Guy<\/strong> (born July 30, 1936, in Lettsworth, La)\u00a0is perhaps the greatest living exponent of classic Chicago electric blues. He is a thrillingly inventive guitarist, a passionately soulful singer and a peerless showman. In the course of a decades-long professional career, he has sold more than 2 million albums, earned five Grammy Awards and 24 W.C. Handy Blues Awards\u2014more than any other single artist.<\/p>\n

In the 1960s Guy was a member of Muddy Waters<\/strong>‘ band and as a house guitarist at Chess Records<\/strong>. He can be heard on Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Killing Floor’<\/em> and Koko Taylor’s ‘Wang Dang Doodle’<\/em> as well as on his own Chess sides and the fine series of records he made with harmonica player Junior Wells.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Guy’s autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, was released on May 8, 2012.<\/p>\n

\u21d4 Book preview<\/a><\/p>\n

[Listen]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0 \u00abFlower sack\u00bb<\/strong> (excerpt)\u00a0\u21d2 [Read]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00abI was so far out in the country, man<\/em>. We didn’t have running water, no electric lights, no radio, and I didn’t know nothing about no electric guitar. We used to get the catalogs, like from Sears, and thats how our mother would order our clothes. Didn’t have no stores there to buy clothes from.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

Today, Guy is an internationally celebrated symbol of the living blues. Owner of Chicago nightclub \u2192Buddy Guys Legends<\/strong><\/a>, he continues to tour worldwide, and he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.\u00a0When not traveling, Guy performs at his\u00a0Downtown Chicago\u00a0nightclub,\u00a0Buddy Guy Legends<\/strong>\u00a0at 700 S. Wabash Ave.<\/p>\n

\u00abI get up at break of dawn. Been doing that my whole life. That’s what happens when you grow up on the farm. Circumstances might change, but if you a country boy like me, you still hear the rooster.<\/address>\n
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My house is way on the outskirts of town in the far suburbs of\"\" Chicago on fourteen acres of land. Looking out the backyard I see trees everywhere. Got a thing for trees. I like watching how the leaves turn color in the fall, how winter frosts over the branches, how little buds break out in spring and new leaves come to life in summer. The seasons got a rhythm that connects me to the earth.\u00bb<\/address>\n