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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Buddy Guy" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="بادی گای – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بادی گای" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Buddy Guy" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Buddy Guy" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%84%EB%94%94_%EA%B0%80%EC%9D%B4" title="버디 가이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="버디 가이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%B5" title="Բադի Գայ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բադի Գայ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Buddy Guy" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Buddy Guy" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%92%D7%90%D7%99" title="באדי גאי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="באדי גאי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%98" title="ბადი გაი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბადი გაი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Бадди Гай – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Бадди Гай" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Buddy Guy" data-language-autonym="Magyar" 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class="bday">1936-07-30</span>) </span>July 30, 1936<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 88)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Lettsworth,_Louisiana" title="Lettsworth, Louisiana">Lettsworth, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_blues" title="Chicago blues">Chicago blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Electric_blues" title="Electric blues">electric blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Musician</li><li>songwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Guitar</li><li>vocals</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1953–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Records" title="Cobra Records">Cobra</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Delmark_Records" title="Delmark Records">Delmark</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Silvertone_Records_(1980)" title="Silvertone Records (1980)">Silvertone</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/MPS_Records" title="MPS Records">MPS</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Charly_Records" title="Charly Records">Charly</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Zomba_Group_of_Companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Zomba Group of Companies">Zomba Group</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jive_Records" title="Jive Records">Jive</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/JSP_Records" title="JSP Records">JSP</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rhino_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhino Records">Rhino</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_Records" title="Cleopatra Records">Purple Pyramid</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Flyright_Records" title="Flyright Records">Flyright</a></li><li>AIM</li><li><a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator</a></li><li>Blues Ball</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.buddyguy.net/">www<wbr />.buddyguy<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>George</b> "<b>Buddy</b>" <b>Guy</b> (born July 30, 1936)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of <a href="/wiki/Chicago_blues" title="Chicago blues">Chicago blues</a> who has influenced generations of guitarists including <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Page" title="Jimmy Page">Jimmy Page</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Richards" title="Keith Richards">Keith Richards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan" title="Stevie Ray Vaughan">Stevie Ray Vaughan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Beck" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Clark_Jr." title="Gary Clark Jr.">Gary Clark Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Mayer" title="John Mayer">John Mayer</a>. In the 1960s, Guy played with <a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a> as a session guitarist at <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess Records</a> and began a musical partnership with <a href="/wiki/Blues_harp" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues harp">blues harp</a> virtuoso <a href="/wiki/Junior_Wells" title="Junior Wells">Junior Wells</a>. </p><p>Guy has won eight <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> and a Lifetime Achievement Award, the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a>. Guy was ranked 27th in <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine's 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the <i>Rolling Stone</i> list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, Guy wrote the book <i>Damn Right I've Got the Blues</i>, with Donald Wilcock.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His autobiography, <i>When I Left Home: My Story</i>, was published in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddy-Guy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Buddy-Guy.jpg/170px-Buddy-Guy.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Buddy-Guy.jpg/255px-Buddy-Guy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Buddy-Guy.jpg/340px-Buddy-Guy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="895" /></a><figcaption>Guy at the <a href="/wiki/Monterey_Jazz_Festival" title="Monterey Jazz Festival">Monterey Jazz Festival</a>, 1992</figcaption></figure> <p>George "Buddy" Guy was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Lettsworth,_Louisiana" title="Lettsworth, Louisiana">Lettsworth, Louisiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biography.com_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first of five children to parents Sam and Isabel, who were <a href="/wiki/Sharecroppers" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharecroppers">sharecroppers</a>, and as a child, Guy would pick cotton for $2.50 per 100 pounds. His brother <a href="/wiki/Phil_Guy" title="Phil Guy">Phil Guy</a> was also a blues musician.<sup id="cite_ref-remnick_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-remnick-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began learning to play the guitar using a two-string <a href="/wiki/Diddley_bow" title="Diddley bow">diddley bow</a> he made. Later he was given a <a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony acoustic guitar</a> which, decades later in Guy's lengthy career, was donated to the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the mid-1950s, Guy began performing with bands in <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge" class="mw-redirect" title="Baton Rouge">Baton Rouge</a>, including with Big Papa Tilley and <a href="/wiki/Raful_Neal" title="Raful Neal">Raful Neal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While living there, he worked as a custodian at <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biography.com_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957, he recorded two demos for a local DJ in Baton Rouge for <a href="/wiki/Ace_Records_(United_States)" title="Ace Records (United States)">Ace Records</a>, but they were not issued at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after moving to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> on September 25, 1957,<sup id="cite_ref-biography.com_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guy fell under the influence of <a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a>. In 1958, a competition with West Side guitarists <a href="/wiki/Magic_Sam" title="Magic Sam">Magic Sam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Otis_Rush" title="Otis Rush">Otis Rush</a> gave Guy a record contract. Soon afterwards he recorded for <a href="/wiki/Cobra_Records" title="Cobra Records">Cobra Records</a>. During his Cobra sessions, he teamed up with <a href="/wiki/Ike_Turner" title="Ike Turner">Ike Turner</a> who helped him make his second record, "You Sure Can't Do" / "This Is The End", by backing him on guitar and composing the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two releases from Cobra's subsidiary, Artistic, Guy signed with <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guy's early career was impeded by his record company, Chess Records, his label from 1959 to 1968, which refused to record Guy playing in the novel style of his live shows. <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Chess" title="Leonard Chess">Leonard Chess</a>, Chess Records founder, denounced Guy's playing as "just making noise".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 1960s, Chess tried recording Guy as a solo artist with <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a> ballads, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> instrumentals, <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dance_crazes" title="Dance crazes">novelty dance</a> tunes, but none of these recordings was released as a single. Guy's only Chess album, <i><a href="/wiki/Left_My_Blues_in_San_Francisco" title="Left My Blues in San Francisco">I Left My Blues in San Francisco</a></i>, was released in 1967. Most of the songs were influenced by the era's soul boom, with orchestrations by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Barge" title="Gene Barge">Gene Barge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Stepney" title="Charles Stepney">Charlie Stepney</a>. Chess used Guy mainly as a <a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">session guitarist</a> to back Muddy Waters, <a href="/wiki/Howlin%27_Wolf" title="Howlin' Wolf">Howlin' Wolf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Walter" title="Little Walter">Little Walter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II" title="Sonny Boy Williamson II">Sonny Boy Williamson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koko_Taylor" title="Koko Taylor">Koko Taylor</a> and others. As late as 1967, Guy worked as a <a href="/wiki/Tow_truck" title="Tow truck">tow truck</a> driver while playing clubs at night.<sup id="cite_ref-remnick_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-remnick-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his tenure with Chess, Guy recorded sessions with <a href="/wiki/Junior_Wells" title="Junior Wells">Junior Wells</a> for <a href="/wiki/Delmark_Records" title="Delmark Records">Delmark Records</a> under the pseudonym Friendly Chap in 1965 and 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965, he participated in the European tour <a href="/wiki/American_Folk_Blues_Festival" title="American Folk Blues Festival">American Folk Blues Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He appeared onstage at the March 1969 "<a href="/wiki/Supershow" title="Supershow">Supershow</a>" in <a href="/wiki/Staines" class="mw-redirect" title="Staines">Staines</a>, England, which also included <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Bruce" title="Jack Bruce">Jack Bruce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Stills" title="Stephen Stills">Stephen Stills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Miles" title="Buddy Miles">Buddy Miles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ross_Campbell" title="Glenn Ross Campbell">Glenn Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roland_Kirk" class="mw-redirect" title="Roland Kirk">Roland Kirk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Hiseman" title="Jon Hiseman">Jon Hiseman</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/The_Misunderstood" title="The Misunderstood">Misunderstood</a>. In 1972, he established The <a href="/wiki/Checkerboard_Lounge" title="Checkerboard Lounge">Checkerboard Lounge</a>, with partner L.C. Thurman.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left it in 1985 and reported in a 2024 interview that it never made money.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guy's career was revived during the blues revival of the late 1980s and early 1990s. His resurgence was sparked by Clapton's request that Guy be part of the "<a href="/wiki/24_Nights" title="24 Nights">24 Nights</a>" all-star blues guitar lineup at London's <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guy subsequently signed with <a href="/wiki/Silvertone_Records_(1980)" title="Silvertone Records (1980)">Silvertone Records</a> and recorded his mainstream breakthrough album <i><a href="/wiki/Damn_Right,_I%27ve_Got_the_Blues" title="Damn Right, I've Got the Blues">Damn Right, I've Got the Blues</a></i> in 1991. </p><p>Guy had a small role in the 2009 crime film <i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Electric_Mist" title="In the Electric Mist">In the Electric Mist</a></i> as Sam "Hogman" Patin.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2019, Guy still performs at least 130 nights a year,<sup id="cite_ref-remnick_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-remnick-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including a month of shows each January at his Chicago blues club, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy%27s_Legends" title="Buddy Guy's Legends">Buddy Guy's Legends</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Company2000_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Company2000-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2024, he headlined the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blues_Festival" title="Chicago Blues Festival">Chicago Blues Festival</a> as part of his "Buddy Guy Damn Right Farewell Tour."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artistry_and_legacy">Artistry and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Artistry and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_style">Music style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit 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His music can vary from the most traditional, deepest blues to a creative, unpredictable and radical gumbo of the blues, <a href="/wiki/Experimental_rock" title="Experimental rock">avant rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Free_jazz" title="Free jazz">free jazz</a> that changes with each performance. </p><p>As the <i>New York Times</i> music critic <a href="/wiki/Jon_Pareles" title="Jon Pareles">Jon Pareles</a> noted in 2005, </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Mr. Guy, 68, mingles anarchy, virtuosity, deep blues and hammy shtick in ways that keep all eyes on him.... [Guy] loves extremes: sudden drops from loud to soft, or a sweet, sustained guitar solo followed by a jolt of speed, or a high, imploring vocal cut off with a rasp.... Whether he's singing with gentle menace or bending new curves into a blue note, he is a master of tension and release, and his every wayward impulse was riveting.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In an interview taped on April 14, 2000, for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> college station <a href="/wiki/WRUW-FM" title="WRUW-FM">WRUW-FM</a>, Guy said, </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The purpose of me trying to play the kind of rocky stuff is to get airplay...I find myself kind of searching, hoping I'll hit the right notes, say the right things, maybe they'll put me on one of these big stations, what they call 'classic'...if you get Eric Clapton to play a Muddy Waters song, they call it classic, and they will put it on that station, but you'll never hear Muddy Waters.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guitars">Guitars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Guitars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Guy has played numerous guitars over the course of his career and continues to use multiple guitars in concerts and recordings, but he has become known for his custom model <a href="/wiki/Fender_(company)" title="Fender (company)">Fenders</a> with their characteristic <a href="/wiki/Polka_dot" title="Polka dot">Polka-dot</a> finish. In a June 2022 interview, Guy explained that the Polka-dot pattern was a tribute to his late mother, and to remind him of a lie he told her when leaving home to start his career in Chicago:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Back to about my mother and that Polka dot, I lied to her and I told her I'ma make double the money, I'ma send you some money, and I'ma drive back down here to Louisianna—I'm trying to make her feel good—in a Polka-dot Cadillac. And I knew I was lyin' and I knew I didn't never want to buy a Polka dot 'cause if you got famous, that polka dot would show up everywhere there where you went, you couldn't rest 'cause sometime I try to go to dinner now in Brazil or Germany or wherever and if they recognize you, if you're going to your mouth with a fork they'll come grab your hand and say 'will you sign this?' [...] So anyway, my mother passed away and I said 'Oh man I didn't get a chance to tell her I lied to her about that Polka-dot Cadillac,' and I went to fender and I said 'I need something to remind me of that big lie I told my mom about that Polka-dot Cadillac.' I said 'I'd like to get a Polka-dot guitar made so I'd have that with me the rest of my life.'<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> The original guitar was based on the Eric Clapton Custom Shop <a href="/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster" title="Fender Stratocaster">Stratocaster</a> that Guy had been playing in the late 80s and has since been developed into its own line of Buddy Guy Signature models that Fender sells to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Various models of the Polka-dot guitar and Polka-dot motif feature in the artwork for a number of his albums since 1994's <i><a href="/wiki/Slippin%27_In" title="Slippin' In">Slippin' In</a></i>. Recent years saw him on stage wearing a shirt of the same design. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddy_Guy_Liri_Blues_1989.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Buddy_Guy_Liri_Blues_1989.jpg/170px-Buddy_Guy_Liri_Blues_1989.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Buddy_Guy_Liri_Blues_1989.jpg/255px-Buddy_Guy_Liri_Blues_1989.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Buddy_Guy_Liri_Blues_1989.jpg/340px-Buddy_Guy_Liri_Blues_1989.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Buddy Guy at the <a href="/wiki/Liri_Blues_Festival" title="Liri Blues Festival">Liri Blues Festival</a>, Italy, in 1989</figcaption></figure> <p>When inducting Guy into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> said, "No matter how great the song, or performance, my ear would always find him out. He stood out in the mix, simply by virtue of the originality and vitality of his playing."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddy_Guy_1998.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Buddy_Guy_1998.jpg/220px-Buddy_Guy_1998.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Buddy_Guy_1998.jpg/330px-Buddy_Guy_1998.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Buddy_Guy_1998.jpg/440px-Buddy_Guy_1998.jpg 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="627" /></a><figcaption>Guy performing in 1999</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BuddyGuyBonnaroo2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/BuddyGuyBonnaroo2006.jpg/170px-BuddyGuyBonnaroo2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/BuddyGuyBonnaroo2006.jpg/255px-BuddyGuyBonnaroo2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/BuddyGuyBonnaroo2006.jpg/340px-BuddyGuyBonnaroo2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>Guy performing at the <a href="/wiki/Bonnaroo_Music_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonnaroo Music Festival">Bonnaroo Music Festival</a> in 2006</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddy_Guy_1983.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Buddy_Guy_1983.jpg/250px-Buddy_Guy_1983.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Buddy_Guy_1983.jpg/330px-Buddy_Guy_1983.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Buddy_Guy_1983.jpg/500px-Buddy_Guy_1983.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3512" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>In <a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana, Illinois</a>, 1983</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Beck" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a> recalled the night he and <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan" title="Stevie Ray Vaughan">Stevie Ray Vaughan</a> performed with Guy at <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy%27s_Legends" title="Buddy Guy's Legends">Buddy Guy's Legends</a> club<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Chicago: "That was just the most incredible stuff I ever heard in my life. The three of us all jammed and it was so thrilling. That is as close you can come to the heart of the blues." </p><p>Former <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stones" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Stones">Rolling Stones</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wyman" title="Bill Wyman">Bill Wyman</a> said, </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Guitar Legends do not come any better than Buddy Guy. He is feted by his peers and loved by his fans for his ability to make the guitar both talk and cry the blues. Such is Buddy's mastery of the guitar that there is virtually no guitarist that he cannot imitate.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Guy was a judge for the 6th and 8th annual <a href="/wiki/AIM_Independent_Music_Awards" title="AIM Independent Music Awards">Independent Music Awards</a> to support independent artists.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guy has influenced the styles of subsequent artists such as <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Sears" title="Reggie Sears">Reggie Sears</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReggieSearsrelated_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReggieSearsrelated-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Jesse Marchant of <a href="/wiki/JBM" title="JBM">JBM</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-twsMayX14_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twsMayX14-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 21, 2012, Guy performed in concert at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> for President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and First Lady <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a>. During the finale of the concert, he persuaded President Obama to sing a few bars of "<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Home_Chicago" title="Sweet Home Chicago">Sweet Home Chicago</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 20, 1996, Guy was inducted into Guitar Center's Hollywood <a href="/wiki/Rockwalk" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockwalk">Rockwalk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guy has won eight <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a>, for his work on electric and acoustic guitars and for contemporary and traditional forms of blues music, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Lifetime Achievement Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-grammy_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grammy-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, he was presented with the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a>, awarded by the President of the United States to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the creation, growth and support of the arts in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2004, Guy had also earned 23 <a href="/wiki/Blues_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues Music Award">W.C. Handy Awards</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> magazine's Century Award (he was its second recipient) for distinguished artistic achievement, and the title of Greatest Living Electric Blues Guitarist. </p><p>Guy was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> on March 14, 2005, by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> and <a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">B.B. King</a>. Clapton recalled seeing Guy perform in London's <a href="/wiki/Marquee_Club" title="Marquee Club">Marquee Club</a> in 1965, impressing him with his technique, his looks and his charismatic showmanship. He remembered seeing Guy pick the guitar with his teeth and play it over his head—two tricks that later influenced <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Guy's acceptance speech was concise: "If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living." He had previously served on the nominating committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. </p><p>In 2008, Guy was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Music Hall of Fame">Louisiana Music Hall of Fame</a>, performing at the Texas Club in <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a> to commemorate the occasion. </p><p>In October 2009, he performed "Let Me Love You Baby" with Jeff Beck at the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame#25th_anniversary_concert" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">25th anniversary concert</a> at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 15, 2010, he performed a live set for <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Center#Guitar_Center_Sessions" title="Guitar Center">Guitar Center Sessions</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/DirecTV" title="DirecTV">DirecTV</a>. The episode also included an interview with Guy by program host <a href="/wiki/Nic_Harcourt" title="Nic Harcourt">Nic Harcourt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 2, 2012, Guy was awarded the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At his induction, Kennedy Center chairman David Rubenstein said, "Buddy Guy is a titan of the blues and has been a tremendous influence on virtually everyone who has picked up an electric guitar in the last half century".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a musical tribute to Guy, blues vocal powerhouse <a href="/wiki/Beth_Hart" title="Beth Hart">Beth Hart</a>, accompanied by guitarist <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Beck" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a>, sang a rousing version of "I'd Rather Go Blind". Also honored that night were actor <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman" title="Dustin Hoffman">Dustin Hoffman</a>, surviving members of the rock band <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)" title="John Paul Jones (musician)">John Paul Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Page" title="Jimmy Page">Jimmy Page</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Plant" title="Robert Plant">Robert Plant</a>), comedian and late-night TV host <a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">David Letterman</a> and prima ballerina and choreographer <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Makarova" title="Natalia Makarova">Natalia Makarova</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 28, 2014, Guy was inducted into <a href="/wiki/Musicians_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum">Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Guy received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a> from the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences">National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kot_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kot-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Play_Guitar" title="Born to Play Guitar">Born to Play Guitar</a></i> won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> in 2016 for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Blues_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Blues Album">Best Blues Album</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2016, Guy toured the US east coast as the opening act for <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Beck" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>December 8, 2018 was designated "Buddy Guy Day" by Louisiana and Mississippi officials and a stretch of Highway 418 through Lettsworth was designated "Buddy Guy Way".<sup id="cite_ref-clapp_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clapp-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Guy was honored with a marker on the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Blues_Trail" title="Mississippi Blues Trail">Mississippi Blues Trail</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pointe_Coupee_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana">Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Guy received the Golden Plate Award of the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Achievement" title="Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a> presented by Awards Council member <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Page" title="Jimmy Page">Jimmy Page</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guy married Joan Guy in 1959. They have six children together: Charlotte (1961), Carlise (1963), Colleen (1965), George Jr., Gregory, and Geoffrey.<sup id="cite_ref-When_I_Left_Home:_My_Story_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-When_I_Left_Home:_My_Story-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greg Guy also plays blues guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was married to Jennifer Guy from 1975 to 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-When_I_Left_Home:_My_Story_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-When_I_Left_Home:_My_Story-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had two children: Rashawnna and Michael.<sup id="cite_ref-When_I_Left_Home:_My_Story_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-When_I_Left_Home:_My_Story-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The marriage ended in divorce. Rashawnna Guy, known by her stage name <a href="/wiki/Shawnna" title="Shawnna">Shawnna</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Rapping" title="Rapping">rapper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guy has lived on 14 acres in <a href="/wiki/Orland_Park,_Illinois" title="Orland Park, Illinois">Orland Park, Illinois</a>, a suburb south of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> as of 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-remnick_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-remnick-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is an early riser, which he attributes to growing up on a farm. "Doesn’t matter how late I get home from a show, I know I will be up, like, three, four o’clock in the morning.”<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His only indulgence is a shot of cognac at every show.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy_discography" title="Buddy Guy discography">Buddy Guy discography</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Left_My_Blues_in_San_Francisco" title="Left My Blues in San Francisco">Left My Blues in San Francisco</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_and_the_Blues" title="A Man and the Blues">A Man and the Blues</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hold_That_Plane!" title="Hold That Plane!">Hold That Plane!</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stone_Crazy!" title="Stone Crazy!">The Blues Giant / Stone Crazy!</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Out_(album)" title="Breaking Out (album)">Breaking Out</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DJ_Play_My_Blues" title="DJ Play My Blues">DJ Play My Blues</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Damn_Right,_I%27ve_Got_the_Blues" title="Damn Right, I've Got the Blues">Damn Right, I've Got the Blues</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feels_Like_Rain" title="Feels Like Rain">Feels Like Rain</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slippin%27_In" title="Slippin' In">Slippin' In</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heavy_Love_(Buddy_Guy_album)" title="Heavy Love (Buddy Guy album)">Heavy Love</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Tea_(album)" title="Sweet Tea (album)">Sweet Tea</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Singer" title="Blues Singer">Blues Singer</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bring_%27Em_In_(Buddy_Guy_album)" title="Bring 'Em In (Buddy Guy album)">Bring 'Em In</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skin_Deep_(Buddy_Guy_album)" title="Skin Deep (Buddy Guy album)">Skin Deep</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Living_Proof_(Buddy_Guy_album)" title="Living Proof (Buddy Guy album)">Living Proof</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_%26_Blues_(Buddy_Guy_album)" title="Rhythm & Blues (Buddy Guy album)">Rhythm & Blues</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Play_Guitar" title="Born to Play Guitar">Born to Play Guitar</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Is_Alive_and_Well" title="The Blues Is Alive and Well">The Blues Is Alive and Well</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Don%27t_Lie" title="The Blues Don't Lie">The Blues Don't Lie</a></i> (2022)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="with_Junior_Wells">with <a href="/wiki/Junior_Wells" title="Junior Wells">Junior Wells</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: with Junior Wells"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hoodoo_Man_Blues" title="Hoodoo Man Blues">Hoodoo Man Blues</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i>Chicago / The Blues / Today!, Vol. 1</i> (1966)</li> <li><i>It's My Life, Baby!</i> (1966)</li> <li><i>Coming at You</i> (1968)</li> <li><i>Buddy and the Juniors</i> (1970, also with <a href="/wiki/Junior_Mance" title="Junior Mance">Junior Mance</a>)</li> <li><i>Southside Blues Jam</i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Play the Blues</i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pleading_the_Blues" title="Pleading the Blues">Pleading the Blues</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i>Going Back</i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alone_%26_Acoustic" title="Alone & Acoustic">Alone & Acoustic</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Better Off with the Blues</i> (1993)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="with_Phil_Guy">with <a href="/wiki/Phil_Guy" title="Phil Guy">Phil Guy</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: with Phil Guy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i>Buddy & Phil</i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Red_Hot_Blues_of_Phil_Guy" title="The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy">The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Luck_Boy" title="Bad Luck Boy">Bad Luck Boy</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Star_Chicago_Blues_Session" title="All Star Chicago Blues Session">All Star Chicago Blues Session</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i>He's My Blues Brother</i> (2006)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="with_Memphis_Slim">with <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Slim" title="Memphis Slim">Memphis Slim</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: with Memphis Slim"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i>Southside Reunion</i> (1971)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy%27s_Legends" title="Buddy Guy's Legends">Buddy Guy's Legends</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Checkerboard_Lounge" title="Checkerboard Lounge">Checkerboard Lounge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blues_Festival" title="Chicago Blues Festival">Chicago Blues Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival" title="Montreux Jazz Festival">Montreux Jazz Festival</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Guy&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/buddy-guy">"Buddy Guy"</a>. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Buddy+Guy&rft.pub=Rock+and+Roll+Hall+of+Fame&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockhall.com%2Finductees%2Fbuddy-guy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuddy+Guy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/">"The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"</a>. <i>Rolling Stone</i>. October 13, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 14,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rolling+Stone&rft.atitle=The+250+Greatest+Guitarists+of+All+Time&rft.date=2023-10-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Fmusic-lists%2Fbest-guitarists-1234814010%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuddy+Guy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080531001214/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/32">"The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/32">the original</a> on May 31, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 31,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rolling+Stone&rft.atitle=The+100+Greatest+Guitar+Songs+of+All+Time&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fnews%2Fcoverstory%2F20947527%2Fpage%2F32&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuddy+Guy" class="Z3988"></span>. <i>Rolling Stone</i>. Retrieved 2011-01-25. "Cut in 1961 for Chess, the full seven minutes of this blinding blues went unreleased for nearly a decade. Guy solos with a steel-needle tone, answering his own barking vocal with dizzying pinpoint stabs. 'I don't know how to bend the string', he told <i>RS</i>. 'Let me break it.’"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Buddy Guy". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/buddy-guy"><i>Rolling Stone</i> archive</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180503203719/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/buddy-guy">Archived</a> 2018-05-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved June 29, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGuy,_BuddyWilcock,_Donald1999" class="citation book cs1">Guy, Buddy; Wilcock, Donald (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/damnrightivegotb0000wilc_l7h7/page/152"><i>Damn Right I've Got the Blues</i></a>. Duane Press. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/damnrightivegotb0000wilc_l7h7/page/152">152</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/094262713X" title="Special:BookSources/094262713X"><bdi>094262713X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Damn+Right+I%27ve+Got+the+Blues&rft.pages=152&rft.pub=Duane+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=094262713X&rft.au=Guy%2C+Buddy&rft.au=Wilcock%2C+Donald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdamnrightivegotb0000wilc_l7h7%2Fpage%2F152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuddy+Guy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Guy, Buddy; Ritz, David. (2012) <i>When I Left Home: My Story</i>. Cambridge: Da Capo Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-306-81957-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-306-81957-5">978-0-306-81957-5</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-biography.com-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-biography.com_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography.com_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography.com_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150515212701/http://www.biography.com/people/buddy-guy-37980">"Buddy Guy Biography"</a>. <i>Biography.com</i>. A&E Television Networks. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biography.com/people/buddy-guy-37980">the original</a> on May 15, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 15,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biography.com&rft.atitle=Buddy+Guy+Biography&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biography.com%2Fpeople%2Fbuddy-guy-37980&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuddy+Guy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-remnick-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-remnick_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-remnick_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-remnick_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-remnick_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRemnick2019" class="citation magazine cs1">Remnick, David (March 11, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/buddy-guy-is-keeping-the-blues-alive">"Buddy Guy Is Keeping the Blues Alive"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Yorker&rft.atitle=Buddy+Guy+Is+Keeping+the+Blues+Alive&rft.date=2019-03-11&rft.aulast=Remnick&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fmagazine%2F2019%2F03%2F11%2Fbuddy-guy-is-keeping-the-blues-alive&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuddy+Guy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTomko2020" class="citation book cs1">Tomko, Gene (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZKzDwAAQBAJ"><i>Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians: Jazz, Blues, Cajun, Creole, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, and Gospel</i></a>. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 120. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780807169322" title="Special:BookSources/9780807169322"><bdi>9780807169322</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Louisiana+Musicians%3A+Jazz%2C+Blues%2C+Cajun%2C+Creole%2C+Zydeco%2C+Swamp+Pop%2C+and+Gospel&rft.place=Baton+Rouge&rft.pages=120&rft.pub=Louisiana+State+University+Press&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=9780807169322&rft.aulast=Tomko&rft.aufirst=Gene&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5ZKzDwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuddy+Guy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFancourtMcGrath2019" class="citation book cs1">Fancourt, Les; McGrath, Bob (2019). <i>The Blues Discography: 1943–1970, Third Edition</i>. 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title="Benny Carter">Benny Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Close" title="Chuck Close">Chuck Close</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Manilow" title="Lewis Manilow">Lewis Manilow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a>, cultural programming division</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claes_Oldenburg" title="Claes Oldenburg">Claes Oldenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman" title="Itzhak Perlman">Itzhak Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Ailey_American_Dance_Theater" title="Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater">Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolfo_Anaya" title="Rudolfo Anaya">Rudolfo Anaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Douglas" title="Kirk Douglas">Kirk Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Frankenthaler" title="Helen Frankenthaler">Helen Frankenthaler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Jamison" title="Judith Jamison">Judith Jamison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma" title="Yo-Yo Ma">Yo-Yo Ma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Knoll_Bassett" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence Knoll Bassett">Florence Knoll Bassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisha_Brown" title="Trisha Brown">Trisha Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_de_Montebello" title="Philippe de Montebello">Philippe de Montebello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Halprin" title="Lawrence Halprin">Lawrence Halprin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld" title="Al Hirschfeld">Al Hirschfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ming_Cho_Lee" title="Ming Cho Lee">Ming Cho Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">William "Smokey" Robinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_City_Limits" title="Austin City Limits">Austin City Limits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Cleary" title="Beverly Cleary">Beverly Cleary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafe_Esquith" title="Rafe Esquith">Rafe Esquith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Farrell" title="Suzanne Farrell">Suzanne Farrell</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Buddy Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_Choir" title="Tabernacle Choir">Tabernacle Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Slatkin" title="Leonard Slatkin">Leonard Slatkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_W._Mellon_Foundation" title="Andrew W. Mellon Foundation">Andrew W. Mellon Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Floyd" title="Carlisle Floyd">Carlisle Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hart_(sculptor)" title="Frederick Hart (sculptor)">Frederick Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hecht" title="Anthony Hecht">Anthony Hecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ruthven_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Ruthven (artist)">John Ruthven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Scully" title="Vincent Scully">Vincent Scully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twyla_Tharp" title="Twyla Tharp">Twyla Tharp</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Auchincloss" title="Louis Auchincloss">Louis Auchincloss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_DePreist" title="James DePreist">James DePreist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paquito_D%27Rivera" title="Paquito D'Rivera">Paquito D'Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Garment" title="Leonard Garment">Leonard Garment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Johnston" title="Ollie Johnston">Ollie Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts" title="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts">Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Ramirez" title="Tina Ramirez">Tina Ramirez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Bolcom" title="William Bolcom">William Bolcom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyd_Charisse" title="Cyd Charisse">Cyd Charisse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_DeCarava" title="Roy DeCarava">Roy DeCarava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_Holladay" title="Wilhelmina Holladay">Wilhelmina Holladay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interlochen_Center_for_the_Arts" title="Interlochen Center for the Arts">Interlochen Center for the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erich_Kunzel" title="Erich Kunzel">Erich Kunzel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Hall_Jazz_Band" title="Preservation Hall Jazz Band">Preservation Hall Jazz Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Rabassa" title="Gregory Rabassa">Gregory Rabassa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Schreckengost" title="Viktor Schreckengost">Viktor Schreckengost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Stanley" title="Ralph Stanley">Ralph Stanley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Lauridsen" title="Morten Lauridsen">Morten Lauridsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Scott_Momaday" title="N. Scott Momaday">N. Scott Momaday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Noel" title="Craig Noel">Craig Noel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Neuberger" title="Roy Neuberger">Roy Neuberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Paul" title="Les Paul">Les Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Z._Steinway" title="Henry Z. Steinway">Henry Z. Steinway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tooker" title="George Tooker">George Tooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton_Jazz_Festival" title="Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival">Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival</a> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Idaho" title="University of Idaho">University of Idaho</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wyeth" title="Andrew Wyeth">Andrew Wyeth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Lee" title="Stan Lee">Stan Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Sherman" title="Richard M. Sherman">Richard M. Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Sherman" title="Robert B. Sherman">Robert B. Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland" title="Olivia de Havilland">Olivia de Havilland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Moroles" title="Jesús Moroles">Jesús Moroles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford%27s_Theatre" title="Ford's Theatre">Ford's Theatre Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisk_Jubilee_Singers" title="Fisk Jubilee Singers">Fisk Jubilee Singers</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Fisk_University" title="Fisk University">Fisk University</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Lim%C3%B3n" title="José Limón">José Limón Dance Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Presser_Company" title="Theodore Presser Company">The Presser Foundation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Glaser" title="Milton Glaser">Milton Glaser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Lin" title="Maya Lin">Maya Lin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Moreno" title="Rita Moreno">Rita Moreno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessye_Norman" title="Jessye Norman">Jessye Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Riley_Jr." title="Joseph P. Riley Jr.">Joseph P. Riley Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Stella" title="Frank Stella">Frank Stella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Tilson_Thomas" title="Michael Tilson Thomas">Michael Tilson Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oberlin_Conservatory_of_Music" title="Oberlin Conservatory of Music">Oberlin Conservatory of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_of_American_Ballet" title="School of American Ballet">School of American Ballet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_National_Medal_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1980s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Template:National 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