Guy, raised on Louisiana and Mississippi blues greats like John Lee Hooker and B.B. King, was from a slightly different ...

Best of 2024: As cross-cultural high points go in post-war austerity Britain, the American Folk Blues Festival tours that started in 1962 took some beating. Seemingly out of nowhere, iconic blues ...

If anybody has the right to have the blues it’s Buddy Guy. Just consider: ” The man who was the major guitar influence for Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton was unknown in ...

The absolutely splendid Buddy Guy box set Can't Quit the Blues is worth (re)visiting on a number of fronts, the most immediate of which is that this icon of the blues has once again elevated his ...

“Funny thing about the blues: you play ’em ’cause you got ’em. But when you play ’em, you lose ’em.” The words of Buddy Guy in his documentary film, Blues Chase The Blues Away, perfectly describes how ...

If anybody has the right to have the blues it’s Buddy Guy. Just consider: — The man who was the major guitar influence for Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton was unknown in ...

Dive into the career of the legendary blues guitarist, a pioneer of Chicago’s West Side sound and major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Featuring new performances and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For Buddy Guy — a stalwart and staunch defender of the blues — there’s nothing more important than keeping his chosen genre at the forefront of conversation. It comes naturally: Guy is ...

Editor's note: As of the printing deadline for this issue, Buddy Guy's Saturday concert at the House of Blues was schedule to proceed. But we encourage you to call ahead before traveling to the ...

Buddy Guy shreds onto Billboard’s Blues Albums chart (dated Aug. 16) at No. 1 with his latest LP, Ain’t Done With the Blues. Having turned 89 years young on July 30, the legend — who released the set ...

Buddy Guy is the last bastion of the blues. That’s barely an opinion. If anything, it’s a matter-of-fact statement. For the 81-year-old, Louisiana-born blues pioneer, this harsh reality isn’t a ...

CD 1: The Way You Been Treating Me; Sit And Cry (The Blues); This Is The End; Untitled Instrumental; First Time I Met The Blues; Ten Years Ago; Let Me Love You Baby; Stone Crazy; When My Left Eye ...