Buddy Guy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 July 1936 · Lettsworth, Louisiana, USA
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a session guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells. Guy has won eight Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. Guy was ranked 27th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time. His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn Right I've Got the Blues with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Guy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Acting 74
- 2026Buddy Guy at Vienne
- 2026Buddy Guy Marciac Festival as Himself
- 2026Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session as Himself
- 2026Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Buddy Guy as Himself
- 2026Live: Real Deal With Ge Smith & Sni Band as Self
- 2025Bluestown Rising as Self
- 2025Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners as Self
- 2025Sinners as Old Sammie
- 2024Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision as Self
- 2023Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues as Self
- 2022The Torch as Self
- 2021Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away as Self
- 2020Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 as Self
- 2019The Quiet One as Self
- 2017Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl as Self — Guitar
- 2017Homicide McLeod as Captain Oswald
- 2016North Sea Jazz Highlights as Self - Guitar
- 2016Jazz at the White House as Self
- 2016Two Trains Runnin' as Self
- 2015Keith Richards: Under the Influence as Self
- 2014Led Zeppelin Played Here as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Performer
- 2014John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly as Self
- 2013Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013 as vocals, guitar
- 2013Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 as Self
- 2013Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013 as Self - Guitar & Vocals
- 2013Born In Chicago as Self
- 2011Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago as Self
- 2010Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions as Guitar
- 2010Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 as Self
- 2009The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts as Self
- 2009Blues at the BBC as Self
- 2009In the Electric Mist as Sam 'Hogman' Patin
- 2008Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004 as guitar, vocals
- 2008Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano as Himself
- 2008Buddy Guy: Live at Estival Jazz Lugano
- 2008Shine a Light as Self
- 2007Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 as Self
- 2007Junior Wells & Buddy Guy Live at Nightstage
- 2007Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues as Self
- 2007Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live as Self
- 2006Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street as self
- 2006Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues as Himself
- 2006Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal as Himself
- 2005Buddy Guy Teachin' The Blues as Himself
- 2004John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats as Himself
- 2004The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 as Self
- 2004Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004 as Himself
- 2004Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival as Self
- 2004Don't Start Me Talkin: The Junior Wells Story as Himself
- 2004Lightning in a Bottle as Self
- 2004Antone's: Home of the Blues as Performer
- 2004Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues as Self
- 2003A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live as Self
- 2003Festival Express as Self
- 2003Bluesy Entertainment: Live as Self
- 2003Mountain Stage Blues Special as Himself
- 2001The Concert for New York City as Self
- 2001John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
- 1999Blues Masters
- 1996A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan as Self
- 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as House Band
- 1995B.B. King: Blues Summit as Self
- 1993Curves Contours & Body Horns as Self
- 1991Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991
- 1991Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric as Self - Guitars, Vocals
- 1991Eric Clapton: 24 Nights as Self - Guitar
- 1990Blues Alive as Himself
- 1981Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge as Self - Vocals, Guitar (Guest)
- 1973The Blues Under the Skin as Self
- 1972Chicago Blues
- 1969Supershow as Himself
- 1968Wake at Generation as Self