Latest about Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy on the one thing every guitar player needs to play the blues
Guy shared his insights with Guitar Player, saying, "Every interview I've ever had, I get asked 'Can a white man play the blues?' I hate that question!"
Derek Trucks says playing with Buddy Guy taught him the secret power of turning down your amp
Trucks joins Eric Clapton, Quinn Sullivan and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram in praising Guy's influence
Eric Clapton reveals the guitarist that inspired him to quit the Bluesbreakers and form Cream
Buddy Guy's 1965 show at the Marquee Club made Slowhand realize he needed to escape John Mayall's shackles
Buddy Guy-backed Quinn Sullivan is spreading his wings on his fifth album – at the age of 25
Once a preternatural phenomenon, the precocious blues guitarist charts a broader musical path on Salvation, an album born out of loss and self-discovery
The night Eric Clapton invited Richie Sambora to a dream jam session
The former Bon Jovi man opens up on being accepted by the blues community and his heroes, having cut his teeth playing the blues as a young, hopeful guitarist
How an 8-year-old Quinn Sullivan became Buddy Guy's protégé, and friend
After a chance backstage meeting, Sullivan quickly fell under Guy's wing, forming a close bond with the blues legend that holds to this day
"When I play with a pick and without a capo, I have a tendency to go right over to B.B. King's or Buddy Guy's house. I can't help it. But when I use the capo, I think I sound more like me." Jimmie Vaughan's wicked tone secrets
One from the Guitar Player archives: a 1998 interview with Jimmie Vaughan on tone, recording secrets, fat strings and more…
20 years ago, seeing Buddy Guy changed his life. Now Selwyn Birchwood is an award-winning guitarist who's played with Buddy and recorded with his producer…
Selwyn Birchwood went to his first blues gig, aged 18. Ten years later, he won the Blues Foundation's Best Guitarist Award. 10 years on from that, his new album Exorcist is one of the blues albums of the year
“I Want to Be an Inspiration to Young Girls”: Blues Phenom Ally Venable Steps up to the Big Leagues With New Album, ‘Real Gone’
“If I can be a role model to girls and get them to pick up the guitar, then I’ll feel like I made a real impact,” says the Les Paul-toting Texan
"B.B. King Had a Left Hand That Could Do Things That Were Not of This Earth. I Knew I Could Never Do Any of That": Blues Legend Buddy Guy Explains How Learning What He Could (and Couldn't) Do from His Guitar Heroes Shaped His Unique Style
While taking cues from some of his heroes, Guy also made sure that he simultaneously developed his own voice on the instrument, saying "I’ve got to do something different from them or I’m done for."
