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![Eddy Clearwater poses for a studio portrait in 1975, holding a Fender Telecaster guitar, in the United States.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VtoKti52hxUUq7d4MCJsaG-320-80.jpg)
Ten of the Greatest Chicago Blues Songs
By Guitar Player Staff published
Return to the source of inspiration with these Windy City blues guitar classics
![Guy performs on the Blues Tent stage during the 40th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 3, 2009.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/srLSRiwv9pXPsFM7hdkiJk-320-80.jpg)
“I’ve Dedicated My Life to the Blues, and a Lot of Other People Have, Too. What Did We Do to Be Treated Like That?”: Buddy Guy Has, Most Definitely, Still Got the Blues
By Gary Graff published
“I’ve kept doing it so people don’t forget Muddy and Wolf, B.B. – all the rest of ’em,” says the Strat-toting blues guru
![Buddy Guy performs onstage at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sqbfUiSf2zRE8joj9xPPCa-320-80.jpg)
“Anybody Would Say, ‘That’s Enough”: At 86, Buddy Guy Says It’s Finally Time to Come off the Road
By Gary Graff published
“I’m still going to probably play some of the big festivals,” maintains the blues guitar legend
![Buddy Guy performs on the American Folk Blues Festival tour in London, October 1965](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nijLp9Lv4toU3iWbJTXqeW-320-80.jpg)
“He Said, ‘I Just Canceled a Gig, ’Cause I Wanted to See You’”: Buddy Guy Talks Befriending Jimi Hendrix
By Gary Graff published
How the blues icon met Jimi (and was invited to kick Leonard Chess’s butt!)
![Buddy Guy performing in London, 1965](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CWYndPeEYxkRaMhA9yivyN-320-80.jpg)
“Somebody called and told him I sounded pretty good, and he decided to come by and see for mimself”: When Buddy Guy met Muddy Waters
By Gary Graff published
Arriving in Chicago from Baton Rouge in 1957, Buddy was a starving musician when he was “fed by the Mud”
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“I Got to Chicago on September the 25th, 1957. And I’m Still Here”: How Buddy Guy Went From Diddley Bow “Country Boy” to Chicago Blues Legend
By Gary Graff published
“I said to myself, I want to do something the rest of the kids can’t do. And I thought, I want to play the guitar,” says the blues icon
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“I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero
By Christopher Scapelliti published
From Cliff Gallup to Buddy Guy, the roots of Jeff Beck’s guitar journey are planted in the fertile post-war guitar boom
![Buddy Guy performs at the Ryman Auditorium on March 26, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KZHj8rjNK8aT4qmAa7Aps5-320-80.jpg)
Buddy Guy Premieres Reflective New Single, "We Go Back"
By Jackson Maxwell published
Featuring a powerful vocal turn from the great Mavis Staples, the mid-tempo burner takes the blues legend to the past – both the good times and the bad.
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