Buddy guy biography wikipedia español

American blues guitarist and singer (born )

Musical artist

George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, )^[1] is an American blues guitarist and singer.

Buddy guy biography wikipedia español

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 s, 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 list of greatest guitarists of all time.^[2] His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the " Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".^[3] Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive".^[4] In , Guy wrote the book Damn Right