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GUY Buddy
(voc,g)

Personal Data:

Born:

30.07.1936

(Lettsworth, Louisiana, USA, as George Guy)

Appearances:

1963-?

Sonny Boy Williamson

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Crazy Music	1965
2.	With The Blues	1965
3.	In The Beginning	1965
4.	Hoodoo Man Blues	1966	Vanguard
5.	It's My Life Baby & Junior Wells	1966
6.	Electric Sleep	1967
7.	Chess Masters	1967
8.	First Time I Met The Blues	1967
9.	I Left My Blues In San Francisco	1967	Chess
10.	Coming At You & Junior Wells	1968
11.	Blues Today	1968
12.	This Is Buddy Guy	1968	Vanguard
13.	A Man And His Blues	2/1968	Vanguard
14.	Buddy And The Juniors & Junior Mance & Junior Wells	3/1970	Harvest
15.	Stone Crazy	1971
16.	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play The Blues & Junior Wells	1972	Atlantic
17.	South Side Reunion & Memphis Slim	1972
18.	Hold That Plane	6/1973	Vanguard
19.	I Was Walking Through The Woods	1974
20.	Drinkin' TNT And Smokin' Dynamite & Junior Wells produced by: Bill Wyman	1974	Blind Pig
21.	Hot And Cool produced by: Sam Charters / Buddy Guy / Michal Cuscuna	4/1978	Vanguard
22.	Got To Use Your Head	9/1979	Blues Ball
23.	Pleading the Blues & Junior Wells	31.10.1979	Pure Pleasure
24.	The Dollar Done Fell (Live At The Checkboard 1979)	1/1982	JSP
25.	Breakin' Out	3/1982	JSP
26.	D.J. Play My Blues	8/1982	JSP
27.	In The Beginning & Junior Wells	9/1982	Red Lightning
28.	Buddy Guy	4/1983	Sugarhill
29.	The Original Blues Brothers - Live & Junior Wells	9/1983	Blue Moon
30.	Ten Blue Fingers	2/1985	JSP
31.	I Was Walking Through The Woods	10/1986	Charly
32.	Chess Masters	1/1987	Charly
33.	Buddy Guy On Chess Vol. 1	1988	Vogue
34.	Live at the Checkerboard Lounge	1988	Rockbeat
35.	Stone Crazy	9/1988	Alligator
36.	The Chicago Golden Years (2LP)	10/1988	Vogue
37.	I Ain't Got No Money & Blue Charlie & Joe Johnson	3/1989	Flyright
38.	Blues Giant	1/1990	Alligator
39.	Damn Right, I Got The Blues	6/1991	Silvertone		43	136
40.	First Time I Met The Blues	1992	Blues Encore
41.	The Complete Chess Studio Recordings (2CD)	3/1992	MCA
42.	The Treasure Untold	4/1992	Charly
43.	I Cry And Sing The Blues: Master-Works Vol. 27	11/1992	Charly
44.	Feels Like Rain produced by: R.S. Field/Dave McNair/John Porter featuring: Tony Braunagle (perc), Tom Canning (kb), Rick Cortes (bg), Mike Finnegan (voc), Renee Geyer (voc), Martin Grebb (kb,sax,voc), David Grissom (g), Richard Hayward (ds), Darrell Leonard (tr), John Mayall (g), Ian McLagan (p), Bill Payne (kb), John Porter (g), Jimmy Powers (harp), Bonnie Raitt (voc, slide g), Paul Rodgers (voc), Greg Rzab (bg), Phil Shenale (kb), Johnny Lee Schell (g), Joe Sublett (sax), Travis Tritt (voc), Mick Weaver (kb), Joe Yuele (ds)	2/1993	Silvertone		36	145
45.	Alone & Acoustic & Junior Wells	3/1993	Black & Blue
46.	American Bandstand	6/1993	Roots
47.	Slippin' In	11/1994	Silvertone			180
48.	Live / The Real Deal with GE Smith And The SNL Band	8/1996	Silvertone			186
49.	Heavy Love	6/1998	Silvertone			163
50.	Last Time Around: Live at Legends & Junior Wells	16.11.1998	Silvertone
51.	Buddy's Baddest: The Best Of Buddy Guy	15.06.1999
52.	Vanguard Sessions: The Complete Recordings	31.10.2000	Vanguard
53.	Collected	27.03.2001	Collected
54.	Sweet Tea	15.05.2001	Silvertone			162
55.	Essential Collection	22.08.2001	Universal
56.	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	20.11.2001	Chronicles
57.	Blue On Blues & Otis Rush	07.05.2002	Varese
58.	Blues Singer produced by: Dennis Herring featuring: B.B. King, Eric Clapton (g), Jim Keltner (ds), Anthony Garnier (bg), James Mathus (g)	03.06.2003	Silvertone			188
59.	Chicago Blues Festival 1964 & Junior Wells	04.11.2003	Cleopatra
60.	Damn Right, I've Got the Blues	15.03.2005	Jive
61.	Night of the Blues & Junior Wells	31.05.2005	Master Classics
62.	Bring 'Em In produced by: Steve Jordan featuring: Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, John Mayer, Keb' Mo', Steve Jordan (ds), Willie Weeks (bg), Bernie Worrell (kb), Dannie Kortchmar (g)	27.09.2005	Jive			152
63.	Everyday We Have the Blues & Junior Wells	08.08.2006	Music Avenue
64.	Can't Quit the Blues	31.10.2006	Sony
65.	Vanguard Visionaries	12.06.2007	Vanguard
66.	Breaking Out	27.05.2008	JSP
67.	Skin Deep	22.07.2008	Silvertone/Zomba			68
68.	Definitive Buddy	14.04.2009	Shout! Factory
69.	Snakebite & Otis Rush & Magic Sam	26.05.2009	Floating World
70.	Playlist: The Very Best of Buddy Guy	30.06.2009	Playlist
71.	Broken Hearted Blues	11.05.2010	Blues Boulevard
72.	DJ Play My Blues	18.05.2010	JSP
73.	Blues Biography	10.08.2010	AAO
74.	Living Proof	30.09.2010	Silvertone			46
75.	Icon	21.06.2011	Geffen
76.	This Is Guy Buddy	25.04.2012	Vanguard Masters
77.	So Many Years Ago	13.11.2012	Blues Boulevard
78.	Live at Legends	18.12.2012	RCA
79.	Listen to This: A Musical Documentary	02.07.2013	Blueline
80.	Rhythm & Blues	30.07.2013	RCA			27
81.	The Blues	12.08.2014	One & Only Blues
82.	Pure Raw Blues & Junior Wells	20.01.2015	Not Now Music
83.	Born to Play Guitar	31.07.2015	Silvertone		100	60
84.	I'll Play the Blues for You...	22.01.2016	Klondike
85.	Live In Chicago '88 & Otis Rush	29.04.2016	Forced Exposure
86.	The New Generation of Chicago Blues: Singles As & Bs 1958-1962 & Magic Sam	27.05.2016	Jasmine
87.	The Blues Is Alive And Well	6/2018	Sony Music		65	69
88.	The Blues Don't Lie	10/2022

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Try To Quit You Baby / Sit And Cry (The Blues)	1958	Artistic
2.	This Is The End / You Sure Can't Do	1959	Artistic
3.	I Got My Eyes On You / First Time I Met The Blues	5/1960	Chess
4.	Slop Around / Broken Hearted Blues	7/1960	Chess
5.	Let Me Love You Baby / Ten Years Ago	2/1961	Chess
6.	Stone Crazy / Skippin' (Scrapin')	2/1962	Chess
7.	When My Left Eye Jumps / The Treasure Untold	11/1962	Chess
8.	Hard But It's Fair / No Lie	5/1963	Chess
9.	Let Me Love You Baby / Ten Years Ago	1964	Chess
10.	My Time After Awhile / I Dig Your Wig	7/1964	Chess
11.	Leave My Girl Alone / Crazy Lover (Crazy Music)	7/1965	Chess
12.	My Mother / Mother-In-Law Blues	10/1966	Chess
13.	I Suffer With The Blues / Keep It To Yourself	8/1967	Chess
14.	She Suits Me To A Tee (I Didn't Know My Mother) / Buddy's Groove	11/1967	Chess
15.	Mary Had A Little Lamb / Sweet Little Angel	1/1968	Vanguard
16.	Fever / I'm Not The Best	1968	Vanguard
17.	Honeydripper / Man Of Many Words & Dr John & Eric Clapton	8/1972	Atlantic
18.	Mustang Sally / Trouble Don't Last & Jeff Beck	9/1991	Silvertone
19.	Where Is The Next One Coming From? / Mustang Sally CD + Let Me Love You Baby	7/1992	Silvertone
20.	I Go Crazy / She's A Superstar	2/1993	Silvertone
21.	Some Kind Of Wonderful / Too Broke To Spend A Night CD + I Go Crazy	6/1993	Silvertone
22.	The Way You Been Treating Me / This Is The End	19.06.2012	Jewel
23.	This Is The End / I Hope You Come Back Home	19.06.2012	Jewel
24.	Try To Quit You Baby / Sit & Cry	19.06.2012	Jewel
25.	You Sure Can't Do / Sit & Cry	19.06.2012	Jewel

Videos:

1. Carlos Santana Presents Blues At Montreux 2004 - 2/2007, Eagle, live, 238 min, & Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown & Bobby Parker

Movies:

1. The Blues Is Alive And Well In Chicago (1970)
2. Chicago Blues (1970)
3. Out Of The Blacks And Into The Blues (1972)

Awards:

1991 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Blues Album ("Damn Right, I've Got The Blues")
1993 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Blues Album ("Feels Like Rain")
1993 The Billboard Century Award
1995 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Blues Album ("Slippin' In")
1996 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Instrumental Performance (track "SRV Shuffle", & Eric Clapton & Bonnie Raitt & Robert Cray & B.B. King & Jimmy Vaughan & Dr John & Art Neville)
2001 Blues Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
2002 W.C. Handy Blues Awards

- Contemporary album of the year ("Sweet Tea")
- Contemporary male artist of the year
- Instrumentalist of the year - guitar

2003 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Album ("Blues Singer")
2004 W.C. Handy Blues Awards

- Contemporary blues male artist of the year
- Blues album of the year ("Blues Singer")
- Acoustic blues album of the year ("Blues Singer")

2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2010 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Blues Album ("Living Proof")
2014 Musicians Hall Of Fame
2014 Grammy Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award
2015 Grammy Awards - Best Blues Album ("Born To Play Guitar")
2018 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Album ("The Blues Is Alive And Well")

WWW Links:

http://www.buddyguy.net

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Bill Wyman: Drinkin' TNT And Smokin' Dynamite (24.4.81, Red Lightnin')
Phil Guy: The Red Hot Blues (1982, JSP)
Phil Guy: Bad Luck Boy (8/83, JSP)
John Mayall: Wake Up Call (31.5.93, Silvertone)
Splinter Group: Hot Foot Powder (17.4.00, Artisan)
Jools Holland: Jack O The Green O Friends, Vol. 3 (20.7.04, WEA)
Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played (30.8.05, Capitol)

appeared on the SP:

Mark Knopfler: Going Home (15.3.24)

Compilation Appearances:

"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (27.11.01, Columbia, & Eric Clapton)
"Feels Like Rain" on John Hiatt tribute LP "It'll Come to You - The Songs of John Hiatt" (13.5.03, Vanguard)
"I Can't Be Satisfied" / "First Time I Met The Blues" on live CD "Lightning in a Bottle" (21.9.04, Columbia/Legacy)
"Voodoo Chile" on live CD "Lightning in a Bottle" (21.9.04, Columbia/Legacy, & Angelique Kidjo & Vernon Reid)
"You Can Make It If You Try" on compilation "Different Strokes for Different Folks" (27.9.05, Epic/Legacy, & John Mayer)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	38	20.09.1975	59	Blues/Folk - Albums	album review
1978	16	22.04.1978	33	Blues/Folk Albums	album review
1981	36	05.09.1981	19	Albums	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	3	07.02.1992	25	Profily	profile
1992	3	07.02.1992	31	Live	gig review
1994	12	21.06.1994	29	Recenze	album review
1994	25	20.12.1994	29	Recenze	album review
1995	11	06.06.1995	4	Pelmel
1995	17	29.08.1995	11		profile
1996	9		89	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1998	12		20	On Line	discography
1999	2		115	Recenze - Jazz Café	album review
2001	10		116	Recenze - Blues Bar	album review
2006	3		84	Blues Bar	album review
2007	3		68	Recenze DVD
2008	10		64	Record	album review