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June 12, 2008

Secrets of the Guitar Heroes: Buddy Guy
February 23, 2006

Buddy Guy: The Kingpin

The electric dreams of the last of the South Side blues giants
February 10, 2006

Buddy Guy: The Kingpin

The electric dreams of the last of the South Side blues giants
March 8, 2005

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2005: Buddy Guy

Blues legend discusses his induction and his true love

Recordings and Reviews

Skin Deep

Ever the showman but never the best album artist, blues-guitar innovator Buddy Guy has nevertheless recorded more consistently since 1991's Damn Right, I Got the Blues. That's not to say he hasn't turned out a few turkeys (remember 1993's Feels Like Rain?), but this isn't one. From the dirty wah-wah...

2008 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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Biography

Slash-and-burn guitar solos are the specialty of this Louisiana-born Chicago blues mainstay, whose string-sizzling sides for Chess in the '60s (and session work at the label for artists including Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf) made a particularly strong impression on Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. The Complete Chess Studio Recordings is an exhaustive collection of his early singles, but MCA's...

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