In July of 2021, in honor of Buddy Guy’s 85th birthday, PBS American Masters released “Buddy Guy: Theīlues Chase The Blues Away”, a new documentary following his rise from a childhood spent pickingĬotton in Louisiana to becoming one of the most influential guitar players of all time. Guitarists of All Time.' In 2019, Buddy Guy won his 8th and most recent GRAMMY Award for his 18th solo LP, “The Blues IsĪlive And Well”. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #23 in its '100 Greatest The Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor,Īnd the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Buddy Guy has received 8 GRAMMY Awards, aĢ015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, 38 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), Living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a
At age 86, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi
