Honored and humble about being recognized, Guy says he saw his contemporaries as better guitarists, so he had to find his own style. That came from being inspired by different types of music, ranging from gospel to country — a mix he equates to a Louisiana culinary specialty.
Yet, all of the styles he put into his playing required extreme perseverance. Growing up in the Jim Crow era South and raised in a sharecropping family, Guy became fascinated the first time he saw someone play guitar. But actually having one to put in his hands and play created an obstacle he needed to overcome. He would try and make his own, including using rubber bands as strings, before increasing his ingenuity to the wire strands from the window screens in the family home.
But the ever-dwindling screens came to the attention of his mother. Not many of us that came along with the Muddys and the B. Before the virus hit, what drove you to stay on the road so consistently? Some people are so mad at the world. But when I play music, I see them smiling. Oh, yeah, I was like that before this virus came up, man.
I missed one gig in my life. Soon as I got well, I went over there and did it, and that was the only one I ever missed. Not too many blues players are left now. I notice on satellite radio B. You mentioned a vaccine. Is that the only way you would go back on the road?
I own the largest blues club in the city of Chicago. Whatever happens, I got to deal with it. Can you tell me about how Legends is doing? A lot of club owners are understandably scared right now. My children run it. I heard rumors the last couple days that they may let them open up with 50 people. My club is capacity. Thank God I was blessed enough to save. I read that the club was damaged during the recent protests against police brutality.
Eric Clapton and B. King Induct Buddy Guy. Hall of Fame Essay. Rob Bowman. If you cut Buddy Guy open, he would bleed blue. Class of Frank Barsalona Ahmet Ertegun Award. Despite this, he continued to plug away at the American market, buoyed by interest from guitar buffs who had heard major stars sing his praises; in , Eric Clapton told a reporter for Musician magazine, "Buddy Guy is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive Guy 's first album for Silvertone, Damn Right, I've Got the Blues , featured guest appearances by Clapton , Jeff Beck , and Mark Knopfler , and featured fresh versions of several fan favorites as well as a handful of new tunes; it was the Buddy Guy album that finally clicked with record buyers, and became a genuine hit, earning Guy a gold album, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Guy wasted no time cutting follow-ups, releasing Feels Like Rain in and Slippin' In in , both of which racked up solid sales figures and won Guy further Grammy Awards. In , Guy reunited with Junior Wells on the stage of his Legends club; it would prove to be one of Wells ' last live performances, and the show was released in , several months after Wells ' passing, on the album Last Time Around: Live at Legends.
While most of Guy 's work in the late '90s and into the new millennium was the sort of storming Chicago blues that was the basis of his reputation, he also demonstrated he was capable of exploring other avenues, channeling the hypnotic Deep Southern blues of Junior Kimbrough on 's Sweet Tea and covering a set of traditional blues classics on acoustic guitar for 's Blues Singer. In , Guy won the W.
Handy Award from the American Blues Foundation for the 23rd time, more than any other artist, while he took home his sixth Grammy Award in for the album Living Proof. King presenting him with his award, and in he performed a special concert at the White House, where he persuaded President Barack Obama to join him at the vocal mike for a few choruses of "Sweet Home Chicago.
Two years later, Guy returned with Born to Play Guitar , another album recorded with producer Tom Hambridge , who has helmed the guitarist's albums since 's Skin Deep. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.
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