Buddy Guy
Acting
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. 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 1960s, 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 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time. His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn Right I've Got the Blues with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Guy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieSinners
2025
Old Sammie
movieEric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieHomicide McLeod
2017
Captain Oswald
movieNorth Sea Jazz Highlights
2016
Self - Guitar
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
movieLed Zeppelin Played Here
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieAustin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014
Self - Performer
movieBuddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013
2013
vocals, guitar
movieBuddy Guy - Front and Center 2013
2013
Self - Guitar & Vocals
movieIn the Electric Mist
2009
Sam 'Hogman' Patin
movieBuddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
2008
guitar, vocals
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
2007
Self
tvJack's Big Music Show
2005
The King of Swing
Don't Start Me Talkin: The Junior Wells Story
2004
Himself
movieAntone's: Home of the Blues
2004
Performer
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Musical Guest
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Musical Guest
movieBuddy Guy Listen to this Eric
1991
Self - Guitars, Vocals
movieEric Clapton: 24 Nights
1991
Self - Guitar
movieMuddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge
1981
Self - Vocals, Guitar (Guest)
movieSupershow
1969
Himself
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self - Performer
Sound1
tvSquidbillies
2005
Theme Song Performance