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Buddy Guy
Lettsworth, Louisiana, USA
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Bluestown Rising
Movie Self
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2025
Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners
Movie Self
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2025
Sinners
Movie Old Sammie
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2024
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
Movie Self
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2023
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2022
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2022
The Torch
Movie Self
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2021
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Movie Self
- 2020
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2019
The Quiet One
Movie Self
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2017
Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Movie Self — Guitar
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2017
Homicide McLeod
Movie Captain Oswald
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2017
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
TV show Self
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2016
North Sea Jazz Highlights
Movie Self - Guitar
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2016
Jazz at the White House
Movie Self
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2016
Two Trains Runnin'
Movie Self
More credits
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2015
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Movie Self
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
Movie Self - Performer
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2014
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Movie Self
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2013
Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013
Movie vocals, guitar
- 2013
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2013
Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013
Movie Self - Guitar & Vocals
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2013
Born In Chicago
Movie Self
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2011
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
Movie Self
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2010
Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions
Movie Guitar
- 2010
- 2009
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2009
Blues at the BBC
Movie Self
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2009
In the Electric Mist
Movie Sam 'Hogman' Patin
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2008
Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
Movie guitar, vocals
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2008
Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano
Movie Himself
- 2008
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2008
Shine a Light
Movie Self
- 2007
- 2007
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2007
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
Movie Self
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2007
Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live
Movie Self
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2006
Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street
Movie self
