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Buddy Guy: The Living Legend of Blues/Blues Guitar Lab Podcast Episode 31

Buddy Guy: The Living Legend of Blues/Blues Guitar Lab Podcast Episode 31

This podcast is brought to you by Blues Guitar Lab Membership, your one-stop destination for learning and perfecting blues guitar.


Hello, everyone! This is Satoshi Nakamoto, your host at the Blues Guitar Lab. Today, we're going to talk about a living legend, a titan of the blues, a man who has influenced virtually everyone who has picked up an electric guitar in the last half-century. Yes, you guessed it right. We're talking about the one and only, Buddy Guy.


Born as George Guy on July 30, 1936, in Lettsworth, Louisiana, Buddy Guy's journey to becoming a blues legend started from humble beginnings. His parents were sharecroppers, and as a child, Buddy would pick cotton for $2.50 per 100 pounds. His first instrument was a two-string diddley bow he made himself. Later, he was given a Harmony acoustic guitar, which he would donate to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decades later.


Buddy Guy moved to Chicago in 1957, where he fell under the influence of Muddy Waters. He began his recording career in 1958, and over the years, he has played with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer.


Buddy Guy's style is unique and separate. His music can vary from the most traditional, deepest blues to a creative, unpredictable, and radical gumbo of the blues, avant rock, soul, and free jazz that changes with each performance. He is known for his showmanship, playing the guitar with his teeth and over his head, tricks that later influenced Jimi Hendrix.


Over his career, Buddy Guy has won eight Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. He was ranked 23rd in Rolling Stone magazine's "100 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". Eric Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive".


Despite his fame and success, Buddy Guy remains grounded. He still performs at least 130 nights a year, including a month of shows each January at his Chicago blues club, Buddy Guy's Legends. His passion for the blues is as strong as ever, and he continues to inspire and influence the next generation of musicians.


Now, if you're aiming to enhance your blues guitar prowess, look no further than the Blues Guitar Lab Membership at https://bluesguitarlab.teachable.com. Our Membership offers a comprehensive, step-by-step blues guitar course, a library of over 100 blues vocabulary videos complete with tabs, quick lessons on key music theory concepts, and access to our online community, the "Blues Guitar Lab Community".


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Make Blues Guitar Lab your ultimate resource for mastering the blues. Visit https://bluesguitarlab.teachable.com to sign up today! Don't forget to also explore our free resources on our YouTube channel, including the Blues Legends' Lick Explained Series. Keep strumming those strings and keeping the blues alive.


That's it for today's episode on the life of Buddy Guy. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Remember, as Buddy Guy himself said, "If you don't think you have the blues, just keep living."


Until next time, keep those blues alive! This is Satoshi Nakamoto, signing off.

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