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Rob Bowman. If you cut Buddy Guy open, he would bleed blue. Class of Frank Barsalona Ahmet Ertegun Award. The O'Jays Performers. The Pretenders Performers. Percy Sledge Performers. Seymour Stein Ahmet Ertegun Award. U2 Performers. Rock hall. Guy graduated to an acoustic guitar and began soaking up the influences of blues players such as T-Bone Walker , B.

King , and Lightnin' Hopkins ; when his family relocated to Baton Rouge, Guy had the opportunity to see live performances by Lightnin' Slim aka Otis Hicks and Guitar Slim , whose raw, forceful sound and over-the-top showmanship left a serious impression on him. Guy started playing professionally when he became a sideman for John "Big Poppa" Tilley , and he learned to work the crowd and overcome early bouts of stage fright.

In , Guy cut a demo tape at a local radio station and sent a copy to Chess Records, the label that was home to such giants as Muddy Waters , Howlin' Wolf , and Etta James , shortly before buying a one-way train ticket and moving to Chicago, eager to make music his career.

Guy didn't enjoy immediate success in Chicago, and struggled to find gigs until his fiery guitar work and flashy stage style which included hopping on top of bars and strutting up and down their length while soloing, thanks to a foot-long guitar cable made him a regular winner in talent night contests at Windy City clubs.

Guy struck up friendships with some of the city's best blues artists, including Muddy Waters , Otis Rush , Freddie King , and Magic Sam , and landed a steady gig at the Club, where he became known as a talent to watch. His first single for Chess, 's "First Time I Met the Blues," was an artistic triumph and a modest commercial success that became one of his signature tunes, but it was also the first chapter in what would prove to be a complicated creative relationship between Guy and label co-founder Leonard Chess , who recognized his talent but didn't appreciate the louder and more expressive aspects of his guitar style.

And one of Guy 's definitive '60s recordings wasn't even issued by Chess; Guy had been performing occasionally with blues harpist Junior Wells , and Guy and his band backed Wells on the Delmark release Hoodoo Man Blues , a masterful exercise in the Chicago blues style, with Guy credited as "Friendly Chap" on initial pressings in deference to his contract with Chess.

Chess didn't issue an album of Guy 's until the release of I Left My Blues in San Francisco , and when his contract with the label ran out, he promptly signed with Vanguard, which put out A Man and the Blues in As a growing number of rock fans were discovering the blues, Guy was finding his stock rising with both traditional blues enthusiasts and younger white audiences, and his recordings for Vanguard gave him more room for the tougher and more aggressive sound that was the trademark of his live shows.

It didn't hurt that Jimi Hendrix acknowledged Guy as an influence and praised his live show in interviews. 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. 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.

There was a lot of glass, they broke all that, and we finally got it boarded up. Who knows? What was was going through your head when you were watching the protests happening throughout the country, throughout the whole world?

Geronimo, leader of the Apache, photographed in Well, you know, I was here in the Sixties, with Dr. The peaceful marches, we needed that. Some people took advantage of that. When Columbus discovered America, he had to kill a lot of Indians. His statue should have been put up somewhere, because he fought till the end. So I remember all that. How do you judge our current moment? Do you see things getting better? We should have seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

But a lot of things go on. Until something like this exploded and the whole world saw this — that might help us achieve more than we have.