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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When wrapping up his January residency at his Chicago club, Buddy Guy's Legends, the 89-year-old blues icon strolled among the ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Blues guitar legend Buddy Guy has influenced some of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, including Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Gary Clark Jr. But the factors that led to his ...

Growing up in rural Louisiana, Buddy Guy became enamored with the sound of John Lee Hooker. When he managed to get a primitive guitar, one with only two strings, he’d carry it with him everywhere and ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University. Buddy Guy was one of the first blues guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion, and his ...

You would never know that Buddy Guy is one of the most acclaimed and accomplished guitarists in the long and storied history of the blues when conversing with the icon. Guy, 85, is humble to a fault.