Ticket Reselling: Buddy Guy: Damn Right Farewell

Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
	Buddy Guy performing in 2008
Background information
Birth name	George Guy
Born	July 30, 1936 (age 87); Lettsworth, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres	Chicago blues; blues; electric blues; blues rock;
Occupation(s)	Musician; songwriter;
Instrument(s)	Guitar; vocals;
Years active	1953–present
Labels	RCA; Cobra; Chess; Delmark; Silvertone; MCA; Atlantic; MPS; Charly; Zomba Group; Jive; Vanguard; JSP; Rhino; Purple Pyramid; Flyright; AIM; Alligator; Blues Ball;
Website	www.buddyguy.net

George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936)^[1] 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.^[2] His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".^[3] Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive".^[4] In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn Right I've Got the Blues, with Donald Wilcock.^[5] His autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012.^[6]

^ "Buddy Guy". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
^ "The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Rolling Stone. October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
^ "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2008.. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-01-25. "Cut in 1961 for Chess, the full seven minutes of this blinding blues went unreleased for nearly a decade. Guy solos with a steel-needle tone, answering his own barking vocal with dizzying pinpoint stabs. 'I don't know how to bend the string', he told RS. 'Let me break it.’"
^ "Buddy Guy". Rolling Stone archive Archived 2018-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
^ Guy, Buddy; Wilcock, Donald (1999). Damn Right I've Got the Blues. Duane Press. p. 152. ISBN 094262713X.
^ Guy, Buddy; Ritz, David. (2012) When I Left Home: My Story. Cambridge: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-81957-5

[1] "Buddy Guy". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[2] "The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Rolling Stone. October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.

[3] "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2008.. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-01-25. "Cut in 1961 for Chess, the full seven minutes of this blinding blues went unreleased for nearly a decade. Guy solos with a steel-needle tone, answering his own barking vocal with dizzying pinpoint stabs. 'I don't know how to bend the string', he told RS. 'Let me break it.’"

[4] "Buddy Guy". Rolling Stone archive Archived 2018-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 29, 2015.

[5] Guy, Buddy; Wilcock, Donald (1999). Damn Right I've Got the Blues. Duane Press. p. 152. ISBN 094262713X.

[6] Guy, Buddy; Ritz, David. (2012) When I Left Home: My Story. Cambridge: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-81957-5

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Event Date	Event	Venue	Location
Jun 6 Thu • 2024 • 7:00pm	Buddy Guy - Damn Right Encore (CANCELLED)	The Astro Amphitheater	La Vista, NE
Jun 7 Fri • 2024 • 7:00pm	Buddy Guy - Damn Right Encore	The Ledge Amphitheater	Waite Park, MN
Jun 14 Fri • 2024 • 3:15pm	Holland International Blues Festival 2024 – Day ticket Friday	The Blues Village	Grolloo
Jun 21 Fri • 2024 • 7:30pm	Buddy Guy Damn Right Farewell Tour	Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium	Shreveport, LA
Jun 26 Wed • 2024 • 7:30pm	Buddy Guy	Virginia Theatre	Champaign, IL
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