Bobby Rush & Buddy Guy/Photo: Lynn Orman
Buddy Guy and special guest Bobby Rush will kick off the first night of Buddy's annual residency run on Jan. 12.
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Buddy Guy & Special Guests
Jan. 12 - Feb. 5 residency shows
Shows are: Friday, Saturday & Sunday (some exceptions)
Buddy Guy's Legends, 700 S. Wabash (at Balboa), Chicago
Doors: 5:00 p.m
Dinner Acoustic Set 5:30 p.m.
Show time: 8:30 p.m.
Reserved seating: $125.00 /GA Standing only: $75
AGE RESTRICTIONS: All Buddy Shows are 21+.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
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, co-authored by David Ritz, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012.
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