Buddy Guy - 2008

He likes to play in amongst the audience.

 

Carling Academy - 26th June 2008

Glasgow, Scotland.

 

Buddy Guy at the age of 72

This guy is a living legend.

 

Here he is 2 nights later .................

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlgux_eriEg

 

George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana,) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American blues and rock guitarist and singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and other 1960s blues and rock legends, Guy is considered an important exponent of Chicago blues.

 

Eric Clapton said "Buddy Guy was to me what Elvis was for others." and "Buddy Guy is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive"

 

Jimi Hendrix once said that “Heaven is lying at Buddy Guy’s feet while listening to him play guitar.”

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan once declared that Buddy Guy "plays from a place that I've never heard anyone play."

 

Jimmy Page said “Buddy Guy is an absolute monster”

 

Bill Wyman said “Guitar Legends do not come any better than Buddy Guy."

 

What more needs to be said?

It was a fantastic gig!

Done