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Buddy Guy

Real Name:
George Guy
Profile:
George "Buddy" Guy was born July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana (U.S.A.). He's the brother of Phil Guy.
He began playing professionally in and around Baton Rouge in the early 1950's. Initially influenced by the recordings of T-Bone Walker and Lightnin' Hopkins, he was also inspired by local bluesmen Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks and New Orleans based Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones.

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Discography

Releases:
A Man And The Blues (LP, Album)   Vanguard 1968
Hold That Plane! (LP)   Vanguard 1972
Doldinger Jubilee '75 (LP)   Atlantic 1975
The Blues Giant (Album) (2 versions)   Isabel 1979
Going Back (LP)   Isabel 1981
A Man And The Blues (CD)   Vanguard 1990
I Was Walking Through The Woods (LP, Comp, RE)   Chess 1990
Alone & Acoustic (CD, Album)   Alligator Records 1991
Damn Right, I've Got The Blues (CD, Album)   Silvertone Records, Silvertone Records 1991
Damn Right, I've Got The Blues (Album, Maxi) (3 versions)   Silvertone Records 1991
The Very Best Of Buddy Guy (CD, Comp)   Rhino Records (2) 1992
Feels Like Rain (Album) (2 versions)   Silvertone Records 1993
Slippin' In (Album) (3 versions)   Silvertone Records 1994
Stone Crazy (CD)   DeAgostini 1994
Live At The Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago - 1979 (CD)   JSP Records 1995
Live: The Real Deal (Album) (2 versions)   Silvertone Records 1996
Buddy's Blues (CD)   Chess 1997
The Complete Chess Studio Recordings (2xCD, Comp, RM)   Chess 1997
Buddy's Baddest: The Best Of Buddy Guy (CD, Comp)   Silvertone Records 1999
Sweet Tea (Album) (2 versions)   Silvertone Records 2001
Blues Singer (CD, Album)   Jive 2003
Bring 'Em In (CD, Album)   Silvertone Records 2006
Drinkin' Tnt 'N' Smokin' Dynamite (LP, Ltd, Liv)   Blind Pig Records 2008
Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop (LP, Album)   MPS Records, Dargil  
Hoodoo Man Blues (LP)   Delmark Records  
I Go Crazy / Feels Like Rain (7", Promo)   Silvertone Records  
Production:
Southern Comfort Rocks The Blues Volume 2 (CD, Comp, Promo) My Time After Awhile Southern Comfort Company 1997
Appears On:
The Blues Volume 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Ten Years Ago Pye International ... 1960
Folk Festival Of The Blues (LP, Com) Wee, Wee Baby, Worried... Pye International 1963
Crusade (Album) (2 versions) My Time After A While London Records 1967
Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop (LP + Vinyl)   MPS Records 1968
Coming At You (LP, Album)   Vanguard 1968
Blues News (LP, Comp, Whi) I Suffer With The Blues Chess, Polydor 1969
I Want An Easy Woman / I Am Gonna Unmask The Batman (7" + Vinyl)   Repeto 1969
The Great Blues Men (2xLP) Stormy Monday Blues Vanguard 1972
The New Chicago Blues (LP) Oblighetto Atlantic 1973
Pleading The Blues (LP)   Isabel 1979
Live Alive (Comp, Album) (5 versions) Mary Had A Little Lamb Epic 1986
The Blues Volume 1 (Cass) First Time I Met The B... Chess 1986
Blues History (4xCD, Comp) Stone Crazy Disky, Disky, Disky, Disky 1989
Coast To Coast (CD, Album) Room With A View, Wang... Capitol Records 1989
In Step (Album) (3 versions) Leave My Girl Alone Epic 1989
Live (CD, Single) Leave My Girl Alone Chrysalis 1989
The Chess Box (Comp) (2 versions)   MCA Records ... 1989
Guitar Player Presents Legends Of Guitar - Electric Blues, Vol. 1 (CD) 300 Pounds Of Joy Rhino Entertainment Company 1990
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (CD, Maxi) D.J. Play My Blues BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA 1990
24 Nights (2xCD)   Reprise Records 1991
Bridge To Your Heart (CD, Album) D.J. Play My Blues BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA 1991
Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack - Rush (Album) (2 versions) Don't Know Which Way T... Reprise Records ... 1991
The Chess Box (2 versions)   Chess ... 1991
Blues Masters, Volume 4: Harmonica Classics (CD, Comp) Messin' With The Kid Rhino Records (2) 1992
It´s My Life, Baby! (CD)   Vanguard 1992
Blues Summit (CD, Comp) I Pity The Fool MCA Records 1993
Hoodoo Man Blues (CD, Album)   Delmark Records 1993
Stone Free (A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix) (CD) Red House Reprise Records 1993
Wake Up Call (Album) (2 versions)   Silvertone Records 1993
Belgrade / The Blues / Today! Vol. 1 (Cass, Comp) Leave My Girl Alone PGP RTS 1994
Nine Below Zero (CD)   DeAgostini 1994
Still Got The Blues Volume 1 (CD) We're Ready Emporio 1994
A Celebration Of Blues - Great Acoustic Blues (CD, Album) Give Me My Coat And Shoes St. Clair 1996
From Dusk Till Dawn: Music From The Motion Picture (Album) (2 versions) Mary Had A Little Lamb Epic Soundtrax ... 1996
Pop Rock (CD, Comp, Promo) Mary Had A Little Lamb Versailles, Sony Music Entertainment (France) 1996
His Best (CD, Comp) My Younger Days, One W... Chess 1997
His Best (Comp) (3 versions) Three Hundred Pounds O... Chess ... 1997
The Genuine Article (CD, Comp, RM) 300 Pounds Of Joy, Kil... Chess 1997
Mo' Mod Jazz (CD, Comp) (I Got A) Stomach Ache Kent Records 1998
Time Frames (CD, Album) Worried Blues Munich Records 1998
Texas Flood (Album) (2 versions) Mary Had A Little Lamb Epic ... 1999
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Leave My Girl Alone (L... Epic ... 1999
Hotfoot Powder (CD, Album) Cross Road Blues Artisan Recordings 2000
Big Bad Love (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD) Everything Is Broken Nonesuch 2001
Chapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgiveness (CD, Album) He's Gonna Do You In, ... Jive 2001
Hush! (CD, Album) Girl Of Many Words Ruf Records 2001
Messin' With The Boogie (CD, Album) Tribute To Junior Well... Sam Sam Music 2003
Soul Sisters (CD, Comp, RM) Don't Mess With The Me... Chess 2005
Different Strokes By Different Folks (CD, Album) You Can Make It If You... Epic, Legacy 2006
Last Man Standing - The Duets (CD, Comp) Hadacol Boogie Edel Records 2006
They Say I'm Different (Album) (2 versions) Shoo-B-Doop And Cop Him Light In The Attic 2007
Block Music (CD, Album) Can't Break Me, Chicag... Island Def Jam Music Group, Disturbing Tha Peace 2008
Shine A Light (Album) (2 versions) Champagne & Reefer (wi... Rolling Stones Records ... 2008
Blues Rarities - Rare And Unissued Recordings (2xLP, Comp)   Chess  
Got To Get Enough (LP) Going Back Home Turbo Records  
Southside Blues Jam (LP)   Delmark Records  
Tracks Appear On:
The Blues Volume 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Ten Years Ago Pye International ... 1960
Folk Festival Of The Blues (LP, Com) Wee, Wee Baby, Worried... Pye International 1963
Rhythm & Blues All Stars (LP, Comp) First Time I Met The B... Marble Arch Records 1966
Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop (LP + Vinyl) FIrst Time I Met The B... MPS Records 1968
Blues News (LP, Comp, Whi) I Suffer With The Blues Chess, Polydor 1969
Chicago Blues: A Quarter Century (4xLP, Comp) Sit And Cry, Try To Qu... P-Vine Records 1981
The Blues Volume 1 (Comp) (4 versions) First Time I Met The B... Chess ... 1986
Blues History (4xCD, Comp) First Time I Met The B... Disky, Disky, Disky, Disky 1989
Checkin' Out The Blues (LP, Comp) Every Day I Have The B... Style Records 1989
The Blues 2 (2xLP) Mustang Sally Sonet 1991
Blues Masters, Volume 2: Postwar Chicago Blues (CD) First Time I Met The B... Rhino Entertainment Company 1992
The Charly Blues Masterworks Sampler (LP) Don't Know Which Way T... Zafiro 1992
Route 66 (CD, Comp) Mustang Sally Arcade 1993
Stone Free (A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix) (4 versions) Red House Reprise Records 1993
Jason's Lyric (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2xLP, Album, Comp) This City Needs Help Mercury 1994
Still Got The Blues (4xCD, Comp, Box) We're Ready, In My You... Emporio 1994
Still Got The Blues Volume 1 (CD) We're Ready Emporio 1994
The Chart Show Ultimate Blues (2xCD, Comp) Trouble Man The Hit Label 1994
The Story Of Black & Blue 1976-1988, Vol.2 (2xCD) One Room Country Shack Frémeaux & Associés 1994
House Rockin' Blues (CD, RM, Mono) Let Me Love You Baby Ace Records (UK) 1995
Jason's Lyric Soundtrack (CD, Album, Comp) This City Needs Help Mercury 1995
Jazz On CD No.18 (CD, Comp, Sam) Tell Me What's Inside ... Jazz On CD 1995
A Celebration Of Blues - Great Acoustic Blues (CD, Album) Give Me My Coat And Shoes St. Clair 1996
A Celebration Of Blues - The Great Singers (CD, Comp) Born Under A Bad Sign St. Clair 1996
A Tribute To Stevie Ray Vaughan (Cass, Gat) Long Way From Home, Si... Epic Music Video 1996
Chess Legendary Masters Series (CD, RM, Promo) Stone Crazy MCA Records 1997
Living The Blues - Blues Legends (2xCD, Comp) Stone Crazy Time Life Music 1997
Southern Comfort Rocks The Blues Volume 2 (CD, Comp, Promo) My Time After Awhile Southern Comfort Company 1997
Blues - Back To The Roots (CD) The Things I Used To D... ZYX Music 1998
MusiMax Collection (CD, Comp) Some Kind Of Wonderful BMG Music Canada, PolyMedia, Sony Musique 1998
Rare Trax Vol. 6 - Blues Today (CD, Comp, Car) Heavy Love Rolling Stone (Germany) 1998
The Blues Box (3xCD) First Time I Met The B... Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH 1998
Musiques - Printemps Eté 2001 (2xCD, Comp) Done Got Old Les Inrockuptibles 2001
The All Time Greatest Blues Songs (2xCD, Comp) Damn Right, I've Got T... Sony Music Media 2001
Blues Café Presents The Best Of Blues (CD, Album) Ten Years Ago Galaxy Music 2002
Blues Time (CD, Comp) Damn Right I've Got Th... BMG (Netherlands) 2002
Friends 3 (CD, Album) She Suits Me To A Tee WEA 2003
Chicago Soul (Comp) (2 versions) She Suits Me To A Tee Soul Jazz Records 2004
Crossroads Guitar Festival (2 versions) Sweet Home Chicago, Ro... Warner Vision (Australia) ... 2004
The World Of Blues (2xCD, Comp) First Time I Met The B... Universal Strategic Marketing, Universal Strategic Marketing, Universal Strategic Marketing 2004
Timeless - I Più Grandi Artisti Le Più Belle Canzoni Di Tutti I Tempi (2xCD, Comp) Mustang Sally BMG Ricordi S.p.A. 2004
Beginner's Guide To The Blues (3xCD + Box) Baby Don't You Wanna C... Nascente 2005
Best Of Soul Classics (3xBox, Smplr) Messin' With The Kid Warner Music (Germany) 2005
Mojo Club Dancefloor Jazz Volume 12 - Feeling Good (Comp) (2 versions) Crazy Love Universal Jazz (Germany) 2005
The Roots Of Hendrix (CD) When My Left Eye Jumps Mojo Magazine 2005
Cadillac Records (Music From The Motion Picture) (2xCD, Comp, Del) Forty Days And Forty N... Music World Music (2), Columbia 2008
Vanguard Visionaries Series Sampler (5xFile, MP3, 256) 24 Hours Of The Day Vanguard 2009
A Tribute To Stevie Ray Vaughan (DVD) Long Way From Home, Si... Epic Music Video  
Blues Rarities - Rare And Unissued Recordings (2xLP, Comp) Stick Around, Gully Hu... Chess  
Feel The Blues (4xCD, Comp) This Is The End Weton-Wesgram  
The Blues - Volume Two (LP, Comp, Mono) Ten Years Ago Cadet Records  
Unofficial Releases:
DJ Maxi Single 206 (12", Comp, Ltd, Maxi, Promo) Feels Like Rain D.J. Mix Club  
Rolling Stones : For Members Only : The Sidesteps Part 3 (CD) How Can One Woman Be S... Westwood One  
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