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Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
browse: guitarists, singers, songwriters
alive
- born
- 1936
- died
- no date on record
- age
- 90
- known for
- guitarist, singer, songwriter
born 1936

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who buddy guy is
George "Buddy" Guy is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. 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.
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