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Buddy Guy

real name George Guy

Lettsworth, United States · b. 1936-07-30

Buddy Guy is credited on 1,664 releases across 387 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,664

Credits

387

Albums

7

Decades active

490

In collections

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American blues guitarist and singer, born July 30th, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, and one of the pioneers of the Chicago blues sound. Began performing with bands in Baton Rouge in the '50s before moving to Chicago in 1957. He originally recorded for Cobra Record Corp. subsidiary Artistic before moving to Chess, where he worked as a sideman and leader when Cobra folded. During his time on Chess he also recorded under the pseudonym Friendly Chap for Delmark Records. He moved to Vanguard in 1967, and then went on to work with a variety of labels. He is the brother of Phil Guy.
Guy has won six Grammy awards, 23 W.C. Handy Awards, and, in 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. He was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, and into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

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1,664 releases · 387 albums · active 1960–2026

  • Performance · 3,665
  • Other credits · 65
  • Production · 35

Studios: Ter Mar Studios · Royal Albert Hall · Battery Studios, London · Studio Condorcet

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