From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Tue Jul 30, 2002  1:17 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Buddy Guy
 
BUDDY GUY (By Shaun Mather)

Born 30 July 1936, Lettsworth, Louisiana

Although he's now regarded as the new king of Chicago blues, I have to be
honest here and say that he does very little for me. Give me the Wolf, Muddy
or Jimmy Rogers any day. Playing the blues in his teens in Baton Rouge, he
honed his guitar skills before moving to Chicago in 1957. His first releases
came on Cobra's Artistic subsidiary in 1958 and were produced by Willie
Dixon.
When Cobra folded, Guy followed Otis Rush to Chess where he hit with
his first single in 1960, First Time I Met the Blues. The follow-up, Broken
Hearted Blues, repeated the trick and his dynamic playing and shrieking
vocals were on their way. Throughout the 60's he was successful as a solo
artist (Let Me Love You Baby, Ten Years Ago, Stone Crazy, Leave My Girl
Alone) and as a session player (Muddy, Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy
Williamson, Koko Taylor).
He left Chess in 1967 and joined Vanguard. His albums were variable in
quality but Shakers will enjoy Mary Had a Little Lamb. He recorded a few
well received albums with Junior Wells for Blue Thumb and Atlantic and
toured together throughout the 70's, culminating in Drinkin' TNT 'n' Smokin'
Dynamite, a live set captured at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival. The 80's
were very quiet but he moved to the top of the tree when he joined the
Silvertone label. Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, Feels Like Rain and
Slippin' In won Grammy's and earned him top television slots and kudos from
the likes of Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. His blues club, Legends is
probably the premier blues club in America.

More info: http://nothinbutdablues.bizland.com/featureartistSept.chtml
CD : The Very Best of Buddy Guy (Rhino)
Book: Donald E. Wilcock with Buddy Guy: Damn right I've got the blues:
Buddy Guy and the blues roots of rock-and-roll. San Francisco : Woodford
Press, 1993.