Buddy Guy

CTL-E-0005 · Person · musician · 1960s–contemporary

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Blues guitarist and singer; mentor to generations of rock and blues guitarists.

Relationships

Checkerboard Lounge — performed at
Guy co-founded and regularly performed at the Checkerboard Lounge.
Chess Records — recorded for
Buddy Guy's first Chess single, 'The First Time I Met the Blues,' was recorded March 6, 1960 at Chess Records, 2120 S. Michigan Ave.; he recorded for Chess from 1960 to 1967 and served as a house session guitarist for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and others.

Referenced by

Junior Wells — collaborated with → this record

Sources

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee biography
GRAMMY.com artist biography

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