George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. 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. Guy has won eight Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. Guy was ranked 27th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time. His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn Right I've Got the Blues with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Guy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025Sinners — Old Sammie
• 2017Homicide McLeod — Captain Oswald
• 2013Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013 — vocals, guitar
• 2010Buddy Guy - Guitar Center Sessions — Guitar
• 2009In the Electric Mist — Sam 'Hogman' Patin
• 2008Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004 — guitar, vocals
• 2008Buddy Guy: Live at Estival Jazz Lugano
• 2007Junior Wells & Buddy Guy Live at Nightstage
• Jack's Big Music Show — The King of Swing
• Squidbillies — Theme Song Performance
• 2004Antone's: Home of the Blues — Performer
• Soundstage
• 2001John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
• 1999Blues Masters
• 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead — House Band
• Later... with Jools Holland
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Buddy Guy - Baden-Baden 1991
• 1991Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric — Self - Guitars, Vocals
• 1981Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge — Self - Vocals, Guitar (Guest)
• 1972Chicago Blues
• Buddy Guy at Vienne

Appearances as themselves (65)

• 2025Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners — Self
• 2025Bluestown Rising — Self
• 2024Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision — Self
• 2023Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues — Self
• 2022The Torch — Self
• 2021Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away — Self
• 2020Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 — Self
• 2019The Quiet One — Self
• 2017Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl — Self — Guitar
• Monochrome: Black, White & Blue — Self
• 2016Jazz at the White House — Self
• 2016North Sea Jazz Highlights — Self - Guitar
• 2016Two Trains Runnin' — Self
• 2015Keith Richards: Under the Influence — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest
• 2014Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years — Self - Performer
• 2014John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly — Self
• 2014Led Zeppelin Played Here — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Born In Chicago — Self
• 2013Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013 — Self - Guitar & Vocals
• 2013Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 — Self
• 2011Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago — Self
• 2010Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 — Self
• 2009Blues at the BBC — Self
• 2009The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Self
• 2008Buddy Guy - Estival Jazz Lugano — Himself
• 2008Shine a Light — Self
• 2007Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 — Self
• 2007Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live — Self
• 2007Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues — Self
• 2006Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues — Himself
• 2006Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal — Himself
• 2006Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street — self
• 2005Buddy Guy Teachin' The Blues — Himself
• 2004Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004 — Himself
• 2004Don't Start Me Talkin: The Junior Wells Story — Himself
• 2004Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival — Self
• 2004John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats — Himself
• 2004Lightning in a Bottle — Self
• 2004Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues — Self
• 2004The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 — Self
• 2003A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live — Self
• 2003Bluesy Entertainment: Live — Self
• 2003Festival Express — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest
• 2003Mountain Stage Blues Special — Himself
• 2001The Concert for New York City — Self
• 1996A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan — Self
• 1995B.B. King: Blues Summit — Self
• The History of Rock 'n' Roll — Self
• 1993Curves Contours & Body Horns — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• 1991Eric Clapton: 24 Nights — Self - Guitar
• 1990Blues Alive — Himself
• Austin City Limits — Self
• 1973The Blues Under the Skin — Self
• 1969Supershow — Himself
• 1968Wake at Generation — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• The Oscars — Self - Performer
• Buddy Guy Marciac Festival — Himself
• Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session — Himself
• Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Buddy Guy — Himself
• Live: Real Deal With Ge Smith & Sni Band — Self