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01-13-05
Srv. need i say more? Plagtr2
01-14-08
Another vote for srv. Rubyrad
01-15-08
This may be heresy for many here but there is a new star on ... Siliab
01-16-08
well, one is with us (fortunately) and the other isn't (sadl ... Gregm
01-17-08
I'd take jimmy page over clapton or green, even though i lik ... Davemitchell
01-20-08
Neither. stevie ray vaughn. then, clapton. Oregon
01-21-08
Certainly not "the best" but some recently discove ... Henryhk
02-02-08
Buddy guy? what a hacker. ronnie earl can out play bg with ... Bigkidz
02-07-08
Bigkidz, calling buddy guy a "hacker" is a pretty ... Blblues68
02-11-08
I have been fortunate to see some great blues guitarists liv ... Raylinds
02-13-08
Not to start a war but the appeal of clapton mystifies me... ... Kbuzz
03-04-08
Blblues68, imho buddy guy has not played a lick that was wo ... Bigkidz
03-05-08
Neither clapton or green. this is probably heresy, but i th ... Knownothing
03-08-08: Blblues68
BigKidz, thank you for your opinion. I think i'll stick with
Hendrix, SRV, Clapton, Page, Beck's and my own. I think their opinions speak volumes more than yours or mine ever will! I do admire most of the guitarists you enjoy I just can't figure out how you can hate a man that has done so much for the Blues and inspired so many greats!
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Eric Clapton said "Buddy Guy was to me what Elvis was for others." Clapton, who's not prone to hyperbole, insisted in a 1985 Musician magazine article that "Buddy Guy is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive...if you see him in person, the way he plays is beyond anyone. Total freedom of spirit, I guess… He really changed the course of rock and roll blues."
In recognition of Guy's influence on Hendrix's career, the Hendrix family invited Buddy Guy to headline all-star casts at several Jimi Hendrix tribute concerts they organized in recent years, "calling on a legend to celebrate a legend." Jimi Hendrix himself once said that “Heaven is lying at Buddy Guy’s feet while listening to him play guitar.” Songs such as "Red House", "Voodoo Chile" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" partly came from the sonic world that Buddy Guy helped to create. According to the Fender Players’ Club: “Almost ten years before Jimi Hendrix would electrify the rock world with his high-voltage voodoo blues, Buddy Guy was shocking juke joint patrons in Baton Rouge with his own brand of high-octane blues. Ironically, when Buddy’s playing technique and flamboyant showmanship were later revealed to crossover audiences in the late Sixties, it was erroneously assumed that he was imitating Hendrix."
Stevie Ray Vaughan once declared that Buddy Guy "plays from a place that I've never heard anyone play." Vaughan continued:
Buddy can go from one end of the spectrum to another. He can play quieter than anybody I've ever heard, or wilder and louder than anybody I've ever heard. I play pretty loud a lot of times, but Buddy's tones are incredible…he pulls such emotion out of so little volume. Buddy just has this cool feel to everything he does. And when he sings, it's just compounded. Girls fall over and sweat and die! Every once in a while I get the chance to play with Buddy, and he gets me every time, because we could try to go to Mars on guitars but then he'll start singing, sing a couple of lines, and then stick the mike in front of me! What are you gonna do? What is a person gonna do?!
Jeff Beck affirmed:
Geez, you can’t forget Buddy Guy. He transcended blues and started becoming theater. It was high art, kind of like drama theater when he played, you know. He was playing behind his head long before Hendrix. I once saw him throw the guitar up in the air and catch it in the same chord.
Beck recalled the night he and Stevie Ray Vaughan jammed with Guy at Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago: “That was just the most incredible stuff I ever heard in my life. The three of us all jammed and it was so thrilling. That is as close you can come to the heart of the blues.” Image: Jeff Beck with Guy.
According to Jimmy Page: “Buddy Guy is an absolute monster” and “There were a number of albums that everybody got tuned into in the early days. There was one in particular called, I think, American Folk Festival Of The Blues, which featured Buddy Guy—he just astounded everybody.” Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman: “Guitar Legends do not come any better than Buddy Guy. He is feted by his peers and loved by his fans for his ability to make the guitar both talk and cry the blues… Such is Buddy’s mastery of the guitar that there is virtually no guitarist that he cannot imitate.” Guy has opened for the Rolling Stones on numerous tours since the early 1970s. Slash: "Buddy Guy is the perfect combination of R&B and hardcore rock and roll." ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons: "He (Buddy Guy) ain't no trickster. He may appear surprised by his own instant ability but, clearly, he knows what's up." Lonnie Brooks: “Buddy Guy is a master. He’s the bravest guitar player I’ve ever seen on a bandstand. He’ll pull you into his trap and kill you. He owns that bandstand and everyone knows it when Buddy’s up there." Image:Guy performing with the Rolling Stones at the Orpheum Theatre
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03-08-08
Blblues68...thanks for saving me all the trouble of voicing ... Mags5000
03-10-08
I saw dire straits over two nights at the greek in los feliz ... Bongofury
04-22-08
If you like stevie ray check out jimmy d. lane. i believe h ... Kbamhi
04-23-08
Neither: if we didn't have both of them to enjoy this questi ... Stevecham
04-23-08
As stated earlier- srv is the best imho- fluid, emotion, tec ... Oregon
04-26-08
I never understood the appeal of that generation of technica ... Chashmal
04-28-08
Johnny winter Polk432
05-14-08
Neither.......muddy waters, you did say blues guitarist. i t ... Zenblaster
05-19-08
Michael bloomfield, dead or alive. Consttraveler
07-12-08
Surprising to find no mention here of davy graham. invented ... Jimjoyce25
07-17-08
In about 1975 clapton's band was from tulsa. and sometimes t ... Acee
02-18-09
best acoustic blues player david bromberg Iser
02-18-09
Neither. i pick robert jonson, tommy johnson, or robert wilk ... Chashmal
02-18-09
Jean chartron and buddy guy Vinylmeister
02-19-09
Albert king. the man practically invented the "bending ... Sit
04-19-09
I consider jj cale ten times the bluesman clapton is...... i ... Hxt1
04-21-09
I replied to this thread 7 years ago and read the various re ... Rel2
04-23-09
Rel2, quite an eloquent, poignant, insightful, and even en ... Sit
04-23-09
Even eric clapton will tell you he just cobbles together wel ... Aldavis
04-23-09
If you ask the studio guys they'll tell you when mike bloomf ... Simone
04-24-09
For me the best blues guitarist ever is green - and the voic ... Go4vinyl
04-30-09
My two favorites. :) 0eeprom0
03-10-10
Albert king, my favorite, taught clapton. Orpheus10
03-24-10
I like guitar shorty a lot too! Mapman
03-24-10
I don't know who's better but clapton has produced a lot mor ... Mapman
04-01-10
Muddy waters!!!!!!! Ebm
04-04-10
Eric clapton doesn't play blues. there are 50 or 100 blues g ... 213cobra
04-10-10
There was and is no better blues/rock guitarist than mick ta ... Lordmelton
04-13-10
The best blues guitar player alive has to be imho, ronnie ea ... Jiggabelly
09-14-10
I saw peter green live in 1969 with the original fleetwood m ... Audiozen
09-14-10
Audiozen, clapton may be very good but there are plenty who ... Sit
09-18-10
Never heard green but i have a couple of complaints: no ment ... Pep21
09-18-10
I think clapton is overrated.there is some very good blues p ... Raytheprinter
09-19-10
Other than spending excessive amounts of money on audio equi ... Pep21
09-19-10
I'm with pep21 Aldavis
09-19-10
If you are truly a lover of the blues than you know that the ... Irish65
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