Blues icon Buddy Guy, 86, is winding down his legendary music career. The famed guitarist and singer stopped at Iowa City’s Hancher Auditorium as a part of his “Damn Right Farewell” tour on Friday.

Since June of 1984, just a little over a year removed from the death of legendary Chicago bluesman Muddy Waters, Chicago Blues Fest has operated annually in the Windy City as the country’s largest ...

Buddy Guy, who just turned 88, will be officially retired from the road by early fall. Only, before that happens, before the Chicago legend slows, a few facts demand context. For one, retirement doesn ...

A t his regular spot — the stool with “BG” on the back, way at one end of the bar — the owner of Buddy Guy’s Legends scans the hundreds of people packing his club. Tugging off the pandemic-era mask he ...

Since 1989, few winter nights in Chicago have been hotter than the Thursday through Sunday evenings in January and early February which make up Buddy Guy’s annual live performance residency, an ...

The guitarist and singer, who turns 89 in July, discusses his role in Ryan Coogler’s musical horror drama and his promise to Muddy Waters and B.B. King. By Mesfin Fekadu Buddy Guy would do just about ...

At 89 years young, blues great Buddy Guy has just released his 20th solo album, Ain’t Done with the Blues. The 18-track collection arrived on July 30, coinciding with Guy’s actual birthday. The ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Buddy Guy that hits you right in the gut—the way he bends a string, the way his voice trembles with heartbreak, the way he pours a lifetime of joy and sorrow ...

Discover the latest vinyl reissues from Craft Recordings and Bluesville, featuring Buddy Guy’s This Is Buddy Guy! and Scrapper Blackwell’s Mr. Scrapper’s Blues. Craft Recordings and Bluesville Records ...