He might not have admitted it then, but when Eli Toscano signed a 22-year-old Buddy Guy to his first recording contract with Cobra Records in 1958, Toscano undoubtedly knew Guy was special. Unlike ...

When you're Buddy Guy, a pioneer of Chicago blues who influenced everyone from Jimmy Pageto Stevie Ray Vaughan to Jimi ...

Two years ago, renowned blues guitarist Buddy Guy began his farewell tour, and though he just turned 89, he hasn’t stopped yet. Guy is on a mission to exalt the blues — this deeply American music — ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University. Buddy Guy was one of the first blues guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion, and his ...

It was just two years ago that Buddy Guy announced a Damn Right Farewell Tour and talked about winding down his touring career. But you might have noticed that, at 89, the dude is still on the road.

If you happened to be at the corner of Wabash and Balbo at 11 p.m. in early February, you would have seen a small crowd gathered around an 87-year-old man with a beaming smile. Nattily attired in a ...

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 ...