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George " Buddy " Guy born July 30, [ 1 ] is an American blues guitarist and singer. In the s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a session guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells. Guy was ranked 27th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of greatest guitarists of all time. George "Buddy" Guy was born and raised in Lettsworth, Louisiana.

His brother Phil Guy was also a blues musician.

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Later he was given a Harmony acoustic guitar which, decades later in Guy's lengthy career, was donated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Soon after moving to Chicago on September 25, , [ 7 ] Guy fell under the influence of Muddy Waters. Soon afterwards he recorded for Cobra Records. Guy's early career was impeded by his record company, Chess Records, his label from to , which refused to record Guy playing in the novel style of his live shows.

Leonard Chess , Chess Records founder, denounced Guy's playing as "just making noise". Most of the songs were influenced by the era's soul boom, with orchestrations by Gene Barge and Charlie Stepney.