Buddy Guy Interview – Blues Icon Tells It Like It Is

Buddy Guy is one of the few remaining early blues greats that came up with Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, BB King – a true legend that is still firing on all creative cylinders.

Watch this incredibly sincere by this legend of the Blues:

This entire interview is GOLD for blues fans, but there are two quotes that especially stood out for me…

1. 4:58 “You gotta put a lot of time into it man, I’ve been foolin with it for a long time and there is s still a lot I don’t know about the guitar” – you can’t expect to just pick it up and know it, or make an impact. Great to hear someone who has been playing the guitar for more than 50-years is still learning.

2. Watch the pure PASSION and LOVE for blues music after 50 – years as Buddy answers the question “What keeps you going, what do you still get out of performing blues music this far into your career” His lips quiver as he humbly shares the joy in just being able to share his craft with the world – that they think enough of him and his music to want to hear him around the world. To watch a guy that is so influential, so iconic and so successful still be happy to be invited to the next gig tells you all you need to know about why people love Buddy Guy – it’s his 100% dedication to pleasing his audiences