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Born in Lettsworth, Louisiana, George Guy spent time playing with "Big Poppa" John Tilley and Baton Rouge harpist Raful Neal before moving to Chicago in 1957. Before moving to the Windy City, Buddy made a two-song demo tape at Baton Rouge radio station WXOK and took the tape with him to Chicago, intent upon handing it to Leonard Chess personally. But things went considerably slower than anticipated for the hungry guitar hopeful until he was introduced to southpaw guitarist Otis Rush at the 708 Club.
In December of 1960, Buddy returned to the Chess studios to lay down two more enduring classics: the tortured "Ten Years Ago" and the relentlessly shuffling "Let Me Love You Baby." Harpist Junior Wells played on both songs, inaugurating a fruitful off-and-on musical partnership and a permanent friendship. The following year, Buddy recorded the sinuous, sax-soaked rocker "Watch Yourself," the super-intense "Stone Crazy" and the powerful "I Found A True Love." Of those songs, only "Stone Crazy" saw the light of day. The other two songs were later featured on a late 1960's Buddy Guy archival collection.
"Leave My Girl Alone," like many of Buddy's Chess efforts, has been redone a few times over the years in a variety of settings, but Buddy's original rendering still sends chills up your spine with its simmering intensity. The energetic "Got To Use Your Head" was recorded at the same time in 1965. The driving "Keep It To Yourself" and the funky "She Suits Me To A T" stem from a 1966 session that found Buddy Guy surrounded by saxman Gene "Daddy G" Barge, guitarist Matt Murphy, bassist Phil Upchurch and drummer Charles Stepney. The fleet-fingered guitarist recorded the Willie Dixon-penned "I Cry And Sing The Blues" (a crisper remake of his Artistic debut back in 1958) in July of 1967, shortly before he left Chess Records to sign with Vanguard Records. Although he's made a slew of albums for Vanguard, Blue Thumb, Atlantic, Alligator and most recently Silvertone, Buddy Guy has never been as consistent in the studio as he was during his tenure at Chess Records. When he wasn't recording his own songs, Buddy often worked as a session guitarist, backing the legendary Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter. These sessions allowed him to acquire invaluable first-hand knowledge about music that Buddy still puts to salient use every time he strides across a concert stage. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan idolized Buddy Guy and a generation of Chicago blues fans rate him at the absolute peak of his profession. Amid all of his success, Guy still remains an intrinsically humble icon who is quick to give credit where credit's due. Buddy Guy cites his earliest influences as: Guitar Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lightnin' Slim and Muddy Waters. Notable songs include -- .
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