AP - Jun 3, 2009
Koko Taylor, a sharecropper s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet Queen of the Blues, has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. Taylor died Wednesday...
More »Reuters - Aug 1, 2008
While teen idol Miley Cyrus was grabbing all the attention on the U.S. pop chart this week with her third No. 1 album in two years, 72-year-old blues guitarist Buddy Guy also had cause for celebration...
More »AP - Jul 23, 2008
Buddy Guy, Skin Deep (Silvertone/Zomba) Blues may be an ageless music, but most players ease into old age with relaxed grace. Not Buddy Guy, who sounds as distinctively piercing on Skin Deep as on his...
More »AP - Jan 6, 2007
Five-time Grammy Award winner Buddy Guy will have to find somewhere else to sing the blues. The 70-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer announced during a recent show that his celebrated club, Buddy...
More »AP - Nov 29, 2006
Sitting in his record label s offices, high above the Manhattan skyline, blues legend Buddy Guy looks at a table lined with six of his signature Polka Dot Fender Stratocaster guitars, all of which are...
More »USRN - Mar 15, 2005
On Monday (March 14) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame held its twentieth annual induction ceremony. The Class Of 2005 featured U2, the Pretenders, Buddy Guy...
More »USRN - May 24, 2002
(5/24/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Veteran performers Buddy Guy and B.B. King were the big winners at the 23rd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards Thursday night (May 23) in Memphis. King, who performed at the show with...
More »USRN - Feb 1, 1999
(2/1/99, 1 a.m. PST) - Blues won t be on the bill at Buddy Guy s Chicago-based nightclub Legends on Thursday, but the influential guitarist will be on hand to serve as the host at a record release party...
More »USRN - Apr 30, 1998
(5/1/98) - Relativity Records is releasing a new soundtrack this week. Big deal, right? Star-studded soundtracks are a dime a dozen these days. But this soundtrack isn t the companion piece to some hot...
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