Originally learning his fretting skills on a homemade, two-string diddly-bow,
Buddy Guy went on to become one the most revered blues guitarists in the world,
playing alongside Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Leaving behind
rural Louisiana, Guy became a regular on the 1950s Baton Rouge Blues scene
before moving to Chicago where he was mentored by Muddy Waters as a session
musician for the legendary Chess Records. Label founder Leonard Chess dismissed
Guy's raucous, flamboyant, high energy style and only allowed him to record one
album before he left the label in 19...