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Authors: Buddy Guy

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death of
 
Guy, Jennifer (second wife)
 
Guy, Joan (first wife)
 
Guy, Michael (son)
 
Guy, Philip (brother)
 
in family
 
on Africa trip
 
as guitarist in Chicago
 
plays, records, with Buddy
 
death of
 
Guy, Rashawnna (daughter)
 
Guy, Sam (father)
 
buys Coot’s guitar for Buddy
 
as father
 
loves the blues
 
moves family to Baton Rouge
 
death of
 
Hair, Pat
 
Hambridge, Tom
 
Hard Again
album (Waters)
 
Harmonica playing
 
competition
 
Junior Wells
 
Little Walter
 
Harmony guitar
 
Hendrix, Jimi
 
about
 
influenced by Buddy
 
death of
 
Hering, Dennis
 
“Hideaway” song (Taylor)
 
Hideaway/Mel’s Hideaway
 
Hip-O Select Records
 
Hippies
 
“Hit the Road Jack” song (P. Mayfield)
 
Hogg, Smokey
 
“Honeydripper” song (Liggins)
 
“Hoochie Coochie Man” song (Waters)
 
Hoodoo Man Blues
album with Junior Wells
 
“Hoodoo Man Blues” song (Wells)
 
Hooker, Earl
 
advises against jazz playing
 
as great slide guitarist
 
influences Ike Turner
 
takes Buddy’s equipment
 
Hooker, John Lee
 
as early influence first personal encounter
 
and money
 
moves to Detroit
 
at Newport festivals
 
records with Buddy
 
death of
 
Hopkins, Lightnin’.
See
Lightnin’ Hopkins
 
Horse taming
 
Horton, Shakey
 
House, Son
 
Howlin’ Wolf
 
early encounters
 
as aggressive drunk
 
with Buddy as musical plumber
 
at F&J Lounge, Gary
 
in Rolling Stones concert
 
death of
 
Humility and generous spirits
 
 
“I Can’t Quit You, Baby” song (Rush)
 
“I Can’t Stop Loving You” song
 
“I Don’t Know” song (Mabon)
 
“I Found a True Love” song (Guy)
 
“I’m in the Mood” song (Hooker)
 
Isabell label
 
 
Jagger, Mick
 
James, Clif
 
James, Elmore
 
James, Etta
 
Jazz music
 
Jerry (Buddy’s horn player)
 
“Johnny B. Goode” song (Berry/Johnson)
 
Johnson, Johnny
 
Johnson, Lonnie
 
Joliet, Illinois
 
Jones, Eddie.
See
Guitar Slim
 
Joplin, Janis
 
Jordan, Steve
 
Joyce (Chicago friend)
 
JSP Records
 
Judy (Phyllis’s daughter)
 
“Juke” song (Little Walter)
 
“Just to Keep You Satisfied” song (Gaye)
 
 
Kennedy, Bobby
 
Kennedy, John F.
 
Kimbrough, Junior
 
King, Albert
 
King, B. B.
 
first meeting, influential
 
disrespected by young blacks
 
as humble, generous spirit
 
on jazz
 
on playing to white audiences
 
plays on Buddy’s records
 
“The Thrill Is Gone” hit
 
King, Freddie
 
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
 
Kingston Trio
 
Koester, Bob
 
“Korea Blues” (Lenoir)
 
Koufax, Sandy
 
Kramer, Eddie
 
 
Lang, Jonny
 
Last Time Around—Live at Legends
album (Guy/Wells)
 
Lauder, Andrew
 
Lazy Lester
 
Leake, Lafayette
 
“Leave My Girl Alone” song (Guy)
 
Legends club, Chicago
 
Lenoir, J. B.
 
Les Paul Gibson guitar
 
Let’s Get It On
album (Gaye)
 
Lettsworth, Louisiana
 
Liggins, Joe
 
Lightnin’ Hopkins
 
early influence
 
as anti-contracts, anti-royalties
 
deserves fame
 
uses finger picks
 
on white audiences, folk music
 
Lightnin’ Slim
 
early influence
 
in Baton Rouge
 
deserves recognition
 
Little Richard
 
Little Walter
 
early encounter
 
at Chess Records
 
at F&J Lounge, Gary
 
Little Walter (
continued
)
 
great harmonica player
 
“Juke,”
 
and Muddy Waters
 
records with Buddy
 
as violent
 
death of
 
Living Proof
album (Guy)
 
London, Mel
 
London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions
album
 
“Long Distance” song (Waters)
 
Louis, Joe
 
Lucille (B. B. King’s guitar)
 
 
Mabon, Willie
 
Magic Sam
 
Malcolm X,
 
A Man and the Blues
album (Guy)
 
Mance, Junior
 
Mayer, John
 
Mayfield, Curtis
 
Mayfield, Percy
 
Mays, Willie
 
Meadows, Ray.
See
Diggy Doo
 
Memphis Slim
 
“Messin’ with the Kid” song (Wells)
 
Miller, Rice.
See
Williamson, Sonny Boy, II
 
Miller, Steve
 
Mitch’s Jukebox Lounge, Chicago
 
“Moanin’ at Midnight” song (Howlin’ Wolf)
 
Money
 
advice from Muddy Waters
 
and blues in ’60s
 
increases in ’90s
 
none or little from gigs, recordings
 
and talent, luck
 
truck, mechanic, supplemental income
 
“Money, That’s What I Want” song
 
Montgomery, Little Brother
 
“The Motor City Is Burning” song (Hooker)
 
Motown
 
Muddy Waters.
See
Waters, Muddy
 
Muddy Waters: Folk Singer
album
 
Murphy, Matt
 
Musial, Stan
 
Music.
See
Blues music; Guitar playing
 
“My Home Is in the Delta” song (Waters)
 
“My Time after a While” song (Guy)
 
Myers, Jack
 
 
Neal, Rafel
 
Needham, Theresa
 
Newport Folk Festival (1967)
 
Newport Jazz Festival (1960)
 
Nighthawk, Robert
 
99 Club, Joliet, Illinois.
See
Club
 
“No Lie” song (Guy)
 
North Sea Jazz Festival
 
 
“Okie Dokie Stomp” song (Gatemouth)
 
Orbison, Roy
 
“Out of Sight” song (Brown)
 
 
Parker, Charlie
 
Pepper’s Lounge, Chicago
 
Phyllis (lady friend in Baton Rouge)
 
Piano playing
 
Porter, John
 
Presley, Elvis
 
Prince Albert Hall concerts
 
Publishing rights and missed royalties
 
of Junior Wells taken by Mel London
 
taken by Berry from Johnny Johnson
 
taken by Chess, Dixon
 
 
Recordings
 
first demo
 
Chess restricts playing style
 
Dixon takes credit
 
of full-length albums
 
produces Koko Taylor
 
sessions with Howlin’ Wolf
 
studio work
 
Redding, Otis
 
Reed, A. C.
 
Reed, Jimmy
 
early influence, first encounter
 
and Eddie Taylor
 
and John Lee Hooker
 
Regal Theater, Chicago
 
Religious faith
 

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