Buddy Guy live in concert.
ON TOUR

Buddy Guy

82
critic concert reviews
blues

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

85
%
Based on 
82
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
80
%
Based on 
13
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Buddy Guy is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 82 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Buddy Guy is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth watching. Buddy Guy concert reviews describe live shows and performances as soulful, authentic, entertaining, funky, stunning, powerful, and electrifying.

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Latest Release

Try to Quit You, Baby (July 22, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
blues
Origin
Lettsworth, United States (7/30/1936) (7/30/1936) (7/30/1936)
Bio
Buddy Guy (born George Guy, July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana) is an American blues music and rock music guitarist, as well as a singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix and other 1960s blues and rock legends, Guy is considered as an important proponent of Chicago blues made famous by Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.
Has Performed With
Jonny Lang, The Avett Brothers, Elle King, John Hiatt

Critic Concert Reviews

Glide Magazine (USA)

May 8, 2024
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Still Smokin’ at 87 – Buddy Guy Electrifies Boston’s Wilbur Theatre

The Austin Chronicle (USA)

April 29, 2024
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Brittany Howard, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and More Austin Blues Festival Reviews

The Waster (USA)

April 5, 2024
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Buddy Guy 4.5.24 Parx Casino – Xcite Center

Pass The Aux (USA)

September 25, 2023
%
Buddy Guy puts on damn right good show at Hollywood Bowl

Salt Lake Magazine (USA)

September 20, 2023
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Buddy Guy–Damn Right Farewell tour w/ Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Glide Magazine (USA)

September 8, 2023
%
Buddy Guy & Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Keep The Blues Alive At Hollywood Bowl

Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)

August 23, 2023
%
Ravinia beats the heat and the blues of Buddy Guy’s goodbye, George Benson keeps “Breezin”

Past critic reviews published in

Parklife DC (USA), Nippertown (USA), 1013 Music Reviews (USA), The Music (Australia), Sioux City Journal (USA) and more

Image Credit

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