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I always had Bud on the top shelf, something that I couldn't explain, reading this amazing book let me know how is important to keep on track when you really love something, with friendship, respect, and sensibility to hear and get the best from every tune collected from the old great cats. Buddy is definetely one of the responsables to keep the BLUES alive. Great Book!!!!'

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JMA

Makes me wish I had heard him in his prime. Great read from start to finish.

Avaliado nos Estados Unidos em 29 de março de 2022

Simply put, Buddy Guy is awesome. I am sure I had heard his name before, but didn’t know much about him. Before reading this book I wouldn’t have known him from BB King. Despite getting a bunch of Grammys in his 50s, he was really overlooked. For various reasons, he never really found a mass audience, although as a live act he was electric and always a cloud pleaser.
He knew and worked with all the original bluesmen, and influenced countless others. Without him, there would be no Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn.
His storytelling style is humble and engaging, and he comes across as a hardworking guy, dedicated to his playing and entertaining. He never feels sorry for himself despite having plenty of reasons to do so, from the racism of the era, to the bad deals with record companies, etc. He always had gratitude for those who he worked with and whose paths he crossed, and rarely has a bad word to say about anybody.
Reading about his early years, I was struck by the similarities to biographies of Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. They were all born in the south during the depression, dirt poor, working in the fields, hearing music in church, and looking for any possible way out. Guy and Lewis were both born in Louisanna, and the musical influences of the area influenced them both greatly.
If you like this biography, you might enjoy those as well. If you are not familiar with Buddy Guy, go find some of his videos on YouTube – you won’t regret it. Or check him out at his Chicago club before it is too late.

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Awesome for all buddy guy fans

Avaliado no Canadá em 18 de outubro de 2021

Great book coving Buddy Guy career and life for growing up and working on the farm. Plus how he became the musician he is today

Robert D. Moon

"Buddy Guy is a blues Legend"

Avaliado na Espanha em 12 de janeiro de 2022

Amazing book!! I finished it in 5 days because I couldn't stop reading. Very funny anecdotes and interesting facts if you are passionate about the blues. I recommend 100%.

Petar Kurschner jr.

BEST BIOGRAPHY I READ EVER!

Avaliado na Alemanha em 24 de julho de 2016

I'm researching the blues for years now and as journalist you have to dig deep. If you're into the blues and into Buddy Guy, this is THE book through which you'll enter a real world into the blues. Very good written, nothing unnecessary like who he shagged or who was on which drugs .. this is the book about his very interesting life and about the blues .. you'll love it! ;)

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MARGER Antoine

autobiographie enrichissante et divertissante!

Avaliado na França em 18 de agosto de 2013

J'aime la musique de Buddy Guy et je voulais en savoir plus sur le bonhomme : il nous raconte son enfance, son départ de la maison familiale, ses espoirs, ses coups de chance et de malchance, ses influences, un paquet d'anecdotes de musiciens, le travail acharné pour se faire un nom parmi les grands, l'évolution du blues et de son public... C'est instructif, marrant, hallucinant!
Si vous vous intéressez à Buddy Guy en particulier ou tout simplement au blues, je vous conseille ce livre.