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Buddy Guy: The Blues
Chase the Blues Away, a new documentary on living legend George “Buddy” Guy, a
blues master who transcended his early years as a sharecropper in Lettsworth,
Louisiana to become one of the most influential guitarists of all time. A Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Guy is a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side
sound and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Buddy
Guy:
This new documentary features intimate, original interviews
with Guy and archival and never-before-seen performances, including footage of
the blues legend on stage with the likes of President Obama and The Rolling
Stones. Interweaving archival interviews with Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins
and Willie Dixon with original interviews with musicians Guy influenced,
including John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Gary Clark, Jr., Kingfish and more,
American Masters traces Guy’s rich career and lasting impact as one of the
final surviving connections to an historic era in the country’s musical
evolution.
After moving from Louisiana in the 1950s, Guy quickly rose to prominence as the go-to guitarist for Waters and Howlin’ Wolf amidst the iconic Chicago blues scene, directly inspiring The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and many more. Yet solo commercial success consistently eluded Guy until a late-career breakthrough in the 1990s. A tale of decades-long perseverance, Guy’s journey reflects both the Black experience in America in the 20th century and the history of the blues.