“Edgar Winter invited me to jam. From the stage, you could see the door, and in walks Buddy. And I said, ‘He showed up!’” Earl Slick on the time he jammed in front of Buddy Guy at the blues great’s club – and won his heart

Earl Slick and Buddy Guy.

Former David Bowie electric guitar player Earl Slick has recalled the moment blues legend Buddy Guy walked in while he was jamming with Edgar Winter and was floored by Slick’s playing.

Throughout his storied career, Bowie collaborated with some of the greatest guitarists in the game. From his early tandem with Mick Ronson to the avant-garde flair of Robert Fripp and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s blazing guitar solos on Let’s Dance and beyond, he sure knew how to pick them.