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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Andrew Daly

“When I went to England in 1965 with this Strat, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page said, ‘Man, I didn’t know that kind of guitar could play the blues’”: Buddy Guy on showmanship, Sinners– and why he has unfinished business with the blues

Buddy Guy wears a matching cream jacket and pants with floral stitching and a wide-brimmed hat as he sits and plays a Fender Stratocaster against a deep red background.

The rumor was that Buddy Guy planned to retire – and considering that he’s pushing 90, no-one would blame him – but it seems that, despite Guy’s age, rumors of his retreat were, well, premature. Still, that doesn’t mean he isn’t feeling his age.

“I’m gonna tell you like I tell everybody else; if I tell you I’m doing all right, I’d be lying,” Guy says. “When you get to this age, everything gets to be aching. But other than that, I guess I’m doing okay.

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