# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-guy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:35:34.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-guy"
name: "Buddy Guy"
slug: "buddy-guy"
description: "George \"Buddy\" Guy is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a session guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells."
tagline: "American blues guitarist and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Guy_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.133008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "TheRealBuddyGuy"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealbuddyguy/"
    handle:    "therealbuddyguy"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/therealbuddyguy"
    handle:    "therealbuddyguy"
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    handle:    "nm0349796"
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    handle:    "2gCsNOpiBaMNh20jQ5prf0"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.buddyguy.net/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بادي غاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بادی قای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "באדי גאי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Բադի Գայ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy"
    title: "Buddy Guy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "バディ・ガイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ბადი გაი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump