7:00pm, Monday, April 16
Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy
SOLD OUT
At age 74, he’s a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on guitar titans Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side blues scene. Buddy Guy has played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Koko Taylor, Big Mama Thornton, and the Rolling Stones, to name just a few. He has received 6 Grammys and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone ranked him in the top 30 of its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”
Buddy Guy is known for his electrifying showmanship on stage. Eric Clapton says that he got the idea for the “blues rock power trio” that became Cream—from watching Guy. "Buddy Guy was to me what Elvis was for others." Clapton said in a 1985 Musician magazine article. "Buddy Guy is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive...if you see him in person, the way he plays is beyond anyone. Total freedom of spirit, I guess. He really changed the course of rock and roll blues."
“Whether he's singing with gentle menace or bending new curves into a blue note, he is a master of tension and release, and his every wayward impulse is riveting.”
Jon Pareles, New York Times.
“Heaven is lying at Buddy Guy’s feet and listening to him play guitar.” – Jimi Hendrix
Kingdom County Productions, in association with Catamount Arts, presents world-class music, theater, and dance at a range of venues, with a primary commitment to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Past and future presentations include Ed Asner in FDR, The Second City Comedy Troupe, Russian National Ballet’s Swan Lake, The Acting Company’s A Comedy of Errors, and concerts by Rosanne Cash, Bettye LaVette, James Montgomery, and Kris Kristofferson.
