buddy guy - 1970 - festival express - hoochie coochie man

[squirehogg]

Buddy Guy is the real deal. The years have passed, the man has aged...but he is just as good now as ever. I have witnessed his magic at least 30 times since 1982. I'm gonna witness again in a matter of days. Buddy Guy is Legend.

[lrrs104]

Very funky!!!

[madhousemortuary]

2 people got no soul

[FuzztoneProductions]

I just saw Buddy Guy Nov 20th in Newark, Ohio at the Midland Theater and he was still rocking! Great show!!

[kolemijn]

Love the other guitarists' moves at 2:14 He's diggin it!

[Ukabumba]

@kolemijn buddys little bro

[pissandwind]

Wow great stuff one of the things I love about the modern age is Guitar tuners you can fit in your pocket, run them in your effects pedals everybody is on the same page then :-)

[DiceyJJ]

I saw him at Wanee festival 2009 he's still got it, blew everyone off the stage lol

[gmj2012]

Amazing performance and he really gave the crowd a thrill by stringing along a guitar cable to go out into the crowd with his guitar in the middle of the song & play right next to the people, live. I kept waiting to see ambulances for the people like me who would have fainted or dropped dead to be standing next to Buddy Guy playing that guitar, man :)

[mrfeinsinlver]

Ah, so this is where Clapton stole his ideas from!

Who's the bass player/drummer/second guitarist?

[polymath7]

@mrfeinsinlver What the hell are you talking about? Clapton sounds nothing like this.

Granted Clapton is no Buddy Guy, but he's a fine musician nonetheless and if he is guilty of "stealing" from anyone(dubious) it isn't Buddy Guy.

The rhythm guitarist is Buddy's brother Phil.

[polymath7]

Fucking Christ...

[FrequentlyFried]

lol that cig is still going pause at (0:43)

[MrPinoraimondi]

alla faccia del cazzo

[brandobum9]

just saw him last night, just as awesome at 74 years young

[aurlis2012]

HOLY FUCK

[jerodkeck]

I just found myself!!!. Good Lord...Don't get no betta!!

[The4LA2Baker0]

Sweet.

(0:40) Your cigg is GONE..... Acid?

[totokaller]

The Blues: Easy to play but hard to feel.

I think in this case: Hard to play and hard to feel.

[RobbbbCappelletto]

this is the most badass guitar playing i've ever heard. if you ever needed proof that chops arent everything...

[MrUSandA]

74 years young, still performing strong.... I like this version best from his Festival Express train ride through Canada in 1970.......

[60spastlife]

God-DAMN I love Buddy Guy and I LOVE this video!!! Pure inspi-fucking-ration!

[barbrastreyesand]

Not in Jimi Hendrix's dream could he play blues with the ferocity and speed of Buddy Guy

[osollamandoapelicano]

2:02 "yeeeaaah yeeeaah" feeling the bluesss

[Tezman82]

This is AMAZING, thank you so much.

[kimmedavid]

wow hes pretty good @guitar now i understand why hendrix was a huge fan of him !

[jmr1068204]

He's an awesome guitar player and all - but what is it with the Blues style where people's English and grammar skills just go out of the window?

[YogiSizzle]

@jmr1068204 Maybe its because blues traces its roots to a musical tradition of blacks one generation removed from slavery in the Mississippi Delta. It wasn't like the Blues pioneers had law degrees from harvard. They were poor, with little to no education, and most of the time glum circumstances, hence the blues was born .

[kumaramanoli]

Local moms are alone do you need to meet them naneedj.info

[joethepainter90]

Hey who is the complete moron who didn't dig this??

[jjkcharlie]

I like that part on the movie when their interviewing Buddy Guy and the band is all around him. His brother Phil is behind him and he hits him on the shoulder, without missing a beat, Buddy reaches down under his chair and hands his brother a nnip. Awesome!

[Triple777ER]

Look at the guy with the pink strat at 2:14, I laughed sooooooo hard. Love that guy, doesn anyone know who he is? He's feeling it man!

[macdragon64]

@Triple777ER actually, that's Phil Guy, Buddy's brother. He's a brilliant blues rhythm player, played on lots of (Buddy's) blues albums. He also made a few under his own name, with Buddy being the rhythm player. Phil was undoubtedly one of THE coolest black mofo around.

[60spastlife]

I am ashamed to that this is the first time I've consciously listened to Buddy Guy. As a 30 year old guitar player and lover of The Blues, all I can say is.... I am utterly speechless. :-D

[mustang5627]

He is one of the meanest guitar players ever

[BluesThor]

hendrix loved buddy, stevie loved hendrix, buddy loved stevie.. nice!

[magprob]

OH MY GOD! That Shell pink 60 to 65 Stratocater! Where is it today? That makes me want to cry. I love that guitar.

Buddy Guy is a sweetheart of a man. He plays the sap out the rafters!

[busajasweyoo]

good god.....

[wunwuntew]

Where have all the flower chillun gone? Long time passing? Where have all the hippies gone? Long time ago? Where have all the freaks and hippies gone? Picked by corporations pretty much just about every one Cause their parents had paid lots and lots for their educations you know Plus other things like that. And just also the idea of getting cars and boats and junk for hardly really even working--you have to admit--is pretty hard to resist. When will they ever learn? When will they ev-ver learn?

[bonzofrosty]

he plays guitar like he's having sex while he plays, in the absolute best way possible

[kps23]

Damn! This kicks ass!!

[8133komopach]

3：45〜可愛いww

[DarkXind]

You can hear where Hendrix got it from :) 

[BeLikeWater123]

@DarkXind damn straight

[harrythegrass]

@DarkXind is that debateable?this is 1970 remeber?

[lordieuan777]

@harrythegrass No it isn't debatable... Hendrix learned his trade from listening to Buddy.

[harrythegrass]

@lordieuan777 aye maybe he did influence him in some way but by the end of that decade hendrix is miles ahead in some african future with these amazing rhythms, there is influence but hendrix is the daddy for me

[Reezer83]

@harrythegrass influence Jimi copyd buddy , he used to follow buddy around with a taperecorder at shows. what does that say to you ?

[ButterflyLady59]

His got his mojo goin on with his guitar! Kool!!!

[BobGussenhoven]

Amazing, Buddy Guy is the man. Hey does anybody know what Amp would be suitable for getting that awesome screaming sound Buddy got here?

[baskethilt]

@BobGussenhoven Probably some Fender, Showman, Super Reverb etc, sounds like Freddie King in a way. It´s a cranked tubeamp plus its in his fingers. Thats my guess. Even Chuck Berry sometimes got those weird hornlike sounds just from being plugged straight in.

[indian5]

Amazing!!!

[andre2692]

does any one know what key hes in?

[CoreyTaylorlover12]

@andre2692 either e flat or e

[andre2692]

Great thanks.

[PaulNiehausIV]

@CoreyTaylorlover12 I think half the band's in e and half is in e flat, haha

[blackdogleg]

love the rhythm player, got the funk

[ChicagoSoundMachine]

buddy's brother... mr. Phil Guy

[Zylze]

he's the man!

[ArikBulldog]

That guitar was stolen from him?

[drnick536]

no, he says 'womah'

[FrequentlyFried]

the most entertaining performer from the Festival Express which was on the CBC documentary channel last night, I stayed up till 3 AM to tape it on VHS mainly for Buddy Guy..makes me smile when the musician is enjoying the music as much as I am.

[PageandPlant4Life]

@FrequentlyFried

The Band were awesome too!!!

[canada2love]

They are all great musicians, though with one shining star.

Man, has he charisma! And then this guitar...Heavens!

[ltzales]

i was 17 and hitch hiked from Saskatoon to see this Concert in Calgary. Stayed on Princess Island, with 10000 other people.

[blackdogleg]

hope you wasn't one of them protester fools.:)

[Reezer83]

Jimmy who ????

[DEFREEKERT]

@ltzales i'm so jealous, i'm 17 now and music has died

[earl2eh]

@DEFREEKERT look harder

[YogiSizzle]

@DEFREEKERT music isn't dead, I really wish people would stop saying that. If anything, with the advent of the internet you have access to more and more smaller bands that still value their craft. Just because the record labels are pushing crap in your ear doesn't mean there aren't any musicians out there still putting down some tasty stuff.

[rightwingbob]

@ltzales me too. Except I hitched from Regina. Stayed on the island too. Remember the Grateful Dead free concert that one night?

[jcclan]

I was at this concert in Toronto, 1970. It was at the C.N.E. Grandstand. It was the coolest thing ever.

[TheBSG]

Did he say "make pretty 'whitie' jump and shout," instead of the original lyric 'women'?

[Jimiimij]

Saw Buddy Oct.08 Edmonton. Great.

[4mer4dguy]

I was at the Toronto stop. It was a mind blowing experience

[kyuss4me]

Winnipeg Manitoba, who would have known such a mammoth festival chugged it's way through the prairies in 1970. A great documentary on this one of a kind tour is available. Check it out!

[RonniePeterson]

Pure genius at work.

[Shinmeiryu]

I like how he goes to sing the chorus, but misses the beat, smiles, and begins playing the baddest fucking riffs ever played by man.

[theox25]

true that that was sick

he is chicago this man is amazing

[kgeorge22]

At 2:44 he drops a verse after he says "On the seventh day." It's still amazing. Rock 'n' Roll has fallen so far in the past 38 years.

[thatstheguy07]

i agree, altho there are some wicked underground bands happening right now. The Black Keys for instance. two dude, awesome blues rock just like this shit. check them out.

[Shinmeiryu]

Motherfucking awesome to the max!

[jjjmpf]

uff.. awesome