{"id":67169,"date":"2026-06-23T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/buddy-guys-90th-birthday-concert-eric-clapton-john-mayer\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:25:51","slug":"buddy-guys-90th-birthday-concert-eric-clapton-john-mayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/buddy-guys-90th-birthday-concert-eric-clapton-john-mayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddy Guy’s 90th Birthday Concert: Eric Clapton, John Mayer"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tImagine having the blues for nearly a century and all the heavy feelings that must\u2019ve trailed Buddy Guy<\/a>, the guitar virtuoso who accompanied Muddy Waters, Howlin\u2019 Wolf, and Little Walter on recording sessions. He started his solo career with Left My Blues in San Francisco <\/em>(1967) only to have them return a year later for A Man and the Blues<\/em> to the point that he embraced the feeling on DJ Play My Blues <\/em>(1982), Damn Right, I\u2019ve Got the Blues <\/em>(1991), and The Blues Is Alive and Well <\/em>(2018). Even just last year, Guy, who turns 90 next month, released Ain\u2019t Done With the Blues<\/em>. Clearly the blues aren\u2019t done with him. If you have to live with the blues, why not cheer Guy up with a party?<\/p>\n

\n\tA who\u2019s who of the blues will celebrate Guy\u2019s singular legacy at New York\u2019s Radio City Music Hall on Oct. 1 for an event titled (what else?) Buddy\u2019s Got the Blues. Participants include Eric Clapton<\/a>, John Mayer<\/a>, Susan Tedeschi<\/a> and Derek Trucks<\/a>, Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, Robert Cray, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Billy F. Gibbons, Ivan Neville, Robert Randolph, Bobby Rush, Isaiah Sharkey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jimmie Vaughan, Ally Venable, Willie Weeks, and Kim Wilson.<\/p>\n

\n\tGuy, he of the endless blues, will also perform. The event\u2019s musical director will be the Rolling Stones\u2019 Steve Jordan and \u201cmore legendary artists and special guests,\u201d producers say, are yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCan\u2019t wait to celebrate 90 years of living, loving, and playing the blues with all my friends,\u201d Guy said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019ll make it a night not just for me, but for the folks who taught us, the friends we\u2019ve played with, and the ones coming up behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTickets go on sale at 10 a.m. ET on Friday. Full details are on a special website<\/a> for the event.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhen Rolling Stone <\/em>ranked the 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Guy came in Number 27<\/a>, a validation of a life full of blues. \u201cGuy\u2019s flamboyant playing \u2014 huge bends, prominent distortion, frenetic licks \u2014 on such classics as \u2018Stone Crazy\u2019 and \u2018First Time I Met the Blues,; and his collaborations with the late harp master Junior Wells, raised the standard for six-string fury,\u201d the magazine said.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI\u2019m the last old man still walking and playing the blues,\u201d Guy told Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>last year, after he made a head-tuning cameo in Sinners<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s what we talked about with Muddy [Waters] and Howlin\u2019 Wolf before they died. They said, \u2018Buddy, please keep the blues alive.\u2019 And I\u2019m tryin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis man deserves a party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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