BIO
Greg Guy is a recipient of the 2014 Chicago Blues Hall of Fame as an Honorary Master of Blues, and his guitar playing is greatly influenced by Prince — aside from being the son of the Living Legend Buddy Guy. One of Chicago’s own Sons of the Blues, Greg Guy has been playing music most of his life, as it’s in his DNA.
He started playing his guitar publicly on the Buddy Guy’s Legends stage in 2009 during his father’s January Residency shows. With prior attempts he built the courage to join his father. He has toured the world with his father in the following places: São Paulo, Brazil, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin.
In 2019, Greg played with Kenny “Beedy-Eyes” Smith at the Chicago Blues Fest and
stacked up recording credits with chart-topping Irish traditional musician Sharon Shannon on “Sacred Earth”; Dave Weld and The Imperial Flames on “Slip Into A Dream”; Chris Wragg and Greg Copeland’s “Deep In The Blood”; and the critically acclaimed new release “Drop The Hammer,” by another of Chicago’s Sons of the Blues, the great Kenny “Beedy-Eyes” Smith.
Greg ventured on his own building musical relationships overseas in Rome and London, taking his guitar playing to new heights.
Currently, Greg Guy and The Robert Fetzer Band dissolved post-Covid but Greg can be found at Chicago local blues venues collaborating together in the tradition of “Keeping the Blues Alive,” with an upcoming studio project to release late 2022/early 2023.
Greg Guy is proving to audiences everywhere he’s one of the hottest young guitar-slinging blues artists on set today, and rightful heir to the greatest name in blues music.
Greg does still go on tours time to time with his father Buddy Guy aside from running Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago. This gives for plenty of father-son bonding time vibing to each other’s musical creative styles along with long car ride conversations & worthwhile life lessons from the living legend.
He started playing his guitar publicly on the Buddy Guy’s Legends stage in 2009 during his father’s January Residency shows. With prior attempts he built the courage to join his father. He has toured the world with his father in the following places: São Paulo, Brazil, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin.
In 2019, Greg played with Kenny “Beedy-Eyes” Smith at the Chicago Blues Fest and
stacked up recording credits with chart-topping Irish traditional musician Sharon Shannon on “Sacred Earth”; Dave Weld and The Imperial Flames on “Slip Into A Dream”; Chris Wragg and Greg Copeland’s “Deep In The Blood”; and the critically acclaimed new release “Drop The Hammer,” by another of Chicago’s Sons of the Blues, the great Kenny “Beedy-Eyes” Smith.
Greg ventured on his own building musical relationships overseas in Rome and London, taking his guitar playing to new heights.
Currently, Greg Guy and The Robert Fetzer Band dissolved post-Covid but Greg can be found at Chicago local blues venues collaborating together in the tradition of “Keeping the Blues Alive,” with an upcoming studio project to release late 2022/early 2023.
Greg Guy is proving to audiences everywhere he’s one of the hottest young guitar-slinging blues artists on set today, and rightful heir to the greatest name in blues music.
Greg does still go on tours time to time with his father Buddy Guy aside from running Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago. This gives for plenty of father-son bonding time vibing to each other’s musical creative styles along with long car ride conversations & worthwhile life lessons from the living legend.