Buddy Guy – Damn Right Encore!
with special guest Taj Farrant
June 24
The Virginia Theatre
Champaign, IL
Tickets available at TheVirginia.org
Show: 7:00 PM
Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans, and a living link to the electric blues. Buddy Guy has received 8 GRAMMY Awards. A 2015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, 38 Blues Music Awards. The Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #23 in its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
In 2019, Buddy won his 8th and most recent GRAMMY Award for his 18th solo LP, “The Blues Is Alive And Well”.
In July of 2021, PBS American Masters released “Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away”, a new documentary following his rise from a childhood spent picking cotton in Louisiana to becoming one of the most influential guitar players of all time. The documentary features new interviews with Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr, and more. Watch the full documentary at PBS Online here.
July 2012 proved to be one of his most remarkable years ever. He was awarded the 2012 Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime contribution to American culture. Earlier in the year, at a performance at the White House, he even persuaded President Obama to join him on a chorus of “Sweet Home Chicago.” Also in 2012, he published his long-awaited memoir, When I Left Home.