Summary
If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the potential impact of a minutes-long film clip. Festival Express, a feature- length documentary memorializing a 1970 rock 'n' roll concert tour across Canada, includes performances by such notables as the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and the Band. The movie's truly outstanding moment, though, belongs to bluesman Buddy Guy, whose version of the tune "Money (That's What I Want)," first recorded by Barrett Strong and later covered by the Beatles, is nothing short of stunning. Guy's impeccable choice of notes, his flair for the dramatic, and his mastery of both the vocal and instrumental aspects of the material leave little doubt that he is a virtuoso at work.
Thirty-seven years later, Buddy Guy is still wowing audiences both in this country and abroad with his music. In addition to a rigorous touring schedule, he is also the owner of Buddy Guy's Legends, a successful club in Guy's adopted hometown of Chicago. Although his recording career has seen its ups and downs -- he says he didn't have a contract throughout the 1980s -- he remains the standard against which blues and blues-rock guitarists are measured.See the full content of this document
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Guitar Gumbo for the Blues-Hungry Hordes (Ja)
Buddy Guy returns to Santa Fe Tuesday night for a concert at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. Pasatiempo caught up with the legendary guitarist last week while he was on location in Baton Rouge, La., in the midst of his first-...
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