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"There's no replacement for picking up a guitar and feeling those strings": How to get your fingers fretboard ready by building your calluses the right way

By Daryl Robertson Published

How to get your fingers fretboard ready by building your calluses the right way

Techniques
Buddy Guy (left) and Jimi Hendrix, performing onstage in the 1960s
“I said, ‘Jimi who?’” How Buddy Guy first encountered Jimi Hendrix

By Jackson Maxwell Published

In 1967, Guy was not nearly as famous as the A-list blues-rock guitarists who took cues from his stinging phrases, piercing volume, and embrace of feedback

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(from left) Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Bonnie Raitt
The 25 Stratocaster players who revolutionized the guitar

By Henry Yates Published

The Fender Stratocaster would just be a glorified carpentry project without the players who danced across its neck and gave it life. Here we celebrate 25 of the best

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Left–Samantha Fish performs at The Amp Ballantyne on October 04, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina; Right–Buddy Guy performs at Stern Grove on August 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California
What Samantha Fish learned from trading licks with Buddy Guy

By Janelle Borg Published

Fish first played with Guy in 2013 after she was coaxed into an impromptu on-stage jam with the legend

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Buddy Guy in a red jacket onstage in a club, with a blond Stratocaster, smiling at caemra
If you learn one thing from Buddy Guy it should be this

By Steve Allsworth Published

Get that Buddy Guy-like phrasing by mastering his signature style: rhythmic on-grid and off-grid phrasing

Techniques
Buddy Guy performs at Stern Grove on August 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California
The guitar maverick is turning 90, and he's celebrating with a one-of-a-kind bonanza bringing together the top names in blues

By Janelle Borg Published

The guitar maverick is turning 90, and he's celebrating with what he does best – a one-of-a-kind bonanza bringing together the top names in blues

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(L-R) Roger McGuinn, Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers and Eric Clapton perform onstage during Day 1 of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Crypto.com Arena on September 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, California
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup

By Janelle Borg Published

Now in its seventh edition, the festival is set to take place in Austin, Texas – and features Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, and John Mayer, while Trey Anastasio, Tommy Emmanuel, Julian Lage and Pete Townshend are all making their Crossroads debut

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Miles Caton, center, during the 98th Annual Academy Awards held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, March 15, 2026
Miles Caton, Buddy Guy, and Brittany Howard lead all-star Sinners performance at the Oscars

By Phil Weller Published

Göransson picked up the award for best score as the blues was thrust into the spotlight with a performance that also featured Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram and Eric Gales

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Eric Gales
How Eric Gales enlisted Buddy Guy, Kingfish, Joe Bonamassa (and his guitar collection) to pay tribute to his brother

By Amit Sharma Published

With a little help from Bonamassa and Josh Smith, Eric Gales put together one of the great 21st-century blues albums to honor his brother Little Jimmy King

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Buddy Guy palying NPR's Tiny Desk
Buddy Guy and his Sinners co-star play Tiny Desk concert

By Phil Weller Published

Merging classics with cuts from the record-breaking film, Guy and Miles Caton deliver a supremely soulful set

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