(TV) OT: Buddy Guy encounter

[Russ Van Rooy <russvr@pop.nwnexus.com>]

Hey ! Damn right I saw Buddy Guy last night ! He was here in Portland 
for the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival. Also saw Charlie Musselwhite 
too. Buddy was in great form - is he always in such great form ? The 
show was a bit shorter than the first time I saw him (about three years 
ago in Tacoma). Buddy played some amazing stuff though on a wood 
finished Tele and a polka dotted ( think it was a Strat). Broke a string 
on the Tele - seemed to be his favored guitar. Did some amazing string 
harmonic stuff that involved  striking the string in a certain way with 
his pick and bending the string simultaneously. How could I tell what he 
was doing from the distance I was from him ? I just don't know... I 
guess I could just hear it. Was Jeff Beck influenced by Buddy Guy - was 
Buddy Guy influenced by Jeff Beck ? If I closed my eyes last night, it 
could have been either guitarist at moments.  Guy proceeded to play 
through the history of modern blues by playing in the styles of selected 
blues guitarists: Albert King, Lightning Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, and 
Guitar Slim. Seeming a little distracted, he rarely played a full song 
all the way through. He did do a fantastic rendition of "Fever" . That 
man just smiles and smiles. His band cooked. He did some great 
call-and-response stuff with his sax player and his keyboardist. His 
second guitarist could really burn it up too. Great show. Don't miss 
Buddy if he comes to your neighborhood.

- Russ
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