Buddy Guy Keeps Blues Alive and Well at Rady Shell

The near-capacity crowd turned out with love, to honor one of the last men standing of the great blues musicians of this century.

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PHOTO: Buddy Guy

By Barbara Smith, Contributing Writer

The blues is alive and well with Buddy Guy. The beautifully appointed waterfront Rady Shell was packed with fans of this blues master last week as he brought his “Damn Right Farewell Tour” to San Diego, a spectacle that has taken him across the US, Canada and Europe including Montreux, Switzerland this past July. The near-capacity crowd turned out with love, to honor one of the last men standing of the great blues musicians of this century. And he did not disappoint, delivering a concert that channeled some of his greatest influencers along with his own unique brand of grit and soul, an artist who has reshaped the sound of the electric guitar and pushed blues beyond its limit

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