Blues guitar legend Buddy Guy looks back on a special career

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Blues guitar legend Buddy Guy has influenced some the greatest rock guitarists of all time, including Eric Clapton Jimmy Page and Gary Clarke Jr. “I’m blessed with that because I didn’t know that many people would look at me and feel that way,” the multi-Grammy winning Guy said. Now the 84-year-old blues great becomes the subject of the latest installment of the PBS biography series “American Masters.” The episode, “Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away," dives into his lengthy career. More appropriately, he credits the Rolling Stones, whose guitarist Keith Richards and singer Mick Jagger especially admired Guy’s playing and the blues in general.