The Song That Changed My Life: Buddy Guy

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🗓️ 24 September 2021

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The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite artists about the music that made them who they are today. This time around, we're joined by guitarist Buddy Guy. Buddy is one of the greatest blues guitarists alive today. From his home studio in Chicago, Buddy took us back to his childhood in Louisiana. He explains how John Lee Hooker's song Boogie Chillen' encouraged him to learn the guitar in his early teens. Plus, he shares a story about getting to meet his hero, John Lee Hooker; and becoming friends with him, too. Check out Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away on your local PBS station or on PBS.org.

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0:43.6	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn, time now for the song that changed my life. It's
0:58.6	a segment we do where musicians reach back sometimes way way back to tell us
1:03.3	about the music that made them who they are today. This week our guest is Buddy
1:08.5	Guy. You probably know this already but Buddy is one of the greatest blues
1:29.3	guitarists alive today. He's won eight Grammy Awards. He's been in the rock and
1:34.4	roll hall of fame for more than 15 years. He's performed for presidents, shared
1:38.8	stages would be B.B. King, Hal and Wolf, even muddy waters.
1:56.1	Recently Buddy was the subject of an episode of PBS's American Masters where he
2:01.8	talked about his creative process in career. We decided that would be a great
2:06.5	chance to talk with a literal living legend about the song that changed his
2:10.8	life. From his home studio in Chicago Buddy took us back to his childhood in
2:16.8	Louisiana. His song, John Lee Hookers, Buggy Chillin. Here's Buddy. Hi, I'm Buddy Guy
2:24.8	and this is one of the songs that changed my life. The first time I heard Buggy
2:29.9	Chillin I must have been about 14 or 15 years old. It took a while for my dad to
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