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Track: Born To Play Guitar
Artist: Buddy Guy
Album: Born To Play Guitar

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Name: Buddy Guy
Spotify Genres: blues, classic blues, blues rock, modern blues, soul blues, country blues, jazz blues
Followers: 870,860
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American blues guitarist and singer, born July 30th, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, and one of the pioneers of the Chicago blues sound. Began performing with bands in Baton Rouge in the '50s before moving to Chicago in 1957. He originally recorded for [l=Cobra Record Corp.] subsidiary [l=Artistic (2)] before moving to [l=Chess], where he worked as a sideman and leader when Cobra folded. During his time on Chess he also recorded under the pseudonym Friendly Chap for [l=Delmark Records]. He moved to [l=Vanguard] in 1967, and then went on to work with a variety of labels. He is the brother of [a=Phil Guy]. Guy has won six Grammy awards, 23 W.C. Handy Awards, and, in 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. He was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, and into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

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Release: Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar
Year: 2015
Genres: Blues
Styles: Chicago Blues

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LYRICS

I was born in Louisiana
And at the age of two
My momma told my papa
"Our little boy's got the blues"
I grew up real fast
And I've traveled very far
One damn thing's for sure
I was born to play the guitar

I got a reputation
And everybody knows my name
I was born to play the guitar
People, I got blues running through my veins

Women in Chicago
They love me to the bone
But my love for my guitar keep me far away from home

I got a reputation
Oh, everybody knows my name, yeah
I was born to play my guitar
I got the blues running through my veins

I got six strings loaded
On my bad machine
Show me the money
And I'll make this damn thing scream
I'm gonna keep on playing
And on my dying day
A polka-dot guitar will be resting on my grave

I got this young reputation
And everybody know my name
"What a guy that is"
You know I was born to play this here guitar
I got the blues running through my veins