Buddy Guy Research Paper

The Buddy Guy concert at the Sun Center on Monday Aug. 11th was a present of a blues legend wrapped in a box of a great young blues artist with a surprise bow. Quinn Sullivan is an accomplished blues/soul artist. What is remarkable is that he is just 16. He appeared on Ellen DeGeneres in 2001 at 5 and his career has been steady progressing with the likes of Buddy Guy using him to warm-up his audience.

Quinn took the stage and about half way through his first number, the crowd was just mesmerized. Just like his mentor Buddy Guy, he also plays a Fender Stratocaster . Boy does he give that thing a work out. To top it off,he is a gifted singer with enough soul to make collard greens plush. He played mostly original tunes off of his two albums Cyclone …show more content…
The last time was a decade decades ago and the only thing that has changed is, I've aged. He is a timeless treasure of talent,wit and charisma. When you are a music addict like myself, you appreciate that Buddy Guy is one of the reasons that you have had the pleasure to enjoy the likes of Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and the many rock, funk and soul artists. His influence is deep and …show more content…
On this night, he asked if any young folks in the audience brought their guitar and would like to play. There were at least on 8 or so kids jumping up and down. He picked this young lady of 16. She came up to the stage and yes she had a Stratocaster, probably why he choose her? He asked her if ”She knew who Eric Clapton was.” She answered you mean “Layla.” he said yes and she blistered us. Buddy laughed so hard he lost his voice. He the asked “how about Led Zeppelin”? Yes she launched into “Whole Lotta Love.” The crowd got up and went just crazy. Buddy was about 75% through the show and let her stay and play with Quinn and his band for the rest of. the