When I Left Home (32 page)
Authors: Buddy Guy
death of
Guy, Jennifer (second wife)
Guy, Joan (first wife)
Guy, Michael (son)
Guy, Philip (brother)
in family
on Africa trip
as guitarist in Chicago
plays, records, with Buddy
death of
Guy, Rashawnna (daughter)
Guy, Sam (father)
buys Coot’s guitar for Buddy
as father
loves the blues
moves family to Baton Rouge
death of
Hair, Pat
Hambridge, Tom
Hard Again
album (Waters)
album (Waters)
Harmonica playing
competition
Junior Wells
Little Walter
Harmony guitar
Hendrix, Jimi
about
influenced by Buddy
death of
Hering, Dennis
“Hideaway” song (Taylor)
Hideaway/Mel’s Hideaway
Hip-O Select Records
Hippies
“Hit the Road Jack” song (P. Mayfield)
Hogg, Smokey
“Honeydripper” song (Liggins)
“Hoochie Coochie Man” song (Waters)
Hoodoo Man Blues
album with Junior Wells
album with Junior Wells
“Hoodoo Man Blues” song (Wells)
Hooker, Earl
advises against jazz playing
as great slide guitarist
influences Ike Turner
takes Buddy’s equipment
Hooker, John Lee
as early influence first personal encounter
and money
moves to Detroit
at Newport festivals
records with Buddy
death of
Hopkins, Lightnin’.
See
Lightnin’ Hopkins
See
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Horse taming
Horton, Shakey
House, Son
Howlin’ Wolf
early encounters
as aggressive drunk
with Buddy as musical plumber
at F&J Lounge, Gary
in Rolling Stones concert
death of
Humility and generous spirits
“I Can’t Quit You, Baby” song (Rush)
“I Can’t Stop Loving You” song
“I Don’t Know” song (Mabon)
“I Found a True Love” song (Guy)
“I’m in the Mood” song (Hooker)
Isabell label
Jagger, Mick
James, Clif
James, Elmore
James, Etta
Jazz music
Jerry (Buddy’s horn player)
“Johnny B. Goode” song (Berry/Johnson)
Johnson, Johnny
Johnson, Lonnie
Joliet, Illinois
Jones, Eddie.
See
Guitar Slim
See
Guitar Slim
Joplin, Janis
Jordan, Steve
Joyce (Chicago friend)
JSP Records
Judy (Phyllis’s daughter)
“Juke” song (Little Walter)
“Just to Keep You Satisfied” song (Gaye)
Kennedy, Bobby
Kennedy, John F.
Kimbrough, Junior
King, Albert
King, B. B.
first meeting, influential
disrespected by young blacks
as humble, generous spirit
on jazz
on playing to white audiences
plays on Buddy’s records
“The Thrill Is Gone” hit
King, Freddie
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Kingston Trio
Koester, Bob
“Korea Blues” (Lenoir)
Koufax, Sandy
Kramer, Eddie
Lang, Jonny
Last Time Around—Live at Legends
album (Guy/Wells)
album (Guy/Wells)
Lauder, Andrew
Lazy Lester
Leake, Lafayette
“Leave My Girl Alone” song (Guy)
Legends club, Chicago
Lenoir, J. B.
Les Paul Gibson guitar
Let’s Get It On
album (Gaye)
album (Gaye)
Lettsworth, Louisiana
Liggins, Joe
Lightnin’ Hopkins
early influence
as anti-contracts, anti-royalties
deserves fame
uses finger picks
on white audiences, folk music
Lightnin’ Slim
early influence
in Baton Rouge
deserves recognition
Little Richard
Little Walter
early encounter
at Chess Records
at F&J Lounge, Gary
Little Walter (
continued
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continued
)
great harmonica player
“Juke,”
and Muddy Waters
records with Buddy
as violent
death of
Living Proof
album (Guy)
album (Guy)
London, Mel
London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions
album
album
“Long Distance” song (Waters)
Louis, Joe
Lucille (B. B. King’s guitar)
Mabon, Willie
Magic Sam
Malcolm X,
A Man and the Blues
album (Guy)
album (Guy)
Mance, Junior
Mayer, John
Mayfield, Curtis
Mayfield, Percy
Mays, Willie
Meadows, Ray.
See
Diggy Doo
See
Diggy Doo
Memphis Slim
“Messin’ with the Kid” song (Wells)
Miller, Rice.
See
Williamson, Sonny Boy, II
See
Williamson, Sonny Boy, II
Miller, Steve
Mitch’s Jukebox Lounge, Chicago
“Moanin’ at Midnight” song (Howlin’ Wolf)
Money
advice from Muddy Waters
and blues in ’60s
increases in ’90s
none or little from gigs, recordings
and talent, luck
truck, mechanic, supplemental income
“Money, That’s What I Want” song
Montgomery, Little Brother
“The Motor City Is Burning” song (Hooker)
Motown
Muddy Waters.
See
Waters, Muddy
See
Waters, Muddy
Muddy Waters: Folk Singer
album
album
Murphy, Matt
Musial, Stan
Music.
See
Blues music; Guitar playing
See
Blues music; Guitar playing
“My Home Is in the Delta” song (Waters)
“My Time after a While” song (Guy)
Myers, Jack
Neal, Rafel
Needham, Theresa
Newport Folk Festival (1967)
Newport Jazz Festival (1960)
Nighthawk, Robert
99 Club, Joliet, Illinois.
See
Club
See
Club
“No Lie” song (Guy)
North Sea Jazz Festival
“Okie Dokie Stomp” song (Gatemouth)
Orbison, Roy
“Out of Sight” song (Brown)
Parker, Charlie
Pepper’s Lounge, Chicago
Phyllis (lady friend in Baton Rouge)
Piano playing
Porter, John
Presley, Elvis
Prince Albert Hall concerts
Publishing rights and missed royalties
of Junior Wells taken by Mel London
taken by Berry from Johnny Johnson
taken by Chess, Dixon
Recordings
first demo
Chess restricts playing style
Dixon takes credit
of full-length albums
produces Koko Taylor
sessions with Howlin’ Wolf
studio work
Redding, Otis
Reed, A. C.
Reed, Jimmy
early influence, first encounter
and Eddie Taylor
and John Lee Hooker
Regal Theater, Chicago
Religious faith
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