This is the discography of American blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy.
Solo
Singles & EPs Title Year Label Notes Album"Sit and Cry (the Blues)" / "Try to Quit You Baby"1958Artistic"You Sure Can't Do" / "This Is The End"1959ArtisticIke Turner played guitar on both tracks and composed "This Is The End" "I Got My Eyes on You" / "First Time I Met the Blues"1960Chess"Slop Around" / "Broken Hearted Blues"1960Chess"Let Me Love You Baby" / "Ten Years Ago"1961Chess"Stone Crazy" / "Skippin!"1962Chess"When My Left Eye Jumps" / "The Treasure Untold"1962Chess"Hard But It's Fair" / "No Lie"1963Chess"I Dig Your Wig" / "Scraping"1964Chess"My Time After While" / "I Dig Your Wig"1964ChessCrazy Music1965ChessUK 7" EP track listing:"Crazy Music" / "Leave My Baby Alone" / "Every Girl I See" / "Too Many Ways""Leave My Girl Alone" / "Crazy Love"1965Chess"My Mother" / "Mother-In-Law Blues"1966Chess"I Suffer with the Blues" / "I'm Gonna Keep It To Myself"1967Chess"Mary Had a Little Lamb" / "Sweet Little Angel"1968VanguardA Man and the Blues"Buddy's Groove" / "She Suits Me to a Tee"1969Chess"A Man of Many Words" / "Honey Dripper"1972Atlantic"Damn Right, I've Got the Blues" / "Doin' What I Like Best"1991SilvertoneDamn Right, I've Got the Blues"Where Is The Next One Coming From?" / "Let Me Love You Baby"1991Silvertone"This Is the End" / "I Hope You Come Back Home"1992Jewel"I Go Crazy" / "Feels Like Rain"1993SilvertoneFeels Like Rain"Please Don't Drive Me Away" / "A Man of Many Words"1995SilvertoneSlippin' In"Talk to Me Baby"1996SilvertoneLive: The Real Deal"Meet Me in Chicago"2013RCARhythm & Blues"Born to Play Guitar"2015RCABorn to Play Guitar"Thick Like Mississippi Mud"2015RCA"Sick with Love" / "She Got it Together"2017RCA"You Sure Can't Do" / "Sit and Cry"Jewel"The Way You Been Treating Me" / "This Is the End"Jewel
Albums
Studio albums Title Year Label Recording year NotesLeft My Blues in San Francisco1967Chess1965-67 A Man and the Blues1968Vanguard1968Also released as The Blues To-Day.Hold That Plane!1972Vanguard1969The Blues Giant1979Isabel1979The album was re-released in 1981 by Alligator Records as Stone Crazy! (AL-4723).Breaking Out1980JSP1980DJ Play My Blues1982JSP1981Damn Right, I've Got the Blues1991Silvertone1991Won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.Feels Like Rain1993SilvertoneWon the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.Slippin' In1994SilvertoneWon the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.Heavy Love1998SilvertoneSweet Tea2001SilvertoneNominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.Blues Singer2003SilvertoneWon the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.Bring 'Em In2005SilvertoneSkin Deep2008SilvertoneLiving Proof2010SilvertoneWon the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.Rhythm & Blues2013Silvertone/RCABorn to Play Guitar2015Silvertone/RCAWon the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. The Blues Is Alive and Well 2018 Silvertone/RCA The Blues Don't Lie 2022 Silvertone/RCA Ain't Done with the Blues2025 RCA Records2025
Live albums Title Year Label Recording year NotesThis Is Buddy Guy!1968Vanguard1968Recorded at New Orleans House: Berkeley, California. The Dollar Done Fell1980JSP1979Re-released in 1988 as Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1979.Live: The Real Deal1996Silvertone1996Recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL, and the Irving Plaza, New York, NY. The album was re-released in 2006 by Sony Music.Jammin’ Blues Electric & Acoustic2003BMG1993/1996Compilation of tracks from Live: The Real Deal and Last Time Around: Live at Legends.Live at Legends2012Silvertone2010Tracks 1 to 8 recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL, January 29 & 30, 2010. Tracks 9 to 11 recorded at Blackbird Studios, Nashville TN, March 9, 2010.I'll Play the Blues for You2016Klondike1992Remastered WHCN-FM broadcast of Buddy Guy live from The Sting in Connecticut on 9 January 1992.
Compilations Title Year Label Recording year NotesFirst Time I Met the Blues1969PythonIn the Beginning1969Red Lightnin1958-64I Was Walking Through the Woods1970Chess1960-64Hot & Cool1977Vanguard1968-72Got to Use Your Head1978Blues Ball1960-66Chess Masters1981ChessRe-released 1984 as Buddy Guy.Ten Blue Fingers1985JSP1980-81Compilation of tracks from Breaking Out and DJ Play My Blues.My Time After Awhile1992Vanguard1965-72The Very Best of Buddy Guy1992RhinoThe Complete Chess Studio Recordings1992Chess1960-67Southern Blues 1957–631994Paula1957-63Buddy's Blues1997Chess1960-67released in the "Chess Masters" series.Blues Master1997VanguardBuddy's Blues 1978–1982: The Best of the JSP Recordings1998JSP1978-82As Good As It Gets1998Vanguard1965-72Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy1999SilvertoneThe Complete Vanguard Recordings2000Vanguard1968-7220th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Buddy Guy2001ChessThe album was re-released by Geffen Records in 2011 as Icon.Best of the Silvertone Years 1991–20052005Silvertone1991-2005Can't Quit the Blues [3-CD + 1-DVD box set]2006SilvertoneVanguard Visionaries2007VanguardPlaylist: The Very Best of Buddy Guy2009Silvertone1991-2008The Definitive Buddy Guy2009Shout! FactoryHis first single-disc career-spanning CD.Blues Greats: Buddy Guy2011Geffen
Concert films Title Year Label Recording yearLive: The Real Deal1996Silvertone1996Teachin' the Blues2005Hot LicksAt Glastonbury2008BBC2008Listen to This: A Musical Documentary2013IMV/Blueline1991
Collaborations
Singles & EPs Titleand artist(s) Year Label Notes AlbumWith the Bluesby Eddie Boyd & Buddy Guy1965ChessUK 7" EP track Listing:"First Time I Met the Blues" / "Ten Years Ago" / "Third Degree" / "Twenty-Four Hours"(First two songs are Buddy Guy recordings; The other two songs are Eddie Boyd recordings)Blues with a Beatby Junior Wells1965DelmarkEP track Listing:"Hoodoo Man Blues" / "Early in the Morning" / "Snatch It Back and Hold It" / "Ships on the Ocean""A Man of Many Words" / "Honey Dripper"by Buddy Guy with Dr. John & Eric Clapton / by Buddy Guy with The J. Geils Band1972ATCO"Mustang Sally"by Buddy Guy with Jeff Beck1991SilvertoneDamn Right, I've Got the Blues"Some Kind of Wonderful" / "Too Broke to Spend the Night"by Buddy Guy feat. Paul Rodgers1993SilvertoneFeels Like RainMidnight Trainby Buddy Guy feat. Jonny Lang1998SilvertoneEP Track listing:"Midnight Train" / "Had a Bad Night" / "Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar" / "Midnight Train"Heavy Love"Stay Around a Little Longer"by Buddy Guy feat. B.B. King2010SonyLiving Proof"Good Things" / "You Can't Love Me"by Buddy Guy & Jesse Fortune / by T.V. SlimPaula"Too Many Cooks" / "Heavy Heart Beat"by Buddy Guy / by Jesse Fortune1963Jewel
Albums
Studio albums Titleand artist(s) Year Label Recording year NotesHoodoo Man Bluesby Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band1965Delmark1965Chicago / The Blues / Today!, Vol. 1by Various Artists1966Vanguard1966It’s My Life, Baby!by Junior Wells1966Vanguard1966Parts of the album were recorded live at Pepper's LoungeComing at Youby Junior Wells1968Vanguard1968Buddy and the Juniorsby Buddy Guy, Junior Mance & Junior Wells1970Blue Thumb1969Southside Blues Jamby Junior Wells1970Delmark1969-70Southside Reunionby Memphis Slim1971Blue Star1970Play the Bluesby Buddy Guy & Junior Wells1972Atlantic1970-72Pleading the Bluesby Junior Wells1979Isabel1979Buddy & Philby Buddy Guy & Phil Guy1981JSP1979-80Parts of the album were recorded live at the Checkerboard LoungeGoing Backby Buddy Guy & Junior Wells1981Isabel1981The album was re-released, with five additional tracks, in 1991 by Alligator Records as Alone & Acoustic, and remastered in 2006 by Pure Pleasure Records as Going Back to Acoustic.The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guyby Phil Guy1982JSP1982Bad Luck Boyby Phil Guy1983JSP1982Better Off with the Bluesby Junior Wells1993Telarc1993All Star Chicago Blues Sessionby Phil Guy1994JSP1982He's My Blues Brotherby Phil Guy2006Black-Eyed
Live albums Titleand artist(s) Year Label Recording year NotesFolk Festival of the Bluesby Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson II1963ArgoLive Recording at Yuhbin-Chokin Hallby Junior Wells & Buddy Guy1975Bourbon1975Live in Montreuxby Buddy Guy & Junior Wells1978Black & Blue1978Re-released in 1999 as Everything Gonna Be AlrightDrinkin’ TNT ’n’ Smokin’ Dynamiteby Buddy Guy & Junior Wells1982Blind Pig1974The Original Blues Brothersby Buddy Guy & Junior Wells1982Intermedia1964Re-released in 1999 as The Real Blues.Last Time Around – Live at Legendsby Buddy Guy & Junior Wells1998Silvertone1993Every Day I Have the Bluesby Buddy Guy & Junior Wells2000Purple Pyramid1964The album was re-released in 2003 as Live at the Mystery Club and as Chicago Blues Festival 1964 and in 2005 as A Night of the Blues.Double Dynamiteby Buddy Guy & Junior Wells2001AimLive in Chicago 88by Buddy Guy & Otis Rush2016Klondike1988
Concert films Titleand artist(s) Year Label Recording yearMessin' With the Bluesby Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells1991RhinoCarlos Santana Presents Blues at Montreux 2004by Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, Clarence Brown & Bobby Parker2004Eagle Vision2004Live at Nightstageby Junior Wells2007Image Entertainment1986-89
Music videos Titleand artist(s) Year"Mustang Sally"by Buddy Guy with Jeff Beck1991"Some Kind of Wonderful"by Buddy Guy feat. Paul Rodgers1993
Appearances
Singles & EPs Titleand artist(s) Year Label"Tell Me What I've Done" / "Ooh Baby"by Howlin' Wolf1965Chess"Stop Breakin' Down" / "Mystery Train"by Junior Wells1968Vanguard"I Want An Easy Woman" / "I Am Gonna Unmask the Batman"by Lacy Gibson1969Repeto"Mail Order Mystics" / "I Could Cry" / "Wake Up Call"by John Mayall1993Silvertone
Albums
Studio albums Titleand artist(s) Year Label Recording year NotesFolk Singerby Muddy Waters1964ChessThe Soul of Blues Harmonicaby Shakey Horton1964ArgoFive Long Yearsby Eddie Boyd1965FontanaThe Real Folk Bluesby Howlin' Wolf1965ChessThe Real Folk Bluesby Sonny Boy Williamson1966Chess1964Blues Southside Chicagoby Various Artists1966Decca1966Recorded in Chicago by Willie Dixon.In Europeby Big Mama Thornton1966Arhoolie1965Super Bluesby Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter1967Checker1967More Real Folk Bluesby Sonny Boy Williamson II1967ChessThe Super Super Blues Bandby Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley1968Checker1967Koko Taylorby Koko Taylor1969ChessThe New Chicago Bluesby Clarence Wheeler1973Atlantic1972Freedomby Santana1987ColumbiaCoast to Coastby Paul Shaffer1989CapitolPortrait of the Bluesby Lou Rawls1992CapitolWake Up Callby John Mayall1993SilvertoneForce of Natureby Koko Taylor1993AlligatorMuddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Watersby Paul Rodgers1993VictoryBlues Summitby B.B. King1993MCA1993I Am the Bluesby Big Daddy Kinsey1993Verve1992-93Johnnie Be Backby Johnnie Johnson1995MusicMastersYou Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead & Gone)by Muddy Waters Tribute Band1996TelarcGreat Guitarsby Joe Louis Walker1997PolygramDark of the Nightby Scott Holt1999LightyearThe Big $coreby Howard & the White Boys1999EvidenceJim Peterik and World Stageby Jim Peterik and World Stage2000World StageHot Foot Powderby Peter Green2000ArtisanChapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgivenessby Syleena Johnson2001JiveMe & the Devilby Peter Green2001ArtisanJack O The Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra2003RhinoLes Paul & Friends: American Made World Playedby Les Paul & Various Artists2005CapitolLast Man Standingby Jerry Jee Lewis2006Artists FirstBlock Musicby Shawnna2006Disturbing tha Peace/Def JamMy Lady Don't Love My Ladyby Bryan Lee2009Justin Time2120 South Michigan Ave.by George Thorogood and the Destroyers2011Capitol2011Cycloneby Quinn Sullivan2011GBG33 1/3by Shemekia Copeland2012Telarc
Live albums