Phil Guy

Phil Guy
Background information
Birth name	Philip Guy
Born	(1940-04-28)April 28, 1940 Lettsworth, Louisiana, United States
Died	August 20, 2008(2008-08-20) (aged 68) Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States
Genres	Blues Blues rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Electric guitar
Years active	1980s–2008
Labels	JSP
Associated acts	Junior Wells Buddy Guy
Website	http://www.philguynothrmule.com/

Phil Guy (April 28, 1940^[1] – August 20, 2008)^[2] was an American blues guitarist. He was the younger brother of Buddy Guy.

Biography

Guy was born in Lettsworth, Louisiana.^[1] He played with the harmonica player Raful Neal for ten years in the Baton Rouge area. He then relocated to Chicago in 1969, where he joined his brother's band, at the time when his brother was becoming known as an innovator in blues guitar. The brothers collaborated extensively with Junior Wells in the 1970s.

Guy recorded a number of albums under his own name in the 1980s and 1990s, branching out into soul and funk. He can be seen in his self-described hippie phase in the film Festival Express, in which the Guy band tours southern Canada by train in 1970 with the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and the Band. Guy worked with Maurice John Vaughn in 1979, notably converting him into a blues musician.^[3]

Guy died of prostate cancer on August 20, 2008, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, just a few months after diagnosis of the disease.^[1]

Discography

• The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy (JSP Records, 1982)
• Bad Luck Boy (JSP Records, 1983)
• It's a Real Mutha Fucka (JSP, 1985)
• Tina Nu (JSP, 1989)
• Tough Guy (Red Lightnin', 1989)
• All Star Chicago Blues Session (JSP, 1994)
• Breaking Out on Top (JSP, 1995)
• Another Guy (Blues Special Records, 1997)
• Chicago's Hottest Guitars, with Lurrie Bell (Wolf Records, 1998)
• Say What You Mean (JSP, 2000)
• He's My Blues Brother, with Buddy Guy (Black-Eyed Records, 2006)

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