"The number one Rock and Roll guitar today is my friend right behind me the handsome one... and he play blues better than me and the most of the others". 2:00
You could see just how uncomfortable BB made EC by all that he said. Although I have to say in the same sentence.. there is a reason why Eric Clapton is the only Three time inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.. He's GOOD !!
It's sad that all of the blues greats are all passing away. There are some good up and comers, but none of them will be able to reach the heights of Eric Clapton and BB King.
King is extemporaneous, and beautifully so... Clapton is reading cue cards, but I happen to know that they are words written by him, and they are elegant. In the liner notes to John Mayall's second (U.S.) Bluesbreaker LP, "A Hard Road," written around 1966, Mayall, in a (somewhat) defense of Peter Green as Clapton's replacement, from his previous line-up (and LP), says something like: "Peter, Eric, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix, I cram them all on the same pedestal." Hendrix, at that time, was a phenomenon in the U.K., but not over here. That's how far back this stuff goes. Think about that.
BB king and Buddy Guy were probably the only two of the most prolific legendary bluesmen left up until BB King. Just realizing that Buddy is now the king of the hill of the old school blues legends. And also, Buddy and BB represent the opposite ends of the traditional blues style spectrum. BB was 145 progression and had the tightest fastest vibrato, not complicated but perfect and could not be copied. Buddy was more flamboyant and played more areas of the neck and even was like an early template for Jimi Hendrix, his expressive play was not as concentrated into individual notes as BB, but his improv and wide range of signature idiosyncrasies in his playing made him a legend that set a foundation for hippie hard blues-rock bands to aspire to. It's just neat that the only two truly prolific blues guys left for a few years were the perfect embodiment of the opposite ends of the blues.
Buddy is my favorite tied only with Duane Allman as a guitaist, and Buddy has the added bonus of a voice as blues perfect as his musician skills. Buddy Guy is the complete package. I respect Clapton for making it clear. It seems like most people wax on about Hendrix or Clapton or other "icon" and when you say, "have you heard of Buddy Guy?" Then you get this blank stare....but slip in Sweet Tea or one of his other great albums and everything else you heard is just shattered... my favorite.
why the f*** did it take tell 2005 for Buddy Guy to get recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters invented rock and roll
Why has Link Wray not been inducted? Answer: none these guys are white. Link Wray was American Indian and wrote about the racism. Without Wray, there never would have been Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) or Keith Townsend. The RRHOF is political.
John mayer inducted Stevie Ray Vaughan was a great moment in John's life, but can you imagine buddy guy being inducted by his number one idol BB King that night, man must be a grrat feeling
This is a very amazing experience for people to participate in a ceremony like this, you'd really have to earn your spot up there on stage, and then you better know what your doing and what your talking about and who you're inducting. Buddy Guy is a very important musician when it comes to blues, very real and very powerful to the point a living Boogie spirit is dwelling inside him, it has chosen to make Buddy Guy it's temple, residing inside of him, changing Buddy Guy into an extremely dangerous and powerful force capable of anything this Boogie spirit might want to accomplish. This idea comes from a theory I accidentally discovered one day while trying to teach myself how to play guitar. I think all the right people were chosen for this ceremony because all of the presenters are musical experts who deserve the privilege. They can't have some unknown host or hostess standing up at the podium, mumbling and coughing a bunch of nonsense, it would disrupt the ceremony. The audience would be lost. I'm not a blues history expert or accomplished musician but I think I know where this blues Boogie spirit comes from. It comes from extreme hardship, war, pain, and suffering so to deliver the people from tyranny and oppression, misery and sadness, due to an established political climate backed by a military that supports its laws and system. During this time, one political faction in America was of a bad spirit, oppressive, racially bias, and sadly, very brutal. This creates misery, hardship, and sadness. To make a long story short, the correct True spirit won the civil war and as a result, a very powerful boogie spirit surfaced to celebrate the victory of Freedom, a gift from God. But the video doesn't show Buddy Guy walk out to accept the honor from Eric Clapton, it just shows him hanging out back stage for about 5 seconds and that's it. In the music world, the video mentions personal appearance and presentation is very important in the music business, especially with blues and rock n roll, it's part of being an artist. I was watching Son House and noticed he was missing all his front teeth. Man, I thought that was really cool, an old blues guy with no teeth, man, I wish I looked like that. One day my wish almost came true when I asked someone to knock my teeth out so I could look like an old blues wino in the street. I actually went thru with this horrible act, but, unfortunately, I didnt get the results I was looking for, I was still a white man who cant play guitar very well, and uglier now because I'm missing teeth. I had to accept the fact that I'm never going to be an old black bluesman with no teeth, all I can do is try. I probably shouldn't have wrote this on Buddy Guy's rock n roll hall of fame ceremony, I'm sure I wrecked it by now. What kind of idiot knocks his own teeth out? Woww, sorry.
Everybody killing Clapton on reading teleprompter obviously never had to do a legit prepared speech like that. Plus he was speaking about his freaking idol. All you needed to hear was that's "HIS" Elvis. Guy "WAS" Blues for him. Also it's funny how it's they are so humble and that's how you have class ... uhhhh commenters like me obviously and everyone arguing in comment sections are the ones really giving a shit whose better or holding back blah blah... those dudes were just ripping it playing music having a blast. Plus by the time of this induction speech they had probably thousands of hours jamming through all those years. They are 3 legit friends up there lol.
I agree. I often think it is pretty poor that people can’t be bothered to prepare something….The Edge’s “ speech for example. Write a few notes ….often the speaker gets nervous. And Buddy Guy is a hero . Particularly a guy like Clapton who is naturally pretty reticent would need a few notes.
I always saw Eric And B.B King On Every Stage Wether They Performe or Anything else like this Ceromony But what I always ask myself that I never ever seen Jimmy Page And B.B King... Anyone please can explain to me that? Thanks
Guy is the last surviving link to so many important blues musicians now dead. He is also much more than that. He's Hendrix's mentor (& Hendrix is the fellow who blew Clapton off the stage at the aforementioned Marquis club, when on his first visit to London he asked and was allowed to jam with the Cream. Buddy Guy has all of Clapton's fingerings and more. Not meaning to demean either Clapton or King who have made such contributions to the musical world, but Guy is a bit beyond either of them.
Respond to this video...--->>> cont, what more do u want him to do exactly come to ur house and profess his sincerest apologies to u for him taking drugs 30 years ago prob b4 u were born? i shall finish with a quote."the path of excess leads to the road of wisdom" think about that for a while. while i do not condone drug use i certainly do not condone learning from ones mistakes and trying to make the place we call home a better place.unlike u who seam to beat ppl down if they make a mistake.
Tim O. Too true! The fact is that for many years Buddy was the second fiddle to the great Junior Wells, a real life “blues brothers”! That Junior and he later split up or had a falling out doesn’t change their legendary status as a “duo” ...RIP, Junior Wells...
@drockadam6 It is teleprompted. BB King was looking out the audience where Eric on the other hand was looking directly into the camera. In fact he waesnt moving his eyes fro it.
@smOfficialMusic I have never......and I mean NEVER! been more insulted than I am at this very moment!!! First - you insult Belieber Nation with your jelous little statements! THEN, you dare insult The Beefman himself!!! (I'm counting to 10 right now...) The seminal impact of Justin Bieber on the arts and music in particular is undeniable!!! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a Selena Gomez greatest hits CD I'm going to listen to - I only wish it were a double cd.....
That’s an outrageous comment. Clapton was very detailed about the impact that Buddy Guy had on him, and the impact Guy had in the UK. Very valuable comments.
This is not true, I cannot see how can you compare .. Buddy Guy plays unique blues as well as BB and Eric, that's just different.. they're all legends. LEGENDS
Buddy is an extremely humble guy I wouldn't be surprised if he did say something to that extent but regardless his talent precedes Eric's in every way possible.
@eruera52 I expect an apology is forthcoming - make it happen!!! This video is an example of what happens when you give a Brit access to booze and a microphone. Ahhh haaa haaa!!!
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I love the respect that Clapton shows the Blues Masters.
He truly was, speaking, from his heart...........
He should ..he wouldn't have much of a career without them
@@pownbnull ohhhhh.... You are soooooo right, coz EC can't play, not even to safe his life. Bollocks.
Eric ha imparato a stare zitto
@@doc257 clapton aint even in the same class as these cats. He's a joke
how sweet how Clapton made sure BB King had a place to sit down👍🏼
I know. People as nice as Clapton are rare today
why did BB King always sit?
@@madzzzporsche He was getting older.
@@strothermartin5368 that and diabetes really did most that damage the made it so bad
@@madzzzporsche Diabetic.
BB King,such a humble man. RIP
Clapton just straight dropping knowledge!!! love his speech. So informative and a true tribute.
"The number one Rock and Roll guitar today is my friend right behind me the handsome one... and he play blues better than me and the most of the others".
2:00
I have had the privilege of seeing all three of these great men perform live.
You are a lucky lucky man...
Me too!!!
Haven’t seen Clapton yet but I saw Buddy Guy and Mr. King
Likewise- all in the UK. what a trio !
Me too
All of them are very humble and it's not often that we find so talented and unique musicians who are this humble and kind.
I think most of the blues musicians have this kind of personality
I had the amazing blessing of meeting Buddy Guy and talking with him yesterday. His show last night blew me away. A true legend and a gentleman.
I’m glad we still have Eric and buddy. Rip B.B. king😭
Amen to that
You could see just how uncomfortable BB made EC by all that he said. Although I have to say in the same sentence.. there is a reason why Eric Clapton is the only Three time inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.. He's GOOD !!
".. He's G(O)OD !!"
Bc he is white. Clapton iz a bore
bb king and clapton on stage at the same time, now that's legendary.
well, it happened lots of times
HughJass
lmfao
....and the man of the hour, Mr Buddy Guy! 🎸🎸🎸
The legends on that stage.....holy crap.
BB King a very classy man RIP BB you are missed
2:26 "You giving me a lot of trouble" 🤣🤣
It's sad that all of the blues greats are all passing away. There are some good up and comers, but none of them will be able to reach the heights of Eric Clapton and BB King.
B.B. KING IS VERY GRACIOUS. A REAL GENTLEMAN!
i love Eric's speech!
King is extemporaneous, and beautifully so...
Clapton is reading cue cards, but I happen to know that they are words written by him, and they are elegant.
In the liner notes to John Mayall's second (U.S.) Bluesbreaker LP, "A Hard Road," written around 1966, Mayall, in a (somewhat) defense of Peter Green as Clapton's replacement, from his previous line-up (and LP), says something like: "Peter, Eric, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix, I cram them all on the same pedestal."
Hendrix, at that time, was a phenomenon in the U.K., but not over here.
That's how far back this stuff goes.
Think about that.
Lovely tributes by each of these masters of music.
the master mr. Buddy Guy, that's a quote from Jimi Hendrix
I love these guys they made the blues so freaking awesome and amazing 🎉🎉 ty for you're music 🎉🎉
Damn, I wish Clapton would have put that trio thing to work. Would've been the cream of the crop.
BB king and Buddy Guy were probably the only two of the most prolific legendary bluesmen left up until BB King. Just realizing that Buddy is now the king of the hill of the old school blues legends. And also, Buddy and BB represent the opposite ends of the traditional blues style spectrum. BB was 145 progression and had the tightest fastest vibrato, not complicated but perfect and could not be copied. Buddy was more flamboyant and played more areas of the neck and even was like an early template for Jimi Hendrix, his expressive play was not as concentrated into individual notes as BB, but his improv and wide range of signature idiosyncrasies in his playing made him a legend that set a foundation for hippie hard blues-rock bands to aspire to. It's just neat that the only two truly prolific blues guys left for a few years were the perfect embodiment of the opposite ends of the blues.
Both of these men are so humble. I absolutely love that about them.
Buddy is my favorite tied only with Duane Allman as a guitaist, and Buddy has the added bonus of a voice as blues perfect as his musician skills. Buddy Guy is the complete package. I respect Clapton for making it clear. It seems like most people wax on about Hendrix or Clapton or other "icon" and when you say, "have you heard of Buddy Guy?" Then you get this blank stare....but slip in Sweet Tea or one of his other great albums and everything else you heard is just shattered... my favorite.
SargNickFury ya got it Buddy and Duane are it, nuf said !😎!
Respect. Well said
While watching this, I didn't realize how much I miss B.B KING! The ORIGINAL KING OF THE BLUES AS FAR AS I,'M CONCERN!
Buddy’s sound indeed I can pick out of any recording . Amazing , I hope I get to see him again after this Virus.
Peace to all you Blues lovers
Sharp dressed men showing some class
raindancer370 ZZ TOP eh?
BB King had a good sense of humour
I saw Buddy Guy at BB King club in NYC amazing!!!!
Two great guitar players inducting another great guitar player
He IS good, but make no mistake BB King and BUddy are GREAT. True masters of the art form.
why the f*** did it take tell 2005 for Buddy Guy to get recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters invented rock and roll
unreal man i was asking the same thing....
Why has Link Wray not been inducted?
Answer: none these guys are white.
Link Wray was American Indian and wrote about the racism. Without Wray, there never would have been Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) or Keith Townsend.
The RRHOF is political.
Best speech among all the previous years rock and roll hall of fame
Sensacional! Um belíssimo discurso.
Eric is fascinating and Buddy was also an incredible person.
Buddy Guy, saw him in Philly years ago, he was awesome!!
He's a force of nature.
First saw him at the Chestnut Cabaret with Bo Diddley watching
Legends together.
A sight ro see.
Sweet emotion.
Awesome to know more about Buddy Thank you
Eric is in fact handsome........
Buddy Guy ain't second to noone. Bb was wrong on this one.
@@alaincolet2023 opinions, opinions, opinions….
John mayer inducted Stevie Ray Vaughan was a great moment in John's life, but can you imagine buddy guy being inducted by his number one idol BB King that night, man must be a grrat feeling
This is real good just the way Eric told us it is exactly the good way.
The fact is, Eric Clapton got strange blue from Buddy Guy, the thing he was doing with Junior Wells
This is a very amazing experience for people to participate in a ceremony like this, you'd really have to earn your spot up there on stage, and then you better know what your doing and what your talking about and who you're inducting. Buddy Guy is a very important musician when it comes to blues, very real and very powerful to the point a living Boogie spirit is dwelling inside him, it has chosen to make Buddy Guy it's temple, residing inside of him, changing Buddy Guy into an extremely dangerous and powerful force capable of anything this Boogie spirit might want to accomplish. This idea comes from a theory I accidentally discovered one day while trying to teach myself how to play guitar. I think all the right people were chosen for this ceremony because all of the presenters are musical experts who deserve the privilege. They can't have some unknown host or hostess standing up at the podium, mumbling and coughing a bunch of nonsense, it would disrupt the ceremony. The audience would be lost. I'm not a blues history expert or accomplished musician but I think I know where this blues Boogie spirit comes from. It comes from extreme hardship, war, pain, and suffering so to deliver the people from tyranny and oppression, misery and sadness, due to an established political climate backed by a military that supports its laws and system. During this time, one political faction in America was of a bad spirit, oppressive, racially bias, and sadly, very brutal. This creates misery, hardship, and sadness. To make a long story short, the correct True spirit won the civil war and as a result, a very powerful boogie spirit surfaced to celebrate the victory of Freedom, a gift from God.
But the video doesn't show Buddy Guy walk out to accept the honor from Eric Clapton, it just shows him hanging out back stage for about 5 seconds and that's it. In the music world, the video mentions personal appearance and presentation is very important in the music business, especially with blues and rock n roll, it's part of being an artist. I was watching Son House and noticed he was missing all his front teeth. Man, I thought that was really cool, an old blues guy with no teeth, man, I wish I looked like that. One day my wish almost came true when I asked someone to knock my teeth out so I could look like an old blues wino in the street. I actually went thru with this horrible act, but, unfortunately, I didnt get the results I was looking for, I was still a white man who cant play guitar very well, and uglier now because I'm missing teeth. I had to accept the fact that I'm never going to be an old black bluesman with no teeth, all I can do is try. I probably shouldn't have wrote this on Buddy Guy's rock n roll hall of fame ceremony, I'm sure I wrecked it by now. What kind of idiot knocks his own teeth out? Woww, sorry.
Damm right I got them Blues ✌️he is the last man standing King of Blues
Very nice. I knew a friend of Buddy's, George Baker. This is all great.
he knows it very well. he pulls out the cards at 0:56 and re reads it for probably the 100th time
Clapton mentioned Robert Lockwood !!!
I have Robert's guitar......
Eric is a gentleman a great human being and one of the greatest guitarists ever Mr. Slow hand himself
Bb king a great master😊respect eric love you😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Whats the name of Buddy's album that Eric was talking about?
The live album is called Folk Festival of The Blues. It’s got Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Otis Span, and more. Amazing stuff.
what happen to music today :( so fuking sad
Buddy Guy was to Clapton what Rick James was to Charlie Murphy.
Clapton was going off what respect
Everybody killing Clapton on reading teleprompter obviously never had to do a legit prepared speech like that. Plus he was speaking about his freaking idol. All you needed to hear was that's "HIS" Elvis. Guy "WAS" Blues for him.
Also it's funny how it's they are so humble and that's how you have class ... uhhhh commenters like me obviously and everyone arguing in comment sections are the ones really giving a shit whose better or holding back blah blah... those dudes were just ripping it playing music having a blast. Plus by the time of this induction speech they had probably thousands of hours jamming through all those years. They are 3 legit friends up there lol.
I agree. I often think it is pretty poor that people can’t be bothered to prepare something….The Edge’s “ speech for example. Write a few notes ….often the speaker gets nervous. And Buddy Guy is a hero . Particularly a guy like Clapton who is naturally pretty reticent would need a few notes.
I always saw Eric And B.B King On Every Stage Wether They Performe or Anything else like this Ceromony But what I always ask myself that I never ever seen Jimmy Page And B.B King... Anyone please can explain to me that? Thanks
more like BB King inducts Clapton lol
Yes....It IS so STRANGE....
Hahaha aynen
The great BB King’s self-effacing humility sometimes got away from himself: HE was the “King of the Blues”!
Total class.
I know Eric was reading his inductee speech but the penned commentary was chalk full of material.
Way to go Clapton and bb
Clapton had to read cue cards, he just iterated the bible of fame and the legend of blues...what an honor
Guy is the last surviving link to so many important blues musicians now dead. He is also much more than that. He's Hendrix's mentor (& Hendrix is the fellow who blew Clapton off the stage at the aforementioned Marquis club, when on his first visit to London he asked and was allowed to jam with the Cream. Buddy Guy has all of Clapton's fingerings and more. Not meaning to demean either Clapton or King who have made such contributions to the musical world, but Guy is a bit beyond either of them.
FirstUsedBooks As true now as it was 5 years ago
probably but he wanted all HIS thoughts to be recorded here 2 legends enough said
ERIC IS SO DIFFERENT FROM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG IN THE BLUES BREAKERS
Buddy he's my Guy!
Respond to this video...--->>> cont, what more do u want him to do exactly come to ur house and profess his sincerest apologies to u for him taking drugs 30 years ago prob b4 u were born? i shall finish with a quote."the path of excess leads to the road of wisdom" think about that for a while. while i do not condone drug use i certainly do not condone learning from ones mistakes and trying to make the place we call home a better place.unlike u who seam to beat ppl down if they make a mistake.
Buddy is great!
Why was Hubert Sumlin never inducted?
@MANHATTANBEEFMAN
ROFLMAO everyone's sarcasm antenna is broken - a thunderclap?
thanks a lot :)
Son los mejores
Nice! Cream of the crop.
With all that name dropping, should have given a mention to Junior Wells.
Tim O. Too true! The fact is that for many years Buddy was the second fiddle to the great Junior Wells, a real life “blues brothers”! That Junior and he later split up or had a falling out doesn’t change their legendary status as a “duo” ...RIP, Junior Wells...
somebody inducts dire straits plz
No Buddy, no Clapton
@drockadam6 did u not hear what BB said, Eric has a prepared statement ..
Is Clapton reading a teleprompter?
Yes, but he wrote the speech that’s on it. Probably so he didn’t miss any names while standing up there.
the handsome one !!!!!!!!
BUDDY IS GOD
jimi before jimi was jimi
1:08 Well...
anybody knows wich is the song at the begining?
Are u there?
Keeping it True
Instead of modern Real
Englishism or More?
@MANHATTANBEEFMAN what???
Nn si può sbagliare il nome di Buddy
Hey guys just hear there accents......The king has an american accent,but the slowhand has a typical british accent.........
i bet you he even knows it backwards
👏👏👏💞🍁
@drockadam6 It is teleprompted. BB King was looking out the audience where Eric on the other hand was looking directly into the camera. In fact he waesnt moving his eyes fro it.
That's funny.
@smOfficialMusic
I have never......and I mean NEVER! been more insulted than I am at this very moment!!! First - you insult Belieber Nation with your jelous little statements! THEN, you dare insult The Beefman himself!!! (I'm counting to 10 right now...)
The seminal impact of Justin Bieber on the arts and music in particular is undeniable!!! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a Selena Gomez greatest hits CD I'm going to listen to - I only wish it were a double cd.....
Bb
Is God reading a prompter?
Qe
I really would have rather heard BB King induct Buddy by himself. Eric Clapton’s opinions are worth less than nothing.
That’s an outrageous comment. Clapton was very detailed about the impact that Buddy Guy had on him, and the impact Guy had in the UK. Very valuable comments.
You’re worth less than nothing.
@smOfficialMusic
How DARE you!!! Belibers Unite!!!
(SHHHHEEEESSSSHHHH!!!)
No disrespect Buddy guy is good but not as good or as smooth as Eric. BB King had it correct....
This is not true, I cannot see how can you compare .. Buddy Guy plays unique blues as well as BB and Eric, that's just different.. they're all legends.
LEGENDS
I think you got it back to front Buddy is light years ahead of Eric Clapton
R Sosa - Buddy Guy has said directly the opposite.
Buddy is an extremely humble guy I wouldn't be surprised if he did say something to that extent but regardless his talent precedes Eric's in every way possible.
Joe Desalvatore He got those riffs from Albert King. I recall reading an article with clapton admitting that.
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Eric leggi da Dio ! 💙 E la tua voce e’ fascinosa anche nel semplice parlare😊
I don't think he can see good enough for that.
Give this guy something to drink.
Vince Lotigiers ok
Thumbs up if you're a Belieber!
@eruera52
I expect an apology is forthcoming - make it happen!!!
This video is an example of what happens when you give a Brit access to booze and a microphone. Ahhh haaa haaa!!!