When Buddy Guy was born on July 30, 1936, in Lettsworth, Louisiana, the blues was still the everyday language of African-American communities in the South.. Everyone, in different ways, acknowledged their debt to Buddy Guy. Buddy Guy belongs to this silent aristocracy: that of artists who change their language even before becoming famous. This is perhaps the most profound difference between Buddy Guy and many other great performers of his generation. Buddy Guy belongs to another musical civilization.