Phil Guy

Infobox musical artist
Name = Phil Guy


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date|1940|4|28
Died = death date and age|2008|8|20|1940|4|28
Origin = Lettsworth, LA
Instrument = electric guitar
Genre = blues
blues rock
Occupation = musician
Years_active = 1980's - 2008
Label = JSP
Associated_acts = Junior Wells
Buddy Guy
URL = http://www.philguynothrmule.com/

Phil Guy (April 28 1940, Lettsworth, Louisiana [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kzfixq95ldje~T1 All Music Guide biography] ] - August 20, 2008 [ [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6340523 Phil Guy, Buddy's Brother, Dead at 68] . ABC, August 21, 2008.] ) was an American blues guitarist. He was the younger brother of Buddy Guy.

Guy played with the harmonica player Raful Neal for ten years in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area before relocating to Chicago in 1969. He played with Junior Wells in the 1970s, and recorded extensively under his own name in the 1980s and 1990s. Phil died of complications from pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, August 20, 2008.

Discography

*"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)
*"Chicago's Hottest Guitars" with Lurrie Bell (Wolf Records, 1998)
*"Say What You Mean" (JSP, 2000)
*"He's My Blues Brother" (2008) with Buddy Guy

References

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kzfixq95ldje~T1 Phil Guy] at Allmusic