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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Buddy Guy was born to a sharecropper's family 
3near the town of Lettsworth, Louisiana in 1936 and began 
4playing guitar at the age of seven after building his own 
5guitar; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Buddy Guy moved to Chicago in 1957, gaining 
7recognition for a fiery and flashy guitar playing style that 
8drew the attention of other blues players and songwriters, 
9including Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Buddy Guy began working as a guitarist for 
11Chicago's Chess Records in 1960, playing a pivotal role on 
12albums for other artists, including Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, 
13Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter, among others, while also 
14launching his own career as a solo artist, which developed 
15into extensive tours around the world; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Buddy Guy opened his own nightclub, Buddy Guy's 
17Legends, in Chicago in 1989, where he has played annual 
18residencies and acted as a host for other blues musicians; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Buddy Guy was inducted into the Blues Hall of 
20Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005; he was 
21awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and was a Kennedy 
 
 
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1Center honoree in 2012; that same year, he performed the song 
2Sweet Home Chicago at the White House, where he was joined by 
3President Obama for the chorus; he won the Grammy Award for 
4lifetime achievement in 2015; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
6HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
7we declare November 24, 2023 as Buddy Guy Day in the State of 
8Illinois; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to Buddy Guy as an expression of our esteem and 
11respect.