There was a lot of cool gear too: 3 or 4 Musicman guitars amps, a lot of quirky 60′s guitars and basses, Dave Smith & Moog synth gear, an Ashdown bass amp, piano, organ, bell kits, tons of percussion, two drum kits, strings, accordian, & a few really weird/cool instruments.

So here are the tour dates. If they are performing nearby & you consider yourself even a mild fan, I suggest you go check ‘em out. If you do go, take earplugs! It was super loud.

Here are some pics I took with my phone (please excuse the quality).

There’s so much to say.

Driving thru Kansas sucks.
I-70 thru Kansas and Colorado has these giant Wind Farms with windmills that look like spaceships.
Rocky and I nearly died in a hailstorm while driving through Eastern Colorado. 60+ mph winds! We thought the hail was gonna bust out all the windows in my Corolla. (4th pic)
I’ve been already been inside a Teepee and learned that people still live in them.
I’ve met a kazillion people already thanks to Donnie.
The best meal I’ve eaten in a year was here in Boulder. It was made my Nepalese Sherpas who guide people to the summit of Mt. Everest.
I’ve slept in 3 different houses (only 1 actually in Boulder) since I’ve gotten into town.
I’ve already done a little bit of rock climbing.
Cell coverage is weak sauce (aka terrible) here.
I’ve gotten my 1st guitar student. His family has the craziest/coolest house I’ve seen in a long time.
I’ve learned that people in Colorado don’t really believe in air conditioning.
I’ve gone tubing on the river and have serious nipple burn.
My new friend, Todd, has lived in a van in Boulder the past 2 years (including the winters!)
The house I’m staying in now has a half pipe in the basement.
The weather here is schizophrenic.
For the 1st time since I was a kid, I really enjoy being outside in the summer. (the heats bearable and poison ivy/oak is scarce)
I’ve traveled to an elevation of 12,000+ft in the Rockies and got sun/wind burn (it’s harder to breathe that high).

and finally

if I don’t find a day job soon, I’m calling these people.

Leonard Chess used Guy mainly as a session guitarist to back Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor and others.

Jimi Hendrix sometimes cancelled his own concerts to attend Guy’s club shows, which he filmed or audio taped

“Without Buddy Guy, there would be no Stevie Ray Vaughan.”- Stevie Ray Vaughn

Clapton admitted that he got his idea for a bluesrock power trio during his teenage years while watching Buddy Guy’s trio perform in England in 1965. Clapton later formed the rock band Cream, which was “the first rocksupergroup to become superstars” and was also “the first top group to truly exploit the power-trio format, in the process laying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s.”

“Geez, you can’t forget Buddy Guy. He transcended blues and started becoming theater. It was high art, kind of like drama theater when he played, you know. He was playing behind his head long before Hendrix. I once saw him throw the guitar up in the air and catch it in the same chord.” – Jeff Beck