George “Buddy” Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young, Eric Clapton, Ace Frehley, Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many other guitarists, Guy is considered an important exponent of Chicago blues. He is the father of female rapper Shawnna and also has a son, Michael, known as hip-hop/rap producer IceDrake^[2][3]. He is the older brother of late blues guitarist Phil Guy.

Guy is known for his showmanship, playing his guitar with drumsticks, or strolling into the audience while playing solos. He was ranked thirtieth in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. – Wikipedia

A blue legend. A key influence to many rock guitar legend like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and many more other guitarist. What more can be say about him, 5 Grammy Awards, 23 W.G Handy Blues Awards, the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts.

He will be performing at Timbre Rock and Roots in Singapore.
Here is some of his performance:
1) Sweet Home Chicago – Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton
2) Rock Me Baby – BB King/Eric Clapton/Buddy Guy/Jimmy Vaughn
3) Buddy Guy and Carlos Santana at Montreux Jazz Festival

Timbre Rock & Roots is a two-day evening festival to be held on 26 & 27 March 2010 at the Marina Promenade featuring a host of world-class musicians, Grammy Awards winners and nominees.

Timbre Rock & Roots is a joint collaboration project between Timbre Music Pte Ltd (of Ublues Group) and Bluesfest Pty Ltd, the organiser behind one of the world’s most prominent music festivals, East Coast Blues Festival also known as Bluesfest (Byron Bay, Australia) headed by its festival director, Mr. Peter Noble.

Timbre Music has been presenting an myriad of artists through its Timbre chain of live music bars and a strong portfolio of music events since its inception. Rock & Roots is a true testament to Timbre Music’s mandate of bringing quality musicians to Singapore audiences regardless of artists’ origins. This is in line with Bluesfest’s programming decree. – www.rockandroots.com.sg

The Current artists line up as follows :

Friday 26 March
1) Blue Train
2) Buddy Guy
3) Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club ®
4) Gipsy Kings

Saturday 27 March
1) Gugun & Blues Shelter
2) OPSHOP
3) Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
4) The Fray

** Programming schedule subject to change (refer to www.rockandroots.com.sg for more latest info)