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“Rememberin’ Stevie” song (Guy)
 
Richards, Keith
 
Robinson, Jackie
 
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
 
Rogers, Jimmy
 
“Roll Over Beethoven” song (Berry/Johnson)
 
“Rollin’ Stone” song (Waters)
 
Rolling Stones
 
appreciate, recognize, bluesmen
 
at Chess Records
 
Chicago concert
 
influence on blues
 
and Muddy Waters
 
opened by Junior Wells, Buddy
 
Rush, Otis
 
Rush, Tom
 
 
Santana, Carlos
 
Saunder, Red
 
Schools
 
Sealy Club, Chicago
 
708 Club, Chicago
 
early bookings
 
and Muddy Waters, B. B. King
 
Sharecropping/plantation life
 
of B.B. King
 
blues origins
 
Christmas
 
girls
 
of Guy family
 
of John Lee Hooker
 
Shorty (Lawrence Chalk)
 
argues for move to Chicago
 
as Chicago roommate
 
as heavy drinker
 
Silvertone Records
 
Silvio’s Club, Chicago
 
“Sit and Cry” song (Guy)
 
Skin Deep
album (Guy)
 
Smith, Henry “Coot”
 
family friend
 
sells guitar to Buddy’s father
 
Smith, Willie.
See
Big Eyes (Willie Smith)
 
“Smokestack Lightnin’” song (Howlin’ Wolf)
 
The Spaniels
 
Spann, Otis
 
as great blues piano man
 
and Junior Wells
 
Squeeze Club, Chicago
 
Stedman, John
 
Stewart, Rod
 
Stitt, Sonny
 
Stone Crazy
album and song (Guy)
 
Strat electric guitar (Fender Stratocaster)
 
Sumlin, Hubert
 
and Howlin’ Wolf
 
session with Chess
 
tribute to Muddy Waters
 
“Sweet Home Chicago” song
 
“Sweet Sixteen” song (King)
 
Sweet Tea
album (Guy)
 
Tampa Red
 
Taylor, Eddie
 
Taylor, Hound Dog
 
Taylor, Koko
 
Tedeschi, Susan
 
Texas
 
“The Same Thing” song (Dixon)
 
Theresa’s Club, Chicago
 
about
 
harmonica competition
 
Junior Wells plays
 
Little Walter’s death
 
“The Things I Used to Do” song (Guitar Slim)
 
Thornton, Big Mama
 
“Tomorrow Night” song (Johnson)
 
Toronto music scene
 
Toscano, Eli
 
as Cobra Records owner
 
produces Buddy’s first records
 
dies/disappears
 
Traveling hippie festival in Canada
 
True Vine Baptist Church and school, Lettsworth
 
“Try to Quit You, Baby” song (Guy)
 
Turcks, Derek
 
Turner, Ike
 
Turner, Joe
 
Turner, Tina
 
 
U. S. State Department trips
 
Universal Records
 
 
Vanguard Records
 
Vaughan, Jimmie
 
Vaughan, Stevie Ray
 
leads blues resurgence
 
plays Alpine Valley concert
 
death of
 
“Rememberin’ Stevie” tribute
 
Vietnam
 
Violence
 
assassinations of ’60s
 
in Chicago clubs
 
killing at Altamount Rolling Stones concert
 
killing of Little Walter
 
robberies of Checkerboard
 
South Side crime
 
stabbing of Junior Wells
 
toward women
 
 
Walker, T-Bone
 
in Europe
 
plays electrical blues
 
Wanda (working woman in Gary, Indiana)
 
“Wang Dang Doodle” song
 
“Watch Yourself” song (Guy)
 
Waterman, Dick
 
Waters, Geneva (Muddy’s wife)
 
Waters, Muddy
 
early influence, first meeting
 
birthday party in Austin
 
at F&J Lounge, Gary
 
as a generous spirit
 
legacy of keeping blues authentic
 
and Leonard Chess
 
on Newport Jazz Festival
 
records with Buddy
 
with Rolling Stones
 
takes care of Junior Wells
 
and women
 
hospitalization, surgeries
 
death of
 
Watson, Johnny Guitar
 
Wells, Junior
 
background with Muddy Waters
 
blood bond with Buddy
 
competes with Little Walter
 
goodwill trips
 
on Howlin’ Wolf
 
with James Brown complex
 
at Newport Folk Festival
 
as problem-drinker
 
records, plays, with Buddy
 
stabbed at Pepper’s
 
uses fake Buddy Guy
 
death of
 
“What’d I Say” song (Charles)
 
White Sox baseball team
 
Williamson, Sonny Boy
 
at Chess Records
 
competes with Little Walter
 
and Junior Wells
 
records, plays, with Buddy
 
Williamson, Sonny Boy (original)
 
Wilson, Kim
 
Winter, Johnny
 
Wolf, Howlin’.
See
Howlin’ Wolf
 
Women
 
in Baton Rouge and Junior Wells
 
older
 
as unaffordable luxury
 
violence toward
 
“Work with Me, Annie” song (Ballard)
 
Working women
 
WXOK radio station
 
 
Yardbirds
 
Young, Mitchell
 
 
Z., David
 
Copyright © 2012 by Buddy Guy with David Ritz
 
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information, address Da Capo Press, 44 Farnsworth Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02210.
 
 
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 
Guy, Buddy.
When I left home : my story / Buddy Guy with David Ritz.—1st Da Capo Press ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
eISBN : 978-0-306-82107-3
Blues musicians—United States—Biography. 3. Guitarists—United States—Biography. I. Ritz, David. II.
Title.
ML419.G86A3 2012
787.87’1643092—dc23
[B]
2011040308
 
First Da Capo Press edition 2012
 
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