Vintage Chicago Tribune: 9 things to know about blues legend Buddy Guy as he turns 90

Buddy Guy speaks to the audience before performing at Blues Fest in Millennium Park on June 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs at Blues Fest in Millennium Park, June 9, 2024 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs during the 15th Annual International Jazz Day at the Lyric Opera House on April 30, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy at Buddy Guy's Legends on June 10, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs at his blues club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 23, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Blues legend Buddy Guy is honored by the Chicago City Council on Feb. 18, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy, center, walks backstage before performing at Blues Fest in Millennium Park on June 9, 2024. The performance was billed as one of his final Chicago shows during Guy’s Damn Right Farewell tour. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy, center, puts on his guitar before performing at Blues Fest in Millennium Park Sunday June 9, 2024 in Chicago. The performance was billed as one of his final Chicago shows during Guy’s Damn Right Farewell tour. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy drinks cognac before performing at Blues Fest in Millennium Park on June 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy walks through the audience while performing at Blues Fest in Millennium Park on June 9, 2024 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy walks off stage after performing at Blues Fest in Millennium Park on June 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy, center, sits backstage before performing at Blues Fest in Millennium Park on June 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

A fan wears a t-shirt adorned with Guy’s image on it as Guy celebrates his 88th birthday at his Buddy Guy’s Legends music club in Chicago’s South Loop on July 31, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy shares the stage with family members during his 88th birthday celebration at his Buddy Guy’s Legends music club in Chicago’s South Loop on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy signs an album cover for a fan during his 88th birthday celebration at his Buddy Guy’s Legends music club in Chicago’s South Loop on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy poses for a photograph with a fan as he signs autographs during his 88th birthday celebration at his Buddy Guy’s Legends music club on July 31, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy performs during the Inaugural Concert at the Capital Convention Center in Springfield for newly sworn-in Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner on Jan. 12, 2015. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy strolls through the crowd during a performance at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago on Jan. 9, 2015. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy strolls around the room while performing at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago on Jan. 9, 2015. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy ventures outside during a performance at his club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 3, 2014. (Chris Sweda/ Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs at his club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 3, 2014. (Chris Sweda/ Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs at his club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 3, 2014. (Chris Sweda/ Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs at his club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 3, 2014. (Chris Sweda/ Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs at his club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 3, 2014. (Chris Sweda/ Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs at his club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 3, 2014. (Chris Sweda/ Chicago Tribune)

Blues Artist Buddy Guy acknowledges fans at a 2012 Kennedy Center Honors Send Off Celebration at Pritzker Pavilion Stage on Nov. 27, 2012 in Chicago. Guy will be recognized with Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, and Led Zeppelin at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is left and blues musician Ronnie Baker Brooks is right. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Buddy Guy does his annual month-long residency at Legends in 2010. (Charles Osgodd/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy, left, and John Mayer perform at Farm Aid on Sept. 18, 2005. (Tom Van Dyke/Chicago Tribune)

In this March 14, 2005, file photo, blues guitarists, from left, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton stand on stage during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York. (Julie Jacobson/AP)

Buddy Guy performs at his South Loop club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 7, 2010. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs while walking through the crowd at his South Loop club, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Jan. 7, 2010. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Grammy award winning guitarist Buddy Guy, left, and blues singer Mavis Staples perform on the Petrillo Music Shell stage in Grant Park during the Taste of Chicago on July 4, 2009. (Lane Christiansen/Chicago Tribune)

Blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy performs to a full house at his club, Buddy Guy's Legend Club on South Wabash in Chicago on Jan. 17, 1999. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Blues musician Buddy Guy in 2002. (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune)

The hands of blues guitarist Buddy Guy, circa 1991. (Charles Osgood/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs during the Chicago Guitar Jam at Blues Fest in Chicago at the Petrillo Band Shell on June 10, 1988. (Greg Tucker/Chicago Tribune)

Blues legend Buddy Guy shows off one of his favorite possessions, a 1958 Edsel, outside his nightclub at 754 S. Wabash Ave. in Chicago on Aug. 5, 1991. (Jim Prisching/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs during a Chicago Guitar Jam at Blues Fest in Chicago at the Petrillo Band Shell on June 10, 1988. (Greg Tucker/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy stands in the Chicago club upon which he bestowed his name, Buddy Guy's Legends, on Aug. 9, 1989. (John Bartley/Chicago Tribune

Blues greats Buddy Guy, right, and Dr. John play at a benefit at Coopers Place Homeless Shelter on Sept. 28, 1990. One dollar from each ticket sold went to the homeless. (Charles Osgood/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy stands in front of his club, Buddy Guy’s Legends, at 754 S. Wabash in the Loop on Aug. 5, 1991, in Chicago. (Jim Prisching/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy at the Checkerboard Lounge on Sept. 9, 1974, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. (Jack Dykinga/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy performs at the Checkerboard Lounge on Sept. 9, 1974, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. (Jack Dykinga/Chicago Tribune)

Buddy Guy, right, performs at the Checkerboard Lounge on Sept. 9, 1974, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. (Jack Dykinga/Chicago Tribune)