BB King and Eric Clapton induct Buddy Guy Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions 2005 

how sweet how Clapton made sure BB King had a place to sit down👍🏼

I love the respect that Clapton shows the Blues Masters.

BB King,such a humble man. RIP

2:26 "You giving me a lot of trouble" 🤣🤣

I have had the privilege of seeing all three of these great men perform live.

"The number one Rock and Roll guitar today is my friend right behind me the handsome one... and he play blues better than me and the most of the others". 2:00

The legends on that stage.....holy crap.

BB King had a good sense of humour

I had the amazing blessing of meeting Buddy Guy and talking with him yesterday. His show last night blew me away. A true legend and a gentleman.

BB King a very classy man RIP BB you are missed

i love Eric's speech!

bb king and clapton on stage at the same time, now that's legendary.

Clapton just straight dropping knowledge!!! love his speech. So informative and a true tribute.

You could see just how uncomfortable BB made EC by all that he said. Although I have to say in the same sentence.. there is a reason why Eric Clapton is the only Three time inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.. He's GOOD !!

All of them are very humble and it's not often that we find so talented and unique musicians who are this humble and kind.

I’m glad we still have Eric and buddy. Rip B.B. king😭

B.B. KING IS VERY GRACIOUS. A REAL GENTLEMAN!

the master mr. Buddy Guy, that's a quote from Jimi Hendrix

Damn, I wish Clapton would have put that trio thing to work. Would've been the cream of the crop.

It's sad that all of the blues greats are all passing away. There are some good up and comers, but none of them will be able to reach the heights of Eric Clapton and BB King.

i think lucille liked him better 😂

Sharp dressed men showing some class

King is extemporaneous, and beautifully so... Clapton is reading cue cards, but I happen to know that they are words written by him, and they are elegant. In the liner notes to John Mayall's second (U.S.) Bluesbreaker LP, "A Hard Road," written around 1966, Mayall, in a (somewhat) defense of Peter Green as Clapton's replacement, from his previous line-up (and LP), says something like: "Peter, Eric, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix, I cram them all on the same pedestal." Hendrix, at that time, was a phenomenon in the U.K., but not over here. That's how far back this stuff goes. Think about that.

Two great guitar players inducting another great guitar player

While watching this, I didn't realize how much I miss B.B KING! The ORIGINAL KING OF THE BLUES AS FAR AS I,'M CONCERN!

Both of these men are so humble. I absolutely love that about them.

Buddy’s sound indeed I can pick out of any recording . Amazing , I hope I get to see him again after this Virus. Peace to all you Blues lovers

BB king and Buddy Guy were probably the only two of the most prolific legendary bluesmen left up until BB King. Just realizing that Buddy is now the king of the hill of the old school blues legends. And also, Buddy and BB represent the opposite ends of the traditional blues style spectrum. BB was 145 progression and had the tightest fastest vibrato, not complicated but perfect and could not be copied. Buddy was more flamboyant and played more areas of the neck and even was like an early template for Jimi Hendrix, his expressive play was not as concentrated into individual notes as BB, but his improv and wide range of signature idiosyncrasies in his playing made him a legend that set a foundation for hippie hard blues-rock bands to aspire to. It's just neat that the only two truly prolific blues guys left for a few years were the perfect embodiment of the opposite ends of the blues.

He IS good, but make no mistake BB King and BUddy are GREAT. True masters of the art form.

I saw Buddy Guy at BB King club in NYC amazing!!!!

Buddy Guy, saw him in Philly years ago, he was awesome!!

Best speech among all the previous years rock and roll hall of fame

Buddy is my favorite tied only with Duane Allman as a guitaist, and Buddy has the added bonus of a voice as blues perfect as his musician skills. Buddy Guy is the complete package. I respect Clapton for making it clear. It seems like most people wax on about Hendrix or Clapton or other "icon" and when you say, "have you heard of Buddy Guy?" Then you get this blank stare....but slip in Sweet Tea or one of his other great albums and everything else you heard is just shattered... my favorite.

I love these guys they made the blues so freaking awesome and amazing 🎉🎉 ty for you're music 🎉🎉

Eric is in fact handsome........

Awesome to know more about Buddy Thank you

Legends together. A sight ro see. Sweet emotion.

Clapton mentioned Robert Lockwood !!!

This is real good just the way Eric told us it is exactly the good way.

John mayer inducted Stevie Ray Vaughan was a great moment in John's life, but can you imagine buddy guy being inducted by his number one idol BB King that night, man must be a grrat feeling

Sensacional! Um belíssimo discurso. Eric is fascinating and Buddy was also an incredible person.

he knows it very well. he pulls out the cards at 0:56 and re reads it for probably the 100th time

Damm right I got them Blues ✌️he is the last man standing King of Blues

Total class.

The fact is, Eric Clapton got strange blue from Buddy Guy, the thing he was doing with Junior Wells

why the f*** did it take tell 2005 for Buddy Guy to get recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters invented rock and roll

Clapton was going off what respect

Very nice. I knew a friend of Buddy's, George Baker. This is all great.

Clapton had to read cue cards, he just iterated the bible of fame and the legend of blues...what an honor

Bb king a great master😊respect eric love you😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

thanks a lot :)

more like BB King inducts Clapton lol

This is a very amazing experience for people to participate in a ceremony like this, you'd really have to earn your spot up there on stage, and then you better know what your doing and what your talking about and who you're inducting. Buddy Guy is a very important musician when it comes to blues, very real and very powerful to the point a living Boogie spirit is dwelling inside him, it has chosen to make Buddy Guy it's temple, residing inside of him, changing Buddy Guy into an extremely dangerous and powerful force capable of anything this Boogie spirit might want to accomplish. This idea comes from a theory I accidentally discovered one day while trying to teach myself how to play guitar. I think all the right people were chosen for this ceremony because all of the presenters are musical experts who deserve the privilege. They can't have some unknown host or hostess standing up at the podium, mumbling and coughing a bunch of nonsense, it would disrupt the ceremony. The audience would be lost. I'm not a blues history expert or accomplished musician but I think I know where this blues Boogie spirit comes from. It comes from extreme hardship, war, pain, and suffering so to deliver the people from tyranny and oppression, misery and sadness, due to an established political climate backed by a military that supports its laws and system. During this time, one political faction in America was of a bad spirit, oppressive, racially bias, and sadly, very brutal. This creates misery, hardship, and sadness. To make a long story short, the correct True spirit won the civil war and as a result, a very powerful boogie spirit surfaced to celebrate the victory of Freedom, a gift from God. But the video doesn't show Buddy Guy walk out to accept the honor from Eric Clapton, it just shows him hanging out back stage for about 5 seconds and that's it. In the music world, the video mentions personal appearance and presentation is very important in the music business, especially with blues and rock n roll, it's part of being an artist. I was watching Son House and noticed he was missing all his front teeth. Man, I thought that was really cool, an old blues guy with no teeth, man, I wish I looked like that. One day my wish almost came true when I asked someone to knock my teeth out so I could look like an old blues wino in the street. I actually went thru with this horrible act, but, unfortunately, I didnt get the results I was looking for, I was still a white man who cant play guitar very well, and uglier now because I'm missing teeth. I had to accept the fact that I'm never going to be an old black bluesman with no teeth, all I can do is try. I probably shouldn't have wrote this on Buddy Guy's rock n roll hall of fame ceremony, I'm sure I wrecked it by now. What kind of idiot knocks his own teeth out? Woww, sorry.

Son los mejores

Buddy Guy was to Clapton what Rick James was to Charlie Murphy.

Buddy he's my Guy!

Eric is a gentleman a great human being and one of the greatest guitarists ever Mr. Slow hand himself

Way to go Clapton and bb

what happen to music today :( so fuking sad

the handsome one !!!!!!!!

probably but he wanted all HIS thoughts to be recorded here 2 legends enough said

Everybody killing Clapton on reading teleprompter obviously never had to do a legit prepared speech like that. Plus he was speaking about his freaking idol. All you needed to hear was that's "HIS" Elvis. Guy "WAS" Blues for him. Also it's funny how it's they are so humble and that's how you have class ... uhhhh commenters like me obviously and everyone arguing in comment sections are the ones really giving a shit whose better or holding back blah blah... those dudes were just ripping it playing music having a blast. Plus by the time of this induction speech they had probably thousands of hours jamming through all those years. They are 3 legit friends up there lol.

ERIC IS SO DIFFERENT FROM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG IN THE BLUES BREAKERS

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I know Eric was reading his inductee speech but the penned commentary was chalk full of material.

I always saw Eric And B.B King On Every Stage Wether They Performe or Anything else like this Ceromony But what I always ask myself that I never ever seen Jimmy Page And B.B King... Anyone please can explain to me that? Thanks

Whats the name of Buddy's album that Eric was talking about?

Nice! Cream of the crop.

That's funny.

@MANHATTANBEEFMAN ROFLMAO everyone's sarcasm antenna is broken - a thunderclap?

No Buddy, no Clapton

1:08 Well...

With all that name dropping, should have given a mention to Junior Wells.

Buddy is great! Why was Hubert Sumlin never inducted?

jimi before jimi was jimi

Bb

@drockadam6 did u not hear what BB said, Eric has a prepared statement ..

@MANHATTANBEEFMAN what???

anybody knows wich is the song at the begining?

Respond to this video...--->>> cont, what more do u want him to do exactly come to ur house and profess his sincerest apologies to u for him taking drugs 30 years ago prob b4 u were born? i shall finish with a quote."the path of excess leads to the road of wisdom" think about that for a while. while i do not condone drug use i certainly do not condone learning from ones mistakes and trying to make the place we call home a better place.unlike u who seam to beat ppl down if they make a mistake.

somebody inducts dire straits plz

BUDDY IS GOD

Is Clapton reading a teleprompter?

i bet you he even knows it backwards

Nn si può sbagliare il nome di Buddy

Guy is the last surviving link to so many important blues musicians now dead. He is also much more than that. He's Hendrix's mentor (& Hendrix is the fellow who blew Clapton off the stage at the aforementioned Marquis club, when on his first visit to London he asked and was allowed to jam with the Cream. Buddy Guy has all of Clapton's fingerings and more. Not meaning to demean either Clapton or King who have made such contributions to the musical world, but Guy is a bit beyond either of them.

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Hey guys just hear there accents......The king has an american accent,but the slowhand has a typical british accent.........

@drockadam6 It is teleprompted. BB King was looking out the audience where Eric on the other hand was looking directly into the camera. In fact he waesnt moving his eyes fro it.

Keeping it True Instead of modern Real Englishism or More?

Is God reading a prompter?

Give this guy something to drink.

I really would have rather heard BB King induct Buddy by himself. Eric Clapton’s opinions are worth less than nothing.

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I don't think he can see good enough for that.

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@eruera52 I expect an apology is forthcoming - make it happen!!! This video is an example of what happens when you give a Brit access to booze and a microphone. Ahhh haaa haaa!!!

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