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TIL that Buddy Guy, the blues guitarist that influenced generations of other guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Santana, and John Mayer, is still alive at 86 and even has a worldwide tour this year.

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