Buddy Whittington

Buddy Whittington is an American guitarist. He began playing the guitar inspired by his sister’s records of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and, in particular, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton. At the age of 14 he was already a part of the Dallas/Fort Worth music scene.  A succession of fledgling musical efforts with varying degrees of success ensued, culminating in an offer by John Mayall to join The Bluesbreakers in 1993.
While attending high school, Buddy played in a band called “Short Change” which opened for Point Blank, a band that he would later join, replacing rhythm guitar player Kim Davis. During the early 1980s, he formed and sang with his own band “The Sidemen”.
In 1991 they opened for John Mayall and when Coco Montoya left the Bluesbreakers in 1993, Mayall called him to take his place in the band. In Mayall’s band Whittington also sings occasionally and contributes to songwriting.
Buddy toured and recorded with Mayal worldwide for the 15 years between 1993 and 2008, at which time the existing Bluesbreakers were ‘kicked out of the nest’ and the band was reformed by Mayall.
2008 saw the release of his first solo album and touring in Europe with his UK based band which includes Roger Cotton on organ, Pete Stroud on Bass and Darby Todd on drums. He lives in Hurst, Texas with his family.
Buddy Whittington usually plays a 1963 Stratocaster plugged into a Dr. Z amplifier. He also plays a Lentz guitar modeled partially after the Fender Telecaster.

On December 06 2012 I interviewed Buddy prior to his Sold Out & Standing Room Only performance at the New Crawdaddy Club in Essex.

Here is the audio of that interview. Buddy Whittington 12-06-12

Source: Wikipedia; Buddy Whittington Homepage