1. Guy Buttery was born on 26 November 1983 and is a South African musician primarily known as a guitar player.
12 Facts About Guy Buttery
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In live performances, Guy Buttery uses an EBow and a looper to create "synth-like textures".
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Guy Buttery is influenced by artists such as Michael Hedges, Steve Newman, Madala Kunene, Tony Cox, Tananas, Led Zeppelin, Mark Kozelek and Ralph Towner.
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Guy Buttery has received numerous accolades for his recorded work as well as for his live performances.
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Guy Buttery has collaborated, toured, supported and recorded with dozens of artists including Dave Matthews, Jethro Tull, multiple Grammy Award winner and founder of Windham Hill Records, William Ackerman, Vusi Mahlasela, Derek Gripper, Piers Faccini, Kaki King, Dan Patlansky, Shawn Phillips, Violent Femmes, Martin Simpson, Salif Keita, the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, Steve Newman, Jon Gomm, Preston Reed and many others.
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Guy Buttery was born in a small coastal town outside of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
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Guy Buttery has found a way to play his unique style of guitar that is deeply South African while speaking a global musical language.
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Guy Buttery studied Jazz at Kwa-Zulu Natal Technikon with Nibs van der Spuy and later on at the Durban School of Music, where he studied classical guitar with Leandros Stavrou for a brief period.
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Guy Buttery has since gone on to collect two SAMA's in 2010 and again in 2014.
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Guy Buttery has received numerous other major accolades including The Standard Bank Ovation Award for his live performances at the National Arts Festival, and has been honoured with more of these prestigious awards than any other musician.
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In 2018, Guy Buttery received the highest accolade for a musician in South Africa and was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award.
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In 2021 Guy Buttery released yet another collaborative album, this time with traditional Indian classical musicians Mohd.