Lettsworth in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Birthplace of Buddy Guy
Lettsworth, Louisiana 70752
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, December 21, 2018
1. Birthplace of Buddy Guy Marker
Buddy Guy was born July 30, 1936. in Lettsworth, Louisiana. He worked at LSU facilities services department before leaving to pursue a music career. On September 25, 1957 he boarded a train in New Orleans, Louisiana and arrived in Chicago to play the Blues. He is now an accomplished Louisiana music legend. Buddy Guy was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003, by the 43rd President George Walker Bush. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 14, 2005: Louisiana Hall of Fame in 2008; and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. He has won 7 Grammy Awards: a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award: 37 W. C. Handy Awards, more than any other Blues musician: and a Billboard Century Award. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from LSU for his distinguished music career and listed number 23 for Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists'. Buddy Guy was born to play the guitar and went from the "Outhouse to the White House."
Erected 2018 by Pointe Coupee Parish Tourism Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #43 George W. Bush, and the Grammy Award Winners series lists.
Location.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and Cemetery (approx. 3.4 miles away); Old River (approx. 5.2 miles away); White Hall Plantation House (approx. 5.6 miles away); Buddy Guy (approx. 5.6 miles away); a different marker also named Birthplace of Buddy Guy (approx. 6.2 miles away); Three Rivers Confluence (approx. 6.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.4 miles away); Battle Of Yellow Bayou (approx. 9.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lettsworth.
More about this marker. The marker is the same on both sides, except the inserted photograph. This is one of two identical markers (except zip code) on LA Highway 1 on the northern and southern most areas of Lettsworth.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, December 21, 2018
2. Birthplace of Buddy Guy Marker
December 21, 2018
3. Birthplace of Buddy Marker - side 2
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, May 29, 2021
4. Birthplace of Buddy Guy Lettsworth, Louisiana 70752 Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 25, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 1,443 times since then and 114 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 25, 2018. 4. submitted on May 30, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
