Lettsworth in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Birthplace of Buddy Guy

Lettsworth, Louisiana 70753

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 29, 2021

1. Birthplace of Buddy Guy Marker

Inscription. 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 by Pointe Coupee Parish Tourist Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.

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In addition, it is included in the Grammy Award Winners series list.

Location. 30° 58.482′ N, 91° 47.851′ W. Marker is in Lettsworth, Louisiana, in Pointe Coupée Parish. It is on Louisiana Route 1, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lettsworth LA 70753, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Acadiana — Cajun Country

and in Greater Baton Rouge.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

Acadia,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: White Hall Plantation House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 29, 2021

2. Birthplace of Buddy Guy Marker

Side 2 has the same text as side 1, with a different photo.

2.2 miles away); Battle Of Yellow Bayou (approx. 2.9 miles away); Buddy Guy (approx. 4.4 miles away); a different marker also named Birthplace of Buddy Guy (approx. 6.2 miles away); Sarto Old Iron Bridge (approx. 6.8 miles away); What is the Sarto Bridge? (approx. 6.8 miles away); A Historic Landmark (approx. 6.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lettsworth.

More about this marker. This is one of two identical markers (except zip code) on LA Highway 1 on the northern and southern most areas of Lettsworth.

Birthplace of Buddy Guy Lettsworth, Louisiana 70753 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 29, 2021

3. Birthplace of Buddy Guy Lettsworth, Louisiana 70753 Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 529 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 30, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.