A wonderful comment from the bass player for the Webs, Amos Tindall :"It all started in 1961. Buddy borrowed $500 and promoted 4 shows with us, (The Webs) and Roy Orbison. He said that we need something besides the Louisiana Hay Ride coming thru here (the South). And the rest is history."

OUR FRIEND AND CHILDHOOD HERO, BUDDY BUIE, PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015, IN HIS HOMETOWN OF DOTHAN, ALABAMA. BUDDY WAS 74.
BELOW YOU WILL FIND LINKS TO THE MANY NEWSPAPER STORIES & WEBSITE POSTS PUBLISHED AROUND THE NATION DURING THE WEEK AFTER HIS DEATH.

FROM THE DOTHAN EAGLE  http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/local/songwriter-buddy-buie-from-dothan-dies/article_78f85ae6-2d93-11e5-bdd1-3f3fe9b23552.html

FROM THE DOTHAN EAGLE http://www.dothaneagle.com/sports/phil-paramore-column-remembering-friend-musician-and-tide-fan-buddy/article_606fd802-2f5d-11e5-9c81-cfd9a9aa6977.html

FROM THE DOTHAN EAGLE http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/editorials/our-view-the-troubadour-of-dothan/article_baece76a-2f27-11e5-ae18-738c3ac05db2.html

FROM RICKEYSTOKES.COM http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/buddy-buie-passes-away-133629

FROM THE DOTHAN EAGLE http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/local/buddy-buie-remembered-for-moments-music/article_9e989c32-30b5-11e5-8cd1-a777a478a177.html

FROM AL.COM  http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/07/hall_of_fame_songwriter_buddy.html

FROM AL. COM  http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/07/a_look_back_alabama_songwriter.html

FROM THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION http://www.ajc.com/news/entertainment/music/buddy-buie-writer-producer-behind-atlanta-rhythym-/nm3Gj/

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/arts/buddy-buie-producer-and-hit-making-songwriter-dies-at-74.html?_r=1

FROM USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/07/19/songwriter-music-producer-buddy-buie-dies-in-alabama/30393877/#

FROM THE WASHINGTON POST  http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/perry-buddy-buie-songwriter-and-producer-dies-at-74/2015/07/23/b3f62650-30c7-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  http://bigstory.ap.org/article/153e4d2d30b74944ab899b26f70906ad/songwriter-music-producer-buddy-buie-dies-alabama

FROM ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK http://ultimateclassicrock.com/buddy-buie-atlanta-rhythm-section-dies/

FROM VINTAGE VINYL http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2015/07/passings-songwriter-perry-buddy-buie.html

FROM MUSICROW.COM  http://www.musicrow.com/2015/07/southern-music-great-buddy-buie-remembered/

FROM LEGACY.COM http://www.legacy.com/ns/buddy-buie-obituary/175326940

A TRANSCRIPTION OF BUDDY BUIE'S DOUBLE CD MUSIC OF MY LIFE
 http://robertoreg.blogspot.com/2013_07_07_archive.html

INTERNET LINKS FOR THE BLUES STANDARDS
ON GARY "G-man" LOFTIN'S CD AIN'T NUTTIN' BUT DA BLUZ

1) SHE CAUGHT THE KATY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Caught_the_Katy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natch%27l_Blues

2) BLOW WIND BLOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu3CbGyKgiA

3) I CAN'T BE SATISFIED: http://www.nathanielturner.com/muddywaters.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqm8Qn3iGIM

4) DOWN HOME BLUES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z._Z._Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92SaO6a4XB8

5) HOOCHIE COOCHI MAN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoochie_Coochie_Man

6) KEY TO THE HIGHWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_to_the_Highway

7) MY BABE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Babe

8) SUGAR MAMA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Mama_(song)

9) SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokestack_Lightning

10) TORE DOWN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfKrGqLu5Tc

11) EVIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_(Howlin'_Wolf_song)

12) GOT MY MOJO WORKING: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_My_Mojo_Working

Any young person interested in learning about THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE BLUES will be rewarded by listening to Gary Loftin's new 2015 CD AIN'T NUTTIN' BUT DA BLUZ.
The tunes Gary selected for this CD are BLUES STANDARDS that have influenced artists for over half a century and the release of this CD opens the door for a new generation to enjoy the work of TAJ MAHAL, MUDDY WATERS, Z.Z. HILL, WILLIE DIXON, HOWLIN' WOLF, FREDDIE KING, LITTLE WALTER, JOHN LEE HOOKER and all the other blues musicians who produced this body of work that will endure for generations to come.