Birthplace of Buddy Guy Lettsworth, Louisiana 70752

Birthplace of Buddy Guy Lettsworth, Louisiana 70752 (HM2D1F)

Location: Lettsworth, LA 70753 Pointe Coupee Parish
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 55.998', W 91° 42.29'

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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."
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HM NumberHM2D1F
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Year Placed2018
Placed ByPointe Coupee Parish Tourism Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, December 25th, 2018 at 10:01am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15R E 623735 N 3422928
Decimal Degrees30.93330000, -91.70483333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 55.998', W 91° 42.29'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 55' 59.88" N, 91° 42' 17.4" W
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Area Code(s)225
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8386 LA-1, Lettsworth LA 70753, US
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