We're spoiled here in Chicago... get to see him quite often. The best place is at Legends, the blues club he owns in Chicago. Buddy plays at least 16 shows every January... it's the absolute best place to see Buddy be able to just be Buddy! We always get there by 11 AM and make a day of it. Get a table near the stage and talkl with other blues fans all day long. Buddy has entertainment scheduled throughout the day and then he comes on normally between 10 & 11, depending on which night of the week it is. He'll hang around afterwards for autographs and photos.
If Buddy is in town, he'll usually show up @ Legends every night and just sit at the bar. If it's a good night, he'll get up & join in on a song or 2 with who's ever on that night.
One night while playing at a show in Lincoln Park Zoo on the lakefront, he pointed straight at me and called me up onstage and personally handed me a guitar pick that has his picture on one side and 'i love you' on the other
! What a night!
Tickets for January's shows go on sale this Saturday...!