Buddy Reed & th' Rip it Ups

Ivan Elmo "Buddy" Reed is a seasoned performer and a vital part of blues history. As a teenage guitarist, he would play the "Battle of the Bands" at the National Guard armories around his home town of Rialto, California. Then in 1968, he met Little Walter protege George "Harmonica" Smith. He has performed with the likes of Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, Howling Wolf, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Johnny Otis and more..